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     Pammy |
We have tried several industrial coatings to secure our garage floors. None really hold up well. In the latest building we had built, we had the floors troweled smooth, the expansion cracks filled with epoxy and then a big zamboni(you can acyually rent this apparatus) came in and applied the sealer. It is kind of like the Home Depot and Lowes floors. Looks like bare concrete but is more resilient to staining and is easily cleaned. So far it is great. I am going to look into aquiring one of those walk behind zamboni scrubbers. The floor is too large to mop by hand(by me anyway). (Message edited by pammy on November 29, 2008) | ||
| 12x9sl |
Those walk behind scrubbers are awesome. We have one at our shop. It works so well, especially around the vehicle hoist. They aren't exactly cheap, but well worth it. You know how it is, (at least at our place) if it's easy to do, it will get done more often. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Pammy, Zamboni you say? i bet Spidey could help me "borrow" one for a bit... :-) my new bike shop is miniscule, so not much ground to cover, so to speak, but it has an existing concrete floor, which has its fair share of zits and pits (not sure why the previous owner of our house felt he could successfully pound nails into the concrete, but it sure didn't keep him from trying...) anyway, i really like the looks of a so-shiny-you-can-comb-your-hair-in-the-reflection floor (which really shouldn't arouse me, since i have no hair), but it'd truly suck to do all the prep work, meticulously lay down the two-part epoxy and decorator sparkle finish, only to have the stuff scuff and scar at the first sign of a motorcycle jack or a wheel bearing change gone awry. thinking maybe i'll just paint the floor gray with the appropriate high-buck concrete paint and see what happens. i sure like the idea of humping a Zamboni around, tho... :-) | ||
| Oldog |
i sure like the idea of humping a Zamboni around, tho... Getting it down the hill to the shop, now that might be interesting. 'course with Ferris it would just make for another one of those amazing stories where you wold look and the machine and then the hill, and just wonder HOW in the world did he do that? Come to think of it he was making noises about riding the "BOB" down the hill at Mike's last year so he could ride up.  | ||
| Capital_g |
One of the cheapest/best ways is to find someone doing a kitchen remodel. I have been searching Craigslist for months and there are some deals to be had but you gotta be quick! The decent ones go fast. | ||
| Pammy |
They make some concrete sealers that make the floor as shiny as you want it. We are hard on our floors here, so I won't be painting anymore. I covered my MIL's garage floor in rubber. It worked well. Easy to clean. I need to keep an eye out for a used machine....I NEED ONE! That's all I need is a grown man(chronologically speaking) to be riding around my shop in a pink thong... Ha Ha...Hey! on second thought, that would be pretty cool!  | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Come to think of it he was making noises about riding the "BOB" down the hill at Mike's last year so he could ride up. Oldog, there were (at least) two humongous challenges facing me at Mikey's: - sticking the landing; - somehow avoiding Mikey's Bronco in the process of sticking said landing. this, of course, was all complicated by that vile clear liquid in the Mason jar that was being freely passed around. gravity being what it is, i'm sure the Road King would have successfully gone over the enbankment and plummeted to the yard below. from there the outcome was in doubt from the onset, and i appreciate all y'all convincing my clear liquid-clouded brain of that fact at the time. :-) That's all I need is a grown man(chronologically speaking) to be riding around my shop in a pink thong... Pammy, uck, that's wrong on so many levels! on the other hand, i know Spidey's got a pink thong (i've seen it with my own eyes), and i assume he can get his grubby little hands on a Zamboni. now, if we can secure a supply of vile clear liquid in a Mason jar, well, we got ourselves a party! :-) | ||
| Jlnance |
that's wrong on so many levels!... I know Spidey's got a pink thong (i've seen it with my own eyes) What's really wrong is that my daughter has seen it with her own eyes.  | ||
| Oldog |
on the other hand, i know Spidey's got a pink thong (i've seen it with my own eyes), and i assume he can get his grubby little hands on a Zamboni. now, if we can secure a supply of vile clear liquid in a Mason jar, well, we got ourselves a party! Darnit Ferris I visualized that  ( 'course I was there when the thong was awarded initially ) having been one of the provacituers, Sadly my VCF (Vile Clear Liquid) is not available at this time as the distillery has been moved ............. =( | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Lets have some more garage pictures! Here is Cochise's garage..........   And here is Cochise in my old garage.......  | ||
| Buellfighter |
Hmmm, never thought about stacking to make more room. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Lets have some more garage pictures! Zip, i think that's an entirely appropriate request (it never fails to amaze me the twists and turns a thread can take here on BadWeB), but first, i can't let the Pink Thong Thing go without adding this: Darnit Ferris I visualized that ( 'course I was there when the thong was awarded initially ) OMG Oldog, not only were you there, you PEEKED!!  dewd, not even VCL will ever erase this image!!! :-) (i now return you to your regularly scheduled garage attire thread...) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
ps: note that the motorcycle (yeah, yeah, it's a scooter) is unscathed: it's good to see the two-wheeler receive such preferential parking treatment. :-) | ||
| Froggy |
Here is my garage!  | ||
| Edgydrifter |
Thank you, Froggy, for posting a garage pic that doesn't give me an inferiority complex. My garage/carriage house is smaller than some Tough-Sheds I've seen, and has just enough room for two motorcycles, a lawnmower and a set of studded tires. If I want to work on one of the bikes, I have to move the other one outside. And the lawnmower, too. | ||
| Just_ziptab |
I don't mind a hijack........nothing like a multi purpose thread to keep interest as to "what's next". Back in history,my 18'x24'garage contained a Pinto wagon,a high powered business car,the ET-250 sled,the mower,the 9' long cannon a workbench a barrel stove and all the damned garden tools. There wasn't room left to lay down an extension cord! The cars were partially driven in and then pushed in the rest of the way.... to a hair from touching the wall.My poor "Hunner dollar Safari truck" had to sit out in the cold..........  | ||
| Oldog |
OMG Oldog, not only were you there, you PEEKED!!  I tol ya, that I was one of da provacatures 'Sides - Peeked hell, You could not miss it, most fun I have had in a while  You do know where they came from?} An a side note I am looking at new digs that have a garage. Could not find that shot of Mrs Glitch playing coin toss with Spidy I still laugh at that.. (Message edited by oldog on December 02, 2008) | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Some brackets and a some 1x12's....should be done before the weekend. Cubby hole will have neart 60' of shelving when done.Nevermid the BS laying around............still under construction.   | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Tah Dah!..........79' done in the cubby hole. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
your cubby hole is nearly as big as my new bike shop...  looks good!  | ||
| Bomber |
there's two kinda garage/shaop folks -- Cabinet people -- those that can remember what's beind door number 17 when they need it -- Shelf people -- those that can't remember where the 10mm wrench is (when it's in your hand) -- shelves are not nearly as squared away as cabinets, but they keep me from buy another copy of something I already have squirrelled away . . . . . . .  could be my membership in CRAFT that does it | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Bomber, might the car you're restoring present itself better with a Ford F-150 parked up on top of it??? | ||
| Bomber |
Jerry -- you may, perhaps, be right -- owsomeever, I would be in such deep stuff with said auto's owner of record, it bears not any thinking whatsoever . . . . . . . The old dear's really in good shape considering that many of the fasteners hadn't been touched since 19 and 31 -- I had to get a bit midevil on a couple . . . . paint soon! | ||
| Road_thing |
Looks downright sanitary compared to el Laboratorio del Entropio del Sud!  This is the same shop that Henrik called "an abomination." rt ps--lookin' good, there, brer John! | ||
| Bomber |
Hey, I've BEEN in el Laboratorio del Entropio del Sud! Had cold beer, inspected a dead tire, told a lie or three -- abomination, indeed! Thang -- shoulda seen the look on OMB's face when she stuck her nose in, saw the A swaying gently in the breeze hanging from the rafters . . .. . "I gotta go -- I'll be back soon, in case I need to make a call!" | ||
| Mikej |
Bomber, You took the bodywork off of the framework  (ya know, a little in-line 4-cyl turbo would slip right in there and wouldn't hardly be noticable once the body and hood drop back into place.) Maybe I'll scare you all and take a pic of my side of the garage this week sometime. | ||
| Bomber |
Mike -- yessir -- I've been floating ideas for hotrodding the old nail, each and every one has been gretted with, you know, the look. Hardly is the operative word -- the owner of record rebuild the engine, and would definately notice an great increase in velocity. Hey, we don't scare easily -- take and post, sir! | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Thang -- shoulda seen the look on OMB's face when she stuck her nose in, saw the A swaying gently in the breeze hanging from the rafters . . .. . "I gotta go -- I'll be back soon, in case I need to make a call!" i have learned to do the really scary stuff when Denise is in town doing errands. also, under very few circumstances is she allowed to help on even the minor projects. the less she knows about the, well, medievalocity of life in the garungeon, the better. | ||
| Bomber |
Jerry -- wise words, but it's her car, doncha know, and she insists on a degree of transparency that this normally not required . . . . btw, is "garungeon" where one stores one's gudgeon pins? | ||
| Mikej |
Bomber, re: the engine rebuild: Did the rebuilder of the engine also rebabbit the journals as well? That's a process I've always wanted to watch. I might have the lingo off, my A talk is rusty since I offloaded the old '28 AA that I probably should have kept 10 or so years ago. (live and learn) |
