Chuck seems like a great dude 👌

Me too !

Me too, but I'm 65 so I'm not sure the growing up thing is going to happen.

@@michaelspurling4376 me either. Too late for that.

Nah, I still want to be a fire truck! ... Ralph!

@@michaelspurling4376never to late giver heck!

I suppose that you are referring to a perfectionist. Otherwise I’m just confused…….. 🫤

I remember watching TV shows like American Chopper where they'd drill into something after it was painted and then install it... providing no protection to the surface around the (up to the redrilling, misaligned) mounting holes... or on the back/hidden portions of parts they'd paint or have powder-coated. Oh yeah, a co-worker bought one of those bikes... after several years, he had to have it disassembled to be repainted... nothing but rust everywhere... :) (they would make "regular" choppers that were sold at various dealers around the US... in my city, a small Indian dealer sold a few - they'd only have two or three at at time. My buddy bought the second one they sold at that dealership... that was before Polaris bought Indian, there's no way Polaris would allow that :) )

That corrosion builds up on bottom side

@@billstev100 A Perfectionist, yes. Tom Tom is a man of Perfection. Therefore the man is perfection. Glad to have helped you change from confusion, to understanding.

@@missingremote4388 yeah sure, I also paint the undersides, degrease them good, but I don't smooth out all the welds etc just paint it so I don't rust. But where I live on the Highlands of South Africa, metal doesn't really rust like you get in the States rust belt...

Yeah it blows my mind that places like that won't hire a guy to spend a few hours cleaning up weld spatter. $30 bucks an hour, let's say 8 hours to hit the welds on a $1.2m machine... it's nonsense to not do it.

The shop Tom Tom worked at before would have rattled canned it and call it good! 😂

​@@StlrNtn95you forgot to say Rattle Canned without cleaning, sanding, degreasing, wiping down with a rag, without primer etc one heavy handed coat of some krylon or generic farm implement spray and send it is Matt's way, or he doesn't even do that, and will just leave it bare and say nothing rusts where he lives because it's the desert 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

Difference is Matt is only using it to move in and out of the shop

Idk tt called mat his enemy in last episode

@@alnov91 Sarcasm is tough for some people to comprehend.

@@markxkovacicblind people are instructed to apply a small amount of sarcasm to their interpretation of brail writing. So a small amount is all anyone should interpret without better cues.

When the Thor Hammer cant cut it ,bring out the MORR HAMMER.💪

I've used metal prep products like Ospho before, but only at room temperature. One thing I've wondered is does the iron phosphate coating inhibit the ability of a zinc rich primer, or a product like ZRC cold galvanizing compound, to protect the steel? My thought process is the zinc is sacrificial so electrons need to flow between the zinc and steel in order for the protection to be most effective. A current path is necessary for a sacrificial anode to work. For example when using something like ZRC cold galvanizing compound the manufacturer wants a clean, sandblasted finish for the most effective corrosion protection. For water immersion they recommend SSPC-SP10. I think the electrical conduction between the coating and the steel is important. Perhaps the etching effect and increased paint adhesion outweigh any reduction in cathodic protection the zinc might offer, especially for parts which are not submerged. I think you are spot on about orange peel. The paint needs to atomize. Thinning the paint and increasing the pressure promote atomization.

What are you talking about? Of the four recovery vehicles in his fleet, only one hasn't been professionally painted. Are you confusing Matt (MORR) with Paul (FabRats)?

Getting stuff in corners really helps with killing off bass reverb. You can make sound deadening panels yourself dramatically cheaper than buying them btw. Build a light frame of like 1x4 timber. Put some acoustic insulation batting in it (like what you'd put in house walls for thermals but designed also for sound) Then stretch some Lycra or similar thin stretchy fabric over the top and around to the back of the frame to dress it up and make it pretty. You can make the panels really quite large for tens of dollars and just hang them on the walls. Light colours might help with your lighting and colour balance in there too.

Terrificvids, Tom,but yeah, the echo is tough to listen to. If wall treatment isn't possible, at least use a lapel mic. Having a mic close to your mouth will help loads, by picking up less of the room. Rode mics are cheap and work great. Some even record while transmitting. (Also, the constant rock music at high volume is distracting.)

A 'Whisk' in a drill can save time.Just make sure it's not a favorite.

@@bryduhbikeguy 🤣Yeah...I didn't think that out so well...

Yes. I Always use a tiny flat-bladed screwdriver widthwise in the channel to punch 3 holes in a gallon.A quart need just 2 a 1/2"apart where you pour..It drains back in,as you said.