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Earlier this morning the city called to tell me that my water meter hasn't stopped running in over 24 hours (thank goodness they monitor that stuff) I had stuff to do today so I just turned the water off to the house and was going to come back to it. Here is the list of troubleshooting I did and the conclusion I came to:

• I turned the water off to the house and the meter stopped running, so there isnt a leak between the box and the main line into the house
• I thought I may have had a leaky blend cartridge in my guest bathroom so I replaced it, no dice
• I turned off every valve in the house, whether it was a toilet/sink/washing machine and the meter still ran

The interesting thing is tha

I was cleaning some old photos up and I found my original setup when I first started getting into detailing, I remember it so clearly. I was sooooo excited to make my new car look newer than new, so I rushed down to Walmart and bought a lot of OTC stuff. There is nothing wrong with OTC , it's a starting point and all of it works quite well and still continues to, 3 years later from when I started. Does anyone else have any pictures of their then vs now? Lets talk about what we've learned during our times with our pursuit of perfection.

Then vs Now

If you have any questions about any of the products on my shelf, ask away! You can

This is my new car, 2017 Focus ST. It is a huge improvement over my 2014 Fiesta. Drove it off the off the lot with less than 10 miles on it. Asked them to not wash it because I wanted to get more "intimate" with my car (that was enough for them to not fight me on courtesy washing it) I was looking for about 80-90% correction as it is a DD and was able to achieve what I wanted.

Album Here: http://imgur.com/a/GVWPK

Products Used:

Meguiars APC @ 10:1 for tires and 4:1 for the engine bay

Chemical Guys Mr.Pink Soap for both wash and clay lube

Cherry Iron-X

Sonax Full Effect

Optimum Clay Bar

Wheel Woolies

Dr. Beasleys Glass Serum

Dr. Beasleys Tire Gel Rupes w/ white hexlogic polishing pa

So recently started playing on XB1 and as soon as the you get to the hero selection screen and the match starts to load at the VS screen everyone leaves the game?

I can't figure out myself how to leave it when all there is me and 7 other bots until the level loads completely and the match starts. How do you leave so I can save myself a bit of loading time

Hey all, recently bought a new to me house and there are a few things I'd like to change, if possible.

First, the hallway to the bedrooms is to the immediate left of the garage entrance. The only switch to turn the hall lights on is at the far end of the hallway, which makes half sense I suppose. There is a switch to the right of the door I'd like to wire to control the hallway lights in conjunction with the switch at the far end.

The problem with the switch is that it currently controls an outlet in the living room which my TV etc is plugged into. Currently, I have a piece of tape over the switch to make sure it doesn't accidentally get turned off. Is there a way I can wire the outlet to

This was a quite fun and very surprising job for me, easily one of the most expensive cars I've ever detailed so I was very nervous but confident in what I am doing.

Link to the album: Corvette Z06 Album

Product list:

Ammo Brute Wheel Soap

Wheel Woolies

Zep 505 Degreaser

Gilmore Foam Gun

Chemical Guys Honeydew Car Soap

The Rag Company Eagle Edgeless and Microfiber Wash Mitts

Meguairs Synthetic X-Press Spray Wax

Dr. Beasleys Tire Conditioner

Stoners Invisible Glass

Process:

• Rims- Very water spotty but minimal brake dust. The owner informed me that the vehicle had carbon ceramic brakes installed. This braking system is very sensitive to almost e

I specialize in both exterior and interior. I do this mostly as a weekend project. I am mobile to the greater Phoenix area if needed.

Check out my Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/mrsudsdetailing

Contact me at [email protected] if you are interested or message me on the listed Facebook page

*If I will be coming to you, I will require access to an outlet and running water. If this is the case, please let me know when you contact me.

Looking forward to working with you,

Cheers

With all the debate going on lately with coatings and the like, here is my review of Dr. Beasley's Nano Resin.

My car is in pretty decent shape, always has a 2 bucket wash with a microfiber mitt. As you can see in the pictures, even with the most precious care, love marks are still there. So there was a lot of prep work to be done before I could apply the coating. The album will list my process more in depth.

Found here: Dr. Beasley's Nano Resin

Equipment and products used:

Gilmore foam gun w/Griots brilliant finish soap

Rupes LHR15 w/white Hexlogic polishing pad

Meguiars M205

Fine Grade Nanoskin Autoscrub Sponge

Clay lube: Garry Deans ul

Not just any water spots though, I'm talking the hardest of hard water, most likely non potable. Reason I'm asking is my fiance works at an office with rouge sprinkler systems and no matter where she parks, seems to wet her black Jeep. It doesn't help she doesn't tell me right away this happens and it gets to bake in the Phoenix sun until it get's a bath again.

It feels like 80 grit sandpaper when you run your hands across it. Eventually I ordered 3D Eraser and it removes the spots about 90% but under light you can still see minor pitting that a clay bar just wont remove.

Products I've used to protect the hood/front end:

Menzerna Powerlock

Menzerna Colorlock

Collinite 845

Collinite 47

Well its been a week and here is the promised update on how the tire dressings handled.

A few things to note:

It did rain here in AZ during the week while I was driving about.

I did not use any wheel soap or scrub brushes during this wash, only thing that rinsed the tires off was pressure from the hose.

Here is a link to the album

http://imgur.com/a/Vyjc3

I really like the way that the Dr. Beasleys came out, but for the price of a bottle, it comes in at a close second. The winner, in my opinion is Optimum Tire Gel. Price vs quality is great and it does provide the sheen that I am looking for in my tires. I'm sure if you wanted a wetter look, more layers can be added opposed to my sing

Here is my review comparing: Dr. Beasleys Tire Conditioner, Meguiars Tire Gel, Optimum Tire Gel and Autoglym Tyre Dressing.

To prep the tires, I used Meguiars APC diluted 10:1 and a scrub brush.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Tire Dressing Showdown

Customer wanted a quick detail ~5 hours in time and this is the result.

Steps:

Foam Cannon w/Optimum Auto wash

2 buckets w/Nanoskin Bubblebath ~3oz to 4 gallons

Wheels cleaned using Sonax (this stuff works but smells terrible)

Clayed using Nanonskin Fine Grade Sponge

Single stage polish using m205

Waxed using Collinte 476 (difficult decision between Menzerna Colorlock)

Wheels dressed using Meguairs Endurance Gel for that wet look and no sling

Interior vacuumed (wanted to steam a few areas but time was against me sadly)

Interior wiped down using Meguairs Quick Interior detail for a matte finish a fresh clean smell

Customer was very happy upon delivery, saying she never thought he

I have two AR15 and one is an SBR. Recently on the SBR, I have been getting jamming issues and feeding issues. So, I used the bolt carrier from my other AR that has had no issue and ran into the same issue. Then I put the bolt carrier group (from the SBR) into my other AR and it cycled fine. Anyone have some insight as to what the issue may be? Thanks for your help.