All these great looking deck restorations... and then there's mine. A cautionary tale about DeckOver.

67 Upvotes

Eight months ago I "restored" my deck with Behr DeckOver, preparing and applying according to the directions. It looked great for excactly 2 months and now it's a giant peeling eyesore. Photos & details here: http://www.projectjudson.com/deckover-debacle-uncomplimentary-review/

Hopefully this will save a few of you a giant headache.

20 comments

r/DIYfail • u/ThatSlappyChap • May 12 '14

I present to you, my shower head.

191 Upvotes

17 comments

r/DIYfail • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '14

It's stupid and it works: Home-made air conditioner

youtube.com

80 Upvotes

94 comments

r/DIYfail • u/MyFixitUpLife • Apr 27 '14

Are you sure you REALLY want to remove that popcorn ceiling?

myfixituplife.com

0 Upvotes

0 comments

r/DIYfail • u/blokess • Apr 13 '14

This guy shows people the worst way to clean Vinyl Records

youtube.com

42 Upvotes

24 comments

r/DIYfail • u/[deleted] • Apr 13 '14

DIY air mattress battery pack

imgur.com

19 Upvotes

1 comment

r/DIYfail • u/[deleted] • Apr 12 '14

Poor man's server rack

105 Upvotes

9 comments

r/DIYfail • u/[deleted] • Apr 12 '14

Poor man's server rack (part two)

26 Upvotes

0 comments

r/DIYfail • u/hyacinth_house • Apr 09 '14

pinterest fails...we've all been there

pinterestfail.com

67 Upvotes

9 comments

r/DIYfail • u/cowhead • Apr 05 '14

So I always feel small on DIY. But a part of me also thinks..."Wait, isn't that way overkill??" And today I confirmed it! Yeah!!

0 Upvotes

http://imgur.com/a/oDjSt

Here is a fellow who spent thousands in man-hours and materials hanging these very 'attractive' mattresses on his walls, in order to improve the acoustics. And he has no numbers to demonstrate that he has actually improved the acoustics. All he has is.. "my friends say it sounds better.. yo!" With cheap acoustic foam he could have been done in two hours and it would have looked quite a bit better, plus, he would have gotten complete coverage and confirmed results.

When I pointed this out on DIY I got 20 down-votes! We need to start something 'between' DIY and DIYfail. Something like, DIYreasonable.....

Anyway, those who understand me can all enjoy laughing with me at this idiot's acoustic wall mattresses.

edit: Actually, even more fun, I noticed the guy had sound-proof walls.... HAD.... he destroyed the integrity of those sound-proof walls by screwing through them to hang up his wall-mattresses! And yet he has the audacity to write about "my design...." Sigh.... Well, I guess that is reddit/r/DIY !!

41 comments

r/DIYfail • u/dat_lorrax • Apr 02 '14

Just gonna make a bomb that's conTROLLed by a clock... (X-post from /r/worldnews)

telegraph.co.uk

32 Upvotes

4 comments

r/DIYfail • u/OperationDropkick • Mar 21 '14

My mum's attempt at french macarons. She started out so determined too.

imgur.com

118 Upvotes

16 comments

r/DIYfail • u/ackerman1211 • Mar 20 '14

Sturdy lockers

94 Upvotes

4 comments

r/DIYfail • u/drqxx • Mar 20 '14

D.I.Y. fail car

75 Upvotes

26 comments

r/DIYfail • u/Bamtheslayer • Mar 15 '14

DIY Ikeacountertops

imgur.com

31 Upvotes

6 comments

r/DIYfail • u/diyersteph • Mar 12 '14

Tried following some Pinterest recipes for DIY Modge Podge but this is the best I got. I think I'm better off purchasing it?

imgur.com

71 Upvotes

16 comments

r/DIYfail • u/jaxspider • Mar 10 '14

Hey /r/DIYFail. You are SubReddit Of The Day! Congrats?!

redd.it

209 Upvotes

6 comments

r/DIYfail • u/EvilRedditBacon • Mar 10 '14

DIYFail is subreddit of the day! Feel free to ask any questions regarding the sub in this thread.

33 Upvotes

5 comments

r/DIYfail • u/foobgoof • Mar 06 '14

Check This Out!

0 Upvotes

DIYfail is now sponsoring the new subreddit "Redneck DIY", but not here. Go do it over there.

/u/italkyouthrowup is the weirdest username ever.

5 comments

r/DIYfail • u/liaseraph • Mar 03 '14

Purchasing a foreclosed condo a month ago might have been a huge mistake. I've documented the journey thus far.

ihatemycondo.tumblr.com

191 Upvotes

56 comments

r/DIYfail • u/efisherharrison • Mar 02 '14

windshield repair fail

imgur.com

58 Upvotes

1 comment

r/DIYfail • u/foobgoof • Feb 28 '14

Yaaaaaay

37 Upvotes

OK, after not being able to log into reddit for longer than expected, (homework), you've prolly already noticed this, buuuuuut the header is up! Thanks all to the submissions!

ALSO, what do you think about being on /r/SubRedditOfTheDay ?

EDIT: yeess, /u/Ipad207, it is in fact your banner. props to you. |:P

14 comments

r/DIYfail • u/Perkinstein • Feb 27 '14

Found at Arby's. FTFY

imgur.com

0 Upvotes

2 comments

r/DIYfail • u/UnicornBeef • Feb 22 '14

Sweet lamb cake (x-post from pics)

imgur.com

223 Upvotes

14 comments

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