How'd your day go?
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 7:55 am
Ok just venting here. Had one of those days. Funny thing, it was still profitable but I think due to the fact that I do other work besides W/R.
Anyway here's how it went. Got up, drive 100 mi. to a city I go to about every other week. Stopped at one lot, got 3 vehicles. 2 with single hits, 1 with about 4. Almost everything at that lot was hard. None of my suction cups wanted to stick. I think they coated with Rain-X or something. It was just a little too coincidental. And maybe that's why I had problems filling. I didn't realize the situation until the bridges slid off several times on 2 vehicles, so I lost resin. Re-attached, same problem, finally pulled out the lube (which I hardly ever need) Then there were stubborn ones to fill, had to slide bridges over, drill and pop a few times. Had to use heat more than I like. 2 and half hrs. later, all but one came out to my satisfaction. This dealer only uses me occasionally, so I really wanted things smoother. Oh well. Side note: Spent most of the morning frustrated, forgot to put on sunscreen adding to the burn on my back legs!
Next lot a little better. (I was hoping a lot better!) Again 3 vehicles, 2 with 2 hits, one with 1. The 2 hit vehicles came out nice, even though one of them still needed to drill for batwings. I popped to make sure. The one that gave me fits maybe was my fault, the truck with only 1 hit. It was re-doing someone else's work, so I knew that going in. I had to drill four holes, try to pop and heat each time from the inside. Time consuming though. I sure didn't plan on drilling that many holes, nor using so much heat. Risky, but it worked. At least it improved about 75-80%. And that was the lot I picked up some graphic jobs, so a happy ending. Didn't get to the other lots, but maybe will go there again before 2 weeks, so that's all good too. Vent over.
Anyway here's how it went. Got up, drive 100 mi. to a city I go to about every other week. Stopped at one lot, got 3 vehicles. 2 with single hits, 1 with about 4. Almost everything at that lot was hard. None of my suction cups wanted to stick. I think they coated with Rain-X or something. It was just a little too coincidental. And maybe that's why I had problems filling. I didn't realize the situation until the bridges slid off several times on 2 vehicles, so I lost resin. Re-attached, same problem, finally pulled out the lube (which I hardly ever need) Then there were stubborn ones to fill, had to slide bridges over, drill and pop a few times. Had to use heat more than I like. 2 and half hrs. later, all but one came out to my satisfaction. This dealer only uses me occasionally, so I really wanted things smoother. Oh well. Side note: Spent most of the morning frustrated, forgot to put on sunscreen adding to the burn on my back legs!
Next lot a little better. (I was hoping a lot better!) Again 3 vehicles, 2 with 2 hits, one with 1. The 2 hit vehicles came out nice, even though one of them still needed to drill for batwings. I popped to make sure. The one that gave me fits maybe was my fault, the truck with only 1 hit. It was re-doing someone else's work, so I knew that going in. I had to drill four holes, try to pop and heat each time from the inside. Time consuming though. I sure didn't plan on drilling that many holes, nor using so much heat. Risky, but it worked. At least it improved about 75-80%. And that was the lot I picked up some graphic jobs, so a happy ending. Didn't get to the other lots, but maybe will go there again before 2 weeks, so that's all good too. Vent over.