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So for those guys who have been there and done that AND are still doing it, if you were gonna steer someone to a YouTube series that "gets it right", who or what channel would you recommend? I've mentioned before that I only paint a car or airplane every ten years or so, and everything changes in that time. I have poured over the product posts and the do's and dont's, but I'd like to visualize it now.
Thanks!
 
I go to YouTube sometimes if we are having a problem figuring out how to remove a part on a late model. Sometimes the OEM documentation just doesn't cut it. But I have rarely watched videos about body or paint. There has to be some decent stuff out there, though.
 
Some guys are natural born teachers. They like to share what they do well. But someone without a lot of experience, as myself, has a hard time separating the wheat from the guys lying for views. There is a channel called Paint Society, and he started out with what seems to me is solid advice. But once the channel got successful, that drive to keep the views has him reaching farther out into la la land. How many quality vids can you put out before you start posting crap? A couple of weeks ago he posted a vid of using a house spray setup. Can it work? Maybe. But there is no reason to go there. So not having enough experience, I can't trust his original work, even if it had the ring if truth.
 
Preface this by saying that I have never watched youtube videos to learn anything about spraying. I like Crash have watched some to figure out how to take something apart but it's usually a last resort. No video is going to teach you how to spray. You've got to put in the time and effort and practice.......all that being said Jon Kosmoski put out a good video about spraying candy. All that he says holds true for spraying solids or metallic as well. Some of what he says I don't agree with, but much of what he says I have tried to preach to others as well. The spraying technique is pretty solid in this vid. Remember it all applies to solids and metallic as well. Candy is very sensitive so your technique has to be spot on.

 
For spraying, search on YouTube for "The Gunman." Very legit Aussie.

For Metal Work, check out "Fitzee," a guy in Newfoundland. He does wonders with simple tools.

For entertainment, and some OK tips, "My Friend Pete, D.I.Y. auto school."
 
Seeing Dean mentioned metalwork I will mention Peter Tommasini. Very very skilled metalshaper who loves to teach his craft. One of the best shapers out there. Can make any panel with hand tools. Great guy and shares his knowledge. I was so impressed with Peter I bought one of his cast iron wheeling machines (English wheel to us Yanks).




MetalshapersHub Peters shaping forum https://ce8df029be3e-004671.vbulletin.net/
Peter's site http://www.handbuilt.net.au/
 
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There is a lot of great stuff on youtube in between all the BS.

The gunman, paint society are good for painting tips

Metal shaping there is a ton of great information. "Make it Kustom" is the latest metal guy I enjoy watching.


Very talented young guy.

Fitzee is awesome also! I always enjoy someone with a good attitude! And his type of metal work is more along the lines of my capabilities.
 
For me, youtube has been invaluable for taking things apart. I usually give myself 10 minutes to figure out how something comes apart. After that I go to youtube and save my time!
 
I think the guys who do it right, aren’t too interested in making YouTube videos.
You shouldn't think like that. There are some very talented people out there that just like to pass along the information.

Most of the painting on youtube is pretty bad though, but there are some guys. I mostly enjoy the gun reviews.
 
Some guys are natural born teachers. They like to share what they do well. But someone without a lot of experience, as myself, has a hard time separating the wheat from the guys lying for views. There is a channel called Paint Society, and he started out with what seems to me is solid advice. But once the channel got successful, that drive to keep the views has him reaching farther out into la la land. How many quality vids can you put out before you start posting crap? A couple of weeks ago he posted a vid of using a house spray setup. Can it work? Maybe. But there is no reason to go there. So not having enough experience, I can't trust his original work, even if it had the ring if truth.
Right, you can only post so much before you get repetitive with painting IMO. Unless you are doing airbrush type work. I haven't seen anything from him that was that far out. He did a series with rattle can stuff. Now that is something I would never really do, but there are a lot of people that do, that's why they sell the products.

For a minute there I had my feed filled with these car rebuilders. That stuff got real old, but I founds a few that do the job correctly and I enjoy their content. It's amazing the things that take off on that site and the stuff that goes unnoticed.
 
Hmmm, I know a "guy" that's a great teacher, has forgotten more about painting than most know, loves to help people, and is a paint fanatic. He'd be the perfect guy to star in a video series on car painting. He knows a thing or two about the paint products themselves. He's a frequent poster on this site too. Everybody .... Barry, Barry, Barry,....
 
I have a youtube channel with almost 5000 subscribers. I use it to pass on my limited knowledge of restoration to folks who cant afford to pay someone 10 thousand dollars or more for a paint job on their car. I don’t only focus on paint , but wheels, and hydraulics. My channel is very much amateur hour, but somethings in the process I have been doing for 20yrs, never professionally. I reference youtube for a lot of things. I think youtube has put some people out of business. One example would be, wiring up my make shift paint booth for lights and exhaust. I got quotes of over $2000 to wire it up. I did some research and did it myself. I think youtube is geared more towards DIY’ers. You don’t really see professional baseball players watching videos on how to swing a bat…much like you wouldn’t see someone who works at a dealership spraying 6 cars a day, watching videos on some guy painting in his garage at home. Use it for what its worth. I follow a few people, but I get turned off when they start getting paid to promote products. Im not mad at them, but chose to unfollow at that point. I also have no idea how to edit a video and make it fancy. That on top of the fact I only work on lowriders, cadillacs, lincolns and 60s impalas, my audience is extremely limited. Some guys that have 100’s of thousands of subscribers, they are earning six figure income by making videos. I usually buy beer for the shop fridge with the money google adsense pays me.
 
There is a lot of great stuff on youtube in between all the BS.

The gunman, paint society are good for painting tips

Metal shaping there is a ton of great information. "Make it Kustom" is the latest metal guy I enjoy watching.


Very talented young guy.

Fitzee is awesome also! I always enjoy someone with a good attitude! And his type of metal work is more along the lines of my capabilities.
I love Watching Fitzee! and I just stumbled across the gunman...
 
Hmmm, I know a "guy" that's a great teacher, has forgotten more about painting than most know, loves to help people, and is a paint fanatic. He'd be the perfect guy to star in a video series on car painting. He knows a thing or two about the paint products themselves. He's a frequent poster on this site too. Everybody .... Barry, Barry, Barry,....
Yep! Can you imagine how good a series on JUST FIXING MISTAKES would be? Go to a shop with a recurring "xyz" problem, diagnose and fix. Cover all of the things that screw up a job so we know how to FIX it. And by that, prevent it.
 
YouTube offers a form of personal coaching that very few of us have access to. It's actually good to watch other people do their work and how they do it, it's just another form of learning. As far as baseball goes, professional players all have coaches that instruct them on a daily, personal basis. They go to spring training every year. They take batting practice everyday, they talk to each other about how to hit especially when they hit a slump. That's something that very few of us in any trade have access to. The instant that you think you have nothing else to learn, you're already behind.
 
I have a youtube channel with almost 5000 subscribers. I use it to pass on my limited knowledge of restoration to folks who cant afford to pay someone 10 thousand dollars or more for a paint job on their car. I don’t only focus on paint , but wheels, and hydraulics. My channel is very much amateur hour, but somethings in the process I have been doing for 20yrs, never professionally. I reference youtube for a lot of things. I think youtube has put some people out of business. One example would be, wiring up my make shift paint booth for lights and exhaust. I got quotes of over $2000 to wire it up. I did some research and did it myself. I think youtube is geared more towards DIY’ers. You don’t really see professional baseball players watching videos on how to swing a bat…much like you wouldn’t see someone who works at a dealership spraying 6 cars a day, watching videos on some guy painting in his garage at home. Use it for what its worth. I follow a few people, but I get turned off when they start getting paid to promote products. Im not mad at them, but chose to unfollow at that point. I also have no idea how to edit a video and make it fancy. That on top of the fact I only work on lowriders, cadillacs, lincolns and 60s impalas, my audience is extremely limited. Some guys that have 100’s of thousands of subscribers, they are earning six figure income by making videos. I usually buy beer for the shop fridge with the money google adsense pays me.
I agree. What is your channel?
 
Seeing Dean mentioned metalwork I will mention Peter Tommasini. Very very skilled metalshaper who loves to teach his craft. One of the best shapers out there. Can make any panel with hand tools. Great guy and shares his knowledge. I was so impressed with Peter I bought one of his cast iron wheeling machines (English wheel to us Yanks).




MetalshapersHub Peters shaping forum https://ce8df029be3e-004671.vbulletin.net/
Peter's site http://www.handbuilt.net.au/
Thanks for the tips. I have wheel for making airplane parts, and a planishing hammer. I used both to straighten a neighbor's trailer fender before I knew that was a thing. We don't use filler on homebuilt airplanes, (weight), and my aluminum planes were polished. Painting fabric airplanes don't have the gloss and finish expectations that cars do, so I find myself dreading picking up a gun, although I'm enjoying the metalwork.
 
Being self taught and not really having the opportunity to be an apprentice somewhere can be a bitch... Learning from mistakes is basically how you have to do it and frankly it gets expensive at times. I wish I had stuck with this stuff when I was working in bodyshops when I was a teenager and followed the old guys and learned from someone hands on. Youtube has allowed a lot of people to do that.

Its also allowed the garbage of society to rise up.....
 
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