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California98Civic · 07-04-2014, 02:25 PM

To save energy with my old fridge I have water bottles in it for cold mass and have the power on a timer so it shuts off a few hours at night. To save on replacing it, I just repainted it. It was white and rusted. I sanded and painted it in this home-made chalkboard paint. We can write on it in chalk and then erase with a slightly damp sponge.

My wife and daughter love it too. It's like having a new fridge.

07-04-2014, 02:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	Repaint instead of replace the old fridge To save energy with my old fridge I have water bottles in it for cold mass and have the power on a timer so it shuts off a few hours at night. To save on replacing it, I just repainted it. It was white and rusted. I sanded and painted it in this home-made chalkboard paint. We can write on it in chalk and then erase with a slightly damp sponge. My wife and daughter love it too. It's like having a new fridge. Attached Thumbnails __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.