- Location
- West Haven, UT
For a maintenance shine once a year I use Busch's Aluminum Polish. It's a liquid and does a great job on aluminum for bringing out the depth and even does a decent job of repelling or beading water.
Mike
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For a maintenance shine once a year I use Busch's Aluminum Polish. It's a liquid and does a great job on aluminum for bringing out the depth and even does a decent job of repelling or beading water.
Mike
- Location
- West Haven, UT
Just out of curiosity, what actions do you take to ensure that the neighbor's yard doesn't sluff off and end up down into your property?
I ask because when we were looking for a new place back in 2016 I wouldn't even look at a place if there was any kind of elevation difference between bordering properties because, to be frank, it scared the hell out of me as I heard so many horror stories.
Thanks.
Mike
When we built our house this wall was done about halfway down the property line, as we proceeded to dig down our side to level it all out we just continued to build up the wall as we went. The biggest issue I have read about with retaining walls is they trap water on the uphill side instead of letting it drain. Thats the main reason we continued with boulders is to allow proper drainage. The added weight of the water is typically what makes retaining walls fail.
- Location
- West Haven, UT
So if I'm understanding you correctly, by having the rocks with the dirt between them allows the water to dissipate into the ground rather than causing the retaining wall to fail by trapping water? Is that correct?
Are you planning on having gravel driveway along the fence line or concrete? I would think based on the above explanation that concrete could potentially create pooling and/or trapping of water and oversaturation of the ground whereas gravel would allow the water to dissipate into the ground.
Sorry for the question. I just know when we were looking about 4 years ago I was worried about elevation differences and didn't want to deal with any adverse affects down the road. I probably worried a bit too much because even at our new place I installed dry wells and we have quite sandy soil, so the dry wells may have been a bit overkill. Water pooling and water issues scare the hell out of me.
Thanks.
Mike
Between the bottom of the rock wall and my concrete is about 20 inches of gravel to help with drainage. Slope and water run off was taken into consideration. We really need @Chocflip201 to chime in he builds retaining walls daily and does an amazingly beautiful job
BCGPER
Starting Another Thread
- Location
- Sunny Arizona
My modified truck pan to f body pan has always leaked so i yanked it the other day.
@YROC FAB. rewelded it and it had warped pretty bad and when i bolted it to the engine it cracked. I blame it on a garbage/dirty casting for the initial leak, Cory knows how to weld circles around me.
New pan is a little wider too so i had to widen the skid.
Engine skid was not built to be removed but it is now for future maintenance i guess. There's tube flanges up front and 3 tabs on the back
@YROC FAB. rewelded it and it had warped pretty bad and when i bolted it to the engine it cracked. I blame it on a garbage/dirty casting for the initial leak, Cory knows how to weld circles around me.
New pan is a little wider too so i had to widen the skid.
Engine skid was not built to be removed but it is now for future maintenance i guess. There's tube flanges up front and 3 tabs on the back
- Location
- West Haven, UT
Thanks for the explanation. Like you water runoff was a huge concern and better to address before rather than later.
Mike
- Location
- West Haven, UT
Last night I finished polishing the last couple of wheels in preparation for installing back on the coach.
For those interested in what polish I use for a maintenance shine here it is...... Busch Aluminum Polish.
I hope this shows up. If you look just above the valve stem in this picture you can see the upper portion has not been polished yet and the lower portion has. Again, this is just a hand application and doesn’t require a lot of elbow grease to just use as normal maintenance to remove the oxidation.
I’ll usually apply a quarter of a wheel at a time. You can see how easily it removes the surface oxidation.
Next moving on to the front center caps they weren’t too bad but while they were off it’s easier to polish so out came the Busch Chrome & Stainless Steel Polish. The one on the right is untouched and the left one has polish on it.
Left, Polish removed and shined up. Right untouched.
Both polished and ready to be installed.
Mike
For those interested in what polish I use for a maintenance shine here it is...... Busch Aluminum Polish.
I hope this shows up. If you look just above the valve stem in this picture you can see the upper portion has not been polished yet and the lower portion has. Again, this is just a hand application and doesn’t require a lot of elbow grease to just use as normal maintenance to remove the oxidation.
I’ll usually apply a quarter of a wheel at a time. You can see how easily it removes the surface oxidation.
Next moving on to the front center caps they weren’t too bad but while they were off it’s easier to polish so out came the Busch Chrome & Stainless Steel Polish. The one on the right is untouched and the left one has polish on it.
Left, Polish removed and shined up. Right untouched.
Both polished and ready to be installed.
Mike
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
Last night I finished polishing the last couple of wheels in preparation for installing back on the coach.
For those interested in what polish I use for a maintenance shine here it is...... Busch Aluminum Polish.
I hope this shows up. If you look just above the valve stem in this picture you can see the upper portion has not been polished yet and the lower portion has. Again, this is just a hand application and doesn’t require a lot of elbow grease to just use as normal maintenance to remove the oxidation.
I’ll usually apply a quarter of a wheel at a time. You can see how easily it removes the surface oxidation.
Next moving on to the front center caps they weren’t too bad but while they were off it’s easier to polish so out came the Busch Chrome & Stainless Steel Polish. The one on the right is untouched and the left one has polish on it.
Left, Polish removed and shined up. Right untouched.
Both polished and ready to be installed.
Mike
I'll have to give that stuff a shot on my Badlands wheels. They have some stuff I can't scrape off with other compounds
anderson750
I'm working on it Rose
- Location
- Price, Utah
Finished up the other side of the garage. This epoxy system should last me as long as I will be in this house.
Tonkaman
Well-Known Member
- Location
- West Jordan
How hard is that to do? Are you getting the results you were hoping for?Finished up the other side of the garage. This epoxy system should last me as long as I will be in this house.
rholbrook
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Kaysville, Ut
@anderson750 What is the height of your mezzanine? I have one built and I would love to build a ramp. I can't stand up straight on mine but I would love to do this. Pictures???
- Location
- West Haven, UT
Last night I installed the two tag axle tires/wheels and the two steers on our coach. Torqued them to 450 lb/ft and set the coach back down on the ground, swept up and put the jack and jack stands away.
Mike
Mike
DaveB
Long Jeep Fan
- Location
- Holladay, Utah
I just rebuilt my Warn 8274 winch using a couple of spare winches. I may have enough parts left over to make up another one.
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
Good thing I don’t do this for a living. (I would definitely be about 210-220 lbs?)
anderson750
I'm working on it Rose
- Location
- Price, Utah
It is not hard to do. The most important thing is having a clean surface. I have had epoxy floors in my garage since shortly after I moved into this house in 2004. It is simple for me to get it prepped by just using a floor scrubber with degreaser. The first time I did it, I used a kit from Home Depot that lasted about 6 years before it was getting harder to clean. The next time I used a kit from a local paint store that has lasted until this coating. Overall it was still in good shape, but was showing wear in places where stuff has been drug across it and was getting harder to clean. . This time I used the kit shown here from a different paint store. It is much better quality and goes on very thick. Each kit of 1 gallon of color resin and 1 gallon of cure costs about $160. It took me 5 gallons (2 1/2 kits) to do my entire floor.
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
It is not hard to do. The most important thing is having a clean surface. I have had epoxy floors in my garage since shortly after I moved into this house in 2004. It is simple for me to get it prepped by just using a floor scrubber with degreaser. The first time I did it, I used a kit from Home Depot that lasted about 6 years before it was getting harder to clean. The next time I used a kit from a local paint store that has lasted until this coating. Overall it was still in good shape, but was showing wear in places where stuff has been drug across it and was getting harder to clean. . This time I used the kit shown here from a different paint store. It is much better quality and goes on very thick. Each kit of 1 gallon of color resin and 1 gallon of cure costs about $160. It took me 5 gallons (2 1/2 kits) to do my entire floor.
What’s your garage square footage? How does the epoxy hold up to weld slag/torch slag?