We at GarageSkins, Inc. want to thank everyone who has chosen to come along on this crazy journey.  Thanks to your investment and trust we are much closer to being able to commercially launch our amazing new concept into the retail home improvement marketplace.  Look for updates to come your way and of course we'll post our year-end financials once available.

If you have been watching this campaign but haven't yet invested, please don't miss out. Soon you'll see a GarageSkins system installed in your neighborhood and I don't want you to be that person that says "I wish I had..."

Happy New Year to everyone and I wish you all a great return on investment!

-Rick Medlen, CEO

GarageSkins, Inc.

Just 7 more days to invest in GarageSkins, Inc.!   We have chosen to end our equity crowd-funding phase and want thank everyone for their trust and commitment.  With our prototype phase completed and several GarageSkins systems soon in place throughout the US, we will be targeting high-net-worth investors and investment groups for the remainder of our start-up funding phase.  We'll post several updates as this progresses along with photos of the homes once the systems are in place.

Please consider taking advantage of these last 7 days to jump on board.  If everyone following this campaign invested just $1,000 we'd easily reach our launch target of $750,000 and begin building out production.

While we are not eliminating the possibility of re-launching another equity crowdfunding campaign in 2019, know that our goals for this campaign have been reached.  We have validated the concept by having over 350 people invest their hard-earned money into this venture.  And with over 1,300,000 social media responses and over 65,000 views of this campaign, it's now very clear that the home improvement marketplace has a real need for this product.

Once again I thank you for the trust and commitment to help move this venture forward.  I look forward to a great 2019!!

-Rick Medlen, CEO, GarageSkins, Inc.

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As promised, I'm attaching our first round of testing results.  We are excited that the results proved very positive and only showed a couple of failure points that have been addressed and will be included in the next round of testing.

Here's a brief overview but please read the report in-depth.

• A custom plan was used to try to realistically simulate the most taxing environmental climate in the US (South Florida)
• A 24 hour cycle of humidity, temperature and UV exposure was cycled for 30 days with intermittent direct water spray simulating rainfall
• Photos were taken weekly
• Both light and dark stains were used to test color-fastness
• The veneer used was 1.5mm radiata pine
• Steel plates were used for mounting to simulate the steel garage door
• See the full report here

Our results were great!  As the report details some of the panels were exposed to almost twice as much UV radiation as they would be on the worst day in south Florida and hence there was some significant discoloration of those panels.  A couple of the panels had the magnets oxidize and bleed into the veneer but epoxy coating on the magnets will cure that.

Our next test will place a much more realistic filter on the 4000-watt UV lights to accurately simulate the worst real world conditions.  We'll also switch to 0.5mm alder veneer as this will be our choice when we go into mass production for many reasons.  This test is scheduled to begin Jan 15th, 2019.

All in all, other than the massive UV exposure charring the wood panels (something that doesn't happen in the real world) our panels held up very well.  There was absolutely no delamination or any sign that the panel construction needed to be altered in any way.  We are confident that with the real-world UV exposure and the coated magnets, we will test out to be production-ready.[

Thanks for your investment $$ that can make all of this possible and stay tuned for more!!

As we enter this Thanksgiving season, we take a second to pause and look back at this year's accomplishments.  We've successfully:

• Developed a quick-cure finish that will outlast the elements and provide great protection from the sun's UV rays
• Partnered with a European wood processor to provide an almost unlimited supply of our specially-treated veneer
• Secured commitment from a magnet manufacturer to provide any conceivable quantity we order
• Successfully raised an additional $133,000 here on StartEngine
• Begun conversations with high-net-worth investors to fully fund our production once certain milestones are met
• Begun our first structured environmental stress test
• Grown our waiting list from 2100 to 3600 through successful social media outreach
• Identified a facility to house operations for our initial product build-out and launch
• And most importantly, we had fun doing all of this!

I sincerely hope that everyone who is following our campaign and those who have invested have a wonderful, peace-filled time with friends and family this coming Thanksgiving and Christmas season.  While we all strive for success, it's the love and comfort of those around us that makes those efforts worthwhile.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!    -Rick Medlen, CEO, GarageSkins, Inc.

We are excited to begin our environmental stress testing at Oregon State University's Wood Innovations Lab.  The GarageSkins panels have been mounted to steel plates to simulate a garage door, placed in a sealed temperature/humidity controlled chamber, and for the next 30 days will be blasted with UV while the temperature and humidity are fluctuated to simulate 1 year of south Florida climate.  

With 1 week of testing under our belts the panels are holding up nicely.. we'll post the entire report here once it's complete.

Thanks to everyone for the trust, we are looking forward to validating our years of engineering work with this test.  More to come!

-Rick

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Great news.. and the final piece of our puzzle is solved.  

One of the largest challenges of creating an exterior wood product is engineering it to last many years without warping, fading or cracking.  And since our GarageSkins systems will eventually be sold all over the world, we have to make it stable in Alaska's winters and Arizona's summers.  This has created quite the challenge.. 

Our treated wood has eliminated problems from humidity fluctuations, but the UV from the sun is prone to fade wood quickly and create cracks throughout.  So our requirements for a final finish have been quite extensive and up until now elusive to everyone we've reached out to for an engineered product.  We need our finish to be:

Very lightweight - ease of installation

Very hard - outlasting basketballs and hail 

Clear - the beauty of the wood should shine through

Luster finish - we targeted a hand-waxed furniture look

UV blocking - eliminating harmful UV rays in any climate

Quick-Curing  - we need to quickly cure this finish to keep up with demand

As you can see, this has been quite a task.  But I'm happy to report that we have partnered with a chemical company that manufactures exterior finishes for the aerospace industry.  After months of experimenting with different formulations, they have crafted just the right finish to keep your GarageSkins systems both protected and looking beautiful.  And even better it can be applied and cured in a production line environment!

All great stuff, we'll post the test results once complete but so far after 2 months in the 100 degree heat and humidity fluctuations from 30-70%, absolutely nothing to report.  Meaning we are confident that this finish will test out perfectly and provide the final piece of the puzzle!

If you have invested, thank you, and if you haven't but are "following" this campaign, remember that if every one of the 572 followers we have invested just $1,000, we'd push over the top and begin manufacturing efforts.

As always, post comments and I'll get them answered quickly.

-Rick Medlen, CEO

GarageSkins, Inc.

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Hi all!  Wanted to share an email we received from a future GarageSkins customer:

"Hi friends! Just wondering when your product will be available!? We are remodeling our 90’s red brick, white metal garage door home and would LOVE to put this on our home! I presented this to our HOA and got approved, they don’t believe me that it’s an overlay! Please let me know, there’s other companies out there but yours is my favorite!! Thank you"   - Laurel D. (shared with permission)

We've had several social media comments that an HOA would never allow this to be in their neighborhoods, but our experience so far has been that most are very accepting of anything that would upgrade the appearance of the exterior of their neighborhoods without detracting from the value of other homes.

Thanks!! -Rick