Shit man. I laughed out loud good at this one 😂

Good call! I'll keep that in mind for next time.

So your saying just heat it up to 133F? So you don't mess up your acetone to dye ratio?

Same question as ​@Mike ​- do you need to keep the mixture heat below the acetone boiling point, or isn't that hot enough?

@@mitch3384 I think he means the mixture physically cannot be above 133f unless/until there is no acetone present. Like something with water in it can't go above 100c until the water boils off (at atmos. pressure)

​@@Mogliz0rz well it got up to 150, so the acetone would be a bottleneck not a limit

Did the same with pink electrical tape. Worked a treat.

This was a common problem for smokers, having lighters pinched. It started out that you bought pink, but they went missing too. So I started buying brown, and worked for ages with a couple of sharpie markers to make them look like turds. That worked well. I had the same problem with people pinching my knives (bought myself, rather than company supplied, so, nicer) at my first freezing works. In the end I went and bought orange/yellow handled Swibo knives, the ONLY ones in the room, never had the same problem.

Smart, I would do this for sure

Another cheap trick is using duct tape & electrical tape on stuff. It could be as simple as an extension cord; few people want to take a chance to steal a cable that looks like it might've been damaged in one or two areas (the electrical tape "patches" lol) and will leave it alone. It also helps to hide or obscure any branding on things & add a, "smashed" look to it. Also, charcoal. A light touch with the smallest dust of charcoal can make even the newest shiny drill look like it's been abused in a mechanic shop (add duct tape in areas they tend to see most stress) & eventually you've sold the perfect idea as most would rather not gamble with what seems to obviously been a 'questionable' power tool, at that point lol. Edit: the benefit of charcoal is also that depending on where you smear some if it, you create what's essentially going to become a Fingerprint ID. If someone grabbed it in a way that's 'normal' (but not the way you use it), they're going to have black stains on their hands & clothing. Depending on the type of work, it'll also be a subtle flag as to who took it because their hands are dirty before everyone even got to work again lol. There's other stuff that can do the same, they even sell special chemicals that are UV reactive & not as easy to wash off (so you can hold a UV light & find who touched it hours later, even if they washed their hands with Dawn platinum several times in a row, for example).

@@mitch3384 generally it’s just muscle memory not anything bad.

Acetone evaporates sooo fast its crazy.

Nah, he just didn't clean the last one enough. Pause at 11:19 and you can see they're filthy.

This was my same exact thought. Need to do cool the water, add more acetone, and start the process over

@@randybobandy9828indeed. It evaporates at temps between 78f and 84f.

@@K8Stuff what? It evaporates at a way lower te.p

They want brand recognition. When you see yellow, you know it's Dewalt.

@@randybobandy9828 well, yeah, but bosch and makita allow some color option based on target audience and is still recognisable.

Its not just brand color its also visibility, a bright yellow tool is easier to see than a black tool at night or in the dirt.

Because if something isn't bright yellow... you're going to lose it. 😂 what are you autistic?

Maybe 2 dyeing attempts is the trick!

Dangerous lol as acetone melts plastics but could try to maybe brush it on or sunk it in it fairly quickly

@@K8Stuff I'm pretty sure glass fiber reinforced nylon is pretty acetone resistant

I do Wonder if it works better to start with cold water / acetone a s heat it up whilst the tools are in it.

So im attempting to do this as my original acetone + Dye bath after 1 hour did not dye my plastics so after reading the comments I see that the acetone may have evaporated. I added another 8 oz safely while it was still hot and then covered it with a lid to see if the acetone can kinda stay. I also prepared a cold water + acetone bath to prepare the other plastics to see if this helps the process

100% they pay a lot for that branding and to stay top of mind, but then again so does Makita, and they're willing to sacrifice that to give the people WHAT THEY WANT hahaha. Thanks buddy!

I get supplied Dewalt tools for work, I don't get the hype on why guys like them. They're weaker than competitors, and the batteries don't last as long as competitors. I can't even throw a diablo blade in my sawzall because the saw is too weak for the blade. The blade catches on the material and the saw bogs down. Put that same blade in my m18 fuel sawzall and it'll chew right through 3/4" emt. Dewalt is junk in my experiences on the job.

That's just dust, I cleaned the motors a bit with a brush while the tools were disassembled and some of the dust fell into the motors

I seen that too. Thought it might have been a bit of water that didnt fully dry. Dust from scrubbing the motors makes sense

Thanks Arpad! Always appreciate the support man

@@ZacBuilds actually looking at it now, the DCF886 is already rare enough already! They don’t make them anymore!

@@ArpadBuildsThis Ya the DCF887 is better in pretty much everyway, and the DCF888 is also out too. I was shocked to see the DCF886 is like 6 or more years old!

@@ZacBuilds I actually recently got a set of Milwaukee drills on Black Friday, they were too good of a deal to pass up, and I’m thinking of dying them the exact same way! I’ll talk to you more on IG if I have any questions, but I’m planning on doing the exact same thing with those

@@ArpadBuildsThis VERY CURIOUS to hear how that goes! I wonder if Milwaukee uses the same type of plastic as Dewalt.

Just white vinegar? I might try this

Thanks Corey! Appreciate it man 😘

Great question! My city has a local hazardous chemicals disposal facility. You can bring them anything and they'll take care of it for you. I just drained it into a container and brought it there

@@ZacBuilds Thanks, this helps :)

Thank you! Cheers!

I worked for a small FRP pipe building company for 3 or 4 months back in the day. There were random buckets around filled with acetone, used for cleaning tools (and maybe a quick dip of the hands if you had a resin accident). I just remember someone threw a pair of scissors in there and they had these beefy plastic grips, when they took them out, those plastic grips were gone. lol

@@Chrislk1986 Yup! That'll do it 😂

And you’re in Canada🙌🏻

I came back to this video to find ur comment to reply to it u can use silicone or try hot glue to write on it first then peel off afterwards

It is very comfortable and it's from Lululemon

We've all been tempted..

Drink it obviously

All that acetone probably boiled off or evaporated. Acetone evaporates very quickly.

😂😂😂

Oh Eric! You need an explicit tag on this comment now!

That's what she said. (replying to OP)

Really? I keep hearing "it's OK, I don't like big ones anyways" 🤔

@@ZacBuilds Don't listen to the voices, they're not real 😌

Only one way to find out!

Damn good question!

That wouldn’t work because the plastic is colored all the way through.

Where is that info on them?

@@ZacBuilds on the inside of the clam shell

Interesting! I'll definitely try that next time

What kind of ratio of dish soap would you recommend?

anything jer?