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Colorado YouTuber spends $2,000 on Temu to turn his garage into a dream workshop

Published on Oct 01, 2025 at 8:28 AM (UTC+4)
by Molly Davidson

Last updated on Oct 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by Emma Matthews

This Colorado YouTuber didn’t just clean their garage, he tried to rebuild it with a cart full of Temu gear.

Over $2,000 later, the garage was stacked with boxes promising a glow-up.

The haul covered everything – storage cabinets, a floor coating kit, even honeycomb lights.

The dream was a pro-grade workshop, but reality didn’t unfold quite as neatly as planned.

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Did Temu really build a dream workshop?

The creator behind YouTube channel The Rad Factory didn’t just buy a few gadgets – he ordered a cart full of Temu gear with the goal of turning chaos into a proper shop. 

Storage cabinets, a floor coating kit, hexagon lights, even a rolling tool cart all showed up at once.

Enough to rebuild the garage from the ground up.

The first step was clearing two years of clutter. 

A Colorado YouTuber spent $2,000 on Temu to revamp his garage - here’s what worked, what failed, and how the shop really turned out
The Rad Factory
A Colorado YouTuber spent $2,000 on Temu to revamp his garage - here’s what worked, what failed, and how the shop really turned out
The Rad Factory

Once the space was finally empty, the plan was to grind the concrete and lay down Epoxy to give the floor a smooth, glossy finish. 

That’s where things started to unravel. 

The Temu Epoxy kit arrived wrong – two cans of Part B, no Part A – so the floor never cured. 

It took acetone, hours of scraping, and a replacement kit from Home Depot before they could move forward.

Home Depot: 1, Temu: 0.

A Colorado YouTuber spent $2,000 on Temu to revamp his garage - here’s what worked, what failed, and how the shop really turned out
The Rad Factory

From there, progress came in stages. 

Drywall and fresh paint turned the walls bright white. 

Temu cabinets replaced the old wooden shelves, adding structure and hiding clutter.

A nut-and-bolt bin was stocked with hundreds of fasteners, saving constant hardware runs, while a rolling cart became a mobile work surface. 

Overhead, hexagon lights clicked together into a geometric glow that gave the shop a polished, professional look on camera.

By the end of the project, the difference was night and day. 

The bare, messy garage had been reshaped into a bright, organized workshop. 

A Colorado YouTuber spent $2,000 on Temu to revamp his garage - here’s what worked, what failed, and how the shop really turned out
The Rad Factory
A Colorado YouTuber spent $2,000 on Temu to revamp his garage - here’s what worked, what failed, and how the shop really turned out
The Rad Factory

It looked and functioned like the dream setup he’d set out to build.

Though it took far more sweat and improvising than a few boxes from Temu might suggest.

Stay tuned for before and afters.

Which Temu buys held up, and which ones didn’t

Some purchases proved better than expected. 

The $80 rolling cart was sturdy and rolled smooth from the start. 

The honeycomb lighting gave the space its signature glow and worked well enough to justify the hype. 

And the nut-and-bolt bin, despite arriving with flimsy panels, became the single most useful upgrade once stocked.

A Colorado YouTuber spent $2,000 on Temu to revamp his garage - here’s what worked, what failed, and how the shop really turned out
The Rad Factory
A Colorado YouTuber spent $2,000 on Temu to revamp his garage - here’s what worked, what failed, and how the shop really turned out
The Rad Factory

Others were less impressive. 

A $700 workbench toolbox turned up dented and jammed shut.

Though, once freed, its soft-close drawers were solid. 

A $350 cabinet set looked sharp but flexed under pressure and had doors that snapped shut on their own. 

The $100 welding table was a headache to assemble, missing bolts and drill holes that didn’t quite line up.

And the one product didn’t make it past day one – the Epoxy kit. 

It was supposed to set the tone for the whole build with a flawless floor, but instead wasted hours and forced a full redo.

A Colorado YouTuber spent $2,000 on Temu to revamp his garage - here’s what worked, what failed, and how the shop really turned out
The Rad Factory
A Colorado YouTuber spent $2,000 on Temu to revamp his garage - here’s what worked, what failed, and how the shop really turned out
The Rad Factory

In the end, $2,000 worth of Temu products didn’t buy a dream workshop outright, but The Rad Factory’s grind did.

And now the glow-up speaks for itself.

To see more of this Temu transformation, head to The Rad Factory on YouTube, or watch the video below:

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Molly Davidson is a Junior Content Writer at Supercar Blondie. Based in Melbourne, she holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Arts/Law from Swinburne University and a Master’s of Writing and Publishing from RMIT. Molly has contributed to a range of magazines and journals, developing a strong interest in lifestyle and car news content. When she’s not writing, she’s spending quality time with her rescue English staffy, Boof.