Eastwood rattles my nerves a bit

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Order 1: Sold me something they didn't ship for 2 months. Heard they had a fire, so that's okay.

Order 3: When I clicked on an image after search for a 1.4 mm tip, and then click order now, I don't expect the 1.2 mm to have been selected by default. Granted my eyes are poor, but I also build systems. There's no reason in the world to have the wrong item selected by default, and if that doesn't conform to their layout, then none should be checked by default. They charged me to ship it back.

Order 4: They charged my CC without providing the $25 discount. A discount, that was even reflected by the order total at check out. I had to ask for it, then they gave it to me.

[Jrainman]

Never ordered anything from them , every time I have gone to there website there prices always seem a bit to high on the supplies I am looking to purchase , Sorry to hear that ,I order everything for my build and hate when my packages do not arrive on time or get the wrong order, it screws up my progress on my build.

I just ordered a packing nut kit and fluid tip seals for my primer gun from the manufacture got them in 3 days.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Lucky I'm just in prep phase. I checked pricing Vs Amazon/Ebay for what I've ordered, and it pencils out. That said, I bought their blackening spray kit for $50. I think it's a fairly new product. Probably too much, we'll see. Just using it on small stuff, clips and such. Apparently stands up to fluids.

[Jrainman]

for stuff like that I use Cold blue its a cheep alternative for bluing gun barrels . holds up well loves oils ,its really just rusting the steel in the color black

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by Jrainman

for stuff like that I use Cold blue its a cheep alternative for bluing gun barrels . holds up well loves oils ,its really just rusting the steel in the color black

I bought the Casewell cold oxide kit for small parts you don't see (e.g., u-nuts for bezels/marker lights). Plan to test it out next week. Be nice to actually finish something.

The Eastwood stuff I got is really just paint. Just appears as black oxide. Supposed to be quite durable. Going to use it on things like wire harness, brake clips, small brackets - under carriage. Maybe on some bolt harware.

[Jrainman]

Let me know hot that works out ,I would give it a try on some other projects I have .

[cdowns]

eastwood manufactures not a da**thing they only make catalogues if you spend the time lookin everything that they drop sale can b found cheaper

[special-K]

Haven't used them in decades. They helped get me into restoration supplies, but that led me to finding the good stuff elsewhere or the same stuff cheaper. That's what they are good for. They broadcast to the general market to introduce the novice to restoration. Just like LMC introduces parts availablility

[michael bustamante]

Originally Posted by special-K

Haven't used them in decades. They helped get me into restoration supplies, but that led me to finding the good stuff elsewhere or the same stuff cheaper. That's what they are good for. They broadcast to the general market to introduce the novice to restoration. Just like LMC introduces parts availablility

yup... eastwood was my intro to classic car maintenence. taught me what to look for in products and supplies

[chip46wis]

As stated above Eastwood is way overpriced and similiar products of all types can be bought cheaper elsewhere.

[Rocket3]

Can you name some of these alternative places?

[EARNHARDT#3]

Your local body shop supply house will have it all or can order it.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by Jrainman

Let me know hot that works out ,I would give it a try on some other projects I have .

I will.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by special-K

Haven't used them in decades. They helped get me into restoration supplies, but that led me to finding the good stuff elsewhere or the same stuff cheaper. That's what they are good for. They broadcast to the general market to introduce the novice to restoration. Just like LMC introduces parts availablility

I was going to say, sounds like LMC. Seriously though, I did get a decent buy on materials. Can't speak for the HVLP gun I got though. Seems to suit my compressor situation. I'm just paint odd balls with it, not body parts.

[cdowns]

Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402

I bought the Casewell cold oxide kit for small parts you don't see (e.g., u-nuts for bezels/marker lights). Plan to test it out next week. Be nice to actually finish something.

The Eastwood stuff I got is really just paint. Just appears as black oxide. Supposed to be quite durable. Going to use it on things like wire harness, brake clips, small brackets - under carriage. Maybe on some bolt harware.

of course ifin you googled caswell plating you'd get thousands of places it is available may even find a neighbor that sells it for less than eastwood but you need to pay to have the cataloges printed every other week

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by cdowns

of course ifin you googled caswell plating you'd get thousands of places it is available may even find a neighbor that sells it for less than eastwood but you need to pay to have the cataloges printed every other week

Agreed. That spray "black oxide" was cheapest at Eastwood. Keep in mind, Eastwood provides free shipping. You just have to locate the code. Like I said, I compared their prices with Amazon/Ebay. The total was actually cheapest at Eastwood, after I requested they honor their coupon.

[Dave K.]

I agree you can find a lot of things elsewhere but you also pay for convienience which is a service. I've used Eastwood a lot but if you have time to search, yep, a lot of the stuff is available elsewhere..