DIY - Because We Can! Justin Time & Ralph McBook
Recycling or restoring old things is a great thing to do, not only because it can save lots of money, but also because it is creative and can have a positive effect on the environment. In this video, Justin and Ralph paint an old pair of bicycle panniers with rubber paint. There are lots of useful words to learn and of course, a funny story from Justin!
1 DIY - Because We Can - Rubber Paint Magic
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breathe pannier bags limp faded waterproof stuff available mask rubbish stinks breeze zipper vigorously material cover pressing nozzle constantly grip disappearing thick stick straps baggage carousel leaking pretend trail ruined arrested uniforms touch up reminder cure flexible fraying crappy anti-theft squeeze
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DIY - Because We Can! - Rubber Paint Magic
Justin: Welcome to DIY - Because We Can! With Justin Time and Ralph Mcbook. Today we are going to .............. .............. how to breathe some .............. .............. into some .............. old pannier bags.
Ralph: That is a .............. old bag.
Justin: .............. on, Ralph.
Ralph: ..............?
Justin: As you can .............., it's terribly .............., and the cloth's all limp and ..............:...............
Ralph: How .............. have you .............. them, Justin?
Justin: Oh, it must be about .............. .............. now. They've .............. really good, and they've always .............. out in the elements; .............. rain and ............... They've been out there.
Ralph: Are they ..............?
Justin: No, not really. Never have been, but they .............. .............. ! Just to give you an .............. of how far they have .............., take a .............. at this.
Ralph: Wow! Did you do that with the ..............?
Justin: No, Ralph. Don't be ..............; this is a .............. ...............
Ralph: Well, if you've got some .............. .............., why are you painting the .............. ..............?
Justin: Well, Ralph, I have a ............... If I buy something .............., I always buy .............. one, but because it was five years ago, I .............. I had them.
Ralph: You .............. boy.
Justin: Anyway, we're going to be using this .............. ............... Rubber paint by Zeque.
Ralph: Is that how you .............. it?
Justin: I have .............. .............., Ralph. Probably not. Many other brands are also available. .............. first, Ralph?
Ralph: Yes, don't .............. to wear a mask, some .............., and ...............
Justin: First of all, .............. the bag with any old .............., just to give it some ...............
Ralph: The .............., Justin.
Justin: Oh, yeah. It's best to do this job .............. because the paint is cellulose based and it ..............! Choose a day with no .............. of course. And a slight .............. is okay. But wind is .............. a no-no because it will .............. all the paint .............. from the job.
Ralph: Don't forget to close and cover all the .............. because if you don't, they will never .............. ...............
Justin: .............., Ralph. Thank you very much.
Ralph: You should also .............. the can of paint .............. for a few minutes before you start the job.
Justin: Yes, I .............. did that before we started the video. So the .............. .............. wants to be very thin, just to allow the paint to key into the ............... Don't try to cover everything with the .............. ...............
Ralph: What about the .............., Justin? The last time I tried to .............. something, I got in a right old ..............; runs everywhere.
Justin: Well, I'm not great at this, and there will be many .............. out there .............. .............. me. But there is one very .............. rule. When you .............. the nozzle, your hand must be ............... You can see that my hand is constantly .............. when the paint is coming ............... If you are not .............., you will get far too much paint in one .............., and then you will get runs.
Ralph: What do you .............., don't paint the .............. flap?
Justin: The .............. flap is the .............. of the bag where you .............. things in. If you paint this, it may make it .............. to .............. things in the bag later. This is rubber paint. And it really does .............. things.
Ralph: It's really great to see all that .............. stuff disappearing .............. the paint.
Justin: Yeah, and this is just the first .............. is very light. We are not even trying to .............. everything. This rubber paint is great stuff. It has many very .............. properties, and it's not ............... I paid about $10 for two cans 400 ml, and it will .............. about one can per bag. That's one .............. coat, a .............. coat, and some .............. up.
Ralph: I've seen some .............. on Youtube where people have .............. their whole car.
Justin: Yeah, that's another .............. .............. about this paint. If you're painting onto .............. and you make a mistake, you can peel .............. .............. and try again. You can't do that with material though like we're doing. That's going to .............. like glue. Okay, so we'll just look for any .............. that we might have ............... And we're going to let it .............. for about ten or fifteen minutes.
Ralph: Is that all?
Justin: Well, that's what it says on the ............... Okay, now the second .............. is going to go on much ............... We are trying to cover everything now. Just make sure that your hand keeps .............. when you're pressing the ...............
Ralph: All the .............. on the pannier bags are making it much .............. to move around.
Justin: Yeah, this is .............. .............. to be a really easy job. I think .............. could do this.
Ralph: Put your .............. on the gas, Justin.
Justin: Good idea, Ralph. We don't want this to go on .............., do we?
Ralph: That's better!
Justin: And you can see, I'm really .............. it on quite thick now, and .............. as well. And it's no .............. for this paint at all. Oh, I've just remembered a paint ............... My friend is a painter. And he tried to take a .............. can of paint to another country in his check-in ............... Yeah, he was in Amsterdam and when his .............. came through onto the carousel, the paint had opened, and there was paint .............. out of his bag
Ralph: What did he do?
Justin: Well, he wanted to just walk away. .............. it wasn't his bag, but it had his .............. on it. So he took it off the .............. and took it to the toilet and tried to .............. it ............... A trail of paint .............. him to the restroom.
Ralph: What a ..............!
Justin: So he .............. all his clothes into a polythene bag because they were .............., and tried to .............. himself .............. with toilet paper. But the paint was .............., so it was all .............. to him.
Ralph: Did he get ..............?
Justin: No, the police let him go. I don't think they wanted .............. on their ...............
Ralph: Hey up!
Justin: Save some paint for later. Don't empty the can you'll need it to .............. .............. Sorry about the digression, folks. So leave the bag to dry for about .............. or .............. minutes. And now, we're just looking for .............. where the paint might be a bit .............. parts that we might have .............., and just .............. up generally.
Ralph: Are you wearing a .............., Justin?
Justin: No, Ralph, I'm .............. my breath. I used to be a deep-sea .............., diving for pearls, so we learned how to .............. our breath for minutes at a time. Anyway, there is a nice .............. taking the paint .............. from me.
Ralph: Oh, yeah. I see what you ............... You're .............., Justin.
Justin: Well, I'm not just a .............. .............. you know, Ralph There we go, just a .............. not to paint the .............. flap. It'll make things .............. to get in and out of the bag if we do that. Well, I think that's just about .............. .............., and we are running very .............. on paint just about now. So let's put it up to dry, and leave it .............. to give the paint time to cure ...............
Ralph: It's got a really nice mat-black ...............
Justin: Yeah, and the paint's really put some .............. back into the cloth. But still ............... One of the bags was in really bad ............... But you can see how the paint has .............. the fraying.
Ralph: Rubber paint. It's..............!
Justin: So here we go. They're on the .............., and I think they look great!
Ralph: Yeah, Justin. I think they're ..............! By the way, is that a Bridgestone .............. you've got on there?
Justin: Yeah, why?
Ralph: Well, everybody knows that Bridgestone makes .............. crappy bikes.
Justin: It's an anti-theft ............... Nobody's going to .............. a Bridgestone. Giving it a good .............. here.
Ralph: Give it some welly.
Justin: A good strong ..............; and is it going to come ..............? Oh, yes. It's brilliant!
Ralph: It's really ............... Okay, everybody, so thanks for watching our first DIY video.
Hope you enjoyed it and you find it very ............... Please like, share, .............., dislike ...
Justin: Come on, Ralph. Stop .............. the Youtube prima donna. You know nobody .............. the video to the end anyway.
Ralph: They ...............
Justin: ..............!
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