Daily Archives2017 February 11

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If you are looking to train someone in the use of a forklift truck, there are are a number of points to think about before considering forklift training prices.

Why ought my company have its operators trained?

Every year, serious injury or deaths are caused by accidents involving forklift trucks. Statistics from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) show that about 10 percent of these incidents result from inadequate operator training.

Responsibility rests on your shoulders, as an employer, for ensuring proper training to approved standards, for all users of workplace tools and equipment. Don’t forget that supervisors must also be given the necessary training.

Paraphrasing PUWER’s regulations:

For health and safety, it is imperative that employers give relevant training to employees, not only in the proper use of workplace equipment, but also in the associated risks involved in the equipment’s use and what precautions to take.

Employers must make sure that employees managing or supervising the use of work equipment, have undergone relevant training, for health and safety reasons. This training should encompass what systems may be implemented in using the equipment, as well as any risks that such use might bring into play and the precautions to put in place.

Each industry carries its own risks. No matter what precautions a company takes, there is always the chance of a workplace accident happening. Of course, these accidents, some causing death, are very upsetting to those involved and their families.

Such accidents, even when no-one is injured, can also involve significant cost to the employer. Not only can damage or destruction occur to vehicles, but also to the surrounding building and its fitting and to the goods being handled at the time.

What might happen if I do nothing?

Failure to train your operators could be considered to be: contravening either the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations or the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations.

It is entirely possible in the event of an accident, that the Health & Safety Executive decide to prosecute you. If it is found that you have not properly discharged your duties according to the Health & Safety At Work Act, your company insurance may not cover you. Furthermore, if the directors are found to be liable, crippling penalties could be imposed on them.

There is also the chance of a conviction leading to unwanted publicity. This in turn can lead to loss of goodwill toward the company and loss of business. This alone should be reason enough to ensure your operators are properly trained where health and safety regulations are concerned.

What action should you take?

Simple. Do not allow any untrained personnel to use a forklift truck, even if only on a very occasional basis. Anyone using such equipment must have passed all the appropriate training and tests.

Once trained, your operator’s performance needs to be regularly monitored. This is simply the best way to ensure proper and safe use of forklift trucks and similar equipment. As you are now aware, failure to train your employees could have dire consequences.

It is not only desirable to put into place a strong ongoing programme of training, it is also a legal requirement. Such a programme is, of course, essential to ensure the safety of what are key members of staff.

Do not just consider forklift training prices when choosing a training supplier. The best training companies will not be the cheapest. Check out as many in your area as you can. Ask other forklift users their opinions of different companies.

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Source by David I Wheeler

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If there was a way to make your street-legal diesel particulate filter (DPF) equipped diesel truck perform at the same level as an off-road racing DPF-deleted rig, would you want to know how? DPF Deletion is great for off-road racing, but what about the rest of us who just want better fuel economy, improved towing and diesel performance?

Most late-model diesel truck owners are now familiar with the term DPF. If you used to get 15-20 miles per gallon on your pre-DPF diesel truck, you were probably shocked when you first figured out that your brand new $50,000 diesel got 8-13 MPG. And how about the first time you were towing a heavy load up a long grade when your diesel suddenly went into DPF regeneration and your speed plummeted to the point of being dangerously slow? If you’re like thousands of other diesel owners, you’ve been looking for a way to safely and legally improve your diesel fuel economy as well as increase horsepower on your DPF-equipped 2007.5 to 2010 Dodge Ram 6.7L Cummins, 2007.5 to 2010 GM 6.6L Duramax, or 2008 to 2010 Ford 6.4L Powerstroke. Now there is a new option that will give you exactly what you want!

Many of the major manufacturers of diesel performance aftermarket products have tried to figure out an effective way to reverse the performance and fuel economy-reducing effects of the emissions control DPF device. Matt Snow and the diesel performance geniuses at Snow Performance have found a simple yet brilliant solution. Installing one of their Diesel Stage 3 MPG-Max Boost Cooler water-methanol injection kits on a DPF-equipped truck gives a boost in fuel economy of 1-3 MPG, with most diesel owners getting over 2 MPG. And here’s the best part – the more often your truck was going into DPF regeneration before installing the Boost Cooler kit, the bigger your fuel economy gains will be. Let’s look at the reasons why.

A diesel particulate filter is designed to remove soot and other particulates from the exhaust gas stream. The filtered soot and particulates build up until the filter needs to be cleaned, a process call “regeneration”. In the Dodge, Ford, and GM diesels that are so popular in North America today, filter regeneration, or cleaning, is achieved through using a fuel burner that heats the particulate filter to the combustion point of the soot and particulates. Every time your filter has to be cleaned, more diesel fuel has to be burned to heat the filter. And, as you might imagine, this doesn’t help with diesel fuel economy.

The product development team at Snow Performance already knew that pre-DPF diesels utilizing their Boost Cooler kits experienced decreased emissions of particulate matter and NOx due to increased combustion efficiency. Injected methanol acts as a combustion catalyst, meaning your diesel fuel gets burned more efficiently and more completely. Instead of sending unburned fuel and particulates out the tailpipe as smoke and pollution, using the Snow Performance water-methanol injection kits on pre-DPF diesels caused their emissions to drop dramatically. What they didn’t know for sure, but suspected, was that their kits would have an even more beneficial effect on the new diesel trucks coming out with DPF’s installed.

The Snow Performance crew was right. Running one of their Boost Cooler kits on a DPF-equipped diesel truck still led to lower exhaust gas temperatures and increased horsepower. Most importantly, the water-methanol injection kits improved combustion efficiency so dramatically that the particulate filters on their test trucks just never got dirty enough to need to be cleaned. The exhaust stream was “scrubbed” so effectively by the water-methanol injection that the filters didn’t need to go into regeneration mode. This of course led to even greater and consistent gains in fuel economy.

For diesel performance enthusiasts, combining a Stage 3 MPG-Max Boost Cooler water-methanol injection kit with the a diesel performance chip, programmer, or tuner allows you to use today’s popular electronic power-adders without the worry of clogging and ruining your expensive particulate filter. Now you can have your diesel performance cake and eat it too! For increased fuel mileage, more horsepower and torque, a better towing experience, and reduced emissions without resorting to DPF deletion, invest in a Snow Performance Stage 3 MPG-Max Boost Cooler water-methanol injection kit for your DPF-equipped Cummins, Duramax or Powerstroke diesel today!

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Source by Britt Eastwood

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Anti freeze is very important in cold weather for preventing the vehicles from getting damaged due to freezing of water. Antifreeze prevents the water in your car’s radiator from freezing up which in turn destroys some parts of your car. Do you know that antifreeze is vital as a radiator coolant also? Radiator coolant is necessary in your car during hot weather. It prevents car system from damage due to overheating.

In cold countries, where the temperatures fall down considerably sometimes even to negative degrees, antifreeze is most important. Antifreeze is necessary in cold weather in order to prevent important fluids in the vehicles from evaporation. Antifreeze does not evaporate as fast as water. It also has lubricating properties, which is why it is very helpful to the system. The vital parts of your car such as hosepipe and other parts need to be protected from the harsh weather. Cold weather is always brutal and therefore you car needs special care.

The most important use of antifreeze is to keep your vehicle running even in the cold weather with heat. The precious green liquid that is environmentally friendly will help to keep up the engine heat even in the frosty weather. Antifreeze is quite a useful thing for the car system but many people do not understand this and are not aware about the fact. If any sort of problem arises, they think that some mechanical problem has been occurred. Sometimes they think that it might be due to radiator leakage, heater core failures, a thermostat being either open or closed and other things that can go wrong and which causes a car heater to stop working. However, this is not the fact.

In cold weather, it becomes necessary to start the car for every few hours to keep vehicles from entirely freezing up even if the antifreeze is in the system. In very cold regions where the temperature usually remains below zero, frequently requires restarting of the engine to catastrophic failure.

Antifreeze is the most important fluid in the car system. Car needs to be instantly started circulating the fluid in order to keep it warm and the car cool. Keeping your antifreeze at the proper levels is vital at any hour of the year especially in extreme temperatures.

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Source by Kelly Peter

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So you have found this page searching on the Internet and wish to figure out a way to remove Lipstick Stains from car seats. I bet a certain former president wishes he could go back in time and remove all traces of any lipstick stains from anywhere? Why are lipstick stains so hard to get off. Not that you are trying to get rid of candy cane strips on anything that personal. But when it comes to fabric, it can be a real challenge as you well know. What does lipstick contain? Well the basics are simple enough;

“Dyes and oil-like substances”

is the easy answer. The more involved answer can be better said by the experts in the Cosmetic Industry. Here is what they told us, don’t quote me on it and you may want to think twice next time you are kissing someone or something that is wearing Tangerine Lipstick or lipgloss: Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Octydodecanol, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Tocopheryl Acetate, Quaternium-18 Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Silica, Isopropylparaben, Isobutylparaben, Butylparaben. May Contain: Mica Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Blue 1 Lake, Red 6 Lake, Red 7 Lake, Red 27 Lake, Yellow 5. Yuk !!!! And you can see why the chemists in the auto detailing, on-site detailing industry have tough time with it. Any dermatologist will tell you this is bad news;

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Now then you have this on the car seat of a customers car. Why? Well they did not kiss the seat, their purse fell over and spilled out and the cap popped off and it was a hot day and the lipstick melted onto and into the fabric on the seat. Now it is your problem as a member of the Car Washing and Professional Detailing Industry. So what do you do?

First we recommend using a plastic razor blade and scrapping as much as you can first. Then you need a quick dry solvent, we choose lighter fluid, it evaporates fast and dissolves quickly with little odor. If you have no plastic razor blades use a business card to scrape it. If you fold the business card in half it works best. This way you get a double edge close shave and can scrape most of the lipstick off first. Many high-end car manufacturers like Audi, Porsche, BMW, Cadillac, Volvo, Mercedes recommend their own brands of cleaners for interiors, which are generally made up of Powder to Suds cleaners. Well let us warn you that your wonderful intentions will not work on Lipstick. So you can kiss that idea good bye. If you find a fabric is somewhat faded you may wish to dab the solvent or put it on the corner of a towel first, not paper towel, use terry cloth. Then pat the stain gently and see if it is removing the stain without taking away the coloring.

By the way this will also work on Afghanistan Shoe Polish Sandwich stains on the seats of their cars. Shoe polish sandwich is a way that the locals can get an alcoholic buzz, by putting BLACK (only) shoe polish on a piece of bread letting it soak through filtering out the alcohol to get high. The bread is then discarded into a local Humvee owned by the US Forces. The black shoe polish when it gets hot melts into the vehicle, Great!!! But remember back shoe polish can leak when taken to altitude on a salesman’s road trip on the back seats or in the trunk. We once cleaned it from a golf bag when the operator of the car forgot to take it to his locker at the Local Country Club, it leaked all over his favorite golf bad, Loud golfing shirt, wild socks and interior truck area. We were able to get it out of the trunk and off the golf bag for a handsome tip.

Felt markers also can leave stains and these procedures will work well on them too. Best of luck, you are starting to become a great Professional Detailer.

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Source by Lance Winslow

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There are a lot of manufacturers of HID’s and there is wide range of Xenon HID’s are available for you to buy. Problem arises when you to go to the market or an online store and find hundreds of HID kit models and off course it is very difficult for anyone to choose a best quality economical HID kit for his vehicle. HID kits are different for each vehicle and also for each vehicle model, for example if you want to buy a HID light for your car, you must have to know about the make and model of your car as a kit of one make or model doesn’t fit for other makes.

As earlier stated that market is flooding with HID’s and now it is difficult for customer to decide what to buy and what will be best for his vehicle. A lot of models for HID’s are available and here I am sharing some good known and best of HID kits in the market for your vehicle.

McCulloch HID:

This HID kit is very different from a lot of kits available in the market. In McCulloch HID kit the bulbs are genuine McCulloch accompanied with IV generation ballasts. For easier installation bases can be molded easily for proper fitting. This HID kit is not designed to blind the traffic coming against you but will only gives you a brighter look of road. Along with traditional wiring, McCulloch HID kit provides a wiring harness that gives power to bulbs directly from battery. These kits and wirings are completely water proof and heat resistant. McCulloch kit is more expensive than other kits available in the market.

Xenon Depot HID:

The xenon Depot HID kit includes original Philips bulbs with slim Philips XLD 145 ballasts that provide perfection of performance to the user. Fitting of this kit is also easy as the bases can be easily molded for custom installation. Xenon Depot HID with all its equipment is also water and heat resistant. A xenon Depot lakes on cost as it is much expensive.

Helios HID:

Another famous name for HID light is Helios and the Helios HID’s are very well known in the market for their best quality and performance. Helios HID light contains 35W HID that is four times more brighter than that of standard halogen headlight. It has a much longer projection distance than other kits. The life of the bulbs of Helios bulbs is also four time longer than the ordinary HID bulbs. With its weather proof parts, Helios kit is best for performance and work nicely in any weather conditions. The bad thing about this is its cost, which is more than many others in the market.

Xtreme HID:

This xenon HID is manufactured with extreme quality Japanese parts and Xtreme HID is best option but is somehow costly than other kits. Xtreme xenon bulbs are calibrated with lasers for correct beam patterns and full performance. The ballasts of this kit are also water proof and heat resistant as all quality HID light. Xtreme kits are very famous in the US market. Cost is not reasonable in many cases for this.

ProLumen HID:

If you are looking for xenon kits that can survive in different weather conditions, here you have ProLumen kit is one of the best kits available in the market. Its bulbs are three times brighter than the traditional bulbs used in halogen headlights and you will get a clearer and brighter road to drive at night. The ProLumen gives you a safe drive at night with its bright 2 Xenon Bulbs, 2 powerful ballasts, 2 xenon igniters, 2 ballast brackets and a user manual that enhances that use and guides you during the each step of installation of this Xenon light. This has great features but also cost is high for this.

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Source by Malik Sajjad

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Tonka toy trucks have been around now for over 60 years, one main reason these toys are so popular is because of there strong build and durability.

Over the years Tonka have developed numerous different styles and sizes of trucks, all with the same build quality you would expect from a top manufacturer. This is an important consideration to parents when buying your child a toy, the last thing you want is for the toy to break after a few hours of rough play. The one big advantage you will get with the steel type Tonka toy is that some of them come with a lifetime guarantee, this shows the toy company is totally confident in the strength and build quality of there trucks.

One main reason children are attracted to the trucks are the actual size of the toy, plus the high quality paint finish these trucks have is very eye catching and replicates the real thing.They have managed to replicate the design of the workings of each truck they make, this makes the toys look as close to the real thing as possible. The cost of these trucks can be slightly more expensive than the competition due to the build quality, but this can be worth the expense in the long term as the toy truck when looked after will last for years. As for the cheaper versions you might have to buy two or three different toys a year to replace them once they have broken, this can work out to be even more expensive than the initial cost of a Tonka truck.

This type of toy truck is not only for children these days, there are numerous collectors around whom show great pride in their collection of Tonka trucks. If you are interested in becoming a collector of these toys then there is plenty of information online on how to start, there is an abundance of toy trucks out there so starting a collection should not be a problem.

So if you are looking for toys for your children that are built to last a long time and give them years of enjoyment playing with them, then you should check out the Tonka toy truck range available to buy today.

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Source by Mick Day

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By now must of us realize that our current jobs will be replaced by robots and/or artificial intelligence. Some of these systems will be better and more intelligent than humans, assuming of course humans are actually intelligent. These robots will work in our factories, agricultural sector, service and retail. They will work on Wall Street and Main Street and everywhere in the supply chain between. They will work in your home, drive your care, write your emails, blog posts, and do your tweets, so you may as well get used to going to the beach.

There was an interesting article on AI posted to the Fortune Magazine website on February 6, 2017 title: “How Powerful AI Technology Can Lead to Unforeseen Disasters,” by Jonathan Vanian which stated:

“Smaller decisions that robots make on their own can cause trouble because human programmers may fail to take all of a robot’s possible choices into account,” and “This is not the robot apocalypse, what we’re seeing here are robots pursuing human-generated goals in unconstrained ways,” and, “Having a basic understanding of ethics can help technologists better understand the potential ramifications of the AI-powered software and robotics they are creating, he explained.”

The professors of artificial intelligent robotics noted these challenges but didn’t go into the potential problems, after all many are not foreseen, however let me take a quick stab at it. Unrestrained robots giving merely goals to fulfill, such as grabbing something from the warehouse, and delivering it pre-packaged to the fulfillment center’s outgoing, truck load area or even onto the truck could get quite interesting.

What if the warehouse robots start fighting over jobs, attacking each other to be the robot that can deliver the item? What if the robots form gangs to guard areas of the warehouse from other robots then go to war with each other to fulfill the orders issued? What if they grab the products or materials from other robots damaging the products?

What if groups of robots block rows making the other robots go farther around running down their batteries, and then shut off the power to other robots being charged? What if they keep robots from the docking station or pull half charged robots away so their groups can charge instead? What if robots break other robots then put their parts into boxes to be shipped out – what happened to half of the robots, did they get downsized or right-sized?

Think all this is just too crazy to be believable? Many might agree, even artists think they cannot be replace, but one Google Search of artistic robots will give you an awakening. But, of course, as stated above not all will be perfect, there will be a crazy transition period, one which will prove critics right and technologists correct as well. We live in interesting times, so good luck on that.

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Source by Lance Winslow

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Getting goods from A to B is hard enough. Finding the right way to carry those goods is another headache. Once, we loaded and unloaded goods item by item – those were the days when labour was cheap. Then the Second World War came. This mother of many inventions brought us the wooden pallet. This, combined with a fork lift truck, enabled goods to be moved quickly and with less labour.

Wooden Pallets

The wooden pallet was a great idea. So good was the idea that it is still going strong to this day. However, things have changed. Pallet pooling can be an expensive business. Rental and purchase costs have risen to reflect the increase in timber costs and the extra burden of fumigation and quality control.

Escalating fuel costs have taken their toll on the inevitable dedicated trips that are made to repatriate empty pallets when imbalances occur in the supply chain. These fuel costs – and driver shortages – have also forced an examination of the space and weight taken up by the ubiquitous pallet.

The pallet is a bit like the air that we breathe. It is all around us yet we don’t see it. It is easy to forget the extra cost that the pallet adds to the value chain. Perhaps now the time has come when, in some eyes, the pallet has outstayed its welcome. Rather than being the carrier, is the pallet itself being carried by the value chain? Rather than wait for another world war, a ready solution has been found and is tried and tested. That is the Slip Sheet.

Enter the Slip Sheet

Slip sheets have been around for some time, especially in the

U.S. where the free market has always had the knack of taking the path of least resistance. European countries tend to prefer centrally planned systems and standardization. Slip sheets lack firmly agreed international standards and this may be one of the reasons why they have not been popular in Europe. The greatest reason is ignorance. Many simply have no understanding of slip sheets and how they work – so they don’t bother.

So perhaps it’s time to right this wrong here and now.

How Slip Sheets Work

1. Slip sheets are durable sheets of material that are designed to carry a uniform load of goods with plan dimensions (or “footprint”) of roughly 1 metre square/40 inches square (typically they may be designed to carry a footprint of 40 inches x 48 inches – 1m x 1.2m). The slip sheet is made to these dimensions plus a pull tab – an extension to the sheet – of up to 6 inches/15cm. There may be just one pull tab sticking out from under the load on one side. There could, however be pull tabs on 2, 3 or all 4 sides. Slip sheets can be made of

fibreboard or plastic.

2. Goods are loaded directly onto the slip sheet within the creases that border any pull tabs. A push-pull attachment on a forklift truck is used to drag the load onto the truck by gripping (one of) the pull tab(s). The push-pull attachment has very flat ground-level forks that are designed to go under the

slip sheet whilst it is under load

3. To unload, the forklift truck pushes the load, complete with slip sheet off of itself and withdraws

Pros and Cons

Slip sheets are not the panacea to all distribution needs. For one thing, all parties in any supply chain will need to invest in the push-pull attachments, which are not cheap. The staff training that will be required, especially for forklift truck operators, can also be expensive. Perhaps the greatest factor, though, is the uniformity of the load itself. This exposes the slip sheet’s greatest advantage – and greatest disadvantage. Slip sheets may not be able to cope when boxes are awkwardly shaped or where there is a mixed load of different shapes. Conversely, if a company is shipping out large quantities of the same sized box, then slip sheets are ideal. As such, slip sheets lend themselves to operations further upstream of the supply chain. As loads are broken down further downstream, then pallets may be more appropriate. The good thing is that loads of slip sheets can be easily transferred to pallets. A good example of the advantages of using slip sheets is where parts for goods are manufactured and shipped through a long distance sea route. The space and weight saving can result in a significant financial boost for the value chain.

Co-operative Value Chains

Another great factor in all this is uniformity of slip sheet systems. All parties in the supply chain need to be using the same specification of slip sheet and ensure that all staff are fully trained to ensure delivered loads are configured correctly for the receiving party. This requires value chains that are highly co-operative, or, to be realistic, it requires a value chain that has one dominant party who will simply dictate their requirements. The U.S. has pioneered slip sheets and has used them for many years. However, the dominance of the supermarket sector in some European countries may be forcing the change there also. The ability of large supermarkets to influence their supply chains means that they are in a position to take a strategic view of the benefits that slip sheets can bring. They are in a position to arrange for both senders and receivers to be ready to handle products on slip sheets. Things are changing. Perhaps the pallet industry is about to get a jolt.

Watch this space. There are tremendous savings to be made and significant environmental benefits to be gained. Full conversion to slip sheets for any supply chain is not going to happen, but a partial conversion for particular product lines is not only desirable, but inevitable – even in Europe.

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Source by Vernon Stent

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If you want to create the perfect pinstriping designs on any vehicle you need to make sure that the brushes you use have been well cared for. In this article we offer some tips on how to care for pinstriping brushes so that they won’t have to be replaced any time soon.

1. The glue used to hold the bristles of the pinstriping brushes to the handle are water soluble and if exposed to water too much then it will become softened. Because of this the hairs will eventually become loose and start to fall out so avoid cleaning them in water if you can.

To clean the brush it is far better if you use a mineral spirit instead. It is best to initially rinse the brushes in the minerals spirits you have been using for cleaning the pallet whilst you are pinstriping. Although the cup in which the spirits is may look unusable remember you are using this to get most of the paint out of the brush.

After you have rinsed in the used spirits now to get rid of even more of the paint wipe the brush with a paper towel. Then having poured some fresh mineral spirits into another cup or jar you will be able to wash the rest of the paint out from it. Remember don’t just to wash the hairs of the brushes in the spirits but also the furrel as well.

You will recognize that your brush is thoroughly clean because no more paint will appear on the fresh paper towel you have used. After you are happy that the pinstriping brushes have been thoroughly cleaned you squeeze a small amount of 3 in 1 oil on to it and then shape it with your fingers. Using the oil prevents any oil that remains not to become and hardened and which could ultimately ruin the brush.

2. Although you may find it difficult to handle the brushes initially you should never be tempted to trim them. Sometimes however there may be a need to remove a small amount of the brushes tip but b before you do so you need to look closely at your pinstriping brush first. If you then decide to trim off any of the hairs then do so very carefully.

When trimming it is crucial that you oil the brush first as this will help it form the natural shape and then lay the brush flat on a sheet of paper or some other white surface. Doing this you will then see just what needs to be trimmed and very carefully using a sharp razor blade trim only the smallest amounts of the brushes hair as you need to from the tip. If you take off too much hair this will make the tip of the brush blunt and it won’t be able to create those perfect pinstripes for you.

3. If you find that your brushes begin to develop kinks or waves in them then you should find this problem relatively easy to fix. To remove these kinks or waves you first need to rinse any pinstriping brushes thoroughly in the mineral spirits and then rinse them very carefully in water. However, you must make sure that the furrel into which the hairs are set does not get wet and then dab the brushes on a paper towel to help remove as much water as possible.

After removing as much of the excess water as you can now add a little dish soap to the hairs and then shape the brush using your fingers. If the problem isn’t too severe then lay the pinstriping brushes flat, but if it is then put it between the pages of a book which will help to press it flat. You need to leave the brushes like this for around a week then after this time rinse the soap out with mineral spirits and hopefully its original shape will have been restored.

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Source by Steve Murray

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Northern Irish plates are different to those in the rest of the British Isles. And they have one incredibly useful advantage – they are considered dateless. There is no letter in any series to indicate years.

The format of Irish plates is typically 2 or 3 letters followed by up to 4 digits and unlike the English, Welsh and Scottish plates, the letters I and Z can be used.

If at one time, the Northern Ireland number plates were considered ‘the poor relation’, they can not be considered like that any more. With dateless plates increasing in demand and the ease of which you can create name plates, some Northern Irish plates have become investment plates.

At the same time, however, they do allow a lot of people join the personalised plate ladder. Lots of younger drivers want to personalise their plate as much as they personalise their car and having a Northern Irish plate allows them to do that. With prices starting from as low as £50, they are a very real option to get a cheap personalised plate.

Northern Ireland is divided up into eight separate licensing areas. They are:

• Belfast which issued the ‘_AZ’ and ‘IFZ’ registrations (e.g., BAZ, DAZ)
• Enniskillen which issued ‘_IL’, ‘IIG’ currently issuing ‘KIG’ (e.g., GIL, BIL)
• Downpatrick which issued ‘_BZ’ and currently issuing ‘SJZ’ (e.g., ABZ)
• Ballymena which issued ‘_KZ’ and currently issuing ‘DRZ’ (e.g., UKZ)
• Coleraine which issued ‘_NZ’ and currently issuing ‘RNZ’ (e.g., LNZ)
• Londonderry which issued ‘_UI’ and currently issuing ‘TUI’ (e.g., OUI)
• Omagh which issued ‘_JI’, ‘_HZ’ and currently issuing OHZ (e.g., PJI, CHZ)
• Armagh which issued ‘_IB’ and currently issuing ‘CXZ (e.g., GIB, RIB)

Clever use of names

The most sought after plates are those dateless plates that spell out names or nicknames. Because Northern Irish plates use ‘I’ and ‘Z’, there is room or scope to spell out names.

Here are a few to get you thinking:

• Barry (BAZ)
• Gary (GAZ)
• Katherine (KAZ)
• Catherine (CAZ)
• Darren (DAZ)
• Raza (RAZ)
• Sarah (SAZ)
• Jeremy (JEZ)
• Terry (TEZ)
• JIL (Jill)
• GIL (Gillian)
• PJI (Patrick James or Peter Joseph)

And while the Northern Irish plates have formats and words that suit names, they also work well with interests.

Here’s a few more to get you thinking:

• Show your love of France or your French nationality – OUI
• If you have a Mercedes, feel free to use – MBZ
• If you have a Volkswagen, car, you can use – VIW
• Show your passion for the Welsh when you use – WLZ
• Display your nationality with pride with – UKZ

So in summary, you can use a personalised Northern Irish number plate to:

• Hide the age of your vehicle
• Get a cheaper personalised number plate
• Display your name
• Show your nationality.

When thinking about a personalised number plate, Northern Irish number plates should be top of your list.

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Source by Jayne Henry