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I promise I looked for an "off topic" forum. I guess its garage related in as much as I want to get my classic car out of my garage and drive it! I titled it in New York State when I lived there many years ago and never registered it. You can do this in NYS. In CT I can't tell if that is...

Summer may, in fact, be coming to CT afterall. And all the R12 has long left the building (well, '89 BMW) and I'd like to pull a good vacuum and replace it with R134a. I have a whole new kit of parts waiting to accomplish this. I'm sure the HF manifold would do the trick but that leaves the...

Obviously it won't have the oil slick like color variation you see in nicely plated parts but I'm wondering if anyone has found something close enough. These parts often tarnish quickly to a really subdued warm yellowish silver so I don't want something crazy fake gold looking...

Tis the season for transfer switch wiring inquiries. Is is possible to wire an xfer switch to the entire panel and to responsibly turn off breakers that would overload the generator? I plan to start with a tiny generator and work up if I feel its needed and don't want to limit myself with...

I was surprised to see that there is a silicone based powder rated to 1200deg f which, to my knowledge, I can shoot and cure at home. It's not cheap compared to standard powder (30/lb vs ~8/lb) but its a whole lot cheaper than Jet-Hot etc. I'm not claiming it prevents heat xfer like Jet-Hot...

I've used Eastwoods and POR a bunch but never sprayed because I'm usually doing small spots on my classic car. I want to do a larger area and I'm debating spraying it. Any tips? I see discussions of using either an undercoating gun or a regular spray gun. Either way EW says you can thin up...

After using the dry ice, heat, chemical methods I am ready to graduate to the reciprocating/vibrating tool method to remove some in car and underbody coatings to do rust repair. HF has decently reviewed versions of both that can be had together for ~$60 My instinct would be to grab um both...

I'm looking to upgrade from my tiny HF ultrasonic to something that can take more of the engine/car parts I often want clean. The ebay sellers seem to have changed since I looked last a few years ago. Does anyone have recent experience? A few I see...

I'd buy carbon fiber if they were sold... I use plastic pry tools all the time for auto restoration work and have now broken or scored enough that I need a new set. Would like something strong.

I'm looking to reapply a factory style textured coating to parts of my car. 3M Body Schutz is perfect but I'd prefer not to buy the $110 3M gun for this one use. Has anyone used either a different system of the same caliber (Wurth etc, not rattlecan) or a cheaper gun...

I do a lot of auto wiring and still unsure the right way to make an asymmetrical splice which is to say one in two out. I have a big variety of connectors but feel like Im swimming upstream with this connection type.

I need to crimp some metri pack 280 series. For rings, uninsulated and quick disconnects I've used a variety of crimpers from Klein to no name amazon, have found all of them pretty decent actually and never paid over maybe $45 for the tool. Any suggestions for the metri-packs?

I'm plumbing something like this: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/der-25709 I don't really want to use AN fittings, think they're overkill and going for more of a factory look. Going for Vintage Porsche, not F-16. What are the alternates that still perform well?

There are a lot of engine parts such as this generator stand or intake manifolds that I would like to have increased resistance to dirt oil and so on but don't want to change the factory as-cast look of. I have some matte and semi gloss clear powder arriving today. I did a bunch of search and...

I have been having good success powder coating using media from prismatic powders and and Eastwood dual voltage gun. This oil canister was a bit unique in that I really wanted the interior to have a solid coating so I probably went on the side of two much powder everywhere. I got these river...

I have a new 2 hp 10 gallon California air tools oil free compressor on which the pressure switch is somewhat unreliable. The factory told me on Friday to drain the tank 100% relieve all the pressure to get rid of trapped air causing the switch to remain off even when in auto position and zero...

I'm using Eastwoods Modular blast cabinet which has a media pick-up point at the bottom of a pyramidal hopper (not a loose hose type pickup). I have it significantly filled with new 80 grid Alum Oxide. In general this setup works very well and I get good fast blasting. Sometimes - not...

I'm using EW dual voltage powder gun with an air/water seperater and mini regulator set to ~8psi, brand new powder from Prismatic or Eastwoods. Hopper filled about 2-3" so just below half full. No matter how I tweak above settings I find I get somewhat irregular flow of powder. If I shake...

I do hobby home auto restoration and found the Eastwoods modular blast cab to be the perfect dims for almost all suspension parts, manifolds, valve covers brackets etc. http://www.eastwood.com/modular-blast-cabinet.html I already have EW's dual voltage Powder gun and it is a revelation - so...

I have a California Air Tools 2hp 240v oiless compressor (10020C-22060) that has no published duty cycle. I take readings of the heat sink with my IR thermo occasionally. I will call the company on Monday to see what they recommend but wanted to ask you all - what would you consider too hot...