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Work in Progress: Antique Truck Paint and Restoration (ongoing)
This is something of a departure from what The Motley Guy is accustomed to. I have allowed my office to be overtaken by a paint booth, a messy ordeal and allowable only because of
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An Aura of Protection
While the COVID pandemic feels more behind us than present (woohoo!) the protection we got from masking deserves a closer look. Aura® was the latest pandemic-era addition to 3M®’s lineup of particulate respirators, designed
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A New Day for an Old Truck
A bit of backstory: The day came when I almost sold this pickup truck. Twice. But a mechanic sold it to me nearly 20 years ago and, thanks to Kit Motley Reno, my dear
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Motivation on a Roll: Innovative Scotch® product <$10 literally gave me the boost I needed (video)
My old sailboat had been begging for TLC for years. YEARS. I had no motivation to start sanding, priming and painting with a heavy marine enamel…..until I discovered the invent of Blue® Pre-Taped Painter’s
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BEAST-MODE: Drop Testing the 1300 lumen Energizer Flashlight
I bet your daily carry doesn’t have 1300 lumens……how far off am I? Of course, I’m talking about flashlights, which have for years used more efficient LED technology that uses less battery power. Energizer’s
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Shipping is a Pain in the Box
The struggle is real — unless there’s a bona fide mail room in your office — packing and shipping is a serious pain in the a$$. Update: Our friends at the Stuff You Should
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How long do Energizer Ultimate Lithium 9V last?
Without intending to do an official product test, review or video, I put the Energizer Ultimate Lithium 9V into a few smoke detectors in my folks house during the summer of 2018. Basically, the
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Standing in the Red Corner, measuring 3ft tall, 4″ wide and weighting in at 15 lbs….
Buy this elegant and super durable, free-standing station and fill it with any brand of sanitizer
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Bring on Spring Cleaning (A Video Double Feature!)
I can't believe it's taken me so long to write about my *favorite* cleaning product from 3M™ - the Easy Trap Duster
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A Mask for Every Occasion (video review)
To summarize, here my top 3 benefits of 3M's Daily Face Mask versus others I've been using for the past 11 months
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Scribble on Cement Much?
Or on Rubber? Or brick? How about concrete cinder blocks? Glass? PVC pipe? Strange, I don’t do enough of it. Guess that’ll change now that Pentel launched PROGear®, the latest writing instrument lineup for
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Breathe In, Breathe Out. Simple as that. 5min Vid
Turns out, there are hundreds of different jobs endangering the health of workers. Just this past week I was visiting an auto body shop, and two mechanics were spraying new paint on a vehicle,
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