Spring Cleaning
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Spring Cleaning
As some warmer weather finally hit Chicago and the snow melted away (For good I hope, one day here you'll be out shirtless, the next you're in a pair of bibs and boots.) I decided to clean the truck up a bit. Washing and waxing time.
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Hmm, that's something my trucks only saw with their previous owners. I will dust the dash and vacuum the carpet every few months though, around the same time I shovel the crap out of the bed. Usually before a camping trip.
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Your Truck looks Good!
Itching to do myself!! I pulled out my Ninja steam cleaning extractor the other day to do a few in the house and it wouldnt heat! So repairing so I can steam clean the seats and carpet. Also picked up a orbital polisher on sale at Harbor Freight for Waxing. I'm getting Spring Fever Bad!! It will finally get 60 degrees in Southern Indiana this Saturday.
Itching to do myself!! I pulled out my Ninja steam cleaning extractor the other day to do a few in the house and it wouldnt heat! So repairing so I can steam clean the seats and carpet. Also picked up a orbital polisher on sale at Harbor Freight for Waxing. I'm getting Spring Fever Bad!! It will finally get 60 degrees in Southern Indiana this Saturday.
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Yea, I got the truck not to long ago and the front fender shown had to be repainted due to a small fender bender the previous owner got into, so I decided to wash it and wax it :P +I'm on spring break from school and got pretty bored and it was warm out Decided I needed to get my sun tan on so I started to wash the entire truck hahaha
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Your Truck looks Good!
Itching to do myself!! I pulled out my Ninja steam cleaning extractor the other day to do a few in the house and it wouldnt heat! So repairing so I can steam clean the seats and carpet. Also picked up a orbital polisher on sale at Harbor Freight for Waxing. I'm getting Spring Fever Bad!! It will finally get 60 degrees in Southern Indiana this Saturday.
Itching to do myself!! I pulled out my Ninja steam cleaning extractor the other day to do a few in the house and it wouldnt heat! So repairing so I can steam clean the seats and carpet. Also picked up a orbital polisher on sale at Harbor Freight for Waxing. I'm getting Spring Fever Bad!! It will finally get 60 degrees in Southern Indiana this Saturday.
Those extractors are real nice, but I used to have some cheap china-made kind, but learned they were more of a hassle than a convenience. Now I rent one at Walmart every couple of months. Also a nice way to get at the carpet is by going to a hardware/convenience store, here in Illinois we have Menards (similar to home depot/lowes) they have generic brand air-sole can carpet cleaning foam for like $2.00 a can, Ill get about 4 or 5 of those and a can or two of better Blue-Coral or Turtle Wax interior cleaning foam which is about $5.00. I spray the whole carpet wait a few minutes to penetrate, scrub in with a brush, than shop-vac (Utility vacuum) it all out. Comes out pretty nice, works good on stains too.
and waxing.... I'm only 16 so my dad B*tches at me do to it by hand, he states that I should be able to wax the truck by hand in minutes. :P But I used that Meguire's high gloss paste crap. It comes in like a red-ish color tin.
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I try to get at it every couple of weeks or so, at-least just washing it with some soap. I have to park it in a lot behind my house(Won't fit in the garage -.- #lifted truck problems), which unfortunately is under a whole bunch of trees and power lines. So it ends up getting covered in pigeon *****. Pigeons(flying rats) here in the city have probably the most acidic droppings ever. Stain your paint if left on for a while.
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Do what I did, get the box blade and drag some gravel out until she fits snug as a bug lol. (I had gravel though, not concrete or asphalt, so it worked out...)
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Wow, that's a tight fit, and unfortunately my garage is connected to my house and its brick with a concrete floor. I tried putting up a bigger garage/barn out in my yard, but the village wouldn't permit it -__-
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Michelle said " now thats thinking Under the box!"
Good stuff.
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We'll get there Brother...
Little bites at a time...
Im hoping i can get my flatbed some tires when i get these trucks done...
And we can move my jd to your place.
Little bites at a time...
Im hoping i can get my flatbed some tires when i get these trucks done...
And we can move my jd to your place.
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I use the same stuff. Its awesome. I dont ever wet wash my truck... the water is to hard and the water spots look like a paint sickness...
I use one of those "California car dusters" and the dirtier it gets... the better it works... its pretty wild. And i dont like wasting water just to get some dirt off a truck...
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I use the same stuff. Its awesome. I dont ever wet wash my truck... the water is to hard and the water spots look like a paint sickness...
I use one of those "California car dusters" and the dirtier it gets... the better it works... its pretty wild. And i dont like wasting water just to get some dirt off a truck...
I use one of those "California car dusters" and the dirtier it gets... the better it works... its pretty wild. And i dont like wasting water just to get some dirt off a truck...