We enjoyed another fire pit with friends last night, some we don't get too see very often anymore. It was nice and relaxing, and cooled enough by sundown that we could actually start the fire. The yard spray pretreatment kept the mosquitoes mostly at bay and the rain and thunderstorms held off until later in the night. My wife made snacks and grilled up some hot dogs that we got with our quarter cow and, boy, were they delicious!
My project yesterday was restoring the clarity to our older car's headlights. There's lots of YouTube videos on the process, I mostly followed this one. I've been thinking of doing this for years now, but I would just do the temporary fix with toothpaste. This time I invested the 20 bucks or so in materials and just did the permanent fix. And I have plenty left over for several more cars, perhaps I can sell the stuff to some poor, dull-yellow-headlighted person.
Overall, they look much better now than they did before. In the first picture the yellow doesn't seem to nearly come across as it really was, but they are sure cloudy. Next is during the process, I have the lenses completely sanded and ready for the clear coat. Last is after the final coat and not yet dry, yet you can see they are much clearer than they were before. Later today I will wax them and see if they get clearer yet.
I need to start thinking of new projects to keep me busy. I have all sorts of tools and lots of wood, I can take the time and enjoy the process. That's really what it's about many times, the process. I can work at my own pace, listen to music and hang out in the garage - which is one of my favorite things.
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