Advice The Home Improvement/Automation Thread

[Valve1138]

yeah, i also wouldnt add the flecks.

If I could do a logo or something with then I might use them on the shop floor.

But not the garage.

This is Tampa.

 

[Amstel]

* BUy the granules/additive for the non-slip. Regular sand is full of fine particles that sink, muck up the look and do nothing for slip resistance. The stuff they sell IS sand, but well screened for size.

The stuff we got in the package included a bag(s?) of the 'silica' to be added to the bucket and stirred in. It came with it, but wasn't already "in" the paint. All pre-measured, etc.

 

[fly]

We stained the concrete on our lanai and the shit turned out pretty well.

 

[Jehannum]

Everyone should on a sawzall. They are awesome. Especially cordless lithium. I bought for work a couple years ago but never used it until I had to clean up some blown down trees at my mom's house this year. Damn that tool ripped right through the job in no time. Uses the same batteries as my drill and impact driver too.

I have both a cordless Li Ion, and a corded Bosch sawzall, and I'll use the corded one 9 out of 10 times, because it is _that_ much more powerful. The cordless one is way more convenient to use when I shimmy up a tree, though.

 

[wetwillie]

The stuff we got in the package included a bag(s?) of the 'silica' to be added to the bucket and stirred in. It came with it, but wasn't already "in" the paint. All pre-measured, etc.

Some of them sell it separately, e.g. Rustoleum. But yeah ,just don't use shit sand like they sell for the sandbox. Lot of the sand will be dust when really you want something more like .5-1mm in cross section.

 

[Jehannum]

a drill basically becomes obsolete for anything other than drilling when you have an impact driver. Theyre great. My gear is pretty old, 18v hitachi stuff from probably 2008 or so and it drives 3/8th lags through 2x6s with no problem.

the whole "fuck the drill clutch is slipping" or "fuck, the drill spun too fast and torqued outta the shitty phillips head" largely becomes a non issue with impact drivers too

Its not really the tool you're thinking of, which is a "put my lug nuts on" type tool.

You should never put your lug nuts on with a power tool unless there's a torque stick between the tool and the lug.

 

[Domon]

You should never put your lug nuts on with a power tool unless there's a torque stick between the tool and the lug.

dumbasses gonna do it though.

Ive never had a problem with any of mine coming loose with a plain old lug nut cross wrench bar thing to tighten em

 

[Jehannum]

dumbasses gonna do it though.

Ive never had a problem with any of mine coming loose with a plain old lug nut cross wrench bar thing to tighten em

I always use a torque wrench.

all. ways.

I also won't use any of the suspension tools from Autozone anymore after seeing idiots whangin' away on them with cheapo hazard fraught air tools. Bought my own spring compressors, tyvm. I like having fingers.

 

[Amstel]

We stained the concrete on our lanai and the shit turned out pretty well.

Years back, my cousin did some kind of cement 'cast pattern' patio, then stained it. It looks amazing. Until I saw that I couldn't imagine how you could make staining work well on cement.

 

[Amstel]

If I could do a logo or something with then I might use them on the shop floor.

But not the garage.

This is Tampa.

Where do you keep your Farmer Ted stuff?

 

[fly]

Years back, my cousin did some kind of cement 'cast pattern' patio, then stained it. It looks amazing. Until I saw that I couldn't imagine how you could make staining work well on cement.

We didn't do anything fancy, just stained it black. I've been pretty shocked at how well it holds up.

 

[Jehannum]

We didn't do anything fancy, just stained it black. I've been pretty shocked at how well it holds up.

all the shit, vomit, shitvomit, and bleach haven't worn it out?

 

[Valve1138]

Where do you keep your Farmer Ted stuff?

All over the fucking place right now.

Gotta get the shed straightened out in early spring.

 

[fly]

all the shit, vomit, shitvomit, and bleach haven't worn it out?

Nope. Like I said, pretty shocked.

 

[Valve1138]

We didn't do anything fancy, just stained it black. I've been pretty shocked at how well it holds up.

How bad was the prep?

 

[Jehannum]

How bad was the prep?

You just have to undercook the meat a little and @fly is cocked and locked.

 

[Ledboots]

Everyone should on a sawzall. They are awesome. Especially cordless lithium. I bought for work a couple years ago

We stained the concrete on our lanai and the shit turned out pretty well.

What did you use? I want to do something similar./

 

[Ledboots]

the / was accidental ^

 

[fly]

How bad was the prep?

The whole thing was super easy. Scrub the concrete. Tape off the sides of the lanai. Then I think there was some concrete prep product we put down. A couple applications of the stain with a cheap sprayer. And then spray on concrete sealer. Altogether it took maybe 5 days, including ripping up the carpet?

 

[HipHugHer]

Yep. Outdoors where you want to keep some texture it's pretty easy.

Indoors where you'd want a smooth shiny floor the only way it doesn't absolutely suck is if they prepped for it when they poured the slab.