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swanicyouth
04-11-2013, 01:26 PM
So, I came up with this idea and it may even help someone fix something. I'm a destroyer. I'm hard in everything. My stuff breaks. So, a lot of time I rig it up so I can still use it.

AirForce Blaster developed an air leak when it got a tiny dent. I think it fell. So, I got RTV and sealed up the whole thing air tight, including the "normal leaks" then I wrapped it all in electrical tape:

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/04/12/apy7ates.jpg

Hit the cord area too, as air leaks out of there. Also, knowing my luck, it would probably go bad eventually:

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/04/12/e2epuzas.jpg

Looks bad, works good.

Here we have a classic. All of a sudden, the battery case cover wouldn't stay on my Brinkmann. Other than permanent Krazy Glueing it shut, it took me a whole 5 mins to come up with this one:

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/04/12/y6e8ata2.jpg

Then there is the foam pads that have de-laminated. I Krazy Glue the Velcro on and it seems to work fine. Don't worry, very careful not to get it on any area that touches paint:

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/04/12/zuvevapa.jpg

Not so much a detailing tool, but I do use it to warm leather seats to dry CarPro Fabric & Leather. The cord to my Wagner heat gun has been burnt so many times I covered it in tape, then Krazy Glued the ends so it doesn't unravel.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/04/12/byvy9yqe.jpg

Basically, I buy a lot of Krazy Glue. When it comes to KG, I find the cheap 4 tubes for 99 cents generic stuff works just as good as the stuff that's $3.99 a tube. Just an FYI

Becciasm
04-11-2013, 01:35 PM
:/ pics didn't come through..

swanicyouth
04-11-2013, 01:57 PM
Came through on my end. Refresh?

Becciasm
04-11-2013, 02:02 PM
Got em.

nice fixes.

Circa40
04-11-2013, 02:46 PM
Nice fixes.

The only mods/fixes that I can remember off the top of my head are....
I fixed a 25ft extension cable to my blaster sidekick
Installed Velcro strips to my flex and pc power cords
A split washer for the flex blacking plate

DARK HORSE
04-11-2013, 03:29 PM
Swivels now, and doesn't ever fall over...:props:

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad169/tadndonna/P1040666.jpg (http://s932.photobucket.com/user/tadndonna/media/P1040666.jpg.html)

swanicyouth
04-11-2013, 04:23 PM
Swivels now, and doesn't ever fall over...:props:

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad169/tadndonna/P1040666.jpg (http://s932.photobucket.com/user/tadndonna/media/P1040666.jpg.html)

Nice. They should call the AirForce Blaster the AirForce Tumbler, as its almost impossible to use the thing without it flipping over. I turned mine into a handheld unit with a manageable hose.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/04/12/7emeqyza.jpg

Bunky
04-11-2013, 05:15 PM
Swivels now, and doesn't ever fall over...:props:

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad169/tadndonna/P1040666.jpg (http://s932.photobucket.com/user/tadndonna/media/P1040666.jpg.html)

Tadd, I like that. I keep mine on a cart.

tapp1
04-12-2013, 04:01 PM
My homemade two bucket dolly....

Used a moving dolly and a plastic tote lid along with two 5 gallon buckets cut to secure wash/rinse buckets to cart.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8644048932_caccbbaa4e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7534687@N07/8644048932/)

These holes drilled in the bottom allows any water to drain and prevents the buckets from creating a "vaccum" when taking them out of the cart.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8117/8642952913_1a362a9ca4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7534687@N07/8642952913/)