Category: Gearhead Diva

Easy DIY Workbench

It's time to trade in my wobbly craft table for a real workbench! This easy DIY workbench design costs only about $100 …AND can be built with just one cutting tool! It's perfect for beginners that are looking for that first woodworking project and the end result is something you'll get a lot of use from and you can customize in the future.

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How to Remove Plasti Dip – The Complete Guide

Join me in my garage as I try to remove Plasti Dip that's over 1 year old from my entire car! See the process up close in this 360 video as I run into and find solutions to common challenges like how to remove Plasti Dip that was sprayed too thin or safely dissolve it from hard-to-reach places like in between body panels, over-spray areas and protecting factory vinyl racing stripes. TOOLS/SUPPLIES in the video (or similar): Micro-fiber towels: https://bit.ly/2XawOg6 Goo Gone: https://bit.ly/2X8Iawu

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Homemade Sandblasting Cabinet

Sandblasting outside makes a huge mess but I also don't have room for a permanent media blasting cabinet in the garage, especially since I don't use it that often. If space and money are precious commodities in your shop, this DIY homemade sandblasting cabinet uses common household items and when you're done blasting or glass etching, you can dump out / save the extra media and use the container to store your blasting supplies on a shelf!

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Fix Battery Drain in Your Car

Waking up to a dead battery every morning? If your car has a battery drain, hunting down the source of your parasitic draw can be a confusing process. First we determine if the culprit is the battery and then show you how to perform a parasitic draw test the easy way to identify the problem circuit so you can permanently fix your battery drain.

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Run Christmas Lights on Your Car

Do you want to decorate your car with holiday lights? Maybe you have a community parade or just want to get Santa's attention as he flies over your neighborhood. Hopefully he'll be so impressed you'll get everything on your Christmas list! I'll show you how to run and attach Christmas lights on your car and power them safely with an inverter, from cigarette lighter models to larger units that need to be wired directly to the car battery. TOOLS in the video (or similar): Cigarette Lighter Inverters (similar to mine)

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How to Plasti Dip Your Car

Have you ever thought about Plasti Dipping your car but didn't know where to start or how to Plasti Dip a whole car in one shot? We did it and Scott and I are breaking down every step - cleaning, masking, spraying, breakdown and care!

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Upcycled Tire Stool on Wheels

I cleaned out some junk from the shop by turning it into other ...more useful junk - like repurposing this old tire into a rolling shop stool for doing work on the ground or driveway.

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