novicetyer

Welcome from Kzoo Tyler! Sweet looking ride.

We host a pool party for friends and neighbors. Have two pork shoulders going in the Bradley smoker for pulled pork right now, should be done in the early AM, then I'll wrap them up in foil and a towel to keep warm until lunch. Can't hardly wait to try the pork when it comes out of the smoker .

You know you're a detailer when you pull into a parking lot and you scope out the best place to park to avoid other people parking next to you and the lawn sprinklers.

Here’s my story on having a pool installed. We select a local installer thru a pool store, met with him, selected the pool we wanted, got on his schedule for installation, he came out on time and installed the pool using good materials and equipment, and setup the forms for the pool deck to get ready to pour the concrete pool deck. At this point we are totally satisfied with the work that has been completed, BUT this is where the story goes from good to bad. The guy sets the forms up, but never comes back to pour the concrete, after two weeks I give him a call and ask when is he going to pour the concrete and he tells me the next day, the next day comes and no concrete, I call him back and he tells me that something came up and would do it the next day, I come home the next day and no concrete, this goes on for the next week or so and we still don’t have any concrete poured for the pool deck. I finally have enough and tell him that if he doesn’t have it poured by a specific date that I will do it myself. He never showed up to do the work, so my neighbor and I pour the pool deck ourselves. After a couple of weeks, I get a bill in the mail from the pool guy wanting the rest of his money for installing the pool, which included the price of concrete and labor for poring the pool deck. I told him I would pay the final amount, minus the cost of the concrete, but he wasn’t willing to settle for the revised amount. A few days later, I get a call at work from my neighbor that the pool guy was at my house and that I should get home fast (I work ½ hour drive from home). By the time I get home, he’s gone along with the pool pump, filter, step hand rails and deep end ladder. In order to get the stuff he took, he knocked down my chain link fence and used a knife to cut the hoses on the pump and filter. I called the police and filed a report, but the officer said he wouldn’t do anything to the pool guy due to contractual agreements. We contacted a friend who is a lawyer and talked with her on our options. Option 1 was to file a small claims case. Option 2 was to let it go and learn a lesson on dealing with contractors and replace the parts ourselves out-of-pocket. After deciding not to waste any more money on lawyers and time not having the pool running (it was mid July by this time) and we wanted to use the pool, we opted for option 2 and to tell everyone that we know our story, so that this guy will not get any more business. Come to find out the pool guy had a least two or three other pool installations going at the same time as ours and he would get to a certain point (like ours) and take his sweet time on finishing, knowing that most courts would side with him instead of the homeowner if things went south with the installation.

Sitting here at work streaming in some internet radio. Listen to KSAN 107.7 The Bone out of San Francisco most of the day, due to a lack of good radio here in the Kzoo MI area.

Hello everyone, Novice detailer here and somewhat new to Adam’s products, I’ve been lurking about the forum pages since September of 2011 and have been very impressed with the helpfulness of the community and the professional way that everyone conducts themselves, so I thought what the heck, lets jump in and finally do my first forum post. Alright, here’s my story to date. Started off reading the Adam’s forum pages back in September, first order was the Adam’s Perfect Interior Kit (bought in October) to clean my old truck before I sold it to purchase my new 2011 F150. I was so impressed with the results, I decided to purchase the Junkman’s Detailing Kit (will it was still available) as a Christmas present to myself, but was unable to use the PC until this spring, due to our wonderful winter we have here in Michigan. I was finally able to do a full correction on the truck in May after I was able to get a few fishing trips out of the way this spring. Sorry, but no before photos. Correction Procedure: -2 bucket wash -Clay bar -SVRT trim -Swirl Haze Remover - 1 pass -Fine Machine Polish - 1 pass -Machine Super Sealant -Brilliant Glaze -Americana -Metal Polish 1 & 2 on all chrome -Glass cleaner and sealant Wheels - pulled the wheels off and did both sides of the tires, including the lug nuts: -Green Wheel Cleaner -All Purpose Cleaner -Metal Polish 1 & 2 -Americana After Correction Needless to say, after seeing my truck finally detailed, my buddy wanted me to help him do his Silverado. So, after some deliberation and some planning, we finally did a fully paint correction on his truck this last weekend. The total correction from start to finish took us 17 hours (Friday evening, all day Saturday and Sunday morning). The truck had some pretty bad scratches and swirl marks going on from running down two tracks to get back to our fishing spots on the river. We were very impressed with the results, considering this was only the second vehicle I’d done and his first. Sorry, but no before photos. Correction Procedure: -2 bucket wash -Clay bar -SVRT trim -Severe Swirl Haze Remover – 2 passes -Swirl Haze Remover - 1 pass -Fine Machine Polish - 1 pass -Machine Super Sealant -Brilliant Glaze -Americana -Metal Polish 1 & 2 on all chrome -Glass cleaner and sealant Wheels - pulled the wheels off and did both sides of the tires, including the lug nuts: -Green Wheel Cleaner -All Purpose Cleaner -Metal Polish 1 & 2 -Americana After Correction Thanks for reading.