Posted on 10/06/2022 12:37:05 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A man in Daytona Beach, Florida, went viral after sharing that he successfully waterproofed his store against Hurricane Ian with spray foam and Flex Seal.
Eddie Kastrul, the owner of Midwest Motorcycle Sales & Rental, posted a video of his undamaged store on Facebook over the weekend. A woman named Cori Bosco (@eastcoastdiy) later re-posted Kastrul's video to TikTok, where it has gone viral with over 1 million views. You can watch the full video here.
Hurricane Ian moved through Florida and the Carolinas last week, causing tens of billions of dollars in damage, reported Reuters. Bosco—a Daytona Beach resident like Kastrul—attempted to waterproof her home by attaching panels to its windows and doors. Unfortunately, the attempt failed, and the storm flooded her home, as it did many others.
"This literally could have saved my home," Bosco said of Kastrul's spray foam idea.
Of course, Kastrul didn't initially know if his waterproofing method would work.
"Let's see how bad we are," he said as he trudged through knee-deep water to the front of his store.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Aces, dude ;-)
Hope he gets a piece of the action when Flex Seal uses his story in their future commercials. This will sell sh*t loads of the product now.
He has redeemed the term ‘Florida Man’ - for a while, anyway...
Simple but brilliant!
I would use that plastic wrap you see on pallets of food etc to wrap my whole house with..
See what happens...
Duct tape falls apart when wet.
Btt
“Duct tape falls apart when wet.”
Duct tape is water resistant. Good for temporary use.
No...Give me a clue... :-)
I wish there was a video showing exactly which products he used and how he used them.
General contractors hate it when you do this...
A mister Red Green would like a word with you. Line 2.
Duck not Duct
Uhhh....
Nice trick: “After I applied the expandable spray foam, I let it dry for a few hours, and then I sprayed ‘Flex Seal’ liquid rubber on the expandable foam. When that dried, I had a good waterproof seal.” Good job, buddy. And yes, Newsweek is like AOL and useless.
UH OH! I feel a super-annoying commercial with some loud mouth in the near future!
But where is the picture?
But a few days ago a teen brought his 29’’ tube to be fixed as it was leaking, which normally is easily patched (having done hundreds on the sidewalk by the grace of God), but with this one someone try to patche it with flex tape. Which does not work at pressure since it cannot stretch enough. Worse than using Super Glue or anything other than rubber cement (Slime 1050 best for price and quality).
I don’t think there have been any double-blind, peer reviewed studies that prove this method works. It should be outlawed.
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