A hearty "Hello" to all my new-to-me detailing members/associates within Sky's The Limit Forum:
My real name is Lonnie, but I am going by Captain Obvious. If either name sounds familiar, it might be because of your association with and from "another" (can't mention the name) detailing forum that has been around like forever. I am joining this forum at the request of Merlin, whom I consider a detailing All-Star.
I've been vehicle detailing for over 55 years now, and it started in high school "cleaning" out the family station wagon ('68 Ford Country Squire, with fake wood panels, 10-passenger side-facing folding back seats, and 390 CID 2-barrel engine!) to take on dates to make a good impression.
I progressed to when I bought my own cars and wanted to protect and prolong the life of them and their substantial investment they represented. It continues today for much the same reason, as well as the "WOW, looks-better-than-new" factor that my detailing prowess has progressed to.
I still think of myself as a detail "hack", as this is my hobby, but a passionate hobby, nonetheless. Some of you golf, bowl, fish, hunt, woodwork, ATV/Snowmobile off-road; all more "common hobbies" associated with the Upper Midwest where I live. Me, I clean and detail daily-driven vehicles of mostly family and near-friends for "fun", that is if you can call detailing 'fun". Yes, many consider me "obsessed" (crazy or nutszo is more like it) with detailing to such an extreme level and that is, indeed, my OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Detailing), and how intimate and minute I can sometimes get.
I "clean" vehicles to the nth degree, but that is what separates the good from the not-so-good detailers and I am sure many of you reading this can relate. Plus, I love to hear vehicle owners say, "That looks like my vehicle came off the new-car showroom floor" from a disgusting-&-dirty interior, and dull-trim & swirled-paint exterior of the daily driver they brought me. Not a restorer, just a "good" detailing.
However, my ever-advancing age and declining physical abilities precludes me from vehicle detailing as much as I want and can do these days. Nonetheless, I still like to keep up on new detailing products, equipment, and processes along with tips-and-tricks-of-the-trade that are going on, which is another reason to become a member of this forum and part of this detailing community.
I do ask lots of questions, some that should be quite obvious at times, hence my nick-name/moniker. (Merlin is "familiar" with them!)
Also, please forgive my typing, spelling, and grammatical (grammarical?) mistakes. If you knew how long it takes for me to type, you would laugh. PLUS, I am the son of parents who were both public school teachers, and had my own mother as a teacher for Junior-grade English class in high school. She expected the best from me in her class as her son, and spelling, punctuation, and English grammar errors were not to be permitted, let alone tolerated. Those traits are extended to my writing ( typing) of posts here.
I became a mechanical design draftsman as a profession, not a writer or journalist, but much of her tutelage and training is exemplified in my own writing style.
Look forward to reading your post about all-things related to detailing.
My real name is Lonnie, but I am going by Captain Obvious. If either name sounds familiar, it might be because of your association with and from "another" (can't mention the name) detailing forum that has been around like forever. I am joining this forum at the request of Merlin, whom I consider a detailing All-Star.
I've been vehicle detailing for over 55 years now, and it started in high school "cleaning" out the family station wagon ('68 Ford Country Squire, with fake wood panels, 10-passenger side-facing folding back seats, and 390 CID 2-barrel engine!) to take on dates to make a good impression.
I progressed to when I bought my own cars and wanted to protect and prolong the life of them and their substantial investment they represented. It continues today for much the same reason, as well as the "WOW, looks-better-than-new" factor that my detailing prowess has progressed to.
I still think of myself as a detail "hack", as this is my hobby, but a passionate hobby, nonetheless. Some of you golf, bowl, fish, hunt, woodwork, ATV/Snowmobile off-road; all more "common hobbies" associated with the Upper Midwest where I live. Me, I clean and detail daily-driven vehicles of mostly family and near-friends for "fun", that is if you can call detailing 'fun". Yes, many consider me "obsessed" (crazy or nutszo is more like it) with detailing to such an extreme level and that is, indeed, my OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Detailing), and how intimate and minute I can sometimes get.
I "clean" vehicles to the nth degree, but that is what separates the good from the not-so-good detailers and I am sure many of you reading this can relate. Plus, I love to hear vehicle owners say, "That looks like my vehicle came off the new-car showroom floor" from a disgusting-&-dirty interior, and dull-trim & swirled-paint exterior of the daily driver they brought me. Not a restorer, just a "good" detailing.
However, my ever-advancing age and declining physical abilities precludes me from vehicle detailing as much as I want and can do these days. Nonetheless, I still like to keep up on new detailing products, equipment, and processes along with tips-and-tricks-of-the-trade that are going on, which is another reason to become a member of this forum and part of this detailing community.
I do ask lots of questions, some that should be quite obvious at times, hence my nick-name/moniker. (Merlin is "familiar" with them!)
Also, please forgive my typing, spelling, and grammatical (grammarical?) mistakes. If you knew how long it takes for me to type, you would laugh. PLUS, I am the son of parents who were both public school teachers, and had my own mother as a teacher for Junior-grade English class in high school. She expected the best from me in her class as her son, and spelling, punctuation, and English grammar errors were not to be permitted, let alone tolerated. Those traits are extended to my writing ( typing) of posts here.
I became a mechanical design draftsman as a profession, not a writer or journalist, but much of her tutelage and training is exemplified in my own writing style.
Look forward to reading your post about all-things related to detailing.
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