Most of the videos I am currently producing are how-to woodworking, cabinetry, mosaics in marble, and finishing projects. I don't claim to be an expert in any of these skills; I am simply a common DIY'er with a standard set of tools. Fortunately, having worked in the auto body business repairing cars for about twenty years, I find that many of the skills carry over to my DIY projects. Until my semi-retirement, I trained and supported business management software and directed most of my videos, training classes, and on-site toward lean processing. I am always open to new projects from those who may need my skill set. Please leave helpful comments or suggestions, and yes ask questions.
A little time saving trick I learned in a cabinet shop is to wait until the bondo is almost set up so it's not sticky but still a bit pliable and you can cut any excess smoothly off the top of the repair with a putty knife.
Great video. I'll admit that I was using bondo all wrong for 20 years. (In my defense, I've used it very rarely, but probably because it was such a pain because I was doing it all wrong.)
Why make it all so difficult man 😅 You don't need all this rocket science level measuring You need paint that can spray? Have you ever had a glass of milk? That's the consistency you want oh and for non waterBASED not born paints just toluene (main building block of regular cellulose thinner) or if you are working with oil based enamels, I myself use pure xylene (,which is corrosive so know before you buy please) though you can stretch it simply by adding some ethanol. It's gonna adjutate your xylene base and then though already very vapid it instadry! Then afterwards cleaning the gun out with Ethanol is a breeze! Though I get your idea here that's too much to say; teach a beginner how to thin their paint down 😂 anywhoo I do admit this is very clever man! But legit. Milk the 2% kind. That's about it as that just flies out of an airbrush which can be even more finicky then a spraygun! And with waterbased or also waterborne paints (of the latter not all) but waterbased acrylic? I take 1 part water nowadays and 2 pure Ethanol or isopropyl 99% all in the same bottle (it doesn't actually mix) though the water breaks the paint up a bit and then your solvent will continue thinning it's consistency down but without washing all the pigments out because any and all waterbased paints a bit of water is ideal to make it flow but the same bit too much can wash out pigments. It's just an idea I figured I'd share again it doesn't change the cleaning afterwards but you for one get further with the same can of bucket of paint! You're adding vapid solvent so you can work even faster and IF you let it sit and something feels clogged you have some ethanol. Rinse out, and you are good to go again my friend!
on my second one , maybe buy another. 2 years with daily use is all you get, but I really like it. So I have 2 parts units now. Nice and compact , good pressure volume, cheap, pretty ,like an old girlfriend . Pretty damage proof . Have a feeling not made any more.
Don't use gravity feed for water based paints because it drains to slow out of the gun and inconsistently to mix properly with the speed of the air when it's mixing. Do use a siphon feed as it forces the paint out of the cup much better way to spray thick water based coatings. If you can find a binks number 7 gun that's money for thick coatings including automotive primer. Siphon feed trumps gravity feed all day everyday for anything.
Great Video. I am better for watching this and the nature of the instruction makes it much clearer what I have to do…..roll my truck off of a cliff. Just Kidding. I’m going to be tackling this project in a couple of weeks and this really did a great job explaining the process and the reasons for each step. Thank You.
You said that it doesn't harden in the can but I have some filler thats several years old and has never been used but it's the thickness of clay or silly putty. Its not runny at all, but completely moldable. Is that going to matter if I use it?
Great video! Thank you for the advise. I have painted most of my life used airless, but air sprayers are a very different deal. I came across this job that requires air sprayer and just wasn’t sure about percentage wise thinning and you came with the perfect answer. Thank you sir!
I checked with the technical of Tickerilla paint manufacturer and they said that thinning beyond 10% will nor affect the integrity of their water based paint.
I had a lot of old pipes and rebar to cut up and from what I read ru-vid.comUgkxPDBfLu68o58Aw85O_J-zIFfjJARBhp-3 this would be the tool for the job. Since I had never used one, I watched a couple of youtube videos and I'm so glad I did. Some really good safety tips, which I followed, and this tool did a splendid job. One good thing to know is the weight of the tool puts just about the right amount of pressure on the metal I was cutting, so I didn't have to use a lot of pressure, which is more likely to jam the tool. It made fast work of my job.
This worked great for redoing the shower/bathtub of my kid's bathroom. ru-vid.comUgkxfiuHoZJo3bgdVPFRxQ-iqPpfbEHl2cYt I didn't like the guide, so I took it off. I just used a fine tipped sharpie on the tile and followed that line. It does make a wet mess, and once I started looking like I wet myself I started wearing a towel and apron while cutting. The blade it came with worked great until we wore it out. It was better than the replacement one we bought. I tried looking for just their blade, but failed. Not really for larger tiles unless you stack stuff on either side to support the tiles. Anyway, would definitley buy again.
