I’ve got just a couple minutes this morning, so here’s some random updates really quick.
First is this beat up old shop cart I’ve had for a long time.
It’s nothing great, but holds a huge sentimental value to me because I’ve had it for so long, and mainly because my sister gave it to me all those years ago. She had found it at a garage sale, repainted it, and the painted on a hand-masked Ford logo on the top. It’s a bit crude, but it was the thought behind it that I’ve always treasured, and it’s from a lifetime ago when things were much simpler-and arguably better-for all of us.
For all these years, I had a cheap plastic sheet on the top of the cart to protect it. That plastic got destroyed in our move some years back, and I’ve not used the cart since for fear of destroying the rather fragile old spray paint on its top.
About a year ago, I came across a sale on some counter top epoxy and thought that would be a great way to preserve the old cart.
A month or so ago, I finally got a chance to put that epoxy on. 😄😄🤷♂️
Here is the cart after I carefully scuffed the top with a scotch bright pad , cleaned it, and then built a blue tape dam to hold the epoxy in, and the shiny new epoxy has just been poured in.
First is this beat up old shop cart I’ve had for a long time.
It’s nothing great, but holds a huge sentimental value to me because I’ve had it for so long, and mainly because my sister gave it to me all those years ago. She had found it at a garage sale, repainted it, and the painted on a hand-masked Ford logo on the top. It’s a bit crude, but it was the thought behind it that I’ve always treasured, and it’s from a lifetime ago when things were much simpler-and arguably better-for all of us.
For all these years, I had a cheap plastic sheet on the top of the cart to protect it. That plastic got destroyed in our move some years back, and I’ve not used the cart since for fear of destroying the rather fragile old spray paint on its top.
About a year ago, I came across a sale on some counter top epoxy and thought that would be a great way to preserve the old cart.
A month or so ago, I finally got a chance to put that epoxy on. 😄😄🤷♂️
Here is the cart after I carefully scuffed the top with a scotch bright pad , cleaned it, and then built a blue tape dam to hold the epoxy in, and the shiny new epoxy has just been poured in.
I wish I had gotten some before pictures-but I failed.
The only thing I got was this picture on the side where my sister signed and dated it. Pretty cool!
The top with the epoxy turned out awesome!
Now I just have to grind/sand all the rough edges down.
Maybe by next year I’ll get to that part!😄😄🙄
Originally posted on: May 15, 2025 at 4:43 pm