Woody
Woody MegaDork
3/24/16 5:44 p.m.

I've been using the sink in my garage almost daily for 15 years and the drywall behind it has been taking a beating. I decided that I needed to do something about it.

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I sanded away the loose paint and added a nice aluminum backsplash. It's the perfect size.

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Total investment for the project was $2.33 for screws, anchors and stainless fender washers, plus the cost of the aluminum. The job took about nine minutes.

It was doggie's first time helping out in the garage.

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Slippery
Slippery Dork
3/24/16 6:10 p.m.

That dog is awesome!

jimbbski
jimbbski Dork
3/24/16 6:18 p.m.

I bought some 16 gauge stainless steel for a project that I ended up not doing. I used the SS as a back splash for the double laundry tubs in the basement. Yours is coated with some paint that looks like a sign. Where did you find such a thing?

Woody
Woody MegaDork
3/24/16 6:20 p.m.
jimbbski wrote: Yours is coated with some paint that looks like a sign. Where did you find such a thing?

In my attic.

Feedyurhed
Feedyurhed SuperDork
3/24/16 6:45 p.m.

That's cool and a perfect fit! Looks like it was made for it. Good thinking.

paranoid_android74
paranoid_android74 Dork
3/24/16 6:45 p.m.

Perfect. And it reminds you how you should wash your hands to keep the germs at bay

Woody
Woody MegaDork
3/24/16 7:10 p.m.

I really wanted one of these, but I'm not sure if any of them have been retired yet.

mazdeuce
mazdeuce PowerDork
3/24/16 7:30 p.m.

I'm sure some have been "retired" though.

Woody
Woody MegaDork
3/24/16 7:33 p.m.

All the ones in Vermont and Massachusetts are really big and up high.

mazdeuce
mazdeuce PowerDork
3/24/16 7:37 p.m.

Ladder truck.

RealMiniParker
RealMiniParker UberDork
3/24/16 8:33 p.m.
Woody wrote:
jimbbski wrote: Yours is coated with some paint that looks like a sign. Where did you find such a thing?
Down at the bottom of the hill, just before a curve, near my house. Perfect 3rd gear sweeper.

FTFY

Brian
Brian MegaDork
3/24/16 10:01 p.m.

Ha, creative.

jimbbski
jimbbski Dork
3/25/16 9:25 a.m.

Yours says "SLOW", I have a sign that says "STOP". It wouldn't work to well as a back sp1ash and I'd keep stopping from washing my hands as the sign would say.

sachilles
sachilles UltraDork
3/25/16 9:37 a.m.
Woody wrote: All the ones in Vermont are really big and up high.

Northern Vermont my friend....

Basil Exposition
Basil Exposition Dork
3/25/16 10:24 a.m.

Have a similar looking sink, though the wallboard isn't as bad. Yet. Saving up for one of these:

pinchvalve
pinchvalve MegaDork
3/25/16 10:31 a.m.

Too bad you didn't have one of these:

fasted58
fasted58 UltimaDork
3/25/16 11:00 a.m.

more than a few times and usually after drinking I been told hey, let's get some highway signs 'for the race car'.

that is some damn good alunimun

MattGent
MattGent Reader
3/25/16 3:58 p.m.

I put up a mirror there. Helps to find the grease on the backs of the elbows, and for giving yourself a haircut.

iceracer
iceracer PowerDork
3/25/16 5:15 p.m.

I have a sign in my garage that says, "end of road". Not sure where it came from. I think my teen age step son may have had something to do with it. Too big for a backsplash.

captdownshift
captdownshift PowerDork
2/8/17 8:42 a.m.

you need to send a picture of your pup in the garage to Richard Hammond. It'll get him right in the feels, but in the right way, he'll appreciate it.

Woody
Woody MegaDork
2/8/17 8:49 a.m.

In reply to captdownshift:

She has lost her garage privileges, for she is a jumper. She's also about three times the size now.

chandlerGTi
chandlerGTi UberDork
2/8/17 6:00 p.m.
mazdeuce wrote: Ladder truck.

He even knows a guy who doesn't talk much and is a fire fighter!

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