One of the things that I've been putting off for some time was a simple little project involving headlights. More accurately the headlights on the Scion. As is the case with any plastic headlight housing, the surface gets oxidized and starts to develop a glazed color that obscures the projection of light. Well, it's already known that there's simple little kits out there that allow anyone to restore the headlight housing's surface to near original clarity. Of course these kits aren't going to bring the plastic to full crystal clear clarity, but it'll be a helluva lot better than what one may be typically dealing with.
The kit starts off with using 500 grit sanding discs that velcro stick to a wheel that can be used in a standard drill. After sanding down the headlights a few times, using a couple discs for each light, I moved up to the 800 grit discs, doing the same thing. After this step I moved to the buffing pad/wheel. Along with this I had to apply a little blob of polishing compound. This stuff is synonymous to the same polishing/rubbing compounds used in auto paint finishing. I did this process a couple times per headlight to get proper coverage of the polishing until the surface was clear. There were still small scratches and minor scuffs, present from the sanding as well as the normal knicks and dings. Again this would be expected but in the end, the results were a lot better than what we started with. Another thing that I had to start doing was sorting through the scrap that I acquired from the neighbors as well as from the scrap pile at the back of the yard. Since the amount of material is growing past the point of being in the way, its time to get all this crap staged so I can get it hauled out, allowing me to move on to the next batch of processes I want to implement. Since I have such a large amount of scrap, I will have to use the trailer along with the truck to make the haul. A lot of the stuff getting pulled that was sorted from the automotive stuff at the back of the yard is parts that I had tried to sell after parting out vehicles that were used in other projects (Minivan chicken coop, Toyota Chicken Truck, etc.). After sitting on these parts for so long I decided I may as well just scrap all this stuff in order to make room for the other projects and tasks I want to start on. Who knows how long it may take before someone comes along around here looking to buy one of these parts. Scrapping these parts will also open up the old racks at the back so they can be dismantled, allowing me to start on the removal of the fence panels along the southern fence line. These panels will serve as the pieces to close in the opening behind the Storage Trailer, connecting to the rear of the garden fence. Some of the parts from this area are being relocated to the northeastern fence line for either selling purposes or for possible use in a future project later. These parts include - driveshafts, fuel tanks, different lengths of tubing, a couple rear ends, etc. After the southern fencing is relocated to fill in the gap behind the Storage Trailer, the next area is the eastern fence line, where I need to close in two sections, leaving the east gate. I can then start closing in the rest of the eastern fence along the garden. I'll still need to sink a few posts along that line to fully close in the section of eastern fence line along the garden, but I should have enough fencing available from the southern line over to the southwest corner and a short length of the west fence up to the Storage Trailer. This repurposed fencing should be enough to fully close in the rest of the compound all the way around the Dog Kennel Greenhouse. I'll only have to source fence pickets for the eastern gate, and figure out a plan for the main gate, which I do have some ideas that for the most part may be temporary until I can work out the logistics behind setting up a powered gate assembly. At least until then I'll still be able to close in the compound properly.
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