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  1. I tried that, trust me. Eventually the paint dried and solidified to the point where simple soap, water and rag did not work. It worked for most of the paint but not all.
  2. http://www.kchristieh.com/blog/images/painted-car.jpg kind of like that except with birthday stuff. While removing the paint a lot of hard to remove flecks got onto the actual body of the car. So yeah that's how the scratches came about, through the removal of said flecks.
  3. Watching the videos on ScratchX it appears really quite simple to do. I just want to know if it will work or if it'd be a waste of money. Obviously you seem to know the difference between a scratch and a swirl, so why don't you enlighten me? To describe the marks more, they are shallow enough that they cannot be felt with a fingernail. The area is as good as smooth.
  4. I have a 2000 Honda Civic. During a recent cleaning in which I was trying to remove white paint flecks from when my girlfriend painted the car windows for my birthday, these scratches arose. http://i.imgur.com/OLxB3.jpg http://i.imgur.com/TJMXI.jpg First of all, are those scratches, or swirls? I'm not sure I fully understand the difference. They are shallow enough that when I spray water on them, they disappear. Obviously though, water evaporates, so I need something more permanent to fill them in. I've been looking at ScratchX and SwirlX. Does anyone have experience with these products? Do you think they'll solve my problem? Thanks all.
  5. Before I get into things, let me clear up what I mean by clipping. Clipping in this case is: NOT: Mechanical/Speaker cone clipping NOT: Clipping from the amplifier YES: Clipping from the MP3 Sound source Basically, while browsing through my music library today (which consists of about 4000 songs), I discovered that many of them are clipped. Many are clipped on the bass, while many others are clipped on highs (i.e. snares or hats). (Most of the bassed-out rap I have, with sustained low frequencies, ironically, is not clipped). Upon further investigation I concluded that most of the tracks are not clipped for more than a few samples (a fraction of a second) at a time. Some songs may have a lot of clipping but there are not really any parts of the songs that feature sustained clipping. All in all, most of the music sounds fine, it's just that an analysis shows it as clipped. I don't usually push my stereo that hard, and when I do, it is only for about 10 or 15 minutes at a time. My question is, how bad are these files for my speakers? Should I be seriously worried about damaging my equipment? What tips do any of you have for alleviating any potential problems it may cause?
  6. Well it says in the description that they are grounded outlets; don't ask me how.
  7. How can I get my dad to believe me? He believes that the wiring in our house is much too old and can't handle the power. He went as far to say that I most likely started melting the wire while drawing the 400 watts.
  8. I did. The deal is (at least what my dad said) is that our house is old enough that the wiring can't take that kind of wattage. Whatever the case is, the amplifier stopped working on account of something. So it is more an issue of the wiring than the grounding, and I thought the powerpack might help because you can charge it up gradually and then hook the sub into it.
  9. The current amp I have draws 400 watts and requires a grounded outlet. The outlets in my house are not grounded, and I don't want to risk an electrical fire or anything of the like. I've been looking at "powerpacks" such as these http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-DPP-600HD-P...bxgy_auto_img_a; that model contains a sealed, 600 watt battery and has three grounded outlets. Is this a feasible solution to my problem? Thank you for any and all help in advance.
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