“I’ll draw a straight line” RIGHT! I could never hope to do anything as well as Tommy. He is amazing. And this job was done almost entirely by hand! Truly a master.
I don't have a house nor projects to be done but all of a sudden I need a small hand plane, Gorilla Glue, and that pencil trick and my life will be complete. Thanks Tommy! Love watching these videos, I learn so much. 😀🎉😀
I agree. It's kind of funny in shows up in a 3/4 ton GMC pulling a trailer full of very expensive Festool Power equipment, and the only thing he gets out is a handsaw a chisel and a hammer
The screw selection was critical, and they didn't mention a thing about it. Long enough to go through the floor into the subfloor, but not through the subfloor. Also, threads stopped halfway up, allowing the screw to pull the flooring to the subfloor.
First I want to say he's an amazing Craftsman that I haven't even begun to match. But I'm a flooring contractor. The way he fixed the splinter was perfect and spot on. The Dutchman however in that application. I think would be better served by using a hard drying stainable wood filler. First I would clean out the area a little bit so the filler is not too thin, and you have something to get roots with. Then lightly sand it smooth, stain to match, and use an artist's paintbrush to draw in grain lines to match the board. Then cover with polyurethane finish. The artist brush and drawing in grain lines has saved me in some really tight spots. That Dutchman would never fly . Looks like a domino in the middle of the floor
Tom is a Legend!!! Thumbnail was him drilling into a hardwood floor with the title "How to Patch a Chipped Wood Floor" Just had to see how he was to pull that off.. Love it!!
Talks about tight grain needing to.be matched. Shows tight grain portion that would match. Flips it over to show the loose grain doesn't match. Makes final patch with loose grain. Patch stands out. At least he is super amazingly skilled cause it still looks good.
Amazing, "gonna eyeball a straight line" then proceeds to make a perfectly straight line with just a finger and a pencil. If I tried that it would look like a sine wave
If you lock the pencil between your fingers then use another finger to creat the spacing against the board. It's a common carpenter trick and actually pretty easy once you've done it a couple of times.
The first patch job was great. The second one wasn't really needed, was a lot of effort for little reward, and only created more work, since it now needs to be stained and poly'd, And honestly that patch work was even more obvious than the last.
On the finished close-up the patch was very noticeable. Personally, I would have simply used a colored filler pencil to fill the damage spot. If that couldn't be done, then I might have tried a mixture of glue, mixed with sawdust, then a light sanding, and finally some stain and urethane
Sorry, that was a deceitful video. I could tell exactly where it was. The video did a swift change from a closeup to that walking back the n all of a sudden saying it was finished. I didn’t like the squared off piece at all.
The patch does not match at all. The wood floor stain was easy but he did a lousy job on staining. Other than that it was a good demonstration for fixing wooden floor. Thank you.
That trick only works under certain situations. I own rental property and some of the floors have no sub flooring. Quite common in my area on houses built between "39 and '47. The floors I've worked on are 2 inch wide, 5/16 thick Red Oak, non groove slats laid on joists. Vapor barrier was tar paper which of course rotted away after 70+ years. Depending on the size of the chip I've used very fine sawdust/glue and stained it... or colored epoxy. So far the repairs have held up for 20 years. Of course your miles may vary.
"If i didn't know it was there i'd have to look really hard to find it" Hope she can find her glasses though Yea.... 'bout that Lets call it for what it is, it's a fixed floor, but it doesn't deceive anyone that havn't lost their eyesight.
I would have to see it completed because with the camera upon it, I could tell it well. I would end up with a rug over that. The video changed at the very end. Very tricky move, but not to a perfectionist eye.
Ive never heard of this dutchman technique. Watched another video showing how to cut and remove the tongue and glue in another full board. Bit this technique seems like ot would be just as strong and less noticable which is awesome for amall repair jobs!
Literally before I'd even have a chance to open the stain, my wife would be handing me the divorce papers once she saw that I cut a piece out from her floor
The first patch was perfect, the second one not so much. If it was me I would have cut an angled patch to match what chipped out, it takes about the same amount of time. The key to patching and fixes like this is to be minimal. The less surface area you replace the less you have to match in color. Lastly, don't use minwax products, they are terrible consumer grade finishes. Use a professional penetrating stain and skip the "conditioner", it's just a thinned out sealer that is not necessary if you use quality pigmented/dye stains.
this video was an excellent opportunity to show both methods of repair. And most actual homeowners have some scrap flooring leftover even if it was professionally installed. I have a few boards in my garage
massive respect and admiration. 2nd part with that replaced small piece looks out of place because its an irregular size.. if replaced that width but to length, it would look better. persoanlly I would have removed just that triangle piece and find something more similar in grain. the squared edges look out of place in the big piece and in the whole room as a whole.
Watching Tom fixing houses is oddly satisfying. Like watching Bob Ross painting.
Good comparison
"Let's put a happy little 2 x 4 right about...there."
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“I’ll draw a straight line” RIGHT! I could never hope to do anything as well as Tommy. He is amazing. And this job was done almost entirely by hand! Truly a master.
I had to watch it 3 times just to make sure i saw it right
Hold my beer while I rip a board with my handsaw on the perfectly straight line I drew free hand.
lmao
What a showoff
4:38 I'll just casually draw a perfect line . What a Boss!
Used his middle finger against the wood as a guide
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Thanks Captain ...
Obviously wasnt that obvious. pretentious ....
Obviously wasnt that obvious if people are asking how he drew a straight line
Enchanter Tim and SCWfan06, you obviously failed at reading OPs post before commenting. Way to miss the context entirely.
Tom Silva is such a class act.
Growing up watching Saturday morning cartoons. After they were over I’ll watch this show. Tom is the only one that ever left an impression
Really? He seems like a bit of a hack to me.
@@randomuser778finally someone understands. Yes he's a TV hack.
Tom rips, cuts, trues, by hand. freaking magician.
What a workmanship display. Time after time Tommy shows us how it's done. Wish the workers who come and do things were more like him!!!
Was awesome to see Tommy doing much of this work with simple hand tools
I don't have a house nor projects to be done but all of a sudden I need a small hand plane, Gorilla Glue, and that pencil trick and my life will be complete. Thanks Tommy! Love watching these videos, I learn so much. 😀🎉😀
It's good to see people on tv use hand tools, it's a good influence for the audience.
Oscar Yuan he barely used them?
Its to keep down dust. Power tools would make a nice dusty mess on everything
I agree. It's kind of funny in shows up in a 3/4 ton GMC pulling a trailer full of very expensive Festool Power equipment, and the only thing he gets out is a handsaw a chisel and a hammer
@@JimDean002I hope the Festool guy does a better job than Mr. Fix It there
John Wayne was always my hero next to my dad but now its Tom Silva. He is amazing to watch and I have learned so much from him.
i think i will trust Tom to even do my knee replacement.
I hope he can match the grain
YES I'M LOOKING AT TWO MYSELF I WAS THINKING OF GIVING TOMMY A CALL LOL.
Tommy is the boss.
He'll chisel the old knee and glue a new one
Tom Silva a true craftsman. You dont find many like him anymore!
The screw selection was critical, and they didn't mention a thing about it.
Long enough to go through the floor into the subfloor, but not through the subfloor. Also, threads stopped halfway up, allowing the screw to pull the flooring to the subfloor.
Probably would've used a trim screw myself.
good thing you were here.
people use drywall screws everywhere.
who cares
Anthony Marzella 99.9% of the people who watch these videos aren’t even doing it at home their just watching for entertainment
His skill with the pencil is incredible!
Tommy never ceases to amaze me.
0:21 he was so happy they had the chip
Tommy is the man. So much experience, makes it look easy.
First I want to say he's an amazing Craftsman that I haven't even begun to match. But I'm a flooring contractor.
The way he fixed the splinter was perfect and spot on.
The Dutchman however in that application. I think would be better served by using a hard drying stainable wood filler.
First I would clean out the area a little bit so the filler is not too thin, and you have something to get roots with. Then lightly sand it smooth, stain to match, and use an artist's paintbrush to draw in grain lines to match the board. Then cover with polyurethane finish. The artist brush and drawing in grain lines has saved me in some really tight spots. That Dutchman would never fly . Looks like a domino in the middle of the floor
Drawling in grain lines with a sharpie or paint brush is only something that a real floor pro knows about or does, much respect bro
Agreed. The butt joint of the dutchman doesnt work visually.
I'm impressed with the way you ripped the wood with a hand saw.
With a hand saw! I bow to thy superiority, my master.
Rolf Bjorn burn marks on the wood. He obviously used a circular saw before camera was rolling
She sounded increasingly happy when she saw how well it was coming out.
Tom is a Legend!!! Thumbnail was him drilling into a hardwood floor with the title "How to Patch a Chipped Wood Floor" Just had to see how he was to pull that off.. Love it!!
Some others discussed that here: ruclips.net/video/DPGxCageub8/видео.html&lc=UgysxtPVg3Nclq-P4vh4AaABAg
this series of shows are some of my favorite and the best television ever produced.. . In my opinion..
What a craftsman and really nice man.. give's me faith in America.
Tommy "eyeballs" and draws a straight line freehand better than I can with a straight-edged ruler.
4:42 sneaks a peak ... shortly after 5:22 "That might be the BEST thing i see all day". We know Manny, we know.
Talks about tight grain needing to.be matched.
Shows tight grain portion that would match.
Flips it over to show the loose grain doesn't match.
Makes final patch with loose grain.
Patch stands out.
At least he is super amazingly skilled cause it still looks good.
i laught so hard when i saw that patch with loose grain after all that speech about grain match LOL
I noticed that too. he made a point of choosing the right end and then he installed the wrong end.
then he adds 'wipe marks' to add grain-look. wtf?
Always a joy to watch a Master at work, they make it look so easy.
Amazing, "gonna eyeball a straight line" then proceeds to make a perfectly straight line with just a finger and a pencil. If I tried that it would look like a sine wave
If you lock the pencil between your fingers then use another finger to creat the spacing against the board. It's a common carpenter trick and actually pretty easy once you've done it a couple of times.
If you can draw a sine wave freehand that's pretty dope too, tbh
Stop giving away our secrets bro! :D
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A sin wave would be just as impressive tbg
At 5:36, how did he draw a perfectly straight line!? He is the straight edge. #KingTom
His hand saw work is really awesome!
Incredible, talent at its finest.
She was digging Tommy's action.
Tom Silva has been 60 years old for forty years
Wisdom is an amazing tool. Love watching this guy.
Tommy...Saving the world, one Dutchman at a time!
Tom, you are one gifted individual.
watching him draw that straight line on that board with no edge was awesome
In this scenario, and obviously depending on what floor boards are being used, would it be much easier just taking the whole board out and replacing?
Tommy is a master carpenter!
4:42 what you looking at 😏😂
Juan lol!
Also why does she need safety glasses?
@@j-bdekker4871 for safety.
Haha busted. She's loving it
Although she was happier with his resawing efforts.
The first patch job was great. The second one wasn't really needed, was a lot of effort for little reward, and only created more work, since it now needs to be stained and poly'd, And honestly that patch work was even more obvious than the last.
TOM YOU THE MAN!!!
Incredible workmanship. Excellent job as always Tom
Tommy's THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice job! Today, I watched the "Dutch door" and "Dutchman floor repair" videos--way to go, Netherlands.
If you had leftover boards at that home, wouldn't it be easier to remove an entire board where the chip is and just stain the new board to match?
Wow! Craftsmanship at its best.
This guy got madddd skillz. There is no way I would be able to do that without screwing up about 10 times first.
On the finished close-up the patch was very noticeable. Personally, I would have simply used a colored filler pencil to fill the damage spot. If that couldn't be done, then I might have tried a mixture of glue, mixed with sawdust, then a light sanding, and finally some stain and urethane
It still needs the urethane finish, they didn't show it completely finished.
I think the lady was very impressed with our boy Tommy!
Just.... WOW!
Master tradesman(and woman) are worth their weight in gold!
wondering where I can hire such professionalism as this...@OLD House
Sorry, that was a deceitful video. I could tell exactly where it was. The video did a swift change from a closeup to that walking back the n all of a sudden saying it was finished. I didn’t like the squared off piece at all.
Oh, Tom, with these hands tools you are spoiling us.
Loll Tom was so stoked.. he’s like “really?”
Amazing! I know I can't match Tom's skills, but I will try his techniques. I wonder if this will work with factory finished hardwood slats?
Tom loves to show off his perfect ✏️ pencil skills even at his age.
Tommy is an artist!
This Tommy is a true magician!
*Tom demonstrates how to use glue.*
Homeowner: "That's incredible."
I love seeing these little snippets.
Such steady hands.
The patch does not match at all. The wood floor stain was easy but he did a lousy job on staining. Other than that it was a good demonstration for fixing wooden floor. Thank you.
Learned a few things...thanks for sharing!
That trick only works under certain situations. I own rental property and some of the floors have no sub flooring. Quite common in my area on houses built between "39 and '47. The floors I've worked on are 2 inch wide, 5/16 thick Red Oak, non groove slats laid on joists. Vapor barrier was tar paper which of course rotted away after 70+ years. Depending on the size of the chip I've used very fine sawdust/glue and stained it... or colored epoxy. So far the repairs have held up for 20 years. Of course your miles may vary.
"If i didn't know it was there i'd have to look really hard to find it" Hope she can find her glasses though
Yea.... 'bout that
Lets call it for what it is, it's a fixed floor, but it doesn't deceive anyone that havn't lost their eyesight.
It will blend in better after it's fully finished.
I would have to see it completed because with the camera upon it, I could tell it well. I would end up with a rug over that. The video changed at the very end. Very tricky move, but not to a perfectionist eye.
It's an eyesore because it's matt and hasn't had a polyurethane yet. It'll still be noticeable after the finish but not as bad as before.
This man is an artist
Great video! Would you know how to repair a small chip in Luxury Vinyl Plank? I really would like some suggestions.
Tom is a damn woodworking magician...incredible talent and skill.
The hardest thing is to find the right stain color...even here we can see that the initial floor had more red color and the replacement is more brown.
Tommy is an American hero
I know that it’s for demonstration, but I wouldn’t have even bothered with the patch. Stands out more than before
Mute Stingray that’s because we didn’t the the poly she needs to add AFTER the fact, that makes it blind right in.
Great show, love to watch Tommy do his magic!
I would buy a rug instead of the tools.
Or just some black putty and make it look like a natural knot
I’ve been using a sharpie. I have a gold and a black color that I can use to match different sections of the wood.
@@theblogofsingh wood filler and stain it
Nice video on using hand tools. Old-school.
Tom is a master!
...add magician to his list of skills.
Customer : “Looks great Tom” !
Tom: : “Yeah, yeah, yeah, that will be $875, go get your checkbook honey.”
Ive never heard of this dutchman technique. Watched another video showing how to cut and remove the tongue and glue in another full board. Bit this technique seems like ot would be just as strong and less noticable which is awesome for amall repair jobs!
Is this a pine floor made to look like a hard wood floor?
Legend has it that Tom learned his skills by building pyramids back in the day. Still uses most of the same tools, too.
That eyeballed straight line - what a pro! God Bless
Perfect 1 inch free hand line crazy.
Toms just showing off now!!!
La verdad nadie como tom silva es un fregonazo para todos los trabajos
I bet it fits tight tommy.!! That glu will expand 🤣
Good video. Wood putty and stain would be less noticeable and way less work
Literally before I'd even have a chance to open the stain, my wife would be handing me the divorce papers once she saw that I cut a piece out from her floor
this guy is amazing
Tommy was born with "scribe fingers", badass!
The first patch was perfect, the second one not so much. If it was me I would have cut an angled patch to match what chipped out, it takes about the same amount of time. The key to patching and fixes like this is to be minimal. The less surface area you replace the less you have to match in color. Lastly, don't use minwax products, they are terrible consumer grade finishes. Use a professional penetrating stain and skip the "conditioner", it's just a thinned out sealer that is not necessary if you use quality pigmented/dye stains.
briancnc agreed, I would have removed the entire piece of flooring and installed a new one, faster than the Dutchman.
briancnc that is, if there was a close enough piece
mattsturzinger that’s my method. Only reason I could figure he didn’t do that was he didn’t have a piece big enough or all scrap pieces had damage
You should make a video, and show us, I mean if it were me.
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She wears safety glasses, but he doesn't....and he's the one doing the actual work. Makes perfect sense.
Luckily you have the chip. Luckily you have a left over piece or the original hardwood... ask this old perfect repair situation house.
I keep the chips and have leftover flooring...
this video was an excellent opportunity to show both methods of repair. And most actual homeowners have some scrap flooring leftover even if it was professionally installed. I have a few boards in my garage
I have leftover tiles from both bathrooms and the kitchen as well as wood flooring spares. You never know😩
5:03 Now what I want to do is to make her thinner
Home owner: Ok? I need a flying dutchman.
Thx I need this because our floor has a small chip in it and when ever my dog scratches his sides his nails will hit the chipped area making it larger
Beautiful job very neatwork👍
massive respect and admiration. 2nd part with that replaced small piece looks out of place because its an irregular size.. if replaced that width but to length, it would look better. persoanlly I would have removed just that triangle piece and find something more similar in grain. the squared edges look out of place in the big piece and in the whole room as a whole.
She was really excited. It showed on he face !
cutting wood and installing it was wonderful but after stain mmmm it was obvious that different piece color
Will be better match after a couple coats of poly.