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A lot of sanding - I'm covered in dust! Behr "Bonding" primer thinned so it would flow out flat better and be absorbed quickly - it was! The wood was very dry; soaked it up quick. A light hand sand in a couple hours, a little additional putty - I'll use up the remaining "Plastic Wood". There...

Trying NOT to spend on it. Using up old materials I already have.

Yes it really is. It’s really old plywood with little surface cracks all along it plus some dents. I basically “coated” the entire front surface. After I sand 95% of it will come off. Then I’m sure it’ll need a little more for places I missed. In the end it will hopefully be presentably flat-ish.

Tomorrow I'll sand all this and apply the first coat of primer. Then look for more damage to repair or minimize - more ugliness for awhile.

IN PROCESS: Disassembly, Tite Bond III & brad nailer. Sand, sand, sand. Putty, putty, putty, ugly, ugly, ugly!

FINALLY getting around to the footlocker thing. (Post #2488). It was my B-i-L’s. I did a similar box for my '55 Chevy truck. Doing this now mostly because SWMBO is out of town! The box had some stenciling. It was assembled with small wood screws which were now missing or very loose. I partly...

Ok, a bit surprising but my experience is that hot dip is a thicker coating. Granted my experience is in decades of heavy civil construction, not automotive parts.

Depends on whether they were electro-plated or hot dip galvanized. I'd ASSUME automotive parts would only be electroplate. Hot dip is used on things like sign and light poles, etc. Maybe(?) that process would be used for heavy machinery?

Babysitting our grandchildren today and they were in the pool so Fifi, my "Eskidoodle" was on guard duty. Notice she uses the pillow and crosses her legs. I always thought this kind of thing was only a human trait - femininity. I ask her every morning, "Did you just wake up pretty again...

Wow Dennis! I hadn't been back to this thread since August of 2024 - time flies and a LOT o' **** has happened! Be thankful you're not a horse! The shoulder, the elbow, the poison ivy, the bonk on the head, if you were a horse they might have shot you! Very sorry to hear about you'r wife's...

Yeah, though they are truly beautiful they seem to be not the sharpest pencils in the box. Here in Glendora there is a street we call "Peacock Lane" - not the real name of course- but they hang out on various lawns during the day and a lot of them fly in and spend the night in a very large pine...

True. A BFH can disassemble anything!

Yup, your description is like mine except it isn’t able to be disassembled. Thanks.

Hi Kay, Did yours resemble mine? This has more words too but it's hard to photograph. Says "Tire Service Gauge" in larger letters but then a bunch of words about patent numbers. I just found this one listed on eBay that is almost identical except it says "A. Schrader's Son" Brooklyn, NY...

I found this Schrader tire pressure gauge when I was a college student in 1975. It was in a parking lot planter @ Cal State Long Beach and it's my favorite possession. It was oxidized black and that may be why no one else had spotted it. I've hand polished it over the years but never got it this...

WAY back on post #2257 I'd found a filthy but mechanically good step ladder in trash. Yeah, I'm not above being a trash shopper and took it. Chipped off a LOT of paint spilled all over it, sanded the frame and never got back to it til today. It's not in redone right but it's better. It goes...

With a stream that close EVERY critter must come down for a drink. When we moved in I had a very big bush near the front door. A skunk & babies were living in/under it. I removed that bush. I've got nothing against a mama skunk raising her little ones in my yard but that close to our front door...

Posted this on the SoCal Auto **** thread. It appeared to be a still daily driven Model A roadster pickup. Right front wheel was a bit wobbly as he pulled away - king pins in 1928-32? It was definitely NOT a garage queen but we all know they never came other than black and not with whitewalls...

The "Nextdoor" app for Glendora keeps sending notices about coyotes. Today a couple and dog were "stalked" by one so they seem to be aggressive right now. Guessing because they have new pups to feed? Riffing on local fauna - we have coyotes, bobcats, peacocks, opossums, raccoons, rabbits...

Hmmmm.....wasn't sure what you're referring to. A quick online search says, "Tommy James stated it simply means working every day and living life on your own terms." Ok, agreed but how does that relate to these guts?