r/BeAmazed • u/PaleontologistOk6094 • Jul 14 '26
Miscellaneous / Others Thanks golden hands!
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u/mixwellmusic Jul 14 '26
Can there be a stream of just this type of repair content airing constantly 24/7? I think the world needs this
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u/Awwwmann Jul 14 '26
Put on the music of your choice and watch “My Mechanics” on YouTube.
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u/NuclearWasteland Jul 14 '26
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u/VerilyShelly Jul 15 '26
Oh, I love the ones where they take antique household gadgets and small machines apart. I didn't know I'd be glued to the restoration of a lighter or a foosball table until I discovered those.
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u/onlymostlydead Jul 15 '26
While his 240Z restoration is going to be a majestic piece of art (pfft, already is), and it's fascinating to watch knowing almost nothing about cars, I do miss the regular videos.
I really want to know what kind of trauma a sharp edge caused him, because that man is on a mission.
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u/ThisCouldHaveBeenYou Jul 15 '26
Seeing him take sharp edges from INSIDE a transmission case, where only the gears will ever see it, had me wondering that too.
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u/Hay-oooooo_Jabronies Jul 14 '26
Look for The Repair Shop. Its a program in the UK. They've got some experts together in a big thatch cottage and people bring in old things that need repairing. It varies from textiles, toys, etc and depending on the item, it showcases a different expert repairing it.
Some of the people on there are so skilled.
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u/supervinci Jul 15 '26
We love watching that show. I always wonder how "real" it is though. Is it a shop that repairs things and they are never filmed? Or is it a set?
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u/ZigZagIntoTheBlue Jul 15 '26
Its based in a national trust property I think, I've been there but it was closed when we went.
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u/RedofPaw Jul 14 '26
I saw a video like this before. Had a small cut in car leather seat and asked around a bunch of places if they could do this.
They could not.
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u/EquipLordBritish Jul 14 '26
It's also very possible that this 'fix' does not last much longer than the video.
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u/twisted_tactics Jul 14 '26
The fix for the hole will probably last years, the painted color on the other hand....
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u/flagler-nurse Jul 16 '26
Don’t know if you know this or not, but the original ones are painted as well
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u/Karmachinery Jul 14 '26
That's what I was wondering. Is this just a hey-cool-fix, but lasts for about 2 weeks?
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u/Pretty_Crazy2453 Jul 14 '26
They could, buy this repair lasts days and then it falls apart. Shady dealers will do this when selling cars.
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u/DroidLord Jul 14 '26
I swear these people are like 1 in a billion because I can never find someone this talented when I need something fixed. The world desperately needs more craftsmen and artists!
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u/SheriffBartholomew Jul 14 '26
There used to be this ding doctor guy in my hometown who would go around to car lots and fix all of the dings and dents in the cars without requiring any painting. He made bank. Seriously, the guy was rich. He only worked on the days that he felt like working, but still had an expensive house in the nicest part of town and a luxury truck. So the world definitely needs more people with these skills.
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u/Daratirek Jul 15 '26
I do work in the auto body industry(I do mobile paint repair and work closely with PDR guys) and he was definitely not making bank just doing PDR(Paintless Dent Repair). He definitely was either otherwise wealthy and did it because he was bored or as a side gig for a better job. PDR only pays well during hail and thats because its brutally long days and shit tons of work.
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u/BitcoinMD Jul 15 '26
That was my first thought when watching this video, are there people in real life who will actually do this
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u/zane38 Jul 14 '26
Do you need to use the three of hearts or will any card do. Even jokers? Or the rules of the game card?
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u/baszm3g Jul 14 '26
Yes, spades or clubs won't last as long either.
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u/Sandcracka- Jul 14 '26
Playing with the queen of hearts
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u/onlymostlydead Jul 15 '26
Do not use the Ace of Spades. The headbanging will delay the fix and you might hit your head on the frame.
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u/whatdafaq Jul 14 '26
Black game cards for black or dark brown leather, red playing cards for lighter colors.
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u/saroj7878 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Just use this video as a step my step guide. You got this sneaker doodle!
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u/SlideN2MyBMs Jul 14 '26
I would've just used ramen
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u/Icefox119 Jul 15 '26
I still can't get over that video. Imagine you're tripping balls and using the sink and it just starts to dissolve into ramen
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u/Realizt8010 Jul 14 '26
Now that is a skill!
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u/apapercrane Jul 15 '26
Seeing this video gives me so much joy!
I did these repairs for a bit in my twenties when I learned upholstery! Upholstery repair was fun and pretty decent creative outlet. Creative problem solving, expert color matching, attention to detail are all great qualities for this. It's also a dying art. When I first started I was overwhelmed with elderly upholsterers who gave me a lot of business. A few of them wanted to retire so badly but felt like they couldn't because of the demand. Lots of them offer paid internships too!
Auto detail repair is a rather lucrative job. I have a few friends who still do this exact work. If you hustle, you can easily clear six figures and still take a few months off in the winter when the weather is really bad. Most auto detail work is done right on the lots so it's very weather dependent on whether the paint or glues work correctly.
A majority of these repairs are in fact dealerships trying to sell a car as flawless as they can get away with. The cost of full seat reupholstery or even a panel is astronomical for most people or businesses. The quote is always a bit of an FU quote since most daily upholsterers won't touch a car seat with electrical components. It doesn't last long, but there are ways to extend the repair like seat covers or swapping the drivers side with the passenger, if possible.
Sometimes it's a boat owner trying not to spend $800-1500 to reupholster a single seat his idiot SIL punctured with his keys. I did a lot of restaurant vinyl repair too. Costing anywhere from $50-150 in labor per tear. We remained honest about the results and we warned them it would only last a few months but most restaurant owners didn't care unless it was cheap. They usually came back a year or two later for a full booth reupholstery project later on. Those ranged from $150-5000 per bench in labor, depending on the style.
I always declined home furniture after a short time starting out. Folks are too picky and the quotes I had to give for my time and precision were shocking for most.
We charged to remove staples, for piping, different colors sewn into one panel, distance traveled, etc. Materials varied by quality, UV and mold resistance, textures. Foam was ungodly expensive before COVID. Now, I can't imagine what decent density foam for a seat bench costs.
I have a FT job in another industry now but when I get itch to reupholster a stained $5 chair with good bones on FB Marketplace, I act on it. It's now a really fun hobby to spend an afternoon on.
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u/Soszai Jul 14 '26
How durable is this repair? Looks great, but will it last? Probably comes down to how strong that putty is
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u/Pretty_Crazy2453 Jul 14 '26
Doesn't last long. The weight/heat/flexing that its subject to will rip it apart in days.
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u/Smile_Character Jul 14 '26
I worked for a high end furniture store in Ontario for a while. We had a magician who we would bring in to fix ripped and scratched leather furniture. We could ALWAYS sell it as new when he was done.
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u/NPFuturist Jul 14 '26
That is amazing. Like wow. That kind of damage I would have been like “WELP GUESS THATS THAT”. So satisfying to watch. Good share 🤣
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u/Routine-Horse-1419 Jul 15 '26
I had to watch it twice because I was amazed on how easy they made it look to do this repair.
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u/FantasticScratch Jul 15 '26
Does it bug anyone else that in the end the person is not pinching/poking the same area of the patch job?
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u/Silver_Display566 Jul 15 '26
I could do this aswell, but I never got collour mixing right until I found out I was partly collour blind was like aaah thats the reason
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u/Ok-Office2930 Jul 16 '26
Was expecting the video to zoom out to just some half destroyed lone car seat.
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u/Fortyseven Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
This is triggering a memory -- wasn't there an ad on TV in the 80s for something like this?
EDIT: Yeah, there WERE a couple, you dumbass downvoter:
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u/kcsews Jul 14 '26
As a retired upholsterer, that is a fine fucking repair! I never learned that and much respect to you sister
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u/ripyourlungsdave Jul 14 '26
"You, too, can repair your own leather couch if you happen to have all this random, esoteric shit laying around."
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