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Roll Cage: Cleaning and Prep Work
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Tom Hampton
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01-26-2011
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Ah….a day of my own. I’ve been working non-stop since coming back from the holidays. I’ve had a few hours here and there, but no real time to get anything substantive done. As I posted earlier, I got the roll cage last week. Today I spent the day doing a little preparation before getting started on installing the cage. Mostly this involved lots of cleaning. A 20 year old car collects lots of dirt, grime, and I don’t know what else. Lots of low-odor turpentine, rags, detailing wire-brush, and elbow grease. There’s not a lot to tell about this process. Soak, scrub, wipe…repeat until clean(ish).
Starting in the trunk. Most of the grime is in here. Between the jack storage well, the gas tank filler hoses, and the battery…thre are lots of reasons for grime and other buildup. It took several hours to get it as clean as I did. I’m sure I could spend another full day just cleaning the trunk area. As long as the paint “sticksâ€, mostly.
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Starting in the trunk. Most of the grime is in here. Between the jack storage well, the gas tank filler hoses, and the battery…thre are lots of reasons for grime and other buildup. It took several hours to get it as clean as I did. I’m sure I could spend another full day just cleaning the trunk area. As long as the paint “sticksâ€, mostly.
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