chops1sc

I was cleaning my truck on Saturday. It was such a beautiful day! I was getting ready to condition my leather seats and remembered that I got the new unscented Leather & Interior Dressing. I put it on the seats and finished everything else up. Going through my shed I found some leather scented air fresheners. I couldn't do nothing but laugh. I thought it was ironic that I had to use a leather scented air freshener to get that leather smell that I usually get from using Leather Conditioner! 🤪🤣
 
Carry on!

I was cleaning my truck on Saturday. It was such a beautiful day! I was getting ready to condition my leather seats and remembered that I got the new unscented Leather & Interior Dressing. I put it on the seats and finished everything else up. Going through my shed I found some leather scented air fresheners. I couldn't do nothing but laugh. I thought it was ironic that I had to use a leather scented air freshener to get that leather smell that I usually get from using Leather Conditioner! 🤪🤣
 
Carry on!

I was cleaning my truck on Saturday. It was such a beautiful day! I was getting ready to condition my leather seats and remembered that I got the new unscented Leather & Interior Dressing. I put it on the seats and finished everything else up. Going through my shed I found some leather scented air fresheners. I couldn't do nothing but laugh. I thought it was ironic that I had to use a leather scented air freshener to get that leather smell that I usually get from using Leather Conditioner! 🤪🤣
 
Carry on!

Stool sample

New garage build is underway!  The last 10 months have been super busy, getting the old house ready to sell, and then starting on a new house build.  Yeah, the garage will have a house attached to it, but the priority is the garage!
 
In the old garage, I had a pretty good setup for detailing and also woodworking, but the lack of separation between the two hobbies was a bit of a hindrance.  I needed more room around my truck, to be able to open the doors wide.  I also wanted to be able to wash inside, to avoid the constraints of weather, but the shop tools cannot get wet.
 
A few pics of the old garage, all cleaned up for the sale:
 

 

 

 

 
I had hoped to find a buyer who would want the shop tools along with the house, as I spent many hundreds of hours getting this shop setup. The buyers ended up being a couple older ladies, and they had no need for tools, so I spent another hundred hours disassembling the shop and getting all the tools moved to a storage unit.
 
The new garage will have room for three vehicles, and I made it wider, with an 18-foot double door and 10-foot single door.  First order of business was floor drains for washing inside, and also for all the winter lush that ends up falling off the vehicles in the heated garage.  With the trench drains in each parking stall, and the floor sloping to each drain, all the winter crud will fall off and run under the vehicles, rather than across the floor to the doors.
 
The builder on this house is an engineering client of mine, which gave me the fortunate opportunity to do some work myself during the build.  I installed the drains and piping, with a small catch basin just outside the garage to collect the dirt.  The pipes drain to the rear of the lot to a small swale, and also pick up the rain gutter downspouts.
 

 

 

 
The new layout has a Workshop area off the rear of the garage where some of the woodworking tools will go, and then there is a basement below the Workshop which is accessible from the back yard, and some tools and storage will go there.  While it is not ideal to have tools in two different locations, the size and layout of the sloped lot would not allow for the main garage to be any bigger.
 

 

 

 
The Workshop will get flooring, and some cabinets with workbenches The table saw will go under the duct dropping from the ceiling, with the dust collector down in the basement.
 
Building a garage from the beginning gave me the ability to get it roughed-in for dust collection and compressed air, pick the locations of all the outlets, have wall mount garage door openers, and get blocking installed for the fans, hose reels, and pressure washer shelf.
 

 

 
 
A few pics of the house, which will be completed by the end of March.
 

 

 

 

 
 
 

There should be (could be?) some drain holes that help get the water out of those types of areas. If there are some in that area, make sure they are not clogged. 

There should be (could be?) some drain holes that help get the water out of those types of areas. If there are some in that area, make sure they are not clogged. 

There should be (could be?) some drain holes that help get the water out of those types of areas. If there are some in that area, make sure they are not clogged. 

There should be (could be?) some drain holes that help get the water out of those types of areas. If there are some in that area, make sure they are not clogged. 

Unknown Soldier

I would have if it wasn't going to rain all day today, LOL!

Hi @chops1sc, with one of the recent updates to the forum in the last few months, you no longer have to use the [img] and [/img] tags before and after the URL, just try pasting the URL into the post and then hit Enter and it should automatically add the picture into the post. I used your URL below for an example:
 

 
I hope it works out for you. Let us know if you have any other questions!

I did eventually figure out the Adam's lets you post from the PC. I am not used to this, LOL!

Knows nothing
 
 

77,760 cuin is 45 cuft. Probably doesn't help but there ya go, LOL!

Adam's blue foam pad and Compound should take that right off.

I personally don't agree with those types of tests. A person that has the sense to use a product like Graphene Spray would not let any type of chemical be applied to the paint. Yeah sure, accidents can happen but it reminds me of the old "light the spray paint on fire and then wipe it with acid" tests from the old TV infomercials. Jimbo's tests are a great way to figure out what to use to strip off the remainder of a coating, sealant, or wax.
 
I prefer a more real-world test like Scott H (YouTube).
 
Having said that, I have yet to try ANY type of coating. I still have lots of wax and sealants to use up! 😄

Gun rights

I recently started watching Sam the Cooking Guy on YouTube. This guy is very genuine and hilarious while at the same time helping to teach people how to cook. One of his favorite sayings is "Make America Cook Again" 😄
 
One dish we have really enjoyed is his Teriyaki Chicken on a stick. 
 
Chicken thighs marinated in a homemade marinade and grilled.
 


 
I have really learned a lot from his videos and his simple yet effective approach. He does not censor himself very well and his son does a good job of editing, but sometimes they allow some language to fly! 🤪

Cluster...........     Bomb 😆

Cluster...........     Bomb 😆

Speakers bureau  (thanks google 😁)

Number One 
 

Got my truck some new tires yesterday. Of course the first thing I had to do was put some VRT on them! Don't worry, I'll clean them later.