a photoblog of what i did today.....

[glatt]

I assume they are stealing cable, but I thought signals were scrambled these days and you need a box at the set.

[xoxoxoBruce]

But if you have the wire, you can pick up a box at the cable company's office. They don't ask how you got the wire. Plus that may be an accumulation of years of DIYers.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by glatt

I assume they are stealing cable...

Yeah, but, who? Perry Mason couldn't figure that shit out.

[glatt]

Restored some slightly cloudy headlights today.

Before: The headlight has been cleaned and dried and masking tape to protect the surrounding area.





Now I'm sanding it with the coarsest of 4 sanding pads. The one marked #1 on its face. The kit provides a spray bottle of soapy water for wet sanding.





I dried it off and you can see how super scratched that first grit of sandpaper made it.





So then I sand in the other direction with number 2, and it's already looking a bit better.





On to number three and then four, always sanding perpendicular to the last time to get rid of the scratches left by the earlier grit.



And then after you go through all four grits, you switch to the abrasive polishing compound.

[glatt]

It was exactly like toothpaste, except without the mint smell.

After you polish for a while, you buff it out until it shines.

Then you open a sealed pad that has a damp wipe on it, and wipe the lights. Once that dries, you open a second pad that contain a kind of varnish, and spread that as evenly as you can over the lights.


And then you are done. The pictures don't do it justice. They look remarkable better. These 13 year old headlights.

[chrisinhouston]

Well this is from the weekend. I went to the annual Land Rover event here in Texas known as SCARR, South Central Area Rover Ralley and was one of about 200 participants with LRs of all kinds. Had a great 4 days of camping out and driving all kinds of trails. The dirt up their is really red, kind of like a Martian landscape in places with all the red dirt and rocks. My car held up really well despite smashing one of my alpine windows at the back when I got too close to a tree and the roof rack support got knocked loose and broke the glass. Had a great thunderstorm rip through camp on Friday night, it was all I could do to keep my dining fly from going airborne.

Think I will get out the pressure washer today and knock of most of the dirt and dried mud I brought back with me.

[glatt]

Wow. Looks like you had a blast!