richy
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- Mar 27, 2007
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I posted here last year in this thread:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/off-topic/85461-2nd-best-thing-i-ve-done-my-garage.html
a very helpful and welcome addition to making my garage an absolutely enjoyable work space. However, one beef I had with the curtains after using them for a while was the stupid magnet system that it came with to join the 2 curtains. At the end of the season, I took the curtains to my father in law who is a custom tailor (yeah, you should see some of the suits he's made me over the years!) and had him install a zipper in it rather than those stupid magnets. Now, why do I dislike the magnets? They give you this tool that basically rips a part of the material and you slip the magnet in. It's not very secure and I found that they would fall out. The other thing is that if I wanted to put the door up or down a bit with the curtain in place, the magnets would stick to the door and create a problem that way.
So, here's what it looks like with the zipper instead:
I also wanted to share what I put on the side door. I bought this at Bed Bath and Beyond for about $20 last year. It's really cheap by comparison, but so far it's done the job just fine. It has magnets sewn into it, so there's no easy way to change that. I'm pleased with it so far:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/off-topic/85461-2nd-best-thing-i-ve-done-my-garage.html
a very helpful and welcome addition to making my garage an absolutely enjoyable work space. However, one beef I had with the curtains after using them for a while was the stupid magnet system that it came with to join the 2 curtains. At the end of the season, I took the curtains to my father in law who is a custom tailor (yeah, you should see some of the suits he's made me over the years!) and had him install a zipper in it rather than those stupid magnets. Now, why do I dislike the magnets? They give you this tool that basically rips a part of the material and you slip the magnet in. It's not very secure and I found that they would fall out. The other thing is that if I wanted to put the door up or down a bit with the curtain in place, the magnets would stick to the door and create a problem that way.
So, here's what it looks like with the zipper instead:
I also wanted to share what I put on the side door. I bought this at Bed Bath and Beyond for about $20 last year. It's really cheap by comparison, but so far it's done the job just fine. It has magnets sewn into it, so there's no easy way to change that. I'm pleased with it so far:
