Other hobbies or past times outside of detailing

[PaulMys]

PaulMys do you fish freshwater or salt as I see you are on LI

Salt water only.

[ClearVue18]

Uhh let's see...mmm come on here to pick with every one . That's my loved hobby .

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[PaulMys]

Uhh let's see...mmm come on here to pick with every one . That's my loved hobby .

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Yeah, pollen is all CV's fault. That Son of a B!^&$!!

[57Rambler]

Too many to list them all, but one I have that relates to car detailing - restoring furniture. Specifically mid-century modern teak furniture. 90% of the furniture pieces in our house are teak pieces that I have hunted down and then restored.

Here's a piece I finished up during the lockdown. It's a neat sideboard with tambour doors that I purchased from the son of the original owners, who purchased the piece in Sweden while the father was stationed overseas in the early 60's. It was then shipped home when they returned to the U.S. The son inherited the piece (and several others that I also bought) and his wife proceeded to "ruin" it by keeping a flower vase on top of it, complete with a water leak. The teak used for indoor furniture is different than that used for outdoors and it does not tolerate water well. Hence the horrible water mark and stain on top, with the added blackening thanks to a reaction to minerals & chemicals in the water. Not only was the water mark a terrible stain, it also left a slight depression in the teak wood. The wood was also suffering from generally poor care ... no maintenance oiling and damage from too much sunlight. This was one of my bigger challenges ever. The process was to carefully "bleach" out the water mark/stain with an oxalic acid solution, then let the wood recover for a couple weeks, then repeat. It took 8 bleachings to completely remove the mark. Some of the depression was relieved by the bleachings but I also had to do a very light/careful sanding of the whole top of the sideboard to even things out. Finally, I applied teak oil over multiple sessions a week apart to rejuvinate the wood and bring back its natural color/hue.


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[ClearVue18]

Yeah, pollen is all CV's fault. That Son of a B!^&$!!

You must have gotten that package I sent lol.

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[ClearVue18]

Yeah, pollen is all CV's fault. That Son of a B!^&$!!

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[Ed Abbondanzio]

Programming. Web dev, C#, TypeScript or JavaScript. Used to do it for money but that took the fun out of it.

[Bruno Soares]

I’m into bowling. Haven’t done it since mid March as bowling alleys are all closed in PA at the moment. My average will probably tank after this long of a break.

[Markymapo]

I just started taking up bowling n then Covid hit. Maybe next winter. I work in Malvern so need to find something local

[PaulMys]

I’m into bowling. Haven’t done it since mid March as bowling alleys are all closed in PA at the moment. My average will probably tank after this long of a break.

That is cool. Hard as hell to bowl.

I got lucky and hit about 130 once. Lol