I'd recommend it to anyone thinking about going back to school and trying to stay outside longer instead of sticking to the car.

Hi there, this is John Chase, the smart home editor for Wirecutter.

I find mornings, getting kids to school, is a game of minutes.

And anytime you can shave off a minute here and there, you are good.

So a couple little tips.

One, I use a bento box, one of our picks here.

I don't have to have clean multiple containers.

But, uh, I guess they made a good impression, and, uh, I'm really glad that they gave them to me.

[Instrumental music] Hi, this is John Chase, and I am the smart home editor at Wirecutter.

I have two kids, and they always give me wonderful Father's Day gifts, of course, and they're almost always handmade.

And a couple that stand out that I really love, my daughter made a leather belt that is colored like a rainbow trout.

I, I fly-fish, and so it's just this gorgeous, lovely, completely unique item.

And my son gave me one of my most treasured gifts.

It's a handmade mug, and on the side it says, "Number four best dad." Thanks, buddy.

Someone purchased your product, how, how they gonna paint it?

Yeah.

So that's a, uh, a question I get asked often is, is how do you prep these models and, and how do you paint them? I do resin printing, and as long as my process is done properly and it, it's a clean print, it's ready to paint.

You really don't have to do anything for it other than take it apart and, and, and separate it out.

The, the process of painting, I always get asked about priming.

When, when I do my personal stuff, I don't prime my models.

I just paint them.

You know? That you're not gonna see that on anybody else's layout or, "Hey, I was able to, to get a 3D print from somebody, but I painted this a certain color," or, "This is my vision of what this should look like weathered." Are you guys seeing that helps draw people to purchase things, that they wanna try to get that one one-for-one item, or they're looking to try to be a little different within their, their layout? And I'll, I'll start with John on that one.