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Last Minute Winter Prep; Paint Tools for Painting in Tight Spaces; Glue School · Repcolite Home Improvement Show

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Speaker 1: Well, good morning everybody. Happy weekend. I hope you enjoyed
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Speaker 1: your week, hope you enjoyed the snow, and I hope
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Speaker 1: you're ready for a really fun weekend. You're listening to
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Speaker 1: the Rep Goo Lite Home improvement show sponsored by Benjamin Moore,
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Speaker 1: and today's show is all about practical tips and just
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Speaker 1: a little bit, just a little bit, a little side
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Speaker 1: helping of well meaning guilt. You know, the good kind
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Speaker 1: of guilt, the kind of guilt your mom used to make,
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Speaker 1: you know, the kind of gilt you really want to have.
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Speaker 1: It's going to be nostalgic. Anyway, here's what I've got
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Speaker 1: going At the end of the show. We're heading to
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Speaker 1: glue school, and yeah, that sounds kind of dumb, but
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Speaker 1: it's going to be useful. We're going to talk about
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Speaker 1: different glues, common glues, and then we'll break down which
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Speaker 1: glue works best for different projects and why you'd use
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Speaker 1: one over another. So that's coming up. We're also going
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Speaker 1: to be talking about painting in cramped quarters, tight little spaces,
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Speaker 1: how some paint tools can help make that process and
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Speaker 1: that project a little easier. But before we get to
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Speaker 1: all of that, let's get back to that guilt, that good,
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Speaker 1: well meaning that kind guilt. And to get us there,
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Speaker 1: I want to start by talking about some of my dreams,
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Speaker 1: you know, not my hopes, not my wishes, none of that.
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Speaker 1: I want to talk about literal dreams, you know, recurring dreams.
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Speaker 1: And I've got three classics, and man, they get me
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Speaker 1: every time. First, I'm back in college and I realize suddenly,
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Speaker 1: after a whole semester of not going to this particular class,
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Speaker 1: I realize that there's this class that I have, and
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Speaker 1: I find myself running around campus trying to find a
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Speaker 1: schedule that would tell me what room it's in, or
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Speaker 1: what building it's even in, or somebody who can point
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Speaker 1: me in the right direction. I hate that dream, very stressful. Second,
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Speaker 1: my second recurring dream is a classic no pants dream, right,
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of us have those. Don't know why.
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Speaker 1: But I'm walking around and just my underpants. I'm at
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Speaker 1: the grocery store, I'm at church, I'm at college wherever,
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Speaker 1: I'm at no pants, just underpants, and I'm talking to everybody,
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Speaker 1: and everything's cool until I drop something or look down
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Speaker 1: and I realized, man, nothing's cool. I don't have any
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Speaker 1: pants on. And then there's this massive struggle or massive
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Speaker 1: freak out as you try to find a way out
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Speaker 1: of the grocery store or college or wherever you were
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Speaker 1: so you can go find pants. I guess hate that
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Speaker 1: dream too. But my least favorite of all of these
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Speaker 1: dreams is the surprise test dream. You know, everybody in
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Speaker 1: the class is prepared, and then I'm sitting there at
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Speaker 1: my desk, completely stunned that we've got a test to take.
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Speaker 1: I'm not ready, haven't studied at all. I'm gonna vomit.
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Speaker 1: And for some reason, that's worse to me than the
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Speaker 1: no pants dream. Don't know why, but I hate the
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Speaker 1: surprise test dream the most. Anyway, all of those dreams
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Speaker 1: boil down to one thing. Feeling unprepared, right, unprepared to
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Speaker 1: get groceries, unprepared to take my test, you get it.
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Speaker 1: And that brings me to the home improvement point for
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Speaker 1: the week. Winter came early this year with snowstorms. That's
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Speaker 1: stuck where you ready for? That? Was your home ready?
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Speaker 1: If not? No shame, There's no shame in that. I
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Speaker 1: got caught unprepared on a couple of things too. So
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Speaker 1: here's some well meaning guilt, or maybe maybe it's just
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Speaker 1: a quick checklist. Maybe that's how I should have said
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Speaker 1: it all along. People like a checklist more than they
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Speaker 1: like guilt. Here's that, well meaning guilt or a quick
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Speaker 1: checklist to help you make sure that you're ready for winter,
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Speaker 1: because it seems like it's arrived all right. First thing,
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Speaker 1: did you win arize your gas powered lawn equipment and tools?
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Speaker 1: You know, either run the gas tanks dry on those
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Speaker 1: items or fill them up with new gas and the
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Speaker 1: proper amount of stabilizer. Now I'm thinking specifically about leaf blowers, lawnmowers,
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Speaker 1: things like that. But you know what you've got in
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Speaker 1: your garage or your shed, did you win arize them? Now,
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Speaker 1: if you're gonna put the fuel stabilizer in, you do
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Speaker 1: want to make sure that you run that engine briefly
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Speaker 1: after you've done so, to make sure you circulate everything
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Speaker 1: through the system. So keep that in mind. What about
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Speaker 1: battery powered lawn equipment of any kind? Litium e on
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Speaker 1: bad shouldn't be left in our Michigan garages over the winter,
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Speaker 1: So check with the manufacturer of the equipment that you've got.
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Speaker 1: But most of the time you're going to find that
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Speaker 1: they recommend getting those batteries indoors and storing them in
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Speaker 1: a cool, dry place at about thirty to fifty percent charge.
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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of little hoops to jump through here.
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Speaker 1: Don't store them at full charge, and don't store them
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Speaker 1: fully discharged. Did you get your hoses disconnected from the
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Speaker 1: spigots outside? Did you haul them inside and get them
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Speaker 1: into your basement? I mean, not everybody needs to do that,
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Speaker 1: and not everybody does that. I never did that until
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Speaker 1: one year or a few years back. I think the
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Speaker 1: hot water heater sprung a leak and I needed to
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Speaker 1: pump the basement empty, and I didn't have any hoses
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Speaker 1: that weren't full of ice. From that point on, I
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Speaker 1: try to store one hose inside just in case the
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Speaker 1: unthinkable happens once again. What about a power washer. If
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Speaker 1: you've got a gas powered power washer, of course you've
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Speaker 1: got to drain the fuel or add stabilizer, but also
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Speaker 1: make sure that you flush all the water out of
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Speaker 1: the system, remove the hoses, store those inside if you can,
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Speaker 1: and then consider adding pump savor to prohibit moisture from
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Speaker 1: forming in the pump while you store it over the winter.
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Speaker 1: If you've got an electric power washer, drain the water
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Speaker 1: just like the other one, but then store the whole
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Speaker 1: thing inside much better. Those are just a few of
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Speaker 1: the little projects that can sneak up on us and
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Speaker 1: kind of catch us unprepared when we get some early
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Speaker 1: snow that sticks. Don't skip these and don't get caught
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Speaker 1: with your pants down next spring. Little allusion to my
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Speaker 1: dreams that I talked about earlier. Don't get caught next
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Speaker 1: spring with some equipment that doesn't work. Check these items
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Speaker 1: in your home and then run through a mental checklist
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Speaker 1: of all the other things that you normally would have done,
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Speaker 1: and make sure you've got everything crossed off. All right,
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Speaker 1: that's the home improvement point for the week. Now let's
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Speaker 1: take a break, and when we come back, I'm going
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Speaker 1: to show you how the right tools can help you
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Speaker 1: paint in cramped areas, cramped quarters without losing your cool.
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Speaker 1: That's all had stick around. Welcome back. You're listening to
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Speaker 1: the Repco Lighte home improvement shows sponsored by Benjamin Moore,
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Speaker 1: And right now, let's talk about something that I find
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Speaker 1: ridiculously fun, exhilarating, life affirming painting and small life affirming.
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Speaker 1: It sounded like I can't remember what that cartoon character
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Speaker 1: was Sylvester the cat right thuvering fucking hash that cat
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Speaker 1: the way I kind of slurred that all together. Life
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Speaker 1: affirming anyway, Let's talk about something I find exhilarating. Life
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Speaker 1: affirming all of those things. Painting in tight quarters? Right,
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Speaker 1: Who doesn't love this? You know, whether it's a bathroom,
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Speaker 1: a closet, whatever, it is, Working in cramped quarters pretty fun, right, No,
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Speaker 1: it's terrible, it's tough. It's a surefire recipe for me
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Speaker 1: to lose my cool. And let me tell you, it's
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Speaker 1: not easy for me to lose my cool. It's a
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Speaker 1: pretty even, even keeled character. No, I'm not even keeled
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Speaker 1: at all. But even if you were even keeled, working
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Speaker 1: in a tight area where every time you turn around
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Speaker 1: you bump into something, and half the time that something
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Speaker 1: is covered with fresh paint, and you get it on
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Speaker 1: your elbow, and then you turn around and you hit
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Speaker 1: somebody with your other elbow right in the forehead, and
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Speaker 1: then that kid's crying. All they wanted was mac and
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Speaker 1: cheese or something and wondered if they could make it.
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Speaker 1: Now you clumped them in the head, and you got
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Speaker 1: all of that to deal with, all because you're working
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Speaker 1: in this tight, ridiculous space. I hate painting these little areas,
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Speaker 1: but there is good news if you hate it too.
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Speaker 1: With the right tools and with a few smart strategies,
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Speaker 1: you can maximize the success that you have and minimize
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Speaker 1: all the painting headaches that arise. So that's what we're
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Speaker 1: going to be talking about over the course of the
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Speaker 1: next couple weeks. Today we'll talk about the tools that
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Speaker 1: you need. Next week, I'm going to get to some
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Speaker 1: of the strategies to employ. And let me tell you,
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Speaker 1: just looking ahead, those rategy is pretty smart, pretty brilliant.
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Speaker 1: You're going to want to tune in to make sure
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Speaker 1: you catch that. That's next week. All right. Let's start
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Speaker 1: with the tools, and of course I should preface all
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Speaker 1: of this with saying that you're going to need all
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Speaker 1: the usual paint tools. The ones that I'm listening and
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Speaker 1: going to talk about are just just kind of the
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Speaker 1: special tools that will help you in these situations. All right,
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Speaker 1: So let's jump into the first one. It's a ladder,
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Speaker 1: and for this I'm recommending that you get the ladder
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Speaker 1: with the smallest possible footprint that will still allow you
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Speaker 1: to reach everywhere you need to reach. You know, if
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Speaker 1: that's a step ladder for you. Run with the step
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Speaker 1: lighter that you've got that has the smallest footprint that
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Speaker 1: takes up the smallest amount of space possible. Of course,
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Speaker 1: this isn't rocket science. If you can make do with
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Speaker 1: a steps tool, if you're one of those, you know,
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Speaker 1: lucky endowed people that you can just reach wherever you want.
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Speaker 1: You can get things off the top shelf in the supermarket.
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Speaker 1: You don't need help, and you don't need to just
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Speaker 1: ignore the those items like they don't exist, and you
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Speaker 1: don't have to try to climb the shelves. You can
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Speaker 1: just reach them. If that's you, you can probably get
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Speaker 1: by which is a regular step stool, and that's even better.
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Speaker 1: Whatever you do, get something that's lightweight, compact, easy to fold,
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Speaker 1: something that's not going to take up a lot of space.
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Speaker 1: That's your ladder. That's key. Next tool that you should
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Speaker 1: have when you're working in small rooms is a roll
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Speaker 1: of painter's tape. And yeah, we're off to a brilliant
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Speaker 1: start here. I'm just laying out all this brilliance for everybody.
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Speaker 1: But you know, painters tape is going to help you,
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Speaker 1: and I'll explain it. If you're gonna use painters tape
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Speaker 1: on any project, you know, really, I would recommend you
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Speaker 1: go with a three M blue painters tape. That one's great,
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Speaker 1: save you a little bit of money compared to the
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Speaker 1: premium option, which would be frog tape, you know, green
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Speaker 1: frog tape. The green frog tape is great, you're gonna
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Speaker 1: get probably better results more easily with it. But you
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Speaker 1: can really get good results with that blue painters tape
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Speaker 1: as well. So that's the painter's tape that you would
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Speaker 1: generally use for pretty much any project. If you happen
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Speaker 1: to be taping over a surface that's recently been painted,
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Speaker 1: you know where the paint is, you know, maybe twenty
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Speaker 1: four hours old or more. Shouldn't be less than that.
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Speaker 1: If you're trying to tape over an area that has
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Speaker 1: been painted and it's only been painted, you know, within
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Speaker 1: about twenty four hours, hasn't been longer than that, then
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Speaker 1: give it some more time. But if you are taping
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Speaker 1: over something that was painted at least twenty four hours
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Speaker 1: ago or so, you're going to need to use a
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Speaker 1: delicate surface tape like yellow frog tape. Like three m's
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Speaker 1: delicate surface tape. I think it's purple now either one
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Speaker 1: of those that will work over those surfaces. Never in
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Speaker 1: that instance use a standard masking tape, because it's just
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Speaker 1: going to pull up that fresh paint. When you remove
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Speaker 1: the tape, you're most likely going to peel off some
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Speaker 1: of that paint with it. So use a safe release
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Speaker 1: tape if you're painting over something that was painted at
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Speaker 1: least twenty four hours ago or so, and maybe not
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Speaker 1: as long as thirty six. All right, With that said,
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Speaker 1: blah blah blah. With that said, use the tape to
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Speaker 1: mask off your baseboard when you're painting your walls. And
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Speaker 1: I know there are plenty of folks right now who
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Speaker 1: want to skip this step. You know, they're probably already thinking,
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna skip that step. They're just gonna cut in
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Speaker 1: by hand. And I know many pros can do exactly that.
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Speaker 1: You know, a lot of us di I wires we
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Speaker 1: can do that fairly well. But for most of us,
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Speaker 1: even even if you're pretty experienced, it's usually gonna be
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Speaker 1: quicker if you tape first and then paint. That's gonna
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Speaker 1: be quicker than trying to cut it all in. Just
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Speaker 1: just skipping the tape entirely and just cutting in by
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Speaker 1: eye and by hand. Normally that takes longer than applying
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Speaker 1: the tape and then going in and doing all the
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Speaker 1: brushwork at that point. So if you use the tape
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Speaker 1: in these smaller areas or anywhere, really, you're gonna save time.
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Speaker 1: But here's where I think it really becomes more beneficial.
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Speaker 1: You'll get better results. That's great, But here's the thing
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Speaker 1: that I think is the most beneficial. You're gonna work
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Speaker 1: from a more comfortable position. You know, without tape, you're
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Speaker 1: gonna be hunched over, straining to keep a straight line
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Speaker 1: near the baseboards. And that's not fun in any space. Really,
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Speaker 1: it's not a convenient or a comfortable way to work
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Speaker 1: in a tight, cramped area that's even worse. I mean,
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Speaker 1: it really gets claustrophobic fast when you're hunched over like
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Speaker 1: that in a tiny space. When the tape applied, you
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Speaker 1: can work from a more comfortable upright position. You know,
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Speaker 1: you're still kneeling, but you don't have to hunch over
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Speaker 1: as much. It's just easier. And then, like I said,
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Speaker 1: you get better results in the end and it goes faster.
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Speaker 1: So using masking tape is a good choice in any
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Speaker 1: paint project really, But in tight spaces, I'd say it's
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Speaker 1: even more important. So apply it well and you'll have
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Speaker 1: great results. All right. Moving on, speaking of tight spaces,
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Speaker 1: let's talk about brushes. A short handled brush like the
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Speaker 1: Wooster shortcut is a lifesaver. And not everybody is aware
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Speaker 1: that these little guys even exist. But these stubby little brushes,
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Speaker 1: they've got high quality bristles. They're going to last for years,
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Speaker 1: just like any other good high quoadity brush. But there's
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Speaker 1: no long handle to get in the way. It fits
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Speaker 1: perfectly in your hand and it makes it easy to
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Speaker 1: navigate those tight corners. So working in tight spaces, these
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Speaker 1: little short handled Wooster shortcut brushes great way to go.
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Speaker 1: If you're painting inside cabinets something like that. Sometimes we
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Speaker 1: do that. Again, these can really help you out, so
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Speaker 1: be aware of those, all right. Another must have tool
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Speaker 1: in my book is the Wooster Sherlock extension poll. It
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Speaker 1: extends from two to four feet and that makes it
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Speaker 1: ideal for small spaces. Now it runs, oh man, it
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Speaker 1: runs right around I'm thinking trying and remember, runs right
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Speaker 1: around twenty three bucks something like that. I can't remember exactly,
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Speaker 1: and quite honestly, you don't really care about the scents anyway.
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Speaker 1: It's right around twenty three bucks, so it's not inexpensive,
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Speaker 1: but it's going to last for years, and it's going
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Speaker 1: to pay for itself in no time mine has. I
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Speaker 1: absolutely love the thing. I use it on pretty much
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Speaker 1: everything now. In a tight space. It's going to be
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Speaker 1: way better than those old fixed wooden poles. You know.
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Speaker 1: You unscrew the bristled head from your your push broom
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Speaker 1: or whatever, and you bring that in and put your extension,
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Speaker 1: your your roller frame on that. You've got four foot
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Speaker 1: there or five foot or however long that is, and
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Speaker 1: that's what you've got. You can't can't adjust it. Well,
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Speaker 1: you can cut it in half, but that's not terribly
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Speaker 1: brilliant because it'll never work again for the other stuff.
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Speaker 1: Or you're going to be hunched over sweeping the driveway
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Speaker 1: in the garage with a two foot handle that you
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Speaker 1: know that you that you created by cutting it down.
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Speaker 1: None of that is good. I shouldn't even be talking
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Speaker 1: about it. It's just dumb. Get one of these. You
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Speaker 1: can expand it from four foot to two foot really quickly,
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Speaker 1: really easily. And on top of all of that, it's
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Speaker 1: got this quick connect system the Wooster Sherlock extension poll
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Speaker 1: has this quick connect system that works with both the
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Speaker 1: Wooster Sherlock full sized roller frames and their jumbo Coder
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Speaker 1: mini frames, which we're going to talk about in a minute,
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Speaker 1: and why that's an important It makes switching between these
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Speaker 1: two different frames seamless. All you do is push a button,
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Speaker 1: pop one off, and snap the other one on in place.
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Speaker 1: There's no threading and unthreading to do. It's crazy fast
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Speaker 1: and crazy convenient, and in a little space like this,
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Speaker 1: there's going to be times where you do want to
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Speaker 1: switch them back and forth and to have to unthread one,
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Speaker 1: rethread the other one on, then unthread. Oh my goodness,
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Speaker 1: what a pain. You don't want to do that. You'll
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Speaker 1: feel so cool swapping these out left and right with
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Speaker 1: this quick connect system, And to me, that's half of
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Speaker 1: it right there. I mean, I will swap these things
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Speaker 1: out even when I don't need to, just because the
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Speaker 1: people who are watching me always say that was super cool.
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Speaker 1: So if you want to look cool painting, that's the
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Speaker 1: way to go. Another thing about these is that they've
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Speaker 1: got this hex nut locking system that works with the
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Speaker 1: Wooster frames and this extension pole, and what that means
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Speaker 1: is that once you've clipped your frame in place on
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Speaker 1: the pole, that hex nut locks it in automatically, and
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Speaker 1: that prevents the roller frame from rocking loose as you're working.
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Speaker 1: You know, if you've ever used one of those old,
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Speaker 1: cheap threaded frames on a standard extension pole, you know
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Speaker 1: how they can work their way loose and then you've
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Speaker 1: got to retighten them from time to time. That won't
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Speaker 1: happen with these. It's not the end of the world.
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Speaker 1: It's not the biggest thing, the biggest frustration that happens
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Speaker 1: when you're painting, but it's not terribly fun. This eliminates that,
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Speaker 1: all right, With all of that blah blah blah that
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Speaker 1: got me away from my main point, all I'm trying
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Speaker 1: to say here is grab one of these expandable extension poles.
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Speaker 1: You know, not every single type space that you work
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Speaker 1: in allows you to use an extension pole, not even
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Speaker 1: a small two foot pole, but you're definitely going to
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Speaker 1: be able to use this one in more tight spaces
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Speaker 1: than a typical extension pole. And since it expands to
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Speaker 1: four foot, you really can use it anywhere else as well.
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Speaker 1: It's a great tool, and if you do a fair
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Speaker 1: amount of painting. It's worth the money. That's the Wooster
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Speaker 1: Sherlock extension pole. Check that out. And I know that
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Speaker 1: I've got a lot of tools that I'm listing, and
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Speaker 1: I guess I'll just make sure that I let everybody
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Speaker 1: out there know. I've got a blog post at repco
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Speaker 1: light dot com our latest blog post. Just go there
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Speaker 1: check it out. I'll have a link right on the
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Speaker 1: homepage and you'll get the whole list. You can kind
17:08
Speaker 1: of see everything that I'm talking about if you want
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Speaker 1: to see something in a little more detail. All right,
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Speaker 1: moving on, speaking of rollers, I just mentioned those jumbo
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Speaker 1: coders from Wooster. I talk about them on the show
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Speaker 1: all the time, but you really need to have these
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Speaker 1: when you're working in tight spaces. You know, there's a
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Speaker 1: lot of different mini rollers out there, but here's why
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Speaker 1: I like this particular brand, you know, the Wooster Jumbo Coders.
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Speaker 1: I like these because the material and nap of the
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Speaker 1: roller covers that you get, even for these little mini guys,
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Speaker 1: these little tiny roller covers that matches exactly the larger
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Speaker 1: roller covers that you're getting from Wooster, so there's no
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Speaker 1: visible difference when you switch tools. You know, if you
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Speaker 1: use another system's mini roller and then try to pair
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Speaker 1: it with the roller nap of a larger cover that
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Speaker 1: you got from somebody else, you're running the risk that
17:55
Speaker 1: the texture is going to be different. And if that
17:57
Speaker 1: texture is different on the wall, that can effect the
18:00
Speaker 1: overall look of your color. It can affect just the
18:02
Speaker 1: look of the finish and all of that, but it
18:04
Speaker 1: even can affect the color and how that is perceived
18:08
Speaker 1: by you and by your eye. So definitely get mini
18:11
Speaker 1: rollers for your project, because it's nice to have smaller
18:13
Speaker 1: rollers for tight spaces, you know, like above the door
18:15
Speaker 1: and whatnot. And then make sure that the mini rollers
18:18
Speaker 1: you grab are the Wooster jumbo coders because the roller
18:20
Speaker 1: texture covers will blend seamlessly on your wall as you
18:24
Speaker 1: switch between the full nine inch cover and these little
18:28
Speaker 1: tiny ones, these four inch ones. All right, you're gonna
18:30
Speaker 1: have great results with that, So Jumble Coder mini rollers
18:34
Speaker 1: get those. All right. That's a lot of info, and
18:36
Speaker 1: I'm only part way through, but all of the really
18:40
Speaker 1: great stuff still coming. So as great as what we've
18:44
Speaker 1: just done has been, oh my goodness, what's coming is
18:49
Speaker 1: even better. So we're gonna get to that on the
18:51
Speaker 1: other side of the braak. So just hang with me
18:54
Speaker 1: and we'll be right back. Welcome back, everybody. This is
19:02
Speaker 1: the Rep Go Light Home improvement show sponsored by Benjamin Moore,
19:06
Speaker 1: And we started talking last segment about painting in tight spaces,
19:11
Speaker 1: you know, in tight quarters, cramped quarters. You know. I
19:15
Speaker 1: don't know about you, but I get a little claustrophobic
19:18
Speaker 1: in tight areas. And for me, as little as I am,
19:22
Speaker 1: you think this would be like, you know, just my
19:25
Speaker 1: comfort zone. But as little as I am, even trying
19:28
Speaker 1: to do some painting in an eight by eight space
19:31
Speaker 1: can get me a little antsy, you know, if there's
19:34
Speaker 1: stuff to work around, if I've got tools to maneuver,
19:36
Speaker 1: kind of drives me nuts. And even if it doesn't
19:39
Speaker 1: bother you in that way, you know, even if you
19:42
Speaker 1: don't have the claustrophobia, you know, or that claustrophobic feeling
19:46
Speaker 1: closing in on you, painting in small rooms still isn't
19:50
Speaker 1: a ton of fun. So we're talking about some ways
19:52
Speaker 1: to tackle those projects as painlessly as possible. The last
19:56
Speaker 1: segment we started talking about some tools must have tools
19:58
Speaker 1: for small spaces. We're going to wrap that conversation up
20:02
Speaker 1: right now, and then next week I've got some bonafide,
20:06
Speaker 1: bonafide brilliant tips and tricks, you know, some techniques and
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Speaker 1: strategies that you can employ for flawless success in cramped
20:15
Speaker 1: little spaces. So that'll be next week that we'll get
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Speaker 1: to that, because I just figured it's too much to
20:21
Speaker 1: do it all this week. You don't want to listen
20:23
Speaker 1: to all of that, and I've got other things i
20:24
Speaker 1: want to talk about anyway, So we'll get to the
20:26
Speaker 1: strategies next week. Let's finish up with the tools, and
20:30
Speaker 1: let's start right where I left off. Most of the
20:33
Speaker 1: time on a paint project, i'm going to recommend that
20:35
Speaker 1: you have a canvas drop cloth or at least plastic.
20:39
Speaker 1: But normally I recommend a canvas drop cloth when you're painting.
20:42
Speaker 1: And my favorite recommendation when it comes to these things
20:45
Speaker 1: is a four point fifteen canvas runner. It's inexpensive, crazy,
20:49
Speaker 1: easy to reposition, it's going to last for years. I've
20:52
Speaker 1: got a couple of them that I've just had forever.
20:54
Speaker 1: I use them on any project. You know, I'm working
20:57
Speaker 1: in the garage, I'm working outside whatever, you know. On
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Speaker 1: the driveway, we refinished some furniture last summer and we
21:04
Speaker 1: get these canvas drop cloths out. It's just a lot
21:07
Speaker 1: nicer to work on that than the concrete itself. You know,
21:10
Speaker 1: I recommend these all the time, but in a small
21:13
Speaker 1: space like what we're talking about, especially a small space
21:16
Speaker 1: with hard surface floors like a bathroom, I wouldn't recommend
21:20
Speaker 1: the canvas drop clause. I wouldn't recommend a plastic drop cloth.
21:24
Speaker 1: You're just gonna be tripping over it. Instead, i'd recommend
21:27
Speaker 1: white masking paper. I don't know if everybody out there
21:30
Speaker 1: is aware, but you can buy a three foot by
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Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty foot roll of white masking paper
21:37
Speaker 1: for floors and to protect the floors and surfaces like
21:40
Speaker 1: that for about twenty two bucks. You can grab that
21:44
Speaker 1: and once you've got that, you can cut it to shape,
21:46
Speaker 1: tape it down perfectly to the floor. You're not gonna
21:48
Speaker 1: have edges to trip over. It's going to keep your
21:51
Speaker 1: floors safe from paint splatters, from drywall mud, whatever you're doing.
21:55
Speaker 1: You know, if you're working in a small space and
21:57
Speaker 1: you need to protect your floors, this is the way
21:59
Speaker 1: to go. And as a bonus, it's a fantastic masking
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Speaker 1: paper for winter moves. You know, if you're moving out
22:07
Speaker 1: of your house, moving into a new house, you don't
22:09
Speaker 1: want the people who are helping you to trash everything.
22:12
Speaker 1: And you don't want to be that person who stands
22:14
Speaker 1: at the door and says shoes off, shoes off every
22:17
Speaker 1: time somebody comes in. You can roll this over the
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Speaker 1: main walkways, maybe put a couple layers on, depending on
22:22
Speaker 1: how bad everything is outside, and that will protect your
22:25
Speaker 1: floors and keep them keep them cleaner as people are
22:28
Speaker 1: trucking in and out of your house. On top of
22:30
Speaker 1: all of that, it just gets better if you've got
22:33
Speaker 1: kids and you've got leftover of this. You know, it's
22:35
Speaker 1: a three foot by one hundred and eighty foot roll
22:38
Speaker 1: of nice white paper, you know, heavy duty paper. It's
22:42
Speaker 1: a ton of fun to draw on and do all
22:43
Speaker 1: kinds of little crafts on. So you can't go wrong.
22:46
Speaker 1: I mean it just it's a gift that keeps giving
22:49
Speaker 1: over and over and over. So that's white paper for
22:52
Speaker 1: protecting your floors. Look into that all right. Finally, as
22:55
Speaker 1: we get to the end, you've got to get the
22:57
Speaker 1: right paint for your project, and don't skimp on paint quality.
23:00
Speaker 1: When you're making that choice. You know, better paint means
23:03
Speaker 1: better coverage, it means easier application, it means longer durability,
23:06
Speaker 1: which means you're not going to be redoing this as often.
23:09
Speaker 1: You know, you want to get this project done and
23:12
Speaker 1: you want it in your rear view mirror for a
23:14
Speaker 1: long time. You don't want it looming because the paint
23:17
Speaker 1: didn't hold up. So get good paint. If you're painting
23:20
Speaker 1: a bathroom, I'd recommend Benjamin Moore's Aura Bath and Spa.
23:24
Speaker 1: It's moisture resistant. It's going to come in a matte finish.
23:27
Speaker 1: That's really really cool because it's going to hide imperfections
23:30
Speaker 1: and a matte finish gives your color depth and richness
23:33
Speaker 1: that a finish that has more shine to it just
23:36
Speaker 1: can't do. So that's Benjamin Moore's or a Bath and spat.
23:39
Speaker 1: It's a premium product, but in a bathroom there's so
23:41
Speaker 1: many different things that could go wrong moisture related. This
23:45
Speaker 1: product is going to resist all of that. I mean,
23:47
Speaker 1: it's made for a spas as well as the bath.
23:50
Speaker 1: It's going to hold up. So check that out for
23:53
Speaker 1: other rooms. We've got other great options, you know, Repolites
23:56
Speaker 1: Optima care Free Benjamin Moore's Regal, which, by the way,
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24:03
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24:12
Speaker 1: So get the right paint. Make sure you do that
24:15
Speaker 1: all right. Finally, before I wrap all of this up
24:17
Speaker 1: and get myself a drink of water, I've got a
24:20
Speaker 1: couple of weird tooltips. Have you ever tried a headlamp
24:24
Speaker 1: while painting? I know that sounds ridiculous, but in a cramped,
24:28
Speaker 1: poorly lit space, that could be a lifesaver. So think
24:32
Speaker 1: about that. And here here's a fun DIY hack. You know,
24:36
Speaker 1: a little project within the project. You can make a
24:38
Speaker 1: behind the toilet brush and all you need is an
24:41
Speaker 1: edgeer pad and a sterstick. Now an edgeer pad, it's
24:44
Speaker 1: something you can get at Repcolite inexpensive. You'll get two
24:48
Speaker 1: of them in a pack. They're just like a four
24:50
Speaker 1: x six bristled pad. You'd put it on a little
24:53
Speaker 1: edge your tool that you kind of work around the
24:54
Speaker 1: ceilings and stuff. We have mixed feedback on how those
24:58
Speaker 1: edge tools work along edge of the ceiling, but the
25:01
Speaker 1: edge your pad. If you get that, you can buy
25:03
Speaker 1: just the just the pad refills. Get that, get a
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Speaker 1: stirstick and then glue the stirstick to the back of
25:10
Speaker 1: that pad, or tape it, you know, duct tape it,
25:13
Speaker 1: whatever you need to do. Once you've got that on there,
25:15
Speaker 1: you've got this little wand this little brush. Load it
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Speaker 1: up with paint. You can slide it behind the tank
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Speaker 1: and you're good to go. You're going to paint that
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Speaker 1: section so easily. No stretching, no bumping the toilet tank,
25:28
Speaker 1: no trying to remove things in order to get at
25:30
Speaker 1: the wall behind there, and no leaving the wall you know, unpainted.
25:34
Speaker 1: How many of you have a little square behind the
25:36
Speaker 1: toilet tank that doesn't have the current wall color on that.
25:41
Speaker 1: I know I've got that in two bathrooms. I need
25:43
Speaker 1: to get a hold of one of these, make my
25:45
Speaker 1: own and paint that area. So that's another quick weird tip.
25:49
Speaker 1: One last one, don't forget tinfoil painting in a small space.
25:53
Speaker 1: It's not going to be dry and ready for a
25:55
Speaker 1: second coat by the time you finish, so you're gonna
25:57
Speaker 1: have some weight time and if you want to minimize
26:00
Speaker 1: some of your pain, wrap your brush and roller between
26:03
Speaker 1: coats in tinfoil to keep them fresh and ready to go.
26:06
Speaker 1: And there you go. I know that was a ton
26:08
Speaker 1: of info, but the right tools, they really can help
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Speaker 1: you as you work in what's, you know, not usually
26:14
Speaker 1: a very comfortable situation. The right tools make a difference.
26:17
Speaker 1: And as I mentioned earlier in this segment of the
26:20
Speaker 1: last I've got all of that information on a blog
26:24
Speaker 1: post at repco light dot com. Just head there, click
26:26
Speaker 1: the main banner on the homepage and you get a
26:29
Speaker 1: full list of everything I talked about. Okay, let's take
26:31
Speaker 1: a break and when we come back, we're going to school.
26:35
Speaker 1: We're going to glue School. That's next. Stick around and
26:47
Speaker 1: we're back. We're at glue school. Now, we're at glue School.
26:51
Speaker 1: I hope you caught my little joke at the end
26:53
Speaker 1: of last segment. I told you were going to glue school,
26:55
Speaker 1: and I said, stick around. There's nobody here that I'm
26:59
Speaker 1: talking to. You know, normally Haleywood Groan or something like that,
27:02
Speaker 1: but it's just me here, me, and you really just me.
27:07
Speaker 1: So I just want to make sure that you got
27:10
Speaker 1: that joke. I was pretty proud of that. You're listening
27:12
Speaker 1: to the repgal Light Home improvement show sponsored by Benjamin Moore,
27:16
Speaker 1: And yeah, let's talk about glue. We're going to glue school,
27:19
Speaker 1: and let's start with this. Have you ever stood in
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Speaker 1: the glue aisle at a store and just felt completely overwhelmed?
27:25
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a wall of options, there's different types,
27:28
Speaker 1: there's different brands, there's all kinds of different claims, and
27:31
Speaker 1: it's easy to just grab whatever has the flashiest packaging
27:35
Speaker 1: or whatever makes the biggest promise. But here's the thing.
27:38
Speaker 1: Not all glues are created equal. You know. There are
27:41
Speaker 1: specific glues for specific applications, and using the wrong glue
27:45
Speaker 1: can turn your DIY project into a bit of a mess.
27:49
Speaker 1: And sometimes when that happens, using that wrong glue, ending
27:52
Speaker 1: up with that mess can leave you thinking that all
27:54
Speaker 1: glues kind of stink and that they're temporary fixes at best. Now,
27:59
Speaker 1: I know that's true, at least for some of us,
28:01
Speaker 1: because that's me, you know, that's that's how my brain
28:05
Speaker 1: worked until you know, a few years back. You know,
28:08
Speaker 1: and the reason that I was mistaken on this idea
28:11
Speaker 1: is that I'd use Elmer's glue. You know, that white
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Speaker 1: craft glue. I'd use that at home for every wood
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Speaker 1: project that I tackled, and I was always almost one
28:20
Speaker 1: hundred percent of the time disappointed. You know. In the end,
28:24
Speaker 1: I decided, after the last time whatever I glued together
28:27
Speaker 1: came apart, I decided that wood glue in general is
28:30
Speaker 1: an absolute waste. And from that point on, I used
28:33
Speaker 1: nails and screws for everything, you know, even the projects
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Speaker 1: where they were tough to work with and just hideously ugly.
28:41
Speaker 1: You know, Oh, Dad, there's like seventeen screws showing from
28:45
Speaker 1: this nice thing that you built me. Ever think about
28:48
Speaker 1: wood glue. Wood glue is a joke. Children. I use screws.
28:52
Speaker 1: That's how my brain worked. And then I finally realized
28:55
Speaker 1: that the problem wasn't the glue. Surprise, surprise, surprise. The
28:59
Speaker 1: problem was me. I was using the wrong glue for
29:02
Speaker 1: the job. And once I used a real wood glue
29:05
Speaker 1: on wood, you know, not just Elmer's glue, I realized
29:09
Speaker 1: there was a world of difference between the two glues
29:11
Speaker 1: and the results that came about. So today, glue school,
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Speaker 1: let's break down some common glues, their strengths, their weaknesses,
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Speaker 1: and hopefully help you decide how to pick the right
29:20
Speaker 1: one the next time you're standing in that aisle. All right,
29:23
Speaker 1: let's jump in and let's start with PVA or polyvinyl
29:26
Speaker 1: acetate glues. Now, these glues are water based and they
29:29
Speaker 1: air dry. They're great for porous materials, and there are
29:32
Speaker 1: a few of them that I'm sure you're really familiar with,
29:35
Speaker 1: so we'll work through some of the big standouts here.
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Speaker 1: Wood glue is a PVA glue. It's specifically designed for woodworking.
29:42
Speaker 1: It penetrates the wood fibers. It creates a bond that's
29:45
Speaker 1: often stronger than the wood itself, and that's real. I
29:50
Speaker 1: challenged that. I tested it, and you know, years back,
29:53
Speaker 1: I was blown away. I'd seen something online where somebody
29:55
Speaker 1: had glued boards together and then when he tried to
29:57
Speaker 1: break them apart, they broke somewhere also along the board,
30:01
Speaker 1: rather than on that glue joint. And it's the case.
30:04
Speaker 1: It really is that strong. Generally speaking, you'd use this
30:08
Speaker 1: kind of glue for furniture repair, you know, fixing a
30:11
Speaker 1: broken chair, maybe tightening up loose joints or pieces. For example,
30:14
Speaker 1: I used it on an old height chair that we
30:16
Speaker 1: had where the spindles that made up the backrest. They
30:20
Speaker 1: were all coming loose a little bit, so a glue
30:22
Speaker 1: to them all in place would glue perfect for that.
30:24
Speaker 1: I've also used it to secure dovetail joints and dresser
30:27
Speaker 1: drawers because it's so strong, way stronger than you might
30:31
Speaker 1: think it is. You can even use it to join
30:33
Speaker 1: board's edge to edge if you're making maybe a tabletop
30:36
Speaker 1: or a benchtop. It's good for picture frames, it's good
30:39
Speaker 1: for a ton of other repairs. Basically, if you're joining
30:42
Speaker 1: two pieces of wood. This is the way to go.
30:45
Speaker 1: Now some application tips when you're using wood glue. It's
30:48
Speaker 1: pretty basic, but use clamps to hold your project in
30:51
Speaker 1: place as the glue drys. Also, when you're using it,
30:54
Speaker 1: make sure that you clean up any excess glue with
30:56
Speaker 1: a damp egg or a damp cloth right away. It
30:59
Speaker 1: doesn't usually dry clear, and it's tough to remove completely
31:03
Speaker 1: once it's dried, and it's a bit of a bummer,
31:05
Speaker 1: so make sure you're wiping it clean. You know, all
31:08
Speaker 1: those extra drips right away. Finally, use the right one.
31:10
Speaker 1: If you're working outside. There are water resistant versions that
31:14
Speaker 1: you should check out. So that's wood glue all right.
31:16
Speaker 1: Another PVA glue. We've already talked about it a little bit.
31:19
Speaker 1: Elmer's glue. It's really common. It also goes by a name.
31:23
Speaker 1: I guess you could generally call it a white craft glue,
31:26
Speaker 1: my old nemesis, right, but only because I was using
31:30
Speaker 1: it wrong. I was asking too much of it. You know.
31:33
Speaker 1: It's sometimes what people do of me, or what the
31:35
Speaker 1: children do of me, they ask too much. I'm not inferior,
31:40
Speaker 1: just not able to be what they want all the time. Right,
31:43
Speaker 1: I was asking too much of my Elmer's glue. Now,
31:46
Speaker 1: though it says that it's going to glue wood on
31:48
Speaker 1: the packaging, it's important to realize that what they're talking
31:51
Speaker 1: about there. I didn't realize this. The people who put
31:54
Speaker 1: that on there are saying, hey, lightweight applications only people,
31:58
Speaker 1: That's what they're saying. Right. It's ideally suited for porous
32:02
Speaker 1: materials like paper or cardboard. That's where Elmer's Glue's really
32:05
Speaker 1: going to shine. Don't use it for heavy duty applications.
32:08
Speaker 1: Don't use Elmer's glue outside. Right, These glues are great
32:12
Speaker 1: for paper crafts, school projects, dioramas, colashes. You can glue
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Speaker 1: loose wallpaper, edges, down with it. You can fix broken
32:18
Speaker 1: ceramic items, you can repair small wooden toys or something
32:22
Speaker 1: along those lines. You know, Elmer's glue good for lightweight stuff,
32:26
Speaker 1: not something you want to use as a heavy duty adhesive.
32:29
Speaker 1: You're going to be sad and disappointed if you try
32:31
Speaker 1: to use it for those kinds of applications. All right,
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Speaker 1: Modpoje this is the last PBA glue that we're going
32:37
Speaker 1: to look at. It's a little bit newer, but I'm
32:39
Speaker 1: sure most of you are familiar with it. It's used
32:41
Speaker 1: in a ton of little crafty applications. It's similar in
32:44
Speaker 1: viscosity to Elmer's glue, maybe a little runnier, but it's
32:47
Speaker 1: main claim to fame is that it's a glue, a seiler,
32:50
Speaker 1: and a varnish or a finish all in one. So
32:53
Speaker 1: modpodge you'd use it for calashes or deco page. But
32:56
Speaker 1: then you can go back over top of all these
32:59
Speaker 1: little pieces that you glue down with your mod page
33:02
Speaker 1: and apply an entire layer of it and give them
33:04
Speaker 1: a finish. You know, everything from a mat all the
33:06
Speaker 1: way up to a gloss. So that's modpoge, another common
33:11
Speaker 1: glue we're moving away from PVA glues. Another common glue
33:14
Speaker 1: is hot glue, and we're probably all familiar with that.
33:17
Speaker 1: You've probably burned yourself with hot glue before you know
33:20
Speaker 1: this glue. It's a quick and effective adhesive for many projects,
33:24
Speaker 1: especially those things requiring you know, super fast, dry, and
33:27
Speaker 1: lightweight bonding. However, its best uses are for temporary, nonstructural bonds.
33:34
Speaker 1: It works really well on porous materials like wooden, cardboard,
33:38
Speaker 1: but you definitely want to avoid hot glue on glass
33:41
Speaker 1: or metal. It's great for a lot of little crafty
33:44
Speaker 1: type projects, and it can also be used effectively on
33:47
Speaker 1: lots of materials around the home if you're looking for
33:51
Speaker 1: a temporary repair until you can get something more permanent
33:54
Speaker 1: worked out. Hot glue gets used too often for what
33:59
Speaker 1: people think are going to be long, long term fixes,
34:03
Speaker 1: and that's just not its thing. If you're using hot
34:06
Speaker 1: glue for long term fixes, that's really just the wrong
34:09
Speaker 1: way to look at it. If what you're working on
34:12
Speaker 1: needs to be permanent, you need to look somewhere other
34:15
Speaker 1: than hot glue. It's just there for quick, temporary bonds
34:19
Speaker 1: until you can figure something else out. That's how you
34:21
Speaker 1: should use hot glue, or at least think about it
34:23
Speaker 1: all right, epoxy. Let's talk about another glue. We see
34:27
Speaker 1: this in the glue aisle, the two part epoxy. These
34:29
Speaker 1: come in those weird little two chambered syringes. You know,
34:33
Speaker 1: one side contains a resin and the other side contains
34:35
Speaker 1: the hardener, and when they're mixed, they create a chemical
34:38
Speaker 1: reaction that results in an incredibly strong bond. Now, two
34:41
Speaker 1: part epoxy adhesives are among the strongest and most versatile
34:46
Speaker 1: adhesives available. They can be used for everything from arts
34:49
Speaker 1: and crafts to heavy duty industrial and automotive repairs. Even
34:53
Speaker 1: their ability to bond with so many different materials, combined
34:56
Speaker 1: with their strength, all of that works together to make
34:59
Speaker 1: them an ascent in many diy and even professional environments.
35:03
Speaker 1: So it's good to be aware of these things. It's
35:06
Speaker 1: good to have them on hand for when you might
35:09
Speaker 1: need something that's this strong or has this much strength
35:12
Speaker 1: or versatility to it. Some of the most common uses
35:15
Speaker 1: for epoxy adhesives are going to be for creating long
35:18
Speaker 1: lasting bonds between metal parts, for bonding plastics, ceramics, and glass.
35:23
Speaker 1: They're used in woodworking at times, they're used in boat repair.
35:26
Speaker 1: They're used in just general maintenance. They even get used
35:30
Speaker 1: in industrial environments for bonding or repairing heavy machinery. They've
35:34
Speaker 1: got enough strength that they can handle tough working conditions,
35:37
Speaker 1: including pressure and vibration. So these are big time glues.
35:42
Speaker 1: They're cool things, but when you're using epoxies, there are
35:45
Speaker 1: definitely some things you want to keep in mind. And
35:47
Speaker 1: first off, the main one right off the bat is
35:50
Speaker 1: watch your mixing proportions. You want to mix these two
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Speaker 1: parts together carefully and in precise proportions. Incorrect mixes usually
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Speaker 1: can have a negative impact on your projects, so be
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Speaker 1: careful when you're mixing them. Also, you do have to
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Speaker 1: remember that you've got to work kind of quickly here.
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Speaker 1: Usually once they're mixed, you've got about ten minutes or
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Speaker 1: so of open time or work time before they start
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Speaker 1: to set, so you're gonna have to work quickly. And
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Speaker 1: because of that, you don't want to mix the whole
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Speaker 1: tube right away. Don't just pour that all out on
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Speaker 1: your paper plate and stir them up with your little
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Speaker 1: popsicle stick and then go to work, because you know,
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Speaker 1: if you can't use all that glue up in ten minutes,
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Speaker 1: it's not going to be of any use to you.
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Speaker 1: At all. So you got to work kind of pacing
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Speaker 1: yourself and mix only what you can use in the
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Speaker 1: next ten minutes or so, and then you mix a
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Speaker 1: new batch. All right, Next glue super glue or cyanoacrylate
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Speaker 1: or CA glues. These glues are fantastic for small repairs
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Speaker 1: on surfaces like metal, plastic, glass, but you do need
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Speaker 1: to keep in mind that they can be brittle under
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Speaker 1: moderate to heavy stress. They're great for repairing ceramic or
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Speaker 1: glass materials, for bonding plastic and metal components together. You know,
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Speaker 1: so you break a vate, just like on the Brady Bunch,
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Speaker 1: you know you're being careless in the house, the basketball
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Speaker 1: gets out of your hand, knocks the vase over. You
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Speaker 1: can glue it together with super glue. But just as
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Speaker 1: the Brady Bunch demonstrated, I don't think that they use superglue.
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure, but the reaction or the end results
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Speaker 1: are the same. Superglue is water resistant, but if that
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Speaker 1: vase is going to hold water on a regular basis,
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Speaker 1: it's probably gonna end up leaking through and you're going
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Speaker 1: to have that Brady experience, that very Brady experience at
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Speaker 1: your own kitchen table. So if you break the vase
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Speaker 1: and you're gonna be using water in it. That's where
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Speaker 1: the epoxy glue that we just talked about, that's a
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Speaker 1: better fix. But the super glue that'll put it back
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Speaker 1: together quickly. If it's just going to be, you know,
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Speaker 1: something that just sets around, if it's just decorative. All right,
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Speaker 1: When you're using super glue, remember a little bit goes
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Speaker 1: a long way, so apply it sparingly, and of course
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Speaker 1: be super careful with your fingers. Right, you can glue
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Speaker 1: those little suckers together without even thinking about it, and
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Speaker 1: then there you are stuck to whatever you're stuck to.
37:59
Speaker 1: You your part, your fingers are stuck together. If that
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Speaker 1: happens to you, don't panic. There's this normal human panic reaction.
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Speaker 1: This is not permanent. You will not forever be marred.
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Speaker 1: You will not forever be marked as somebody who is
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Speaker 1: incapable of handling superglue. It will come apart, and if
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Speaker 1: you want to speed it along, you can use acetone
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Speaker 1: that will help free yourself from the bond. All right,
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Speaker 1: superglue now contacts meant it's the last one that we're
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Speaker 1: going to look at today. And unlike most adhesives, you
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Speaker 1: apply contact spant to both surfaces, you let it dry
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Speaker 1: to a tacky state and then you mush them together.
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Speaker 1: Now this forms an instant bond, an instant bond, making
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Speaker 1: it ideal for time sensitive projects. Works really well for that.
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Speaker 1: It's a rubber based adhesive and it has some flexibility
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Speaker 1: to it, and that makes it indispensable in a number
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Speaker 1: of different industries. You know, it's commonly used to bond
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Speaker 1: laminate to wood, you know, so think countertop material. The
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Speaker 1: laminate countertop material is glued to the decking with contact meant,
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Speaker 1: so it's used for that. It's used for bonding rubber
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Speaker 1: and plastic because it's got that flexibility to it. It's
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Speaker 1: also used by leather workers all over the place, and
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Speaker 1: it's used in shoe repair. Working with contact meant a
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Speaker 1: couple of things to keep in mind. The alignment really matters.
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Speaker 1: You know, you only get one chance with contact meant
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Speaker 1: for the most part. I mean, you can peel things apart,
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Speaker 1: but it's not fun. You really got one shot at
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Speaker 1: doing this smoothly, So you want to make sure everything
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Speaker 1: aligns really well and that the placement is right because
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Speaker 1: once those surfaces touch, they bond super well. So drive
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Speaker 1: fit everything at first, to make sure that it's going
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Speaker 1: to align the way you want it to do, and
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Speaker 1: then put your glue on. All right. Also make sure
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Speaker 1: that you're using contact meant in a well ventilated area.
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Speaker 1: It's got some fumes and a little bit of kick
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Speaker 1: to it, so be aware of that, all right. Before
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Speaker 1: I wrap this segment up, and before I wrap the
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Speaker 1: show up for the week, there's one last thing that
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Speaker 1: I want to say, you know, in regard adhesives, and
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Speaker 1: it's this, No glue is going to work well if
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Speaker 1: your surfaces aren't prepped properly. That's key. It's just like
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Speaker 1: with painting. You know, the surface prep is everything here.
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Speaker 1: So when you're getting ready to glue a couple of
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Speaker 1: different surfaces together, you're going to want to make sure
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Speaker 1: that they're clean, you know, free of dust, free of oil,
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Speaker 1: free of moisture. You might even want to do some
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Speaker 1: stuff standing, you know, for non porous materials Lightly sand
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Speaker 1: that surface with a one hundred grit sand paper. Again,
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Speaker 1: this is for gluing. If you were painting, you would
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Speaker 1: use a one eighty grit to a two to twenty
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Speaker 1: grit paper for your scuff sanding. This is going to
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Speaker 1: be gluing two pieces together. You can use a little
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Speaker 1: coarser paper, so one hundred grit would be great. And
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Speaker 1: when you do that, you're creating these microscopic you know,
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Speaker 1: hills and valleys, and that's going to give your glue
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Speaker 1: something to grab onto and it's going to help it
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Speaker 1: hold on. Lastly, like we said with the contacts, meant
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Speaker 1: just finish saying it. Do a dry run before applying glue,
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Speaker 1: just to make sure that everything lines up the way
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Speaker 1: you wanted to. All Right, there you go the Repolite
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Speaker 1: Home Improvement Show Glue Guide, and if you do want
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Speaker 1: Show Facebook page. We'll have a little more information there
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Speaker 1: and another resource that I'd recommend. I drew a lot
41:13
Speaker 1: of a lot of the information inspiration for this topic
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Speaker 1: came from Adam Savage's book. If you remember Adam Savage
41:21
Speaker 1: from MythBusters. He has a book Every Tools a Hammer,
41:24
Speaker 1: Life's what you make of it, And he's got a
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Speaker 1: chapter there on glues and different fasteners. It's really fun,
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Speaker 1: really interesting. I definitely recommend his book gave me some
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Speaker 1: insight into you know, everything that I just talked about
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