Fat Tire

car upholstery shop in BR

Posted by Fat Tire on 9/6/25 at 7:56 am

Anybody recommend a good one?

Thanks

Looking for a good body shop in BR

Posted by Fat Tire on 4/14/22 at 10:06 am

Any suggestions? :geauxtigers:

re: Ida - Live Cam Thread

Posted by Fat Tire on 8/29/21 at 12:34 pm to ELLSSUU

Any lake view cams? Saw one from Landry’s restaurant on TV.

re: Looking for recs for gutter installation in Baton Rouge

Posted by Fat Tire on 5/7/21 at 5:53 pm to denhamtiger

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Home & Garden

Whats the best way to start investing in gold?

Posted by Fat Tire on 7/28/20 at 7:33 am

:geauxtigers:

Money Talk

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re: Palisades Zoysia in South Lousiana (Update with pics on pg 3 in month 5)

Posted by Fat Tire on 3/18/20 at 12:36 pm to lilsnappa

I have it in BR and love it.

Home & Garden

re: Anyone ever plant a Zoysia Grass lawn?

Posted by Fat Tire on 3/23/19 at 7:53 am to CypressTrout10

I have zoysia palisade and yard is mostly shade. Had St aug down and it did horrible so pulled it up and put down the palisade. Just fertilize once a year and put out atrazine. Been happy with it.

Home & Garden

re: Staining cypress

Posted by Fat Tire on 2/4/19 at 12:35 pm to tigerrage08

Waterlox

re: Woodworking guys/ carpenters,I have a question about beetle pine siding

Posted by Fat Tire on 10/31/18 at 10:55 am to auggie

If the goal is to see more grain, you will have to take off some of the aged wood. Planer would be best or could play with low grit sandpaper depending on the look you are going for.

Would also recommend a few coats of shellac. They make few different shades and you could experiment with them until you get what your looking for - will make for a more uniform finished product.

re: Seeking road bike recommendations around $500 ish

Posted by Fat Tire on 9/3/18 at 7:49 pm to Chad504boy

Just bought a Raleigh Venture 2. Very pleased.

re: Japanese maples

Posted by Fat Tire on 8/5/18 at 11:57 am to rammerjammer24

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re: Japanese maples

Posted by Fat Tire on 8/5/18 at 11:08 am to rammerjammer24

I have fireglow, aureum, and autumn moon. Never had any luck getting them to grow from seeds.

re: Zoysia in BR. May I have a look see?

Posted by Fat Tire on 7/22/18 at 8:29 am to Jester

I've had St Aug and centipede. Got my lawn resodded two years ago and chose palisades zoysia due to its shade and drought tolerance. It has been my favorite sod by far. Not as temperamental as st aug and stands up well to my kids. Grows very well in full sun. Not as well as I'd hoped in full shade but has done better than anything I've had prior. Would highly recommend.

re: Anyone here use gutter guards to keep leaves out?

Posted by Fat Tire on 2/26/18 at 12:24 pm to Coon

Have two live oaks and have used several different types. Most can't take the weight of live oak leaves. Ones by Flexxpoint have been only ones to hold up. Can get on Amazon.

re: Looking for some lumber

Posted by Fat Tire on 11/11/17 at 2:34 pm to Sparkplug#1

Sparkplug what's best way to contact you?

re: Baton Rouge pool build q’s for the experts of the OT

Posted by Fat Tire on 10/31/17 at 8:11 pm to amgslg

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do I need an ozone/uv thing? $3000 adder. Pool builder included it in quote without me asking for it, but troublefreepools says unnecessary. The fact that pool builder is adding it to quote makes me question his trustworthiness, and, yes, he is a prominent, highly recommended pool builder in BR.

I went with ozone and have been pleased with it. Allows me to use less chlorine. I started out using TFP but it took too much work. Started using automatic chlorine thing on lowest setting with ozone and have very little maintenance. If you plan on maintaining yourself, I would suggest using TFP at first to get used to how to control your numbers. Then start using tablets slowly.

Wish I would have put more skimmers and variable speed pump.

As far as builder, I got bids from all the major guys in BR. Went with Keith Russell and was very pleased. Without getting into too many details, he looked out for me with subs and an overzealous architect on several occasions.

re: Beginner wood working advice

Posted by Fat Tire on 7/11/17 at 7:43 pm to Glock17

Depends on what you currently have and what your looking to do. Do you just plan on using plywood and 2x4's? Can build most workshop and outdoor stuff with skill saw, speed square, and disc sander. Dewalt makes pretty good intro stuff in general. Also like porter cable. Anything beyond shop, camp, outdoor picnic table type stuff you should invest in some more tools. I'd recommend a good table saw and router.

For table saw get a smaller job site saw and make building a workbench/out feed table as one of your first projects.

This is a good safe one and can use with dado set. While your learning, provides extra protection from cutting your hand off.
LINK

This is decent lower priced one - no dado or safety features.
LINK

For router I'd go porter cable or Bosch.

If you want to start getting into furniture making, you are going to need a tabletop planer and jointer. I'd see if you stick with it before going past router.