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  • #16
    Re: DIY Cooler

    I have used Flex Seal and it is pretty good stuff though expensive. I might consider spraying my box with Flex Seal rather than using marine paint. Probably wouldn't be any more expensive and might be more durable.

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    • #17
      Re: DIY Cooler

      Originally posted by JoeN View Post
      I have used Flex Seal and it is pretty good stuff though expensive. I might consider spraying my box with Flex Seal rather than using marine paint. Probably wouldn't be any more expensive and might be more durable.

      Another option (albeit a more expensive one) would be to take it to a truck bed liner shop and have them do it. My brother worked in one when we were teenagers and he said someone took their car in and had them do the trunk.
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      • #18
        Re: DIY Cooler

        Bed liner is available as a spray at home, or in roller application form, never tried it, myself, but I hear its one of those rag bag clothing jobs...
        When rolled on its much thinner than commercially applied Rhino Lining; should still seal well (have no idea how well it would fill cracks/gaps) though.

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        • #19
          Re: DIY Cooler

          Originally posted by Happy Joe View Post
          Bed liner is available as a spray at home, or in roller application form, never tried it, myself, but I hear its one of those rag bag clothing jobs...
          When rolled on its much thinner than commercially applied Rhino Lining; should still seal well (have no idea how well it would fill cracks/gaps) though.

          Enjoy!
          Thats a good point. I don't know if you need that thickness of a Rhino liner. I was actually thinking that it might be to thick and bulky. I would think the diy stuff would probably work better....so long as you got a good coating.


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          • #20
            Re: DIY Cooler

            A trip to an antique store should suffice - most have an old icebox or two to show how to make a cooler out of materials you can get an any Home Depot. I used a couple of fruit boxes lined with plastic and DIY ice blocks in the trunk last November to transport my food between islands on the car barge - never even had any real melting in the few islands from one condo to the other.
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