Vent: My husband insisted on using a $15 paint sprayer from a garage sale for our kitchen cabinets.

I was convinced it would splatter paint everywhere, but after watching three YouTube tutorials and thinning the paint with a cup of water, it gave a smoother finish than my expensive brushes ever did, so has anyone else had a cheap tool completely surprise them?

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jadel6516d ago

My neighbor gave me a rusty old hand plane he found in his shed, said it was junk. I spent an afternoon cleaning it up and sharpening the blade on sandpaper. That thing now shaves paper-thin curls off pine like it's nothing, better than my brand new one from the hardware store. Sometimes the old stuff just has a good soul to it once you put in a little work. It makes me wonder how many perfectly good tools get tossed out.

skyler_anderson654m ago

Can't believe @jadel65's neighbor called that a piece of junk.

blair_lane16d ago

My dad's old corded drill from the 80s still outlasts my fancy battery ones. It just won't quit. That story from jadel65 about the hand plane is dead on. A lot of that old gear was built to last if you just clean it up.