Auto Body Mechanic Reacts to Awful Tiktok Hacks

[@rotorhead5000]

Having mixed paint at a previous job, that dude at the end was wicked impressive. Usually you have a paint code, and some paint chips with the variants, or if you are modern enough, you have a tool that scans the paint, and gives you a recipe for it you mix using a scale. I tried once just playing around to make a fun cor for a beater of mine, and it's way harder than you might think, my bright orange came out kinda pink depending on the light. Mixing by eye is truly more of an art than a science.

[@RT22-pb2pp]

5 grand camera and proper mix charts computer program can match any color any age. Worked in car paint supply company 2 yrs. the camera and computer take the work out and uses science. Saw them match 2 yr old and 20 yr old paint exactly one try.

[@MikeSchinlaub]

@@RT22-pb2pp I work on boats, and a lot of times when we have to paint an aluminum one, we will have our supplier come out with a camera to get a color. I would say you have a 50/50 chance of getting one close enough. To be fair though, they are trying to match who knows what kind of paint with an automotive paint system. RVs suck too.

[@RT22-pb2pp]

Yes has to be the same base type paint and they need to set camera up for type of material it is going on as metal and plastic sprayed with same color looks different due to material and primer and type of paint@@MikeSchinlaub

[@gd1996dg]

Maybe that depends on the computer program, at my job it will search for the closest matching color in the database (cromax/dupont) and change the formula a bit to get even closer. and the database also covers industrial,agriculturale, ...the only way the color would be incorrect is when we fkd it up. this happens sometimes depending on the person :) You dont have much play specially with such a small amount like in the video. A spray can is like 100g and half of it are binding agents.. guy in the video is a true legend @@MikeSchinlaub

[@MikeSchinlaub]

It's usually metallic colors they seem to have trouble with. I did a Redwood RV this year that we couldn't get a red for, but we were doing the whole stripe on one side of the rear panel so it worked out. My boss tried calling 3 places trying to get a code, and a woman at a dealer basically told him even they don't know what they're spraying. And a lot of waverunners use a tri color urethane, so a solid base color, and two metallic colors. Those are annoying.@@gd1996dg

[@The_Razielim]

I love how we're pretending like Zach hasn't tested a whole bunch of these firsthand either on "Money Pit" or "DIY or Don't", including going up against a few experts before.

[@RooftopKorean-gc4ig]

What are those series? Are they like the mythical “Up to Speed” I’ve been hearing about?

[@Cavemanner]

​@@RooftopKorean-gc4ig"Up to Speed" is basically "The History of...", "Money Pit" is DIY upgrades you can do at home, and "DIY or Don't" is them testing internet hacks against pros doing it the right way. They're all really fun series!

[@lunchb0x1986]

​@@Cavemannerhe's making a joke because they don't make those shows anymore and now it's just crap like this

[@SportsKar]

​@lunchb0x1986 this isnt the main channel🤦🏾‍♂️

[@The_Razielim]

@@RooftopKorean-gc4ig I think better. Money Pit was where Zach started out, was him doing a bunch of custom mods and upgrades to a couple of cars (most notably his Miata). Had a lot of first-hand, under-the-hood work, showing how to disassemble & reassemble stuff, and also how things worked. DIY or Don't was a different series on the main Donut channel where he'd try to see whether compare DIY fixes/processes to your car (window tinting, powder coating parts, fender rolling, body panel repair) and see whether it's feasible in terms of cost/equipment/knowhow to do it on your own vs. hiring the professional. It was another great series showing off his technical knowhow.

[@williamprentice9539]

The older gentleman, Kevin, seems like he could be a doctor, or surgeon. “ Dr Autobody” 😂😂 Very professional and well spoken

[@_Bife]

You can tell he's not comfortable with the camera and all that thing but he's knowledgeable as shit ! What a dude

[@harouttorkomian5897]

Thats my cousin dude. This is insane i didnt know he was a part of donuts videos. Wow

[@jordanstrozier8591]

A doctor or surgeon? Surgeons are doctors…

[@gamemeister27]

​@@jordanstrozier8591They meant like a family doctor I'm sure

[@aleks5405]

He must have a vary rare mutation where his color-blind parent gave him a fourth sensor in his eye. They have more than 100 times more acute understanding of colour and the mutation is much more common among females.

[@JumpingTuna]

The last guy is a true artist. Skill like that can't be taught. That's all experience.

[@christopher5476]

It's a shame that it's all staged. It's actually kinda fun watching the videos to find out where the cuts are.

[@meegstomtom]

I feel it wouldn't be spot on when dry. Better then nothing for sure.

[@simeon6669]

@@christopher5476 Those particular videos may or may not be staged but It a legit skill that some people have from years or decades of mixing paints.

[@ianrobertson3419]

​@@christopher5476nah man, that's how they used to mix colours. Matching colours was an art and only the best shops had guys that good. Now it should be very easy with modern tech but they still get it wrong from time to time.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

A friend of mine can match paint like that, it comes from decades of experience...

[@rickcasedrinksbud]

I didn’t know Nick Kroll became a mechanic 😂😂

[@Zero_00128]

He looks like nick kroll and mike mcdaniel the miami dolphins head coach😂

[@Breaking_Beard]

I thought the same thing 😂

[@Plagues138]

Bobby Bottleservice became Mikey Mechanicstuff

[@j.p.dubbelyu9790]

Came here to say the same thing 😅

[@oldswellspoon3198]

Omg I laughed way to hard at that!

[@adamg1948]

The last guy is seriously amazing. When I was younger, we had a guy who owned a local shop and could match color like that. It was a blast to go with my older Brother, Uncles, Cousins just to watch him mix color after going outside to look at the car (or to see whatever piece/part was brought to him in the sunlight).

[@Eldenoras]

Just a better solution than the torch to revitalize the faded plastics, use a ceramic coating like the ones you put over your car paint. Put a bit on a sponge and wipe the plastics down. Works like a charm (thank you chrisfix for this one lmao)

[@hejdu13337]

Diesel works also.

[@MontanaKid43]

Idk how a body tech is gonna say use a torch when that's one of the worst things to dry out the plastic....

[@avprox777]

@@MontanaKid43 Because most techs aren't looking for the BEST fix, just the FASTEST fix that will get the car out of the shop so the next car can be brought in. As long as it looks good for a couple weeks 9/10 people aren't going to complain.

[@MontanaKid43]

@avprox777 I guess it's just cuz I've only been in one shop but every tech I've worked with takes more pride in their work than that thankfully

[@garethevans6990]

@@sinAnon6689it doesn’t though. You’re bringing the oils of the plastic to the surface, making the plastic much more brittle

[@GingerBeardMan977]

the flame to melt plastic works great for removing graffiti from bathroom stalls and stuff. worked a janitor for 3 years and had to remove shit from stalls every week (both graffiti and literal shit sometimes)

[@spankyjeffro5320]

It also works on the cretins who put the graffiti on bathroom stalls. :)

[@DanGoodShotHD]

My uncle owned an auto body shop back in the day(70s). They didn't have computers or scanners or any fancy doodads for matching paint. It was all done by eye. He was damn good at it. It was like watching an artist at work because he was an artist at work.

[@anotherpeasant]

Not an autobody hack, but anyone living in the rust belt will definitely come across seized hardware. One of the best little life hacks I learned from my old man is when heat and penetrants are failing, use a plain wax candle. When you're heating a seized nut, the bolt threads are still gonna catch heat. Dab the candle on the top side of the bolt, like if you're soldering copper pipe, and the wax will work its way down the bolt into the seized nut without burning off, and will stay in place inside the seized threads when it cools back down. Work that with the torch a few times and it works awesome. I've done it many times on my Nova Scotian trucks over the years.

[@sheslikeheroin1661]

I learned this from Funkfpv. I stocked my garage with tealights and said eff it to the oils now

[@amarured]

This sounds actually legit and somewhat logical. I will definitely try this.

[@sheslikeheroin1661]

@@amarured its takes a bit if practice to get the temps right butnonce you do its awesome. Ive done not scientific comparisons with just heat or penetrant and they never come close

[@LsdGuy]

Those playing card technique is actually genius not just for car stuff.

[@yrindra]

I did that twice for my scooters actually

[@riccochet704]

I've done it to multiple sets of wheels when plasti-dipping them. Works great.

[@thibault9741]

Well you also paint your break disc, break caliper and any component that’s behind the rim… it’s a no go unless you cover behind too

[@GhostRyderFPV]

That spraying technique though... I mean... It's like watching the Mona Lisa being created before our eyes.

[@idkalan00]

I used to do that to my bicycle when I was in middle school. Spray some reflective paint on the wheels, and I was good to go for whenever I rode my bike at night

[@spacetiger5076]

Re: the toothpaste, you can also use toothpaste (make sure it’s a gritty kind) to remove permanent marker from a lot of surfaces. It’s just like a little sandpapering compound. And the lemon and baking soda thing… honestly that headlight looks like it’s new and they just smeared it with some baking soda water and let it dry to make it look dirty. That’s why it cleaned up so nice. It’s newer.

[@ThatOldGrey]

Yup, plain white toothpaste is a fine buffing compound in a pinch, pretty common in guitar repair.

[@Cheapiebeepie]

It’s even simpler than that. All these “hacks” show the before as if it’s the after. They take a clean shot, then scuff it up or dirty it, then do the “hack” and then cut to the clean shot.

[@King_DarkSide]

13:38 he was legit going to say "ive done this to sell a car" I can see it in his eyes 😂

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

The last guy that mixed the paint by brain is amazing. So many great art forms being lost to time.

[@herzogsbuick]

I was a painter in a sign shop for a while, and that by far was the highlight of this video. Even in full sunlight, with swatches, I couldn't match colors, let alone on the fly. Wow. The autobody guys were not lying about how impressive that feat is.

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

@@herzogsbuick Paintin ain’t easy, pulling the trigger to spray is the easy part.

[@herzogsbuick]

@@aaronburratwood.6957 truth.

[@cheeseninja7743]

It's refreshing to see an auto body content. And you brought Angelina's co-teacher, Eric, for this episode.

[@mentat1341]

This is a very cool channel and I like that they have expanded from mechanics, to tow guys, to body guys. Great concept!

[@Kevin_2435]

I mixed paint for years. That's seriously impressive that the guy matched it by eye. Paint fades over time and imagers that digitally match colors have their limitations too. I'd be curious to see that paint after it dried. Considering it was so close to the color while wet, it probably wouldn't match once dried.

[@gd1996dg]

at work i have to use a spectrometer to measure the color. it will search for the closest matching color in the database (cromax/dupont) and change the formula a bit to get even closer. and the database also covers industrial,agriculturale, ...the only way the color would be incorrect is when we fkd it up :) . it may have happened twice that I couldn't make the color myself because it contained really special pigments. I then send the sample to the supplier who reproduces the color perfectly in his lab The colors of luxury cars for which the formula is not known can be imitated in this way. technology does not stand still. but what that guy did is very very impressive!

[@Columbus1152]

My grandfather was an auto painter way back in the day, and he could match colors by eye, in fact a lot of local competitor shops would send him high end repairs or OEM parts to match.

[@claytron712]

These videos are great, I'm always trying to do my car stuff at home and finding consistent, reliable info online is tough. Thanks Donut guys for providing this outlet where things can be confirmed or debunked

[@Where2bub]

I got that same Camry, and had a dent on the bumper in the same place, it may have been a little smaller.. the bumper is plastic, I just took the rubber handle of my window squeegee and pushed the dent out from the inside without any heat gun.. popped out fine but there was still a small mark left.

[@LsdGuy]

A blow torch works wonders pulling out dents too! Sometimes heat guns just don’t cut it

[@chemical2401]

I prefer using a molotov to heat it more evenly

[@BazraBush96]

It can make the plastice to become bittle buddy, best off with chemicals

[@Agilepickleunite]

@@BazraBush96huh

[@Agilepickleunite]

@@BazraBush96you smoking again

[@GhostRyderFPV]

Green is typically a higher-tack tape than blue, if we're dealing with a common brand. And as we learned in the first minute of the video, green may have been the wrong choice.

[@ShanusPortellusVI]

Those are not scratches. That is paint that rubbed off from another car. Toothpaste being a fine abrasive is just like using polishing compound to get the paint off, but I’m betting there are more chemicals.

[@Ang3lUki]

That color matching video was beautiful. I do 3d rendering and I'm well aware that what I do doesn't match the complexity of how colors and materials work in the real world. Every single material property that I define in code is a chemical property that exists in real life that must be mixed in exact proportions, and that's extremely difficult without anything but lots of previous experience. I have difficulty doing it with code let alone eyeballing it with pigments.

[@DustySquitoNM]

Those rain gutter skirts isn't a terrible idea, especially considering how crappy some inexpensive side skirts look even when they're purpose built.

[@enemyspotted2467]

I see this kind of stuff all the time at my local autocross events and track days, and not just for looks either. A good friend of mine fabricated all of the aero parts on his miata out of plywood and vinyl weather stripping from home depot, and it works too

[@noodlelynoodle.]

@@enemyspotted2467 I love building stuff for cars out of wood that people don't notice lol like my cupholders are a 4x4 sanded to shape and painted and I've had people not realize they're just a chunk of wood I made till I tell them lol

[@acywei]

The torch plastic restore is legit. They use the same technique at older stadiums to restore the plastic seats and it lasts much longer than they are giving it credit. Side note: bigger flame = larger area covered = less total heat applied. If you use a small flame your more likely to overheat and damage the plastic.

[@ltr450NoS]

It usually last longer on thicker painted plastics like stadium seats or in my case atv/utv and watercraft’s boats or jet skis but in our experience it doesn’t last on vehicles plastic like in the video

[@felixgrunberger915]

@@ltr450NoSsome other guys futher up in the comments said ceramic coat or diesel should work just fine

[@DreamGamingS2]

This guy blows

[@GoInGcRz]

Ehhhh yes and no imo. The problem with the method is that the plastic material in seats is much more sturdy and has thicker paint, while plastic trims and panels on cars aren't as strong or heavily painted. You can never even it out for that reason, and it also doesn't last as long.

[@ltr450NoS]

@@GoInGcRz yep. You hit the nail on the head. I’ve done it hundreds of times on atv/ utvs and water crafts and they last years where as cars you can’t get more then a couple of months no matter the method or solutions you use

[@rpmurphey1981]

Using toothpaste is a real thing. I use toothpaste to buff plastics if I'm in pinch. There are buffing compounds for that but I didn't want to buy 8oz of the stuff for a small area. Like a camera lens or a watch crystal.

[@KremitDeFrog]

the lemon and baking soda is legit too.. lemon is acidic with a low pH and baking soda is basic with a higher pH.. together, these reach more of a neutral pH but undergo a chemical reaction that makes the combination great for cleansing.. people use it for cleaning, as well as personal health..

[@Adam-nv9zo]

When buffing anything with baking soda its important to only use dental grade baking soda. The type specifically for baking can have large particuls that will scratch.

[@christofferholmstedt3312]

As a auto body guy myself i would love to see more of these!

[@jonathonsanders2508]

Yeah I've been waiting on someone to debunk some of the auto body hacks. I don't know how many times someone has come to my shop asking about things they've seen on KZbin. My answer is usually, "No" or "it depends."

[@JRCP144]

Having gotten a crack in my windscreen during a long drive where I couldn't stop for long, I did paint nailpolish over it to reduce the spread. But that wasn't a fix, it was just to reach a place where I could get it replaced. It worked, but the glazer just about lost it when I rolled up with a long red streak on my windscreen.

[@manicmaniac69]

The lemon thing works as well as probably 50% of the headlight kits on the market.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

Use the proper chemical but without the kit....

[@beardiemom]

Doubt, since lemon and baking soda will neutralize each other. Unless you mean 50% of headlight kits don't work.

[@garethevans6990]

The lemon thing does next to nothing. You’d be better off with toothpaste.

[@heretic7486]

Dude, the plastic glass of the headlight is varnished on both sides. If you do it right, you need to sand with sandpaper (by machine, by hand) and polish them, then cover with varnish or film. The main issue in this process is to cover the plastic with a new layer of protection, without this they will turn yellow again quite quickly. The lemon thing and other bs is useless af.

[@Carlos-ov1hg]

Mothers brand aluminum mag wheel polish works great on faded/chalky plastic headlights. Just apply a light coat by hand, wait a few minutes, and buff out with a buffer and rough buffing pad. Then go over the area with a polishing pad until it starts to visually ''pop'' and finish with a microfiber cloth. Sometimes you have to do it a couple of times but it's far better than the before. Granted, it's not as good an end result as replacing the headlights, but it's fast, (relatively) easy, and very inexpensive.

[@WSKRBSCT]

The playing cards one is going to love all of the overspray on the adjacent panels.

[@reisch25]

“This fender will fall off any day from all that rust” *laughs in Wisconsin*

[@RJ13Davies]

Good mechanics... spraying painting the wheels and rotors behind it 😂. How did they not see that

[@jonathonsanders2508]

From what I saw he had plastic covering the rotors and calipers. Looked like a black trash bag.

[@pressinpickle345]

I used a hair dryer to pop out a large dent in the front bumper of my 06 Civic. It worked good but the paint was full of stress cracks.

[@Joetime90]

That paint mixing guy is an f'ing legend. We must protect him at all costs.

[@sirius4k]

From what? Old age? :P He's going to go soon and we're going to have one extremely skilled person less.

[@realmechanicstuff]

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[@Beardchanics]

Tiktok hacks a.k.a memes 🤣

[@jamesackerman7473]

As someone who has used a blow torch to fix the plastic on my truck, I will say it matters what type of plastic, not all can be fixed like that, and it is temporary, the fade came back in about 3 months.

[@guthwait2791]

Mom: "Why does my car have a minty smell?"

[@vrusostalstreak6557]

To be honest when I wanted to refresh my plastics I just took 'em off, hit them with mild abrasive cloth and sprayed them with acrylic matte rattle can, it's been now almost 2 years and they still look brand new

[@1ZZT223]

Finally.. someone with some common sense. Thank you for this refreshing comment!

[@Mrich775]

Sweet! Always up for new Donut content!

[@Watchdog99]

Not Donut content.. Real Mechanic stuff content…

[@Mrich775]

​@@Watchdog99Which is a channel owned by... wait for it... Donut Media.

[@loserman]

​@@Mrich775ain that serious lil pup

[@Mrich775]

​@@losermanI agree.

[@KrazzeeKane]

@@loserman username checks out

[@Raymo2u]

I just painted my daughters civic with Rustoleum Aqua Blue (Satin Finish) and so many people have asked if it was a wrap. Moores Motorsports has great videos on how to do it and do it right.

[@cameronbennett4762]

I mean it’s great they’re giving new people the opportunity to be in these reaction videos butI speak for all of us when I say we NEED Angelina and Sandro

[@BillyT886]

They aren’t body mechanics

[@cameronbennett4762]

@@BillyT886 oof you’re right but I’m willing to bet they know a lot about body work too even though it’s not their expertise

[@stevenwilkinson3290]

Yeah I think Sandro would make every one of these videos better.

[@thebottomoftheinternet8996]

Mixing colors for paint is by far one of the most interesting & Difficult parts of my job but it's also my favorite. I love it.

[@misseselise3864]

same! shit will give me an aneurysm but also when i get it right it’s the most orgasmic thing ever

[@brandanfreeman17]

The tooth paste one. The black wheel well was scratched then the after photo it was also fixed from the tooth paste lol. Definitely a before and after shot.

[@Mr.GoodWrench]

15:24 I work at a junkyard and my coworker bought a fixer upper g37 from the yard and put a gray door we had on it and it was just an ever so slightly different shade of gray.

[@noodlelynoodle.]

In regards to the heat gun one it can absolutely pop a dent like that back out depending on the material, I backed into my mom's car and left a dent like that on the bumper and we were gonna get it fixed but it was the middle of summer and just popped itself back out from the heat and there's never been any issues in the like 7 years since

[@Fumo-Deus]

If your headlights are getting a yellow tint to them the baking soda and lemon does work pretty good at removing it.

[@123Comrade]

Kevin seems so sweet, I wanna give him a hug. 😊 They were both very objective and good natured.

[@logandehaven8537]

You guys should do a reaction video to tractor pull fails and explain on what you think went wrong and what they could have probably done better. I love this channel a lot and I think a lot of people would like to see this as a video!

[@rankclimber3531]

"if you can put your finger nails through it than its deeper than the surface" the girl with whole ass foot+ long nails: omg my scratches only surface level

[@kevin.g_317]

12:54 I use this on plastics for my XR 80, because of how hard it is to get parts for them, you just heat it up then once it's glossy, dunk it in cold water and it quenches it, hardens It back up and makes it look pretty good.

[@SquigglesZero]

For bringing back the shine of faded plastic, I used a heat gun instead of a blowtorch. It was good for about 1,5 years. Temporary, for sure, but also cheap and takes no time. If there is a better way or some way to make it last longer, let me know :D

[@nunyabidness674]

Lemon and Baking soda on the headlight. There's 2 things happening at once here. #1: the lemon juice (acidic) is being neutralized by the baking soda (basic) causing a foam which breaks up surface oxidation (similar effect to cavitation). #2 the baking soda is acting as an abrasive, polishing off the uneven surface of the plastic. same general concept as a headlight repair kit, you get any oxidation off and then fill in the pits in the plastic with a polymer.

[@jeffcampbell2710]

Steel wool, old license plates (most common), rags, I've seen all this plus more to fix rusted out cars for used car dealers. They don't like quality repairs, because it cost mire. They used to buy rust buckets up North, bring them down south, patch, paint, and sell for big profits. But, a trick a man showed me was, use a pile of Bondo shavings, mixed in your filler, take your mixing board, and just slap it on the hole. It'll last a year before showing up and several years before falling out.

[@astruxium]

Gotta respectfully disagree with the take around 9:30 that a 10$ harbor freight sprayer will give a nicer paint job than a rattle can. Unless you have a good dry air compressor setup to go with it (which most entry level folks will not), your paint is gonna be orange peeled to shit. If you know what you're doing, prep properly (90% of a good paint job is in the prep), and have a quality paint brand, you can actually do a really nice job with spray paint.

[@pauls5745]

that old school painter in the last clip rules!

[@TheDragornith]

He wasn't kidding when he said you would be amazed by the number of tinters used to make a colour of paint. Toyota 1G3 is a time sink even from formula. 8-9 different colours and when making it in small amounts for something like a touch up job you have to be fairly careful. Most whites you will see have black (often reduced black), ochre, blue or green in them and the brightest whites will almost always have some black in them. That guy at the end is straight up amazing though. I've done tons of 'by eye' matches (using a chip of existing paint without codes or formulas as guides) over the last 6 years, and watched others with way more experience, and never seen something that accurate on the first mix. Usually its, put some stuff in to get it in the ball park then sometimes dozens of minor adjustments unless your using a machine.

[@KrazzeeKane]

The talent on that last guy is insane! He is truly a wunderkind, you can't teach that kind of skill, though obviously he has honed it over many years you can tell he just has *it,* he's got the talent

[@theredscourge]

5:00 I did the lemon thing and it worked, but I didn't think to put the lemon on a drill. It won't deal with failed clearcoat, but it will work if you smear it on, leave it for an hour, then do a coarse buff with baking soda water, then clean it all off.

[@josephcreek3479]

I’ll say this. For the rattle can painting on the car he may have gone wrong without scuffing the current paint, BUT! I have lightly sanded a hood of a car and sprayed about 6 coats of black paint on the hood of a 97 cutlass and I was really impressed with the coverage. It looked like a matte paint job and turned out really good for what it was. Had I don’t each individual panel or door the same way I believe it would have done a decent job for a little at home rigging.

[@theblackwidower]

When I was a little kid, like 5 or 6, my mom had a blue Ford Escort, and it started to rust pretty bad. And once we were at her boyfriend's cabin, and I distinctly remember a lot of masking tape on the car, and she started spraypainting it blue to cover up the rust. And while we were at it, had some yellow spray paint which we used on my rusted Tonka trucks. My point is, people try that shit. And I remember it did not escape my observation that the spray-painted sections were a lot rougher than the original paint.

[@ghosttaker3251]

Theres 2 europe exclusive cars featured in this video, so for everyone who isn't from europe I would like to just give some basic information: The car they used the lemon on to touch up the headlights is a "SEAT Leon" of the second generation, named "1p". SEAT is a Spanish car company that is owned by the Volkswagen-Audi group. The Leon of the second generation as shown was built from 2005 till 2012 and had a facelift around 2009. Notable versions include special editions such as the "Copa edition" as well as the 2.0L TFSI 310 horsepower "CUPRA R". Cupra stands for cup racing. Also keep in mind those second generation Leons only weigh about 1300 kg so 310 horsepower is quite a lot. The Seat Leon is basically a VW Golf, the second generation leon is pretty much a golf 5 and/or 6. The car that the guy tried to spray paint is a Škoda Octavia, Škoda is, like SEAT, owned by the Volkswagen-Audi group, but unlike Seat, its not Spanish, it's Czech. The škoda octavia can be best compared to the Volkswagen Passat. If i'm not mistaken the one shown in the video is the third generation. Also theres a VRS model with 200 or 300 hp, not sure rn. VRS stands for Victory Rallye Sport.

[@d.r.bladeworks9025]

I work for the largest automotive glass installation company in the country, and we tell everyone we can not to do this (nail polish) or use super glue because it actually makes it worse, and it makes it to where if it was repairable we won't touch it because now there's chemical contamination.

[@MrBIG4D]

The torch on black plastic that has turned gray, is a LEGIT hack. Ask and Avalanche owner...LOL!! Seriously, it works and it last lasts quite a while, especially if you keep some UV protection on the parts. Work's on gray plastic that has turned whit-ish as well.

[@welrod94]

I know a few different guys that mixed spare paint randomly and ended up loving how it turned out but couldnt ever remember exactly what they used. So if your doing a project that you may wanna use again write down what colors, type of paint, and how much of each color lmao. It seems like a common problem that "car" guys can run into. You dont wanna make a masterpiece only to never be able to recreate it.

[@dhag72]

3:20 if you want to control a crack from spreading, here's a tested and true trick. Take a razor blade, and at the end of the crack, you want to put a scratch in the glass, and guide it toward the nearest edge of the windshield with the razor. Just a thin scratch off the end of the crack. Then should the crack spread, it will follow your scratch to the edge, instead of possibly spreading clean across the windshield. Learned that one in college from my badass instructors lol. Yes I've tried it on multiple beater cars to save me come safety time, yes it works. Where I live, if the crack isn't in the driver's field of view, like for example passenger side, it's fine. It also can't be in the path of the wipers for the most part unless its along the edge. Any stone chip bigger than a dime requires replacement too. So theres only so much you can get away with, so this trick has saved me a few windshield replacements

[@TacComControl]

I knew a guy who did the spraypaint thing. He had one of the old Chevy big body trucks, forest green, most of his paint was oxidized all to hell, got a box of rattle cans and went to work, redid his entire front fender with it. Looked REAL nice. Didn't even have to scuff it up, just gave it a wipe down beforehand because the paint was already so roughed up before from age. XD

[@bwame]

I tried the torch on the plastic hack 2 or so years ago on the top piece of my 99 4Runners OEM bumper. I removed the whole bumper and replaced it with a swingout bumper. The little test portion I tried torching has held its color very well. The piece has been sitting in my side yard the whole time with sun every day (should probably throw it away at this point). I did coat the area with 303 after torching it. I the post-treatment is vital for long lasting results. I would do it again if I had other faded plastic like it.

[@redbarchetta8782]

5:40 what really works well on hazed plastic light covers is the product named Peek. You can get it anywhere and is made to remove hazing off porcelain and other similar surfaces. It cleaned up in minutes my 2006 Kia Sportage light covers and they almost look new now.

[@dashcamandy2242]

0:19 - Oooh! Looks like he just discovered the problems inherent with water-based automotive primer! 1:14 - That's not a fender, that's a rear quarter panel - which requires cutting and welding to repair properly. I personally haven't seen the ramen-and-superglue repair, I usually see the expanding-foam job. Toothpaste, and many scouring cleansers, contain diatomaceous earth. Diatomaceous earth is essentially fossilized diatoms (hard-shelled tiny algae) and how abrasive it is correlates to particle size. (Bigger granules mixed in a powdered scouring cleanser, very fine granules in toothpaste and rubbing compound...) It can serve other purposes as well! They even make aquarium filters and pool filters that use diatomaceous earth as filter media. It's an interesting rabbit hole to jump down if you have the time. The More You Know 🌈🌟 12:40 - Very true. My mother bought a used, low-mileage, almost-immaculate Cavalier with a fat dimple in the front bumper cover. I generously warmed the bumper cover from the outside with a paint-stripping gun, reached up inside the bumper cover, and massaged it back to shape, it took me probably 15-20 minutes. Less time than it would have taken to fully remove and replace the bumper cover, and cost me nothing. (Don't push from the center of the dent, push in many spots going around the dent, works like a charm! It's not always an instant fix, you might have to repeat the process a few times making small improvements each time.) Of course, don't set it on fire or damage the paint, but heat really can be your friend here. 13:36 - Waste of time. Mothers' Back to Black or Meguiar's Ultimate Black Plastic Restorer. Less risk, better results. Or, when it's NEW and still black, 305 Marine Aerospace Protectant. (I also use 305 on plastic headlight housings as a preventative measure to reduce yellowing - it has UV blockers - and it makes gauge bezels look crystal-clear!) I bet the paint-matching guy could flawlessly-recreate the dozen-or-so shades of white that GM has produced in the past 30 years. 🤣 His talent is almost literally mind-blowing.

[@YourScaryMother]

instead of toothpaste, you can just use a "magic eraser" pad, but you have to be careful not to overdo it.

[@Fun.Guy.Forager]

I worked with a cabinet maker that could look at a stain and recite the color formulas like Red 5 Blue 2 and so on.

[@nolanw1287]

My dad did paint and body for a decade or 2 and could do what the last guy did with the paint matching. Until watching this video, I didn't realise that was a hard skill. He once color matched a hood that was scratched on one side and you can only see the line of where the two paint colors meet in very bright light at an angle perpendicular to the light source. I told him, "Dad, I can see a line on the hood here", and he said, "yeah, it's because it was a quick job". Maybe I should spend more time in the garage with him

[@andrewspohrer7183]

For painting wheels, you can also air them down a little, and use a big trash bag, tuck it into the rim, cut out your hole, and paint away

[@Merc4life]

When your windshield has a chip, in a technical since it’s already broken. And “windshield repair” is just an attempt to prevent the chip or crack from spreading. But any sharp changes in temperature can still cause a crack to run, and the repair isn’t a permanent solution. A new windshield will ultimately be needed eventually.

[@ThomasMershevski]

1:22 , Isn't the ramen/noodels going to draw moisture inside the car he's patching up and form even more rust 😂!?

[@dillzilla4454]

4:50 toothpaste is actually really good for surface scratches on anything since it is abrasive enough to remove surface material but not enough to cause any damage. its the primary reason it is used with teeth

[@It-b-Blair]

I know I haven’t watched much beyond the beginning, but honestly; Can y’all make a complete body from super glue and ramen/ 🙏 do a weight comparison and durability test 😸 I swear that’s a gold video idea

[@TheRizzGaming]

As someone who does headlight restoration I can't tell you how many I've done after someone tried the lemon hack. 😂 They always say that it comes back within a week and 3 times worse. The heat gun on the bumper is legit, I've done it before. Shop wanted $300 to replace the bumper, I already had the heat gun for my window tint business and took me less than 5 minutes to heat it up and pop it out

[@jordanrooker8474]

I want to note from experience, if you ever get a car that someone spray painted over without any prep work, some acetone and a rag works wonders. I've taken a car from bright green back to factory silver, and it was still in good shape underneath. Just be sure to clean and wax it when you're through.

[@jeffjankiewicz5100]

The man in the last clip is a friggin genius! Bleep, blop, bloop, here is your color. Amazing.

[@LarkspeedNL]

Back in the early 90s I spray painted a car in my back yard with spray cans and it looked great when it was done. Quality spray paint ,proper surface prep and lots of thin coats and it looks just fine. Also the headlight one is totally fake, anyone can see that the before headlight has something smeared all over it to make it appear fogged, all they do is clean it off.

[@krek420]

for the foggy headlights there's a paste you can find which is like 10 bucks and it works for headlights and other stuff made with that plastic like those doorbell labels give things a wash first then put some of that and scrub in a circle worked like a charm for me

[@candle86]

the bumber hack i did sort of on my Kia Spectra, i got in a wreck took off the front bumper cover to replace the radiator, core support ect, and not on purpose but I'd left the front bumper cover outside in the Texas sun, you can't tell i hit anything with that bumper cover now

[@michelguevara151]

if you want to use rattle cans, there are three rules : 1 work indoors! 2 preheat your work 3 preheat your cans use a hairdryer to do your heating. the paint atomizes finer and hits just shy of tacky. then build up your coats rubbing down in between with fine wet and dry. used to paint bikes like this, got excellent results. as allways with finishes *prep your work*

[@Ange1ofD4rkness]

yeah the green tape ... I had a project earlier this year I was airbrushing, used the green tape. Pulled it off, took huge chunks of the paint with it. Gotta use the Yellow, it's more delicate. As for that last guy, that man just has a good eye for it, probably years and years of experience.

[@Random_user_8472]

Once I had a crappy Renault Megane of which the radiator started to leak. I heard the advice to put egg-white in the radiator, so I did (the car was close to toal loss already). Guess what... The radiator didn't leak a drop in two months.

[@thewizdad]

Paint transfer (very minor contact with another vehicle) can be removed with a very light application of paint thinner on a rag and lots of elbow grease. Used this to get some red paint off my white car.

[@joncarter3761]

Toothpaste works as a mild abrasive so if a scratch can be polished out it will work well, also works well on scratched CDs and DVDs! If you're ever in a pinch and need thermal paste for your PC toothpaste also works as a temporary fix but will dry out after a while but don't use one with crystals or other solids in it, those solids can burn.

[@MichaelJantzen42]

Former autoglass guy and just think about it for a bit - can you glue glass back together? Of course not :). At most you're just covering up a blemish - the integrity of that glass can never be restored without replacing the entire part.

[@NoSirAnder19]

You can actually neutralise even a 6 inches long windshield crack by drilling on each end and filling it with the same product you would fill a half inch long crack. Successfully did it on a 40 years old truck that went offroading for years after without affecting the crack.

[@thatslogan1]

Sometimes I forget how small the channel is, the presentation and content you guys put out deserves millions of subscribers. But, you’ll get there and I can’t wait to see it! Be safe out there guys

[@GetSmartGaming]

in what world is 300k subs small? also they're part of Donut which has 8m subs

[@thatslogan1]

@@GetSmartGaming im aware, im subbed to donut too, and they even said themselves in the video that the channel is still small. Guessing you skipped past that part

[@GetSmartGaming]

@@thatslogan1 ??? 300k is not small LOL

[@thatslogan1]

@@GetSmartGaming like I said, im aware, they called themselves a small channel in this very video, I just said it because they made me think about it, any comment is a good comment and makes them money so I could do this all night

[@Lttiggity]

Magic Erasers (the white cleaning throw away sponges) work great for those scuff marks. Way less abrasive than toothpaste, too.

[@stephen3164]

So the last clip of the guy paint matching - maybe it’s possible for a highly experienced painter to do, but notice how he’s not touching the cup? I used to work at an autobody shop in the 90’s and the paint guy taught me how to make a batch of paint. You entered the paint code in the computer, which was hooked up to a scale. The computer would tell you how much of each paint to add, by weight, and would adjust as you added, so you could tell when to pour super slow and just drip in the last 0.1oz. Then you hit “next” and it would tell you the next color and reset for that weight. Film it at the right angle to not show the computer, and it would look like I was just adding paint “by skill”. Now the real talent was to color match sun faded paint on the rest of the car. We would compound buff the rest of the car to get it back to original shine as possible, but the paint guy knew how to adjust the paint mix to get an even better match to the car. Pearl whites were the toughest to match. In the booth they might look exact but get the car out in the sun, and at certain angles it would look off. Lot of blending done on pearl white cars to make a repaired area look good.

[@Nameless10799]

If you want to keep your car for a longer period, never use the blowtorch on plastic parts. Heating it up will decrease the silicon parts in the plastic, wich means it's a one time fix. after that you need to replace it. Did it a couple of times on some of my Mk'2 golfs but I was young and stupid.

[@adolfofireup22]

That dude just proved the point why people don't trust Mechanics. At the end of the video, he stated he would charge someone for some unnecessary services for taking the ice off.

[@joelchambers]

My dad did the rain gutter thing on his rusted 08 pickup. Lasted pretty good for about 4 years