Saw this on a mini infomercial this morning while waiting for the cartoons to come on (for the kids of course!). I hate caulking, especially with silicone) and this tool looked pretty slick.
John
J.R. Lazaro Builders, Inc.
Indianapolis, In.
Saw this on a mini infomercial this morning while waiting for the cartoons to come on (for the kids of course!). I hate caulking, especially with silicone) and this tool looked pretty slick.
John
J.R. Lazaro Builders, Inc.
Indianapolis, In.
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Wow. Only $28 for a half-size tube of silicone and some scrap plastic. But wait. You also get a steamer.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Oh my god...Reminds of a guy I know who isn't handy with anything in the world but is a sucker every minute and watches late night tv. So everytime I've seen him in need of a tool he pulls out some ridiculous package or something, puts together a million cheap parts and then proceeds to try to figure out how to use the thing or another.TV TOOLS I call them. Junk.My finger works fine for smoothing caulk, you just don't glob 45 pounds of the crap on your work surface. Sorry, I aint buyin'
I think I will stick with my old credit cards and laminate color chip samples.
those infomercials crack me up. the visuals are so outrageous.
how many people actually pile up caulk and drag their hands through it?
funny stuff
OK - I am not exaggerating here...
I was helping a friend at church remodel a small house so a family could move into it, so we put together a work party. The guys with trade experience got one or two "helpers". One of the helpers I got (John) was brought to the job site by his wife, so he could learn some skills to attack the fixer-upper they had just moved into.
I had taped the sheetrock the day before, and we were just starting to put on a second coat. I told John to start in the closet so he could get the feel for it in a hidden spot. I left him there for a while to go help with a driveway pour. When I came back he was spreading mud on the walls with his hands (I am not kidding). He was reaching into the bucket and rubbing it on. After I explained we had a better way to do it, and he got cleaned up, he went outside to spread some dirt. His wife picked him up at lunch time and he didnt come back. They sold the fixer-upper about two months later. .
.. so when I see the guy with caulk in his fingers and hair, I can believe it. That being said, I dont think the as-seen-on-tv thing would help.
Have you seen the infomercials for some new driil that flips between drilling and driving?
I've caught parts of it, but still haven't hung around long enough to find out the price.
I'm a firm believer in the adage " if it seems to good to be true...", especially with tools.
I've seen that commercial--I think it's about 60 bucks.
For $5 I can buy a quick-change bit holder set and do the same thing, LOL.
Besides, who in here doesn't already own at least two cordless drills?Jason Pharez Construction
Framing & Exterior Remodeling
Only three payments of $39.95. I love that show, hilarious. The guy and lady are more excited about that drill than my son was when he got his new guitar on christmas.
has anyone seen the coldheat soldering iron commercial?
they are showing a scene where a guy cannot reach his work with a corded soldering iron. it must have been too difficult to move the item closer to the outlet on the workbench.
But wait! I have one and have not used it. I find it hard to believe it would cool off as fast as they show him touching it. I got mine when there was a coupon from Radio Shack for a free one with a $20 purchase.
Phone guy came out to do some work, we were talking and the cold heat iron came up somehow. He said the tip was broken off when it came, looked cheap. Sent it back.
I bet The actors had, phoney, Austrailian accents, as well!
If, at first, you fricascee, fry, fry a hen!
Tool looked pretty slick. I'll admit it was way overpriced for what it was, but I hate applying silicone caulking and if it performs as shown it'd be well worth the money. I'll wait to they sell it at the local homecenter or Wally World for $5. It seems that alot of the As Seen On TV stuff ends up there.John
J.R. Lazaro Builders, Inc.
Indianapolis, In.
yea the ffabulous ginzo sealer...buy now and we'll throw in a gazele excersize machine absolutely free....
the sad part is people actually buy this junk.....
Yet no one would by my bridge Im selling to the beach in arizona....