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Svend, the "Platonic Solid" guy here. Absolutely an amazing guy. Designed a superb lighting plan for my new shop. Included exactly where to buy, etc. A real home run... Thank you, Svend. I'm very grateful for your guidance & advice. You've made MY shop better. Ed

Almost done finishing our beautiful new 60X36 shop. We used Legacy SEC sealer. Bottom line: It exceeded our expectations. Application was simple; acid etched the floor, applied two coats with squeegee. The product cured for several days, then we began moving in all my tool chests, shelving...

My new shop is about 90% done, and I want to "seal" the concrete floor. Last shop I had, I applied a single-stage "epoxy" coating. Two coats. It went over Kemiko acid stain. That epoxy coat was terrible. Scuffed and scratched immediately. Looked really bad. This time, I'm not staining the...

Time to order doors & openers for my 36' X 60' shop. Will probably go with insulated steel sectionals (need four of them). The door tracks will follow the roof line up, to allow for two lifts inside. In my prior shop, we used the LiftMaster 3800 openers, four of them. Never had a problem...

My shop construction is crawling along, and I need to advise the builder what lights to get. He's more of a barn builder, and has no idea other than: "a few fluorescents". It's a pole building, with double trusses every 12'. My previous shop was completely open inside, so we put nice "high...

My new 36 X 60 shop is under construction, and it's time to order the lifts. One each, 2-post & 4-post. My previous shop only had a single lift, a 2-post Direct Lift. It provided excellent service, but was not certified. This time, I'm buying two certified lifts. The only question...

Greetings, garagistas... Having built two previous garage/shops at our last two houses, it's now time for shop number 3. Garage 1 was an attached 42X32, built when we built our gorgeous Mediterranean hacienda north of San Diego. Garage 2 was a detached 52X28 we built when we lived in Sonoma...

Building a cool "estate" here in Washington, and don't want to do a typical metal box shop. I'm having a hard time with working out a neat design that's relatively affordable. Surely, I'm not the first guy on a "budget" that doesn't like the cheapo look metal box shops? Suggestions, ideas...

Getting ready to build a house, shop & a barn on our property a bit east of Seattle. The house will be in the modern "mountain lodge" style. Large single story, lots of glass. It will have an attached four car garage. The shop is planned to be around 2400 square feet, somewhere around 60 X...

Just got my first blast cabinet. Plan on mostly cleaning ancient British car parts, etc. What do you recommend as a good media?

Ready to buy for my new 24X50' shop. Puma 60 gal. compressor. General automotive use, not too heavy. Any significant advantage to the 3/4" system? Thanks...

Greetings from Sonoma Mountain, about an hour north of San Francisco and just over the hill from Sears Point... :thumbup: We recently moved to this idyllic location, and about the only thing the estate didn't have is a big garage. Got a nice attached 2.5 car garage, a four stall stable, a good...

We're pouring the slab for a new garage/shop this week. Will be installing two BendPak lifts, one two post & one four post. Question is: should we run conduit for 220 under the slab, and bring it up right by each lift? Or, should we bring the lift's power in from overhead? I guess we need...

As we design our new garage / shop, I've had the thought of putting one of the two lifts outdoors. I've seen this at a few shops, and thought it might be nice. Of course, we have great weather almost year round here in Sonoma county. Thoughts?

My first real question of what will undoubtedly be thousands: We recently moved from a house with a large (eight car) attached garage. Our new place has a 2.5 car attached garage. We need to build more space asap, as we actually have eight cars. Our house is on a 2+ acre lot, slightly...

Just signed up. Looked around here a few times previously. Recently moved from a custom home we built 10 years ago, which had an eight car garage. Our new place has a measly 2.5 car garage. We've got: Three vintage British sports cars Three vintage race cars A big pickup truck A couple of...