Parts Storage (Update)

This week I got my hands on 17 large hanging bins for next to nothing. They were covered with grease and oil which I tried to clean with little success until I loaded them in the dishwasher.

Now I can finish loading all the hardware I have in boxes around the garage.

Recover

A friend form work gave me some items his room mate no longer wanted. One of which was a rather nice NAPA "Balkamp Racing" creeper. There is no way I would ever pay over $200.00 for one of these, I just wouldn't use it enough, but if someone wants to give me one...

It looked like it had been used very little but the covering near the bottom had a tear in it.

I couldn't think of a good way to fix the vinyl that would have any longevity or wouldn't end with duct tape residue all over my back side. I decided to just recover it, so Tania and I headed to the fabric store to buy some vinyl. I ended up buying black, there wasn't a blue that matched and the black was cheap. Buying one yard is enough to cover it twice and was less than $12.00.

It did take a little work to get the old covering off it was built like a piece of furniture.

Putting it back together I used some 3M #77 spray adhesive to glue the foam pieces together along with the vinyl to the foam.

I'm happy with how it turned out, it took me longer to find my can of spray adhesive and the staple gun than it did to recover the creeper..