hi there I'm Kate saboteur and these are my favorite things of 2019 first up I
have milk paint pigment powders now I'm sure that the actual intended use of
these is to mix with a liquid and make a paint but me personally I use them as
weathering powders you might have seen me use them on things like the Blade
Runner blimp for Adam Savage or aging up a Star Wars model anything that I have
laying around that could use a little extra character I slap some of this on
there it's really nice you can use a brush and get a great little amount for
dusting on whatever you choose they come in a wide range of colors so anything
you need a rest color an ochre color my favorite umber colors it really helps
bring out any sort of details lines aging whatever you need they run about I
believe like maybe 20 dollars a piece I've ordered them through Amazon before
but it's through a third-party seller so wherever you find them I think that
they're pretty invaluable next up I have what I call a precision rule other
people might call them other names basically it's a small steel ruler
what's great is usually there are different increments on here so you can
break it down by just how precise you're needing to be my favorite ones are ones
like this where it's flat on both edges so say I had an object where I needed to
measure the interior wall height I can drop it right down flat and know that
I'm starting from that line there's no extra bump at the bottom that you have
to make up for and my very favorite thing about this ruler in particular is
on the back you have a decimal conversion chart so if you're like me
and you're constantly working with tons of fractional numbers and trying to
remember all right what's the decimal count for one 64th oh hey it's 0.01 five
six right there so if you need to do any calculations this helps you out
immensely I love this a lot next up I have to say this is my most used
favorite thing of this year you might be wondering what this is it
looks sort of strange flat small if you take it unscrew the top pop it out screw
this back on and you have a portable water bottle this is made of silicone
and as you can see it folds flat I carry this around with me my bag my purse
whatever that way you don't have the weight or bulkiness of a reusable water
bottle but you also don't have the guilt of constantly using and throwing away
plastic water bottles I absolutely love this it's super valuable to me and I get
a ton of use out of it it comes with its own little straw again I've been using
this all year and I can't express how much I love it and I get a lot of
interest everywhere I go when other people see it last up my favorite thing
is of course a two-part epoxy this is a five minute epoxy by Loctite now any
shop you're in you're gonna find a lot of a two-part epoxy s maybe different
set times many different brands this is the one I always go to it's my standard
sometimes when I use other brands I really can't rely on when they're gonna
kick how they're gonna perform how brittle they are this one I know it and
I trust it so if I go to a shop that doesn't have this I usually end up
buying my own and bringing them in a good rule of thumb with this it says
5-minute I leave it for 20 I mean it's sort of like paint it might be dry to
the touch after a short amount of time but in
order to get full cure just wait a little longer and it'll be nice and
strong the thing that's really great about two-part epoxy is how strong it is
while still having a little bit of give to it because something to keep in mind
is the word rigid is just another word for brittle so this has saved my butt
countless times I really love it I want to say it's maybe eight dollars so it's
a great value so these are my favorite things of 2019 I hope you found
something that's useful for you maybe some last-minute present ideas either
way let me know how you liked them this is something I've been using all year
you