Category : Cars & DIY
Why use Garage Flooring? What is The Purpose?
Why use Garage Flooring? What is The Purpose?
So my wife comes home with this ‘thing’ to hang on the wall. Knowing my wife she got it at a great deal. Being a man, my first reaction is not how much did it cost, but what does it do? It’s a very natural reaction. When I am talking to friends or other business owners, I get that same question about garage flooring a lot. “Wow that looks nice, but why?”
The…
Read More...The Best Inexpensive Options for Garage Flooring
The Best Inexpensive (not cheap) Options for Garage Flooring
For under .90/ Sq. Ft. you can coat your floor with a quality urethane garage floor coating that will not flake, peel or lift from hot tires. It requires no acid etching or grinding. Will not yellow. This product is without a doubt the single best value in the industry.
For $1.50 – $1.90 /Sq. Ft. you can go with the inexpensive G-Floor Ribbed garage floor mat or perhaps the best value…
How to make Old Rusty Pipes Look New
How to make Old Rusty Pipes Look New
Perhaps you are finishing a room with exposed pipes or maybe you just want to keep the exterior of rusted pipes from getting worse. The same Rust Bullet product we use on concrete can easily be applied over rusted pipes to improve the appearance and prevent the pipes from getting worse.
Rust Bullet can be applied over interior or exterior pipes and have been used on both residential and commercial applications.
The process is…
Read More...Go Responsive, or Go Home
Here at GFLLC, it seems that we’re always playing catch-up on the tech side of things. While I suspect this is just the norm for anyone who has to maintain/develop web sites (especially e-commerce sites), it just never ceases to amaze nonetheless.
The latest mind-bending force upon anyone with a Web site now is to incorporate a “mobile-first” strategy. Google seems to be ready to ostracize any site that is not there (or close) yet…which, I hate to…
Read More...Drymate Maintenance Mat
I am hardly a home mechanic. The truth is I don’t even change my own oil. It never seems to fail that when I do sit down to tinker with something I end up making a mess on the garage floor. Drymate just added the Drymate Maintenance Mat to its offering. Its made very similar to their other mats, but it is sized (54×72) to be portable.
If you are looking for an inexpensive way to keep oil and gas…
Read More...Should I Use Garage Floor Paint
Should I Use Garage Floor Paint
Paraphrasing a question I get a lot:
Justin, I have a garage floor and I want to coat it with something. Garage floor epoxy systems appear to be really expensive and we are on a tight budget. Should I just use a garage floor paint and perhaps even upgrade later?
You can walk into almost any hardware store, home center or paint store and buy some inexpensive garage floor paint. At one point in my career,…
Read More...Stolen Cars
Cars are stolen all the time around the world, not all are found. Police have failed to recover 12% of the vehicles that have been stolen between 2012 and 2014. The number one vehicle that has been stolen and not recovered is the Ford F- series truck. There has been 1290 stolen and 206 where never found. Now I know Ford is a popular vehicle and it makes sense to me. Fords are everywhere making it easy to blend…
Read More...Lost Collection found
A lost and forgotten collection of cars was found and revealed in France. Many of Baillon’s car collection were sold back in the 70’s, everyone assumed that the entire collection was sold. Now that this has been found it will now be up for sale in February. There is a one-of-three Frua-bodied Maserati A6G Gran Sports, along with many other classic vehicles. Take a look at pictures and read more about this just click here!
Read More...Is Your Car Ready for the Cold Snowy Weather
Is Your Car Ready for the Cold Snowy Weather?
Here is a list of ways to prep your car for the cold snowy season.
Our resident car enthusiast gives you some of her insights into what she does to keep her car running well in the winter.
Check your battery. Cold weather is tough on batteries. It takes a lot more to start your car in colder weather. Just make sure your battery is good to go.
Check your tires. Your tires are…
Morgan Roadster being built
Watch as a Morgan roadster is being built by scratch. They are not lying when they say they are built by hand. I thought this was interesting to watch.
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