(knocking)
(whistling)
- Hello.
Hi, (chuckling) what's this?
Alright.
It looks like a package and it's addressed to me.
And it's not even my birthday.
Cool.
Love a good surprise.
I wonder what it is.
Socks, maybe jocks.
Nah.
It's a Rolex.
It's a box full of Rolexes.
Yep.
Yep, it is.
Wouldn't that be nice,
a box full of Rolexes?
Unfortunately it's not.
I actually know what's inside here,
so let's cut it open and I'll show you what's inside.
OK.
The suspense is killing me.
Here we are.
Alright.
T-shirt, that's nice.
Some instructions.
And what we have inside,
we've got some woodfix,
and also some patch it.
Cool.
Now these two products were sent to me
from a company called Monsta Paints.
They're a relatively new company here in Australia
and they gave these to me free of charge
to give you guys my initial thoughts
on how their brand spanking new product performs.
Now, for the record, I am not getting paid
in any way, shape or form
from Monsta Paints to do this review.
It is just my initial thoughts on how this stuff performs,
whether that be good or bad.
Alrighty, on with the show.
The woodfix and the patch it work in conjunction
with one another.
Initially you apply the woodfix,
which acts as a timber preservative,
and the process kills all that fungi and bacteria
which creates that wet and dry rot.
Once that's dried, you then fill the void
with the patch it.
To test the product out, I've got an old section of
handrail, which incidentally my neighbour has
just thrown out because it was starting to rot.
If only he'd have come to see me.
Oh well, but like I said,
the product is designed to repair timber rot
in things like handrails, wooden windows,
fascia boards and things of that nature.
And if you have a close look here,
I'll show you what I mean.
You can see here how that timber is all soft.
Water has gotten in and look at that.
That is as rotten
as a chop.
The first thing we need to do is just to
dig all this rotten and wet timber out
before applying the woodfix.
Use your chisel and a wire brush
and just gouge all that out
until we're back to solid timber.
(instrumental jazz music)
OK, that's looking pretty good.
Now to scrub some sandpaper
and sand back those edges.
That's looking very, very nice.
And now we just need to apply
the woodfix.
Now what I really like about this product,
and what initially twigged my interest
are its credentials.
It's Australia's only 100% environmentally safe
timber or wood preservative.
(sniffing) There's absolutely no smell
and it's 100% safe.
You will not see a hazardous logo anywhere on that label.
And the point to the product is that it acts
as a timber preservative.
A bit like a rust convertor in a car.
It kills all the fungi and the bacteria,
which creates all this wood rot.
And it puts strength back into the timber.
It's fire resistant, and once applied,
it stops insects, bores, timber beetles
and white ants from attacking the timber.
So all in all, it's a fairly impressive product.
Alright, I think that's enough.
We'll give that 24 hours, come back when it's dry
and apply the patch it.
Shane, leave it alone.
That's enough.
Just walk away from the timber.
I repeat, walk away from the timber.
Wait.
That's it.
OK.
It's 24 hours later.
Let's check out that handrail.
Alright, that's dry, which is good.
It's slightly darker in colour
and I can't feel any soft or loose bits,
so it's nice and stable.
And it kind of feels a little bit sandpaper-y,
which would be a great surface for applying
the patch it product to.
Alright, let's mix some of this stuff up,
and fill in that void.
Cool.
Now the patch it has the same credentials as woodfix.
It's 100% environmentally safe, which is a big plus
in my books.
You will not see a hazardous logo anywhere
on that product.
If you open it up, like that,
you'll see that it's just a powder.
A lightweight powder that you simply mix with water.
Just like any product that you're mixing together,
you do it as per the instructions
on the container.
So I'll just drop in some water
and then
mix in this powder
until we get a nice consistency.
It doesn't want to be sloppy,
and it doesn't want to be too firm.
Kind of like mortar, a stiff mortar mix.
So let's mix it all up.
I can feel that it's very, very light.
I've probably mixed that way more
than what I actually need.
(humming)
OK.
Pit mixing and when we get a nice consistency,
a workable consistency,
we'll fill that void in
on that old handrail.
Now that's getting more like it.
It's like a stiff mortar mix,
but still nice and light.
And that
should do the job beautifully.
It still stays on the trail, on the spatula.
That's perfect except for that bit. (chuckling)
Alright,
let's do it.
Alright, so just
squeeze the product
into the damaged area.
It's coming in quite nicely.
If it's too sloppy
it will just fall over the edge,
so you want it nice and firm, or firm enough
that it's gonna stay where you put it.
Just like that.
Work it in on the edges
and when it's dry, you can saw it, chop it,
sand it.
Whatever you like.
Now this stuff,
like I said before, there's nothing toxic,
which is good, that's a big tick.
It's not flammable.
And that's looking pretty good.
So, what we'll do
is once I get it in the shape that I want,
we'll wait it for four to five hours
so it dries completely.
And then we'll come back and sand it.
I think if I was doing it again,
I'd probly add a touch more water to it
'cause it's going off pretty quick now.
(instrumental jazz music)
Alright.
That's looking pretty good.
I'm gonna let this dry,
come back and we'll sand it down
and see how it looks.
And what about all that extra stuff?
Maybe I can use it to fix up my boots.
Seriously, what a disgrace.
Get a new pair of boots, mate.
Come on.
No, they're my favourites.
Now for a water-based product,
I was really surprised at how fast
this stuff went off.
It still needs four to five hours to cure properly,
but it's 20 minutes later, and that is firm to touch.
It's quite amazing.
I wasn't expecting that.
Actually, I wasn't quite sure what to expect,
but it possibly wasn't that.
Alright, let's come back in four to five hours
and we'll give that a hit with a sander
and tidy it right up.
Cool.
OK, it's the moment of truth.
Let's get this stuff a test. (banging)
OK, first impressions.
(banging)
It's incredibly hard,
which is a good thing for a wood filler.
I think what we'll do next is grab our sander
and see how it sands back.
I have an 80 grit paper on my sander,
which is a reasonably coarse grit
for this sort of work.
I'll just see how that comes up.
We may need to bring it back to a 180,
we'll just wait and see.
(instrumental jazz music)
So far, that's looking pretty good.
I'll keep going.
Alright.
That's looking absolutely fantastic.
I might just finish it off
with a finer grit sandpaper,
just doing it by hand.
That looks absolutely perfect.
So what do you reckon?
I think it is absolutely fantastic.
It feels beautiful and it sands back
very easily.
To tell you the truth, I was a bit worried
after it dried initially because I thought it was
going to give off a grainy finish.
But that's all been sanded back, so that's great.
And another thing I noticed was that when you use
a chemical filler, it tends to slump
after the first coat, which means you've got to
come back later to do a second coat.
This stuff didn't slump, therefore didn't require
a second coat, and that's a big tick from me.
Alright, to finish this off,
cover that with a primer, then finish it off
with a couple of coats of top coat.
That's a big thumbs up from me.
So that's it folks.
I hope you enjoyed and found useful
my review on how to repair wood rot
using Monsta Paint's woodfix and patch it products.
Alright.
You know what?
There's not much point in having
an environmental product if it doesn't do the trick.
This stuff kills two birds
with one stone.
So well done, fellas.
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OK,
I think I need a cup of tea.
So until next time, I'm out of here.
Cheers.