Honestly I think you're overcomplicating it... "a real rough tear out" isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes you don't need a clean cut, you just need the wall open fast. I've seen guys use a trowel to pop through old lath and plaster in minutes, way faster than messing with a utility blade that'll dull on the first nail. And that trowel trick working clean? It's not luck, it's about how you angle the blade and use the flat edge to score first. Not every job needs surgical precision, sometimes rough and fast wins the day.

Nope, that's just how companies roll now. They think if they ignore it long enough we'll all forget - same as when stores mess up my order and just pretend it didn't happen.

@sam_murphy39 that "felt dumb for defending them" part really hit home for me. It makes you wonder though, how many of these "authentic" creators are actually just really good at pretending. Have you ever gone back and looked at other videos from that same artist to see if there were more clues you missed?

Paper notebooks get lost in a FIRE, then you're REALLY done for.

I switched to a 1.3 tip on my sealer gun after the exact same thing happened to me on a Ram 1500 door last spring. That drip set me back almost an hour of resanding and respraying. Now I run a 1.3 for sealer and a 1.4 for primer, and I haven't had a run since. You gotta watch your air pressure too, I keep mine around 22-24 psi for sealer to keep it from getting too wet. Just slows down the material enough to catch any issues before they set.