Gave the ute a really good wash this arvo. Also cleaned the windows inside and out with car glass cleaner, as well as wiped all the interior down. Debugged all the bumper and nudge bar with some Kitten cut & polish. Had a look over at what I can do on the ute that will cost none or very little as this fortnight things are a bit tight, but I want to keep doing what I can since I have some free arvos now that the house is on hold for a couple of months and my work hours have been cut back. Gonna bring back both my grinders to Town this week and with the wire wheel I am going to clean up the left tailgate hinge and give it a spray with some etch aerosol and white lacquer, all of which I have at home. Then the next job will be too clean all the silicone a previous owner has applied in a dodgy attempt to repair the sailplane and the quarter glass exterior window trims. Because the sailplane is cracked in 2 or 3 places I am going to squirt some expanda foam inside to help reinforce it and then I plan to grind out the cracks with a fine flapper disk and use some plastic filler to get it looking like it should then prime and paint. At this stage I am just use a can of plain white lacquer. Down the track when SCA have another special on Duplicolour pressure cans I will grab two and get the white a closer match as I can. I have lined up a meet with a bloke selling a Ryobi multi-speed buffe for $60, which is a pretty ok price I think for what it is. Couple of weeks time I will buff the whole ute. It's not gonna be prefect as it has some chips in the duco but I think a nice shiny ute will look 10x better than a dull one. Plus washing it will be easier as greasy marks will wash off shine duco a lot easier than my oxidised old paintwork.
Went to KTAS today to get a price on tyres. Later this year I will need some and I think I will replace all four most likely. Looking at Kumho's at $145 each. He said he would price match, so will look around closer to when I need them and see if I can get a better deal from KTAS. I think price of tyres has gone up this year because GT Radials (Champs) are a $135 each now and I last paid $120 each. Dunlop's were $145 and then are around a $170 each now. Must be the crappy Aust dollar, anyway can't be helped.
... the only way to do the job once and forget is to ceramic coat em...cost a bit though....
