I snapped the fiberglass handle on my shovel and repaired it with fiberfix just to finish the job I was doing. I bought a replacement shovel anticipating the fiberfix to fail at some point. 5 years later, shovel is still going strong, and The new shovel is in the shed sitting unused. Im still amazed by it every time I dig.
I think you could have broken a cinder block just by doing the same thing but using duct tape. Cinder blocks really are kind of fragile as you can tell if you've ever dropped one.
Idk why you popped up on my feed but love the video! Not boring, no wasted time, I didn't fast forward through any of it. You just got a new subscriber!!
How easy it is to break concrete block depends on its age. Fresh block is pretty delicate. It takes 28 days for concrete to reach its rated strength and concrete just keeps getting harder the longer it ages. Concrete is actually a crystal. Like those those crystals you grow in water when you're a child. Concrete is something like that. The crystals interlocking is what gives concrete its strength. Blocks haven't been made out of cinders for a long time now. Just FYI. They're made out of concrete today.
Wood really is about the best chance for that stuff, glue can penetrate and when it dries and constricts has the most chance to compress into and grip it. copper pipe where it is smooth and won't compress showed the other side of that.
So mason here, cinder blocks break super easy, it doesn’t take much. Drop one from like 3 ft high and they’ll break sometimes. Depends on the maker too.
@@JohnnyAFG81 that's an endorsement right there. Right on. I love things that actually last. So much crap is built shoddy these days. Fix those shoddy things with fiber fix.
Is it a decade old? Uhm... I've used fiber fix on pipes before, where's the putty? They're ruining the integrity. Because it definitely works.. you gotta combine the 2 part putty, then wrap..
Same, used it to fix a broken leg on a cheap desk (broke in half during a move). Thought it would just buy me some time to get a replacement, but it's still rock solid after 8 years.
I bought a few of them years ago after seeing them tested. The ones I used to repair my dad's landing net and a bathroom sink are still holding, but the unused ones unfortunately became unusable (fully hardened).
6:18 when my daughter was little we did the Home Depot kids workshop every month and I’d hold the nails while she hammered them and got my fingers many times but never bothered me cause little kids don’t swing a hammer that hard. It was entertaining watching the dads that were getting upset every time their kid hit their fingers. Most of the dads there would’ve loved this product.
I got the grypmat for my husband andhe loves it. The nice thing that john didnt mention was that chemicals will not eat the silicone. And you have a place to put all the bolts, screws, ect that will not roll around and lose them. You can throw it right on the engine if you want. Worth it, but look out for sales or bundles when you buy it.
@@AsylusDon't personally own it, but I'd imagine it should work as well as any other silicone mat on a wet surface; think silicone bath mats, for example. The effectiveness largely comes down to both how wet & polished the surface is though. A wet, highly polished surface is quite slick and even silicone may not grip as effectively if at all.
He's going to knock his tools off into the engine compartment and lose them. A tool belt for tools, and a tackle box for nuts and bolts. Never pile anything around the engine compartment, it's like a black hole. Is this his fancy MAC tools ratchet I found the other day. It cost way more than the Grypmat. Oh well finders keepers.
@ipissed have you ever worked on an engine? While working on it, you want to everything in reach. Tools belts are for carpentry, not mechanics. The grypmat stops the tools rolling around. Between the silicone gripping and the lip on the tray. The reason this brand is a little different than other silicone trays is the chemicals resistant. Silicone is great for heat and sticky things like glues and resins. But sucks with acetone and brake cleaner. Even nail mats which should be acetone safe since how often it is used in nails, aren't. Reason: That type of silicone is expensive. Some things are worth spending more due to quality. (I think the end of your comment was about price. That was hard to understand)
Man, I ran a produce department with a fresh fruit operation for 3 years and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that you have the most mid way of cubing a melon i've ever witnessed. Almost there, but you should start with cutting the ends off, then you can stand the whole melon on its end, you can see where the depth of the rind is and begin your cut at the top and spin the melon as you're making cuts along the edge, then you can cube the remaining flesh or make wedges or do whatever.
I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that as a human, you have a very mid way of telling someone how to cut a melon. You were a professional and the dude in the video is....ummmm....not a professional. Come on, man. I can understand correcting someone, but the way you say it is pretty asinine and rude. As a human
Fiber fix is the same thing the navy uses called e-warp. It’s basically a hardened cast after applying and letting it dry for 30 minutes and has been used for the last 2-3 decades at least.
Uhm... I've used fiber fix on pipe before, where's the putty? You guys are ruining the integrity. Because it definitely works.. you gotta combine the 2 part putty, then wrap..
The turkey cutter is just a standard electric knife with a chainsaw looking case, I'd recommend the Husqvarna 35i or Milwaukee M18 for your turkey cutting endeavors.
Looked it up out of curiosity, Amazon has electric knives for $20, or for $83 you can get a battery powered one. So it's $60-80 extra for a toy version of an electric knife.
That's what I was thinking. I could just grab a Hamilton Beach for $25 down at the Wal-Mart that would do just as well. It's like a tourist trap version of an electric knife. :)
I had fiberfix with me on long mountain bike rides in case my frame snapped. I had previously used it on a steel rack on my trailer that snapped in a weld. Six years later it still holds strong. Fantastic product. Worth all the praise you gave it
26:14 John yells "A hundred dollars" over the price of the carver chain saw, and hilariously an ad comes on and the guys says "they are legally robbing you" talking about car insurance. Epic ad timing.
I own 4 of the Grypmat's and absolutely love them. My wife bought them for me as a gift and I use them all the time. I thought it was silly and now I use it every chance I get.
Menards has a 3 pack for small medium and large for around $12-15, I got a few on sale for $10. Definitely worth it and it is just silicone so not like there is a big quality difference
@18:45 when it seeps through, its probably not intended for pressurized pipes, the demos show it being used for drains. The fact that it took a jet to a few drops is better than nothing though.
I was thinking the same thing hoping someone commented on that. It did a good job withstanding to such high pressure. If it was an actual pipe with a further connection it would have been just fine
You could have pushed a little bit of the product inside the hole, just a wee bit to get a better seal and then wrapped it much more snug. But then again, A little rubber gasket and a hose clamp might have been just as good
I just look at tools and get mechanic's tan. I'm forever cleaning my tools too. I'm like a dirt magnet I swear. I see other people they can go all day and never get dirty. 5 minutes in and I look like I've been coal mining all day long. So I end up washing my hands constantly. I don't want to be moving the dirt around.
I think the nailing finger protector thing is genius from a crew employer mitigation and insurance perspective. It's just like the knifework chainmail glove you will find in many commercial kitchens that essentially no one uses.
As a mechanic, if you want a true test of the hand cleaner, lather some grease from a grease gun (for fittings), theb rub your hands around a dirty engine. Thats much more representative of our hands at the end of the day than just fresh oil and rubbed in dirt🤣 I've never worked in a shop that had dirt readily available to rub our hands in😂
Yup. Its just GoJo with some hand lotion. You can get something similar by just taking some dish soap and mixing in some clay powder. Lacks the pumice, but does everything you need in a solid cleaner.
That fiber fix has been around in one form or another for 20 years. When I did property maintenance, I used it to repair a busted 2” water main supplying a row of townhomes. The key, was to keep moulding in the direction of wrapping by gripping tightly and twisting until it set up and cured. Worked like a charm.
Liquid soap and sawdust help just as well and cost much less. And for REALLY extreme dirt deep in a worker's callused hand, add some silica sand. Mix everything into a creamy paste, fill it into a can and enjoy the best and cheapest cleaning agent against heavy skin soiling there is. I have been using it for over 50 years and have never found a ready-made product that is anywhere near as good as the cream I make myself from soap, wood flour and a little quartz sand!
@@dennisclayton1225 I have always used beech wood. But the type of wood shouldn't really matter. The only important thing is that it is really dry wood without resin.
I used fiber fix on a post for a garage shelving unit when it first came out 10+ years ago. Still holding strong. Awesome product for that application.
As a mechanic, that tool tray is a useless gimmick. Get yourself a magnetic steel tray. Also, those leather mats are to stop the fenders from getting damaged when we lean over them to work, not for putting tools on.
Don’t even need to see yours to know it’s the same one my parents had lol. Everyone had one. It’s like they were mailed out to people with tide samples or something
We use something similar to fiberfix in the coast guard called sytho glass. Been out way longer than fiberfix and is really durable. It is intended to put on leaks on pipes temporarily so the ship can make it back to port to get fixed. I honestly used it on more than just pipes and not just temporary lol
epoxy bandages have been around for decades. some also have a putty to use with it aswell. and hey it slowed town pressure to a drip. it is best on non pressure systems.
The orange mat is actually pretty useful in finish carpentry. Mother in law got it for me as a gift and I used it everyday in commercial doors. Really helpful when doing hardware
Love how the electric carving knife thing is just a really crappy reciprocating saw, sold at nearly the same price as an almost decent sawzall knockoff
They are a little different, the carving knives have two blades that move opposite of each other but still way overpriced 😂 I’d skip the saw part and just buy a regular electric carving knife if I wanted one
I wouldn't even call it a reciprocating saw, it's basically a bladed version of a vibrator. Although I would definitely advose against using it the same way.
What John had is a concrete block and how easily a concrete block breaks depends on what kind of block it is and how old it is. That looked like an 8" lightweight to me. Which would be an easy block to break. Especially if it's a young un. Fresh block isn't always fully cured when you get it. It's hard but maybe not full strength yet.
The issue with that step-up thingy is that it might be rated for a ton, but your locks aren't. Few uses by John and they'll become misaligned (or you'll even leave a dent in the pillar)
A cars door latch is rated anywhere from 1500-2500lbs of vertical force if you bust the latch using that step then either A. Your cars a rusted pos or B. You desperately need to hit a gym. I’ve watched the jaws of life rip a door off a car and the locking mechanism didn’t budge the hinges ripped from the body before the latch mechanism did
16:10 “I like the convenience of it” my brother in swift, we have flex tape and flex seal now, we don’t have to worry about bowls of water and slime to fix a leaky pipe anymore
10:34 “gonna test it on my JACKED UP 250!” Bro that’s a truck with maybe a 5 inch lift. You made it sound like you had a truck that had 10-15 inches of lift. 😂😂😂
For emergency fixes on leaking pipes just keep silicone pipe sealing tape on hand, $5-10 a roll, doesn't go bad, isn't gross/sticky and works on wet/leaking pipes at pressure.
OH! You have reviewed the exact same orange mat that I use! Very cool. I used mine around the shop not so much for the car. GREAT to keep from marring surfaces and keeping tools all in one place.
@@1pcfred I'm hearing from an older relative, maybe a great grandpa or great uncle, his name had a vowel in it. They want me to tell you "back in my day...
As an idea - the UK also has a version of Shark Tank, called "Dragons Den". Many tools and hardware products have been featured on the UK version as well, so you could do another episode just looking at the products from the UK show. Loving your work BTW.
Shark Tank is in fact the US version of Dragon’s Den (and then further internationalized as Shark Tank). In Canada it is still called Dragon’s Den and shared Kevin O’Leary with the US version.
Funny! Once I had oily car black greasy hands working on my old truck, at a bathroom break did not have a towel, or dawn dish soap or such at the best moment!!! Had an outside garden hose, grabbed a handful of dirt from my veggie garden, and rubbed it in!!! And yes oil comes out of the ground, dirt, took the already running garden hose, and amazing hands were spotless!!! so as per your video, someone obviously combined dirt, and dish soap, into a mustard ketchup squeeze bottle and put a label on it. Stupid at any price!!!
I bought some of the dirt soap at Walmart on clearance for a few bucks. Honestly one of the better soaps I’ve used for cleaning my hands after a greasy job.
The effectiveness of the drill scrubbers also heavily depend on the capacity of the drill. Some cheapie thing will give up if you try to push it in to get the hard to get guck
As an IT guy you get one fix with that installed, the next time I just give it back saying I told you don't reinstall it. But to be fair I only did personal work for friends and family not for money, mostly as "will work for home cooked meal".
Worked at the cutting counter at Joann for years. Yes, we used an electric knife to cut upholstery foam. Cuts right through, but hard to keep it straight.
New sub today because of this video I've always wanted an update on all the products that they bought into or sold you do such an awesome job new follower for life
1:40 You can do the same thing with any relatively inexpensive scrub pad that some in packs of 20 for $5. 3:00 You can do the same with any tape. Duct tape, Electrical, even scotch tape. If there is any trick to it, it is simply to swing and use the momentum of the "hammer" to break the block rather than trying to follow through on the swing which would eventually destroy the tape. 5:40 There are readily available screw driver tips with a slid-able sheath over them. You can pull this down most of the length of the screw then place the screw in it. This automatically retracts as you drive the screw in. Because it is covering the screw it prevents the screw from shooting out sideways as you describe injuring your hand. These have been on the market for at least 30 years, possibly much longer. 5:53 If you slow mo that "pitch on shark tank" he didn't actually hit his fingers with the hammer. It wasn't even close. That said, the mistake most people make is holding the nail like you would hold a pencil. If you do miss and hit a finger or tumb you are hitting on the side of the nail. This can result in cutting the nail into the finger, or even tearing the nail partly from the nail bed which is very painful. Instead turn your palm facing up and hold the nail between two fingers. Then if you do miss you are hitting the soft flexible side of the finger. Sure you can still do damage, but it would take a much harder hit to do serious damage compared to the other method. More importantly you should never try and hit a nail so hard that it drives completely into the wood while holding it. Just tap it lightly until the tip is stuck, then move your fingers and finish driving it in. If you want a tool that requires the use of one hand to hold a nail and protect your hand, pliers have been around literally for thousands of years. A pair of needle noise or slip joint pliers is already perfect for this job and offers much more dexterity that this ridiculous tool. 8:40 This product is actually genius. I can't believe someone figure out how to sell dirt for $10 an ounce. I would bet all they did was mix a little dirt and orange juice into dawn dish soap. That said. I spend many years working in the oil field. Arguably one of the dirtiest jobs on the planet. All I used to clean was dawn dish soap. That got everything from oil and grease in my hair to that grime under your nails thats nearly impossible to get out. Also you can buy a large bottle for less than this tiny bottle of dirt soap cost. 10:30 This is actually pretty smart. I hope its made of metal instead of plastic. 13:50 Fiberglass already exists. 17:20 You could just as easily break that with just the board, or even your fist wearing a glove. Those blocks are DESIGNED to hold weight on the top and bottom and are very weak on the sides. 20:28 While there is no justification for this to cost more than $20 tops, its not a bad product. I think instead of using it to hold tools I would cram it under parts I'm removing to ensure I couldn't drop a bolt or nut that then gets lost down in the engine or the frame somewhere. For holding tools. I use a full sized plastic barrel. It only cost $30 new, its very light weight and easy to move around, and it offers a much larger surface to put tools on. Just role it over where you are working for an instant table about the same height as the hood. 23:12 Again, electric knives already exist. You can get one at walmart for $15
With the hand wash stuff, you're doing it in a bucket. So I'd assume the crease and oil comes off, and floats on the top. Since you're dunking your hands in, the last thing that your hands go through is that floating oil and grease, which is causing that feeling. Might work better with running water.
8:15 Any poor person in a third world country or from one will tell you to just use Ajax powder. So many of us use it last minute on the day where we need to go to a wedding, but have work to do at home beforehand.
I personally like to use a product called Fast Orange. I find it very efficient, even on oil or paint. It also has small grains to get things off easily.
back at my grandpa's gas station he used a hand cleaning product called Goop, which I believe is still made. your description of still feeling a bit oily after using that shark tank cleaning product matches exactly with how Goop feels. it's awesome for removing grease and grime, and to get rid of that oily feeling, just follow up with a paper towel or just wash your hands with regular hand soap after
I have a similar step thing that I bought off of Amazon a while back, it's magnificent for getting access too my roof rack on my overland rig. I still end up scaling my back tires with my smartcap rack, but to get above the cab... well worth it for my short king self.
We use fiberglass wraps for leak repair in the chemical industry all the time. They hold for years. The key is getting the appropriate size wrap and you have to wrap it a lot tighter than you did in the video.
That JB weld tape is interesting because they use coban to wrap it in the end. That stuff is good for everything. I always keep a decent aupply of the stuff in the home and workshop.
We use Fiber Weld (formerly Fiber Fix) for our shovels. We get them separated by handles and the blades and we just use the Fiber Weld to connect them.
Fun story a coworker of mine used the fiberflex to fix a snowplow mirror bracket. 7 years later and it's still there. He also didn't think you'd need the gloves. He definitely needed the gloves.
While the JB Weld fiber fix may not work, we do use a similar product on ships for pipe patching. It's called EWARP - Emergency Water Activated Repair Patch. Works similarly... and takes a hell of a lot less time than doing an old-fashioned pipe patch.
Can you make a 2x2 hammer like that with just duct tape? Because while it seems impressive, is it actually better than comparable stuff? Especially after the pipe failed.
The Scrub Daddy stuff is insanely good, I use the scrubber with the power paste stuff for stainless pans and it takes off the toughest of burnt on garbage and makes them look brand new, was mind blown how good they come out.
I got a scrub daddy on the log processor I run for pitch on the window. Works great with methyl hydrate. Always use gloves when handling methyl hydrate alcohol.
I've used FiberFix to repair the broken legs of a metal bird feeder stand. After the repair, I hammered the stand into the ground. Recently, a tree cutting crew had to move the stand to work in my yard. They wrenched the stand out of the ground, did their work, and hammered it back into the ground. The FiberFix held everything together just fine.
I used the fiber fix to repair my closet rod because it was cheaper than buying a new rod. It's still holding strong 7 years later. Also the original one I remember having came with rubber that you would wrap the pipe with first and then the fi er wrap to create the "water tight" seal.
You know what I found that works well patching pipes. You get viva paper towels and spray flex seal on it stick it to the pipe then flex seal on top. Both of the places i used it have been leak free for years and still going.
The "leaky pipe" fiber fixed in their demo was not a pressurized pipe like copper, it was 2:11 a big pvc house sewer like under a shower or sump discharge or something with much lower pressure.
The nail/screw guard might be pretty useful for teaching people how to use their tools. give them some leeway so they can get use to aiming the tools while using enough force to actually put nails/screws into stuff.
I actually screwed my finger to a barn door I was building. I am glad I didn't drop the drill from being startled. Reversed the drill , things like that can happen if don't pay attention to what you're doing.
I snapped the fiberglass handle on my shovel and repaired it with fiberfix just to finish the job I was doing. I bought a replacement shovel anticipating the fiberfix to fail at some point. 5 years later, shovel is still going strong, and The new shovel is in the shed sitting unused. Im still amazed by it every time I dig.
I think you could have broken a cinder block just by doing the same thing but using duct tape. Cinder blocks really are kind of fragile as you can tell if you've ever dropped one.
Idk why you popped up on my feed but love the video! Not boring, no wasted time, I didn't fast forward through any of it. You just got a new subscriber!!
Same 😂 as a 26yr old female who plays video games I have NO idea why this video was recommended to me. But damn was it interesting to watch.
To be fair, cinderblocks will break if you look at them for long enough
Toated block for a bricklayer and you drop one from 3ft and it breaks you ain't wrong with this comment
How easy it is to break concrete block depends on its age. Fresh block is pretty delicate. It takes 28 days for concrete to reach its rated strength and concrete just keeps getting harder the longer it ages. Concrete is actually a crystal. Like those those crystals you grow in water when you're a child. Concrete is something like that. The crystals interlocking is what gives concrete its strength. Blocks haven't been made out of cinders for a long time now. Just FYI. They're made out of concrete today.
You could do the same application with duct tape. Or just whack it with a 2x4. He was way over impressed
A couple of screws would likely have made the two boards strong enough to break the cinder block, and be A LOT cheaper.
Wood really is about the best chance for that stuff, glue can penetrate and when it dries and constricts has the most chance to compress into and grip it. copper pipe where it is smooth and won't compress showed the other side of that.
So mason here, cinder blocks break super easy, it doesn’t take much. Drop one from like 3 ft high and they’ll break sometimes. Depends on the maker too.
Exactly. How about just the 2x2 on its own.
Tap them a few times in the weak direction. No need to drop them….
I bought Fiber fix years ago at Walmart. Used it once and it’s still holding after a decade.
@@JohnnyAFG81 that's an endorsement right there. Right on. I love things that actually last. So much crap is built shoddy these days. Fix those shoddy things with fiber fix.
The US Navy has been using a similar product for decades. Long before the show Shark Tank was ever thought of.
Is it a decade old? Uhm... I've used fiber fix on pipes before, where's the putty? They're ruining the integrity. Because it definitely works.. you gotta combine the 2 part putty, then wrap..
Same, used it to fix a broken leg on a cheap desk (broke in half during a move). Thought it would just buy me some time to get a replacement, but it's still rock solid after 8 years.
I bought a few of them years ago after seeing them tested. The ones I used to repair my dad's landing net and a bathroom sink are still holding, but the unused ones unfortunately became unusable (fully hardened).
6:18 when my daughter was little we did the Home Depot kids workshop every month and I’d hold the nails while she hammered them and got my fingers many times but never bothered me cause little kids don’t swing a hammer that hard. It was entertaining watching the dads that were getting upset every time their kid hit their fingers. Most of the dads there would’ve loved this product.
I could've used like a case of them the other year when I was running the woodworking section at a Cub Scout day camp...
I got the grypmat for my husband andhe loves it. The nice thing that john didnt mention was that chemicals will not eat the silicone. And you have a place to put all the bolts, screws, ect that will not roll around and lose them. You can throw it right on the engine if you want. Worth it, but look out for sales or bundles when you buy it.
Its also heat resistant, I use one for soldering and the molten solder doesn't even mark it, let alone burn it.
How well does it work on wet surfaces?
@@AsylusDon't personally own it, but I'd imagine it should work as well as any other silicone mat on a wet surface; think silicone bath mats, for example. The effectiveness largely comes down to both how wet & polished the surface is though. A wet, highly polished surface is quite slick and even silicone may not grip as effectively if at all.
He's going to knock his tools off into the engine compartment and lose them. A tool belt for tools, and a tackle box for nuts and bolts. Never pile anything around the engine compartment, it's like a black hole.
Is this his fancy MAC tools ratchet I found the other day. It cost way more than the Grypmat. Oh well finders keepers.
@ipissed have you ever worked on an engine? While working on it, you want to everything in reach. Tools belts are for carpentry, not mechanics. The grypmat stops the tools rolling around. Between the silicone gripping and the lip on the tray.
The reason this brand is a little different than other silicone trays is the chemicals resistant. Silicone is great for heat and sticky things like glues and resins. But sucks with acetone and brake cleaner. Even nail mats which should be acetone safe since how often it is used in nails, aren't. Reason: That type of silicone is expensive. Some things are worth spending more due to quality. (I think the end of your comment was about price. That was hard to understand)
Man, I ran a produce department with a fresh fruit operation for 3 years and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that you have the most mid way of cubing a melon i've ever witnessed. Almost there, but you should start with cutting the ends off, then you can stand the whole melon on its end, you can see where the depth of the rind is and begin your cut at the top and spin the melon as you're making cuts along the edge, then you can cube the remaining flesh or make wedges or do whatever.
Kyle, I appreciate the way that you took offense to that, we all have battles in life Don't let that slip brother go after him
Hey bro, I work in produce too and I respect the correction 🙏 💯
This is why I don't cut watermelon, too many sweats
I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that as a human, you have a very mid way of telling someone how to cut a melon. You were a professional and the dude in the video is....ummmm....not a professional. Come on, man. I can understand correcting someone, but the way you say it is pretty asinine and rude. As a human
C's get degrees
Fiber fix is the same thing the navy uses called e-warp. It’s basically a hardened cast after applying and letting it dry for 30 minutes and has been used for the last 2-3 decades at least.
Can confirm. ET1(SS)
@@dangermouse9494 Same ET3. e-warp works better though.
I can confirm, IT1 here
EEEEYYYYYY (former)MM2 here and I just made the same comment. I worked at Lowes when these things came out and I immediately made the connection.
Uhm... I've used fiber fix on pipe before, where's the putty? You guys are ruining the integrity. Because it definitely works.. you gotta combine the 2 part putty, then wrap..
The turkey cutter is just a standard electric knife with a chainsaw looking case, I'd recommend the Husqvarna 35i or Milwaukee M18 for your turkey cutting endeavors.
why not the Husqvarna K 535i
Looked it up out of curiosity, Amazon has electric knives for $20, or for $83 you can get a battery powered one. So it's $60-80 extra for a toy version of an electric knife.
You're also approaching the range of a top quality carving knife and definitely in the range of a very good one.
$83? I'm seeing cordless carving knives for more like $50.
Dont forget goodwill lmao. Ive had the same one for 6 years lolz
That's what I was thinking. I could just grab a Hamilton Beach for $25 down at the Wal-Mart that would do just as well. It's like a tourist trap version of an electric knife. :)
I hate electric knifes.
Just learn now to sharpen a real knife, so much less hassle and a lot easier to cut.
I had fiberfix with me on long mountain bike rides in case my frame snapped. I had previously used it on a steel rack on my trailer that snapped in a weld. Six years later it still holds strong. Fantastic product. Worth all the praise you gave it
26:14 John yells "A hundred dollars" over the price of the carver chain saw, and hilariously an ad comes on and the guys says "they are legally robbing you" talking about car insurance. Epic ad timing.
The fact it is literally just an electric knife with extra plastic is crazy.
@@elizdavidson Seems underpowered and doesn't really cut unless he's sawing with it, too.
Had premium for so long forgot ads were a thing on here
@@1steelcobra Actually seems like the worst electric carver ever. my grandma's carver from the 70's is way better..
I didn't know we all got the same ads 😂😂
I own 4 of the Grypmat's and absolutely love them. My wife bought them for me as a gift and I use them all the time. I thought it was silly and now I use it every chance I get.
dude made a minecraft wooden pickaxe 💀
Harbor freight has a "grypmat" for a whole lot less and it works great!
If you have a rural king around you they sell a 3 pack (small medium and large) for 19.99 I have 3 sets of them they're awesome and so much cheaper
@@NeoTokyo22 10 bucks for 3 pack at Menards too.
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@@NeoTokyo22thx
Menards has a 3 pack for small medium and large for around $12-15, I got a few on sale for $10. Definitely worth it and it is just silicone so not like there is a big quality difference
If that 'chainsaw' carver was like $20 it would be good for Halloween Party's as a gimmick for serving
@18:45 when it seeps through, its probably not intended for pressurized pipes, the demos show it being used for drains. The fact that it took a jet to a few drops is better than nothing though.
does not seem to be superior to cheap duct tape...
I was thinking the same thing hoping someone commented on that. It did a good job withstanding to such high pressure. If it was an actual pipe with a further connection it would have been just fine
You could have pushed a little bit of the product inside the hole, just a wee bit to get a better seal and then wrapped it much more snug.
But then again, A little rubber gasket and a hose clamp might have been just as good
Yeah, it will turn a catastrophic situation into a managabale one until youbcan get a pro in, and swao out thr bucket
I’ll never get over the scrub daddy. It’s my favorite household tool, hands down.❤
Same! Especially when used with The Pink Stuff paste. I used it to clean our apartments when people have left them greasy and grimy.
Hilarious watching a woodworker trying to get his hands greasy!😆
I just look at tools and get mechanic's tan. I'm forever cleaning my tools too. I'm like a dirt magnet I swear. I see other people they can go all day and never get dirty. 5 minutes in and I look like I've been coal mining all day long. So I end up washing my hands constantly. I don't want to be moving the dirt around.
I think the nailing finger protector thing is genius from a crew employer mitigation and insurance perspective. It's just like the knifework chainmail glove you will find in many commercial kitchens that essentially no one uses.
As a mechanic, if you want a true test of the hand cleaner, lather some grease from a grease gun (for fittings), theb rub your hands around a dirty engine. Thats much more representative of our hands at the end of the day than just fresh oil and rubbed in dirt🤣 I've never worked in a shop that had dirt readily available to rub our hands in😂
The hand cleaner was basically GoJo or any other pumice hand soap. Rejected.
Yup. Its just GoJo with some hand lotion.
You can get something similar by just taking some dish soap and mixing in some clay powder. Lacks the pumice, but does everything you need in a solid cleaner.
Some shops just need that extra bit of grime to make them feel manly. I guess.
Worked as a fabricator for a while years ago, and i think the industrial superlube is still interwoven with my fingerprints lol. That and never-seez
Scrubs in a Bucket junkie 🙋♀️@@The93Vector
That hand cleaner is amazing. I use it and it's in my opinion extremely useful!!!
That fiber fix has been around in one form or another for 20 years. When I did property maintenance, I used it to repair a busted 2” water main supplying a row of townhomes. The key, was to keep moulding in the direction of wrapping by gripping tightly and twisting until it set up and cured. Worked like a charm.
So where do I acquire this?
I used the Fiber Fix to reinforce my lawnmower handle and it is ROCK SOLID. I highly recommend it.
The electric carving knife was patented in 1939. Hamilton Beach had them for sale by the 1960s, and they were a lot less cumbersome. My mom has one.
Hand carving with a properly sharpened knife is one of the simple joys of life that everyone should experience.
I think it looking like a chainsaw was the gimmick as a "fun" thing.
Liquid soap and sawdust help just as well and cost much less. And for REALLY extreme dirt deep in a worker's callused hand, add some silica sand. Mix everything into a creamy paste, fill it into a can and enjoy the best and cheapest cleaning agent against heavy skin soiling there is.
I have been using it for over 50 years and have never found a ready-made product that is anywhere near as good as the cream I make myself from soap, wood flour and a little quartz sand!
Does it matter the type of sawdust
@@dennisclayton1225 I have always used beech wood. But the type of wood shouldn't really matter. The only important thing is that it is really dry wood without resin.
If you have a coiled and waxed mustache you must use mahogany. Otherwise no it doesn't matter.
I used fiber fix on a post for a garage shelving unit when it first came out 10+ years ago. Still holding strong. Awesome product for that application.
19:41 dude I feel called out, right here, I'm on the toilet 😂
As a mechanic, that tool tray is a useless gimmick. Get yourself a magnetic steel tray. Also, those leather mats are to stop the fenders from getting damaged when we lean over them to work, not for putting tools on.
Agreed
It works well on aluminum bodies where a magnet tray won't stick.
What about a magnet tray with silicone covering the bottom?
@@MichelGoy that might would work
@@MichelGoyyou are thinking too far into the future lmao
We had an electric meat carver in the mid 80s, it didn't look so shit and it worked perfect.
Yep, all they did was slap a load of plastic on it, and made it worse for 3 times the price.
My parents have had the same carver since the 80s. Only use it for turkey and ham. But damn does it do a great job at it.
Don’t even need to see yours to know it’s the same one my parents had lol. Everyone had one. It’s like they were mailed out to people with tide samples or something
@@c0lutch Tide samples tasted better back then.
@@OctaApe and they were less addictive. This new stuff has something in it. Freakin China.
Grip clean works good af! I bought some on a whim thinking it was a gimmick. Ive been buying it ever since, works better then anything I've tried
We use something similar to fiberfix in the coast guard called sytho glass. Been out way longer than fiberfix and is really durable. It is intended to put on leaks on pipes temporarily so the ship can make it back to port to get fixed. I honestly used it on more than just pipes and not just temporary lol
epoxy bandages have been around for decades. some also have a putty to use with it aswell. and hey it slowed town pressure to a drip. it is best on non pressure systems.
" I could lose an eye" He says while wearing Shop Shades while promoting the sale of Shop Shades in every video. I LOVE THIS FREEKING CHANNEL!!!!!
The orange mat is actually pretty useful in finish carpentry. Mother in law got it for me as a gift and I used it everyday in commercial doors. Really helpful when doing hardware
I have used the 2inX6ft fiber weld on a 6in sewer main and it held for 6months. That is one of the best products I’ve ever bought.
Love how the electric carving knife thing is just a really crappy reciprocating saw, sold at nearly the same price as an almost decent sawzall knockoff
They are a little different, the carving knives have two blades that move opposite of each other but still way overpriced 😂 I’d skip the saw part and just buy a regular electric carving knife if I wanted one
Google Moulinex Electric knife. They've been around since the middle ages.
I wouldn't even call it a reciprocating saw, it's basically a bladed version of a vibrator. Although I would definitely advose against using it the same way.
I would say that a caring knife is more like a electric hedge trimmer. It is good for cutting meat but nothing else.
@@petrolhead0387 It's literally just an electric carving knife. Something that's been available since at least the 1960's.
100% agree with using Zep... I have a dispenser for TKO in my garage at home... Best stuff ever...
Cinderblocks are really easy to break. John was way too excited. 😂
What John had is a concrete block and how easily a concrete block breaks depends on what kind of block it is and how old it is. That looked like an 8" lightweight to me. Which would be an easy block to break. Especially if it's a young un. Fresh block isn't always fully cured when you get it. It's hard but maybe not full strength yet.
I have grip clean rags and hand cleaner and I honestly love them. I think they work amazing
now try 17:45 with regular duct tape.
Or 1 screw...
I like the mat as a ceramic artist. Silicone is great for our tools and glazing. Also with moderate heat protection.
The joy on your face when you smashed the cinderblock was priceless!
Love how this channel is high effort something doesn’t work you always try make it work gives us what we want always
The issue with that step-up thingy is that it might be rated for a ton, but your locks aren't. Few uses by John and they'll become misaligned (or you'll even leave a dent in the pillar)
i've been using a different brand on my 4x4 for about 5 years. I am 130kgs and it hasn't budged a bit.
This has always been my worry about this type of product, with my luck I"ll bend that lock & mess up my truck!
Well a ton is 2000 lbs, and the door latch will definitely hold a person. They’re made to stand up to repeated closes of a door.
A cars door latch is rated anywhere from 1500-2500lbs of vertical force if you bust the latch using that step then either A. Your cars a rusted pos or B. You desperately need to hit a gym. I’ve watched the jaws of life rip a door off a car and the locking mechanism didn’t budge the hinges ripped from the body before the latch mechanism did
you might be surprised as what the door latch of your car is rated for. remember: it has to keep your doors from flying open in a crash.
Bought the fiber fix when it came out to fix an old broken shovel. We use it in our fire pit and compost. Still rock hard and kicking after 7ish years
16:10 “I like the convenience of it” my brother in swift, we have flex tape and flex seal now, we don’t have to worry about bowls of water and slime to fix a leaky pipe anymore
Or just use both. One for rigidity and durability and the other for making it water-tight
Flex seal/ tape has failed me repeatedly
10:34 “gonna test it on my JACKED UP 250!” Bro that’s a truck with maybe a 5 inch lift. You made it sound like you had a truck that had 10-15 inches of lift. 😂😂😂
For emergency fixes on leaking pipes just keep silicone pipe sealing tape on hand, $5-10 a roll, doesn't go bad, isn't gross/sticky and works on wet/leaking pipes at pressure.
Just use FLEXTAPE! ;p
OH! You have reviewed the exact same orange mat that I use! Very cool. I used mine around the shop not so much for the car. GREAT to keep from marring surfaces and keeping tools all in one place.
how in the hell did he know im pooping, bro is spot on 19:40
Did you wash your hands afterwards?
The same reason why fortune tellers can tell you about you. Certain things are just going to be true for a certain percentage of people.
You can't even take a shit with out having the cellphone?
Hoping your done by now though, youtube says it has been 6 hours.
@@1pcfred I'm hearing from an older relative, maybe a great grandpa or great uncle, his name had a vowel in it. They want me to tell you "back in my day...
As an idea - the UK also has a version of Shark Tank, called "Dragons Den". Many tools and hardware products have been featured on the UK version as well, so you could do another episode just looking at the products from the UK show.
Loving your work BTW.
Shark Tank is in fact the US version of Dragon’s Den (and then further internationalized as Shark Tank). In Canada it is still called Dragon’s Den and shared Kevin O’Leary with the US version.
@@m_cabral oh ok - even better then! Every day is a new learning opportunity hahaha
@stevewright8150 it's OK. People don't know anything anymore
"It looks like it hates it's life" while John standing on it almost had me in tears 😅
Funny! Once I had oily car black greasy hands working on my old truck, at a bathroom break did not have a towel, or dawn dish soap or such at the best moment!!! Had an outside garden hose, grabbed a handful of dirt from my veggie garden, and rubbed it in!!! And yes oil comes out of the ground, dirt, took the already running garden hose, and amazing hands were spotless!!! so as per your video, someone obviously combined dirt, and dish soap, into a mustard ketchup squeeze bottle and put a label on it. Stupid at any price!!!
Bentonite Clay is used for cat litter
I bought some of the dirt soap at Walmart on clearance for a few bucks. Honestly one of the better soaps I’ve used for cleaning my hands after a greasy job.
If there's decades of grime on those tires he needs to change his tires more often.
If it's black, round and rolls that's all I'm looking for in a tire.
@@1pcfred after two decade if they are not warn to a hole it has likely has been sitting and gone flat so has dried with a dent, thus no longer round.
@@coreytaggart128 yeah but he's using it.
@@1pcfred good luck trying to break with that rock hard (even harder than that expired fiberweld) and oxidated rubber
@@Trauerdurst_TD3D no one want to break. Braking is for the weak too.
Grip clean is amazing. Hands down the best wipes and soap I’ve ever used
I may be monolingual but I always find it hilarious when they give the option to change the audio to Spanish 😂
The effectiveness of the drill scrubbers also heavily depend on the capacity of the drill. Some cheapie thing will give up if you try to push it in to get the hard to get guck
2:34 limewire the childhood memories come flooding back 😂
I was looking for this comment
Lol Supa’ slooowww computer *now*
As an IT guy you get one fix with that installed, the next time I just give it back saying I told you don't reinstall it. But to be fair I only did personal work for friends and family not for money, mostly as "will work for home cooked meal".
@coreytaggart128 I was an IT kid back when it was a thing. I fixed my own issues 😆
While he said 'scouring'. Before limewire, before napster, there was scour dot net. Thats where i got my very first mp3s from.
Worked at the cutting counter at Joann for years. Yes, we used an electric knife to cut upholstery foam. Cuts right through, but hard to keep it straight.
That fiber flex is definitely just casting tape. The stuff we use in the clinic activates with water and hardens in 10-15.
New sub today because of this video I've always wanted an update on all the products that they bought into or sold you do such an awesome job new follower for life
1:40 You can do the same thing with any relatively inexpensive scrub pad that some in packs of 20 for $5.
3:00 You can do the same with any tape. Duct tape, Electrical, even scotch tape. If there is any trick to it, it is simply to swing and use the momentum of the "hammer" to break the block rather than trying to follow through on the swing which would eventually destroy the tape.
5:40 There are readily available screw driver tips with a slid-able sheath over them. You can pull this down most of the length of the screw then place the screw in it. This automatically retracts as you drive the screw in. Because it is covering the screw it prevents the screw from shooting out sideways as you describe injuring your hand. These have been on the market for at least 30 years, possibly much longer.
5:53 If you slow mo that "pitch on shark tank" he didn't actually hit his fingers with the hammer. It wasn't even close. That said, the mistake most people make is holding the nail like you would hold a pencil. If you do miss and hit a finger or tumb you are hitting on the side of the nail. This can result in cutting the nail into the finger, or even tearing the nail partly from the nail bed which is very painful. Instead turn your palm facing up and hold the nail between two fingers. Then if you do miss you are hitting the soft flexible side of the finger. Sure you can still do damage, but it would take a much harder hit to do serious damage compared to the other method. More importantly you should never try and hit a nail so hard that it drives completely into the wood while holding it. Just tap it lightly until the tip is stuck, then move your fingers and finish driving it in.
If you want a tool that requires the use of one hand to hold a nail and protect your hand, pliers have been around literally for thousands of years. A pair of needle noise or slip joint pliers is already perfect for this job and offers much more dexterity that this ridiculous tool.
8:40 This product is actually genius. I can't believe someone figure out how to sell dirt for $10 an ounce. I would bet all they did was mix a little dirt and orange juice into dawn dish soap. That said. I spend many years working in the oil field. Arguably one of the dirtiest jobs on the planet. All I used to clean was dawn dish soap. That got everything from oil and grease in my hair to that grime under your nails thats nearly impossible to get out. Also you can buy a large bottle for less than this tiny bottle of dirt soap cost.
10:30 This is actually pretty smart. I hope its made of metal instead of plastic.
13:50 Fiberglass already exists.
17:20 You could just as easily break that with just the board, or even your fist wearing a glove. Those blocks are DESIGNED to hold weight on the top and bottom and are very weak on the sides.
20:28 While there is no justification for this to cost more than $20 tops, its not a bad product. I think instead of using it to hold tools I would cram it under parts I'm removing to ensure I couldn't drop a bolt or nut that then gets lost down in the engine or the frame somewhere. For holding tools. I use a full sized plastic barrel. It only cost $30 new, its very light weight and easy to move around, and it offers a much larger surface to put tools on. Just role it over where you are working for an instant table about the same height as the hood.
23:12 Again, electric knives already exist. You can get one at walmart for $15
With the hand wash stuff, you're doing it in a bucket. So I'd assume the crease and oil comes off, and floats on the top. Since you're dunking your hands in, the last thing that your hands go through is that floating oil and grease, which is causing that feeling. Might work better with running water.
8:15 Any poor person in a third world country or from one will tell you to just use Ajax powder. So many of us use it last minute on the day where we need to go to a wedding, but have work to do at home beforehand.
I personally like to use a product called Fast Orange. I find it very efficient, even on oil or paint. It also has small grains to get things off easily.
Isnt it zif now 🤔
I have all 3 sizes of Grypmat. Love them. Great when working on guns too.
Released one minute ago. Got damn it's my lucky night.
It's the little things.
@@ProfessionalByNoMeans true that. 🤙🏾
back at my grandpa's gas station he used a hand cleaning product called Goop, which I believe is still made. your description of still feeling a bit oily after using that shark tank cleaning product matches exactly with how Goop feels. it's awesome for removing grease and grime, and to get rid of that oily feeling, just follow up with a paper towel or just wash your hands with regular hand soap after
9:15 Everything is chemicals, even you yourself, because "chemicals" are just the molecules that make up everything that exists.
Bet you're a hoot at parties
Water is a chemical
@mikebravo3527 to be fair i love chemicals, especially at parties 😂
@andydriver107 nothin like a good chemical flurry to keep the conversation goin
Okay, being called out for pooping while pooping was so funny, then mentioning losing my shit had me lose my shit
10:11 Laughs in dutch people..
😂Jup
I have a similar step thing that I bought off of Amazon a while back, it's magnificent for getting access too my roof rack on my overland rig. I still end up scaling my back tires with my smartcap rack, but to get above the cab... well worth it for my short king self.
until it twists your door locks 😂
We use fiberglass wraps for leak repair in the chemical industry all the time. They hold for years. The key is getting the appropriate size wrap and you have to wrap it a lot tighter than you did in the video.
Defiantly trusting this man on tools since he owns a few fords lol
"She's loose." "I don't know how many swings she has left in her." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mechanic here. I personally buy grip clean. Its the second best to my shops commercial hand cleaner. It also removes lead for gun guys/gals.
That JB weld tape is interesting because they use coban to wrap it in the end. That stuff is good for everything. I always keep a decent aupply of the stuff in the home and workshop.
Safty nailer would be a lifesaver for tight spaces driving in stubbies when you're putting on the clips and staps for uplift on rough framing.
killed me on the “joe rogan wow” removing the plastic “bar” 😂
We use Fiber Weld (formerly Fiber Fix) for our shovels. We get them separated by handles and the blades and we just use the Fiber Weld to connect them.
Fun story a coworker of mine used the fiberflex to fix a snowplow mirror bracket. 7 years later and it's still there. He also didn't think you'd need the gloves. He definitely needed the gloves.
Instead of a safety nailer you can use a wooden clothespin. No magnets but the smaller hole will hold most nails.
While the JB Weld fiber fix may not work, we do use a similar product on ships for pipe patching. It's called EWARP - Emergency Water Activated Repair Patch. Works similarly... and takes a hell of a lot less time than doing an old-fashioned pipe patch.
Can you make a 2x2 hammer like that with just duct tape? Because while it seems impressive, is it actually better than comparable stuff? Especially after the pipe failed.
18:06 I did not expect the SFX and actually laughed. 😂
For the safety nail, when I had to nail anything during the cold or wet months I just used a pair of pliers to hold the nail while I sent the hammer.
The Scrub Daddy stuff is insanely good, I use the scrubber with the power paste stuff for stainless pans and it takes off the toughest of burnt on garbage and makes them look brand new, was mind blown how good they come out.
I got a scrub daddy on the log processor I run for pitch on the window. Works great with methyl hydrate. Always use gloves when handling methyl hydrate alcohol.
I've used FiberFix to repair the broken legs of a metal bird feeder stand. After the repair, I hammered the stand into the ground. Recently, a tree cutting crew had to move the stand to work in my yard. They wrenched the stand out of the ground, did their work, and hammered it back into the ground. The FiberFix held everything together just fine.
The navy uses a similar flex fix. We use it for pipe patching. Get it wet and apply it then it hardens
That last one is a straight up electric filet knife disguised as a chainsaw. 😆 🤣 I didnt see that coming until the cover came off.
That electric knife... those things have been around forever for filleting fish. My grandpa had one in the 80s.
They work great for cleaning fish.
I like how Sam said absolutely when he asked if he minded going to Ace and he just ignored him and said bye 😂
I used the fiber fix to repair my closet rod because it was cheaper than buying a new rod. It's still holding strong 7 years later. Also the original one I remember having came with rubber that you would wrap the pipe with first and then the fi er wrap to create the "water tight" seal.
You know what I found that works well patching pipes. You get viva paper towels and spray flex seal on it stick it to the pipe then flex seal on top. Both of the places i used it have been leak free for years and still going.
The "leaky pipe" fiber fixed in their demo was not a pressurized pipe like copper, it was 2:11 a big pvc house sewer like under a shower or sump discharge or something with much lower pressure.
The nail/screw guard might be pretty useful for teaching people how to use their tools. give them some leeway so they can get use to aiming the tools while using enough force to actually put nails/screws into stuff.
I actually screwed my finger to a barn door I was building. I am glad I didn't drop the drill from being startled. Reversed the drill , things like that can happen if don't pay attention to what you're doing.