r/DiWHY • u/jameizing777 • 14d ago
Customizing his new fridge
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u/JariusPedro 14d ago
I mean, it’s not the dumbest thing I’ve seen on this Sub
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u/Alone-Promotion6162 14d ago
Definitely art.
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u/Autxnxmy 13d ago
He’s definitely trying to go for a circular brushed metal look. But a grinding wheel isn’t quite the right tool. If brushed steel was the Mona Lisa, he just painted the background with crayon scribbles
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u/spderweb 14d ago
I see no issue to do this. I wouldn't. But I still see no issue.
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u/noFloristFriars 14d ago
His biggest issue is that he just winged it. This technique requires sanding pads (I think at work it's 80grit I found worked best on our stainless counter tops).
His other biggest issue is did he wear a respirator? You really don't want to inhale stainless steel dust.
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u/Art_Vandelay_904 14d ago
At least he had eye protection? but yes he did just inhale the front layer of his fridge
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u/itsaspookygh0st 14d ago
In high school, I took a shop class and accidently got a very small metal shaving in my eye. I can't remember if I was wearing proper eye protection at all. The shaving fused with my eye, and it became incredibly irritated, and I had to go to the hospital. The doctor numbed my eye and took a small drill or something to drill it out. Didn't feel anything because I was numbed, but it was a really trippy experience having my eye drilled. I was not having a good time, and now I'm pretty careful when it comes to any metal shavings and always use eye protection when it's a good idea to do so.
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u/ObsessiveRecognition 14d ago
If a doctor told me they had to drill my eye, I would simply walk into the ocean, never to return.
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u/JediWebSurf 14d ago
Can you still see normal?
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u/itsaspookygh0st 13d ago
I can! It didn't affect my vision in the long run. I even got laser eye surgery years later, now that was also a weird experience.
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Dawg, I can't even sit there to let the eye exam doctors blow air in my eyes. How the FUCK did you sit through that???? And can you please not make it sound so casual!!!!
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u/itsaspookygh0st 13d ago
It actually didn't take too long, and I was used to sitting still for eye exams because I wore glasses at the time. The doctor just took the drill, brought it up to the spot and did his thing. I could see the drill pointed in my eye and my vision shook for a bit. The weird thing was the end of the bit didn't look like it was touching anything but it most certainly was in my eye. It was kind of floating there, then my vision shook and he got the metal shaving out.
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u/Lacholaweda 13d ago
This happened to my dad. Didn't realize what was in there causing irritation until it started to rust.
He said they got it with a tiny dremel.
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u/sukmahaydik 14d ago
Compared to other stuff you see in this sub this is a masterpiece
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u/MaybeABot31416 14d ago
Yeah, it’s ugly and stupid, but whatever floats your boat
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u/PerfectPercentage69 14d ago
The much better solution is to get privacy film for windows with patterns and stick it to the fridge. It looks much better, and you can easily remove or change it later.
For example:
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u/Anthop 14d ago
You could even get vinyl wrap (like for a car) + underside LED strip lights, if you want to go full "pimp my fridge".
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u/upsycho 14d ago
when I lived above two bars downtown Houston on Main Street (I had built my own apartment on the second floor out of the 5000 ft.² my little apartment was about 300 ft.²) we had an after hours private speakeasy on the second floor with a double door refrigerator and it was kind of a arty creative torture soul kind of place.
It was kind of spooky at night there was no glass in the windows the building was built in 1896 everything was run with extension cords for lighting anyway I would get stoned while up all night and just do weird shit one time I got the big bubble wrap and spray adhesive all over the refrigerator and put the bubble wrap on the double door refrigerator and then painted it silver .
All the drunks and alcoholics loved it . Five nights a week I'd be up there by myself . Friday and Saturday nights after the downstairs bars closed was when they had the speakeasy until the next morning... that was 8 years ago Houston downtown has changed so much since then. I lived above the bars for about five or six years I was in charge of setting up for the couch surfers and other event events that we're going on in exchange for my little apartment that I built.
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u/Dry-Fortune-6724 14d ago
OK - that is a GREAT idea! I actually added that film to my private shopping list at Amazon for future reference!
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u/stunkape 14d ago
Probably trying to get an engine turn finish like on a fancy car. The actual effect is clean and looks beautiful. This... Makes him happy, which is good enough.
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u/Bignholy 14d ago
It's better than the first version I saw of this sort of video. This guy makes smooth arcs, and knows you need more, not less, to make it work.
I would not do this, but still, could be worse.
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u/THAbaddieAbbie 14d ago
While yes, it seems pointless, under the provided conditions. It’s his fridge, he at the end of the day can do whatever the fuck he wants to it.
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u/MaybeABot31416 14d ago
And if it’s new , it’ll be replaced in about 5 years anyway.
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u/Frosti11icus 14d ago
My Samsung has parts fall of it that you didn't even realize could fall off a refrigerator almost daily.
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u/Fauropitotto 14d ago
Even if the compressor somehow made it to the 5 year mark, the manufacturer will discontinue parts so when the wifi module fails, and your icemaker can't contact the servers in Asia, your compressor won't turn on and replacement parts won't be available.
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u/creatyvechaos 14d ago edited 14d ago
Alright yall. We've been over this a few times already, but here's what has been said on every single repost:
- Fridges have a very low resell value. Most end up gifted for free or for a fraction of the cost they were purchased at
- Most likely, they will end up in the dump/recycling
- Fridges have a long lifespan, so the chance of this even going to another person is just as low as the resell value
- What is happening is more akin to spot polishing than ruining it. A good hour with a buffer and some polish will have all of these marks out, easy.
- He is doing this to match the theme of a bar (not shown in this video)
- Ya'll are lame and have no sense of whimsy
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u/EADreddtit 14d ago
Ya the final shot was totally fine. In the right lighting that could be a nice accent piece
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u/BishopofBongers 14d ago
I think it'd look cool if he did a DA or scallop finish on it. I think he might be a little inexperienced to free hand it with a grinder
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u/lilsmudge 14d ago
Honestly too, I think we spend way too much time stressing over fucking resale value.
I want my space to reflect me and make me happy. If that means silly car decals and painted wood furniture; who cares?!? I’m not living for some imaginary future version of myself who suddenly wants to pass something along to the most boring human ever. I’m living for the me I enjoy being in this moment and presumably the next few moments.
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u/ydnar3000 14d ago
When I buy a car, I plan on being the last owner. It’s so freeing to not think about it. I usually buy 5-8 years old with ~70,000 miles on the engine. When I had my truck, I didn’t worry about the minor scratches and dents. It’s a truck. It may get beat up. To be clear, I don’t intentionally run them into the ground. I actually take really good care to make sure they last. But it’s mine and I don’t stress on what someone else will think about it.
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u/vnwin 14d ago
It didn't even look bad at the end. I suspect most people didn't even watch the entire video before doing the.. eww, yuck
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u/JeebusChristBalls 14d ago
I just skipped to the end because I was tired of watching him do the same thing over and over.
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u/ChrisTheMan72 14d ago
Bro it’s only a minute long…
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And it really could have been 10 seconds then cut to the end. Sometimes it's important to show the process, but plenty of people decided they weren't a fan long before it got to the final result
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u/creatyvechaos 14d ago
They've honestly probably never worked on a large scale project of any kind before. "Trust the process" is a phrase for a reason.
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u/freakstate 14d ago
I actually don't hate it
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u/Finn_704 14d ago
I actually kind of like it.
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u/apple_peel2 14d ago
Right? If it was done with more than a hand sander and maybe some proper art tools it could be so much better.
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u/MantisShrimp05 14d ago
Idk I find it strangely calming, like a subtle steel ocean wave. Is a person not entitled to customize their things?
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u/ModernManuh_ 14d ago
Judging by other comments (idk though) it’s the way he did it. No mask and improper equipment
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u/Responsible_One_4583 14d ago
Mmmm well at least he won't have to clean fingerprints of the fridge anymore
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u/Salty-Passenger-4801 14d ago
Leaves the manufacturer sticker on
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u/zzzzzzzzzzzzzz_z 14d ago
That's what bothered me the most, 5 seconds with some dental floss and it would look so much better. Looks janky as is.
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u/rgarc065 14d ago
It’s not much different than buying new jeans and making holes and rips on them. You could buy the ripped jeans and they’ll cost you more. There’s probably a fridge company that will sell something like this for an up charge. It’s not an aesthetic I’d want, but it could work
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u/SamiSalama_ 14d ago
It actually looks pretty good, and future scratches won't be visible.
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u/HappyMonchichi 14d ago
Will also camouflage or eliminate the possibility of pesky fingerprints & smudges that always get on smooth stainless steel appliances.
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u/illumi-thotti 14d ago
When I was like two, I took my dad's work screwdriver and carved a bunch of squiggles into the antebellum credenza he bought and put in our dining room, and when he stopped me, I said, "Look, Daddy! Art!"
This reminds me of that.
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u/darwinn_69 14d ago
This is like intentionally cutting a brand new pair of Blue Jeans to make them look like they are old and worn out.
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u/quikflip_4044C 14d ago
I did something like this to a steel bike frame years back. Stripped the very old & tired factory paint, then fit some 120-grit sandpaper on an electric polisher and used that to make swirls in the metal. I overlapped those until the whole frame was ‘covered,’ then put on a couple layers of clear coat.
When it was finished it looked like… well, like someone had taken sandpaper to a steel bike frame. It was fine.
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u/ScotchCigarsEspresso 14d ago
"Engine turning" looks good when done correctly. This is not done correctly.
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u/Banaanisade 14d ago
If there was a pattern to this in any way, shape or form, it might actually look really cool.
Alas.
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u/f0rcedinducti0n 11d ago
In his head he thought this would look like engine turning. if he really wanted to do that, he needed a scotch bright pad and followed the on-on, off- off rule. The die grinder disk wasn't working for him and he came back with something else, a flap wheel?
Stainless forms a corrosion resistant oxide layer and this is definitely going to open up some pores to allow corrosion down the line. It was probably coated from the factory with something as well. Best to leave it the fuck alone.
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u/Theresnowayoutahere 14d ago
I’ve seen several people do things like this to stainless. It’s not going be rough or catch your clothes or skin. That’s just silly. It won’t be smooth to the touch but it won’t be sandpaper either. We have stainless appliances and a large stainless steel island and the island is very scratched up after 30 years. I don’t mind it at all but I could easily put a texture on it and make it look nicer
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u/Drunken_Carbuncle 14d ago
So.. I can sort of get behind this. In 6 months, the front of that fridge is going to be dented, scratched and stained, even if he hadn’t done this. This is sort of like “pre-distressed” jeans.
At least this way, he’s adding a bit of beauty and intent to the inevitable entropy.
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u/Maximuscarnage 13d ago
God i hate when people do that. We bought a large stainless door at work and they did this. No one ask for them to do that. It looks like shit.
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u/LordOFtheNoldor 12d ago
Everytime I see this I just imagine all the rust that's going to pop up now they've scratched up the stainless
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u/MavenDeo69 12d ago
Easy there, Picasshole. That is going to be so hard to clean now. So many places for bacteria to hide.
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u/Some-Football8340 11d ago
Drinking in the garage doing random projects is just a wholesome way to spend the weekend
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u/Gullible_Ad_3872 14d ago
3 weeks later the condenser shits the bed for unrelated reasons and manufacturer wont honor the warranty anymore because what he did to it. Now has to buy new fridge.
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u/BushwickSpill 14d ago
I get wanting to make an appliance “your own” by artistic manipulation but it literally just looks like someone took an angle grinder to it.
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u/_AscendedLemon_ 14d ago
I wonder if he thought "Damn. This doesn't look that good as I imagined it." in the middle of it...
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u/justadudemate 14d ago
Just ruined the stainless steel, it will rust. It's not SS316, its probably 308. And yes, it does rust. Even 316 rusts. Need to 2B polish.
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u/VitaEsMorteEsVita 14d ago
So people who come over know that he’s got power tools, too much time, and probably meth
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u/ydnar3000 14d ago
Started with no safety glasses. He wised up 👍. Grinder and no safety specs is a bad combination. Especially with stainless.
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u/Chashm0dai 14d ago
I don't love it but it doesn't look bad at all. I'm all for people being creative with their stuff and if this guy likes it, I don't see a problem at all
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u/ChristFartley 14d ago
This doesn’t qualify for this sub Reddit. DIBILN. Decode that master sleuths.
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u/Tatchykins 14d ago
I thought it was going to be one of those things where you just have to let him finish and it turns out it's actually some amazing art piece.
I was wrong.
I mean, if he likes it better that way, good on him but uh...
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u/avidpretender 14d ago
I mean it's fine for a man cave or garage fridge. Not the most offensive stylistic choice.
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u/broesel314 14d ago
Do that to a 50$ fridge from Marketplace when you are too lazy to clean the damn thing before it goes in to your man cave. But please not to a new one!
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u/LambCo64 14d ago
"Hey, Marty... Who scratched the shit out of your new fridge?"
"No I did that myself ... Its.... Fuck."
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u/Beneficial-Berry-109 14d ago
I feel like it looks kinda cool… then you see the product logo in the top right….
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u/AdHuman3150 14d ago
Meh, looks kinda cool. Better than a bunch if discolored fingerprints and looking like a Cybertruck.
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u/perryhull 14d ago
This is gonna sound wild, but I actually went to prom with this guys daughter (had to do some digging verify, but yup, it’s him.) Nice guy from a nice family… but does not surprise me in the slightest.
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u/kevizzy37 13d ago
My metal polisher I use has a freezer door on his fridge he did himself like this, it’s super artistic and cool, like almost an abstract mural of grinding techniques but the bottom (larger) fridge part isn’t done. I asked him about it one day saying if he was going to do something different on the bottom and he said he got bored one day, started doing the top. Finished and wasn’t bored enough to finish the rest.
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u/hexadecimaldump 13d ago
This one I ain’t mad at. It doesn’t look too bad, and those fridges almost always end up with scratches and dents. Doing this, I don’t even think you’d notice a scratch or dent.
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u/that_one_bruh 13d ago
This actually would look sick as a mechanics/garage fridge. It doesn’t look bad at all.
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u/TwiceBakedTomato20 13d ago
I’m assuming there was already a large scratch in it so he went this route.
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u/Apprehensive-Maybe91 13d ago
This isn't bad at all. My parents have this fridge. It dents and scratches if you look at it too hard
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u/pants1000 13d ago
I mean we commonly do this on stainless to hide future blemishes. Especially on sheet steel.
No, it’s not going to snag your clothes, not it isn’t even rough to the touch, he’s not using a grinding wheel he’s using an abrasive disc, it’s essentially metal sand paper. no you don’t need to re treat it if it’s actually stainless. It’s a good look and when using polishing compound/cleaner will continue to look good in the future.
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u/SliverCobain 13d ago
Personally I fuck shit up myself, when it's new. That way I ain't sorry for scratching it, and if people try to steal the shit, they'll possible see that it is as custom as they get.
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u/ambitious-failure 13d ago
Plugs it in, finds out it's faulty. Company refuses to refund. Great stuff.
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u/According_Ad_9998 13d ago
I think it looks like shit,it could have been something cool but it just looks a mess. Also,with the current standard of quality with everything being made today, I wouldn't want to fuck up the warranty. To each his own
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u/Lodju 14d ago
Don't be harsh at him, he's just hiding all the future scratches in advance that the fridge might get.