Topic: the garage journal (Read 4708 times)

junkyard racer · « **on:** April 09, 2009, 09:31:00 AM »

I found this website, and its pretty bitchin. I realize some on this forum's garage is in the middle of the street...and some of you build your engines in your kitchen...but in my new house, I have a 2 car garage, and I plan to make it pretty bad ass. This forum has some really really nice garages that wouldnt cost but a few hundred bucks to do. When I work in my garage, I have to have my shit organized, my floor has to be clean and I only get out the bare necessity tools to do whatever I need to do. Im weird like that.

Anyways, check out the forum.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/index.php

A garage like this wouldnt cost much to do.

Epoxy the floors...you can buy kits at the big orange toy store for about $100- and the paint of course can get as expensive as you want it to. few hundred bucks, and the garage looks like a million bucks.

92CXyD · « **Reply #1 on:** April 09, 2009, 09:52:54 AM »

In the snow belt areas where we see neg. deg. temps., we would have to wrap the hot water heater and insulate the pipes maybe even build a box around the heater.

That garage look good almost baller. ;D

SloS13 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 09, 2009, 09:56:37 AM »

I regret not epoxying my floors. I went ahead and moved all my shit in. Too much of a bitch to epoxy it now

birdley42008 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 09, 2009, 10:30:23 AM »

wow

that is really nice. I wouldnt want to get it dirty haha.

junkyard racer · « **Reply #4 on:** April 09, 2009, 10:33:15 AM »

I'm gonna epoxy my floor before my shit gets to me in Indiana. Im gonna paint my garage just like the one I posted. I think I can do it for around $300-

I've also read to throw in the course beach type sand down while the shits drying. Makes your garage not slick when oil or whatever hits it. Lots of people also say the key to getting the epoxy to hold is the surface prep. Clean with some acid and let it dry really really good.

junkyard racer · « **Reply #5 on:** April 09, 2009, 10:43:47 AM »

ill probably get this:
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100036163&N=10000003+90401+527893

92CXyD · « **Reply #6 on:** April 09, 2009, 10:49:52 AM »

+1 on that used it friends' garages that is some good stuff.

Jordy53 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2009, 11:05:15 AM »

AWSOME LOOKING GARAGE!! :yes:

dvst8r · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2009, 11:05:41 AM »

Fuck all I can see in that garage, is that there is a serious lack of outlets. There look to be 3 120v outlets, and 0 220v. Before I spend any money on the floor or paint, I am putting in at least another 3 120v and 4 220v outlets. I can't see what the lighting looks like but I'm guessing it needs work too.

Also I would have a hard line for air run around the waist line of the garage. Then I would worry about show. This is rHMT we are about things that function, then look pretty.

junkyard racer · « **Reply #9 on:** April 09, 2009, 11:10:30 AM »

I wasn't exactly looking for how many outlets and how his lighting is. I was trying to show the flooring the paint on the walls. This dude is obvisouly full of cash, and built this garage to hard park his rally art evo in. Id venture to say he never uses the tools.

I also plan to plum by garage for a compressor, put in a drop light, and a few outlets.

junkyard racer · « **Reply #10 on:** April 09, 2009, 12:07:52 PM »

Cool. I'll keep that in mind. ;D

BTW, that one above isnt my garage...in case anyone missed that.

g_shok · « **Reply #11 on:** April 09, 2009, 12:29:58 PM »

ive been looking spruce up my floors as well

Lowerit · « **Reply #12 on:** April 09, 2009, 12:46:16 PM »

Weld, Grind or do anything that creates sparks with an epoxy floor and it will leave burn marks..

Jorsher · « **Reply #13 on:** April 09, 2009, 12:53:12 PM »

Nice floor.

I'm jealous.

Kenny Rogers · « **Reply #14 on:** April 09, 2009, 01:51:29 PM »

I would eat off that floor.

seajay2525 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 09, 2009, 05:01:27 PM »

Thanks for sharing your find. With the weather warming up, it's just about time to start on the new garage.

jeffsciv23 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 09, 2009, 07:13:27 PM »

shit i was out trying to clean up my garage a little bit ago. makes me hate that shack when i see baller garages like that, but i guess its better then nothing. it has basic tools, lights, radio and usually a well stocked beer fridge. guess thats all it takes sometimes. but seriously its so small my old hatch would fit bumper to bumber, barely lol. and would have to squeeze out the door. maybe ill take a pic tomorrow, its horrible lol

junkyard racer · « **Reply #17 on:** April 09, 2009, 07:18:57 PM »

I dont think there is anything 'baller' about that garage. it has about $300 worth of work done to it and its well organized. ill be doing mine here in a few months.

Spanish-rice · « **Reply #18 on:** April 09, 2009, 07:24:30 PM »

as long as i had enough lighting in there to unleash the fury of the sun at any given time i think id be happy with my garage. but epoxying the floor would be up on the priorities as well

ratcityrex · « **Reply #19 on:** April 09, 2009, 08:36:55 PM »

The epoxy floor shit sucks ass. I used it in a fresh new garage floor when I first moved into my house. It looked great untill I parked a car in it 2 weeks later and it ripped up the paint where I parked the car. If you drive into the garage with the tread of your tires wet and park it there for over a day or so and pull your car back out, say goodbuy to where the epoxy was. Oh and I prepped the fuck out of the floor to make damn sure that it was ready for the 2 part mix. If I was to do it again I would go to a commercial floor paint grade. Not some homedepot, or lowes shit. Also when you slide a transmission, or you get a pebble stuck under your engin hoist wheel, it will scratch that shit up fast as fuck. Other than that it looks/works great...lol

I built a fucking 16' long bench that is stout as fuck at my house, I then put 5 110v, 10gauge wall outlets above the bench on there own breaker, 2 4X8 sheets of pegboard above the beanch, I then wired a 220v outlet in under my panel, and put in 8, 8' High Output floresent lights in, and a 12gauge 30' retractable extention cord in the middle of my garage celling. Mind you this is all in a grage that is 22' X 19' and I still park 2 cars in there every night. I wish it was 2 times the size it is now, but in my next house Im gona build a shop thats 30' X 40' just to work on shit and it will have a lift. And I will also have a attached 2 car garage that dose nothing but house my cars every night. THats my 5year plan

ApexSilver06MR · « **Reply #20 on:** April 09, 2009, 09:34:03 PM »

Quote from: junkyard racer on April 09, 2009, 10:43:47 AM

ill probably get this:
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100036163&N=10000003+90401+527893

i was selling those exact kits on CL for $40 each

5thgenlx · « **Reply #21 on:** April 09, 2009, 10:41:10 PM »

very nice. a house i did work on had a garage done similarly, it was slick. easy maintenance and never worry about stains

Whitey · « **Reply #22 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:22:16 AM »

I paid $600 from epoxycoat.com to do this:

Nothing is indestructable or holds up forever. I already have some chips but its what happens if you plan to use the garage.

5thgenlx · « **Reply #23 on:** April 10, 2009, 03:19:05 AM »

whitey -

very nice, very clean, i'm jealous, my garage is storage full of shit i dont use

ratcityrex · « **Reply #24 on:** April 10, 2009, 10:12:09 AM »

Quote from: Whitey on April 10, 2009, 12:22:16 AM

Nothing is indestructable or holds up forever. I already have some chips but its what happens if you plan to use the garage.

I use my garage like a dirty $2 whore uses meth!

I will say Mr. White, that shit looks nice with the stang in there, I love that body style.

once I get my garage cleand up I will take a few pics.

Logan76 · « **Reply #25 on:** April 10, 2009, 10:17:02 AM »

whitey, I think your garage looks great. I dont think I could use a garage like that though, I need work benches and tools hanging on my walls and all my other shit, it clutters the hell out of the garage.

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