Are you tracking hidden costs from the auto guys like crash repairs?

Man I USED to swear by those discount parts but after a similar situation I completely changed my mind. I grabbed a cheap set for a Miconic 10 and had to tear it all apart twice because the lining was coming off. Saved $30 but lost a whole Saturday fixing it and that's just not worth it.

Exactly. That Renegade thing was WEIRD to watch. Viral stuff gets reborn for whatever people need it to say.

Honestly I think it depends what you're building. For a birdhouse that's just gonna sit in a tree for a couple years, wood filler is totally fine and way easier to work with. Epoxy is overkill for something that costs $12 in materials. But if you're making a planter box or a bench that lives outside in the rain and snow, that's where epoxy actually earns its keep because it won't crack or wash out. Wood filler gets brittle and crumbles after a few freeze-thaw cycles. So yeah, "all about epoxy" is a little dramatic unless you're building stuff that needs to handle real weather.

Any idea who sent the legal notice? Would be interesting to know if it was the celeb themselves or someone else trying to bury that history. Seems like once those legal letters go out, the content just vanishes forever without a trace.