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Hope someone can help me - I picked up a 40 yo 240V 20A Craftsman compressor, but am having trouble finding a way to plug it into my new garage outlet. Here's the plug: And here's the outlet the electrician installed for the compressor: The outlet is a NEMA 14-30, rated for 30A, but I...

I ended up with two extra gallons of Armorpoxy SPGX Polyurea clear which I have no use for. Both are unopened/sealed, purchased in June 2025. They sell for $236 each, I'm asking $175 for one gallon or $350 for both. I also have the anti skid additive if interested. Located in Portland OR...

I'm planning to add a disconnect and some power outlets to my Advantage four post lift, and wanted to get some feedback on my plan. In the current setup, the lift power cord does not reach the ceiling outlet, so I'm using a short extension cord for now: My plan is to replace the ceiling...

Short version - if my goal is to minimize scratching of a newly applied polyurea floor coating, should I coat the floor first and then hope that the lift installers don't scratch it too much when assembling the four post lift, or should I have the lift delivered/assembled first, and then coat...

My builder is planning to have the garage slab poured next week. I plan to apply Densifier and Ghost Shield 8510 after the concrete cures. What (if anything) should I ask for in the finishing process - power vs hand troweling, water application during pour/cure, etc? I just want to avoid any...

Short version - We're having drywall installed this week in our detached garage, so this is my last chance to run any wires inside the walls that might be needed to operate the garage doors from inside the house. Is that possible with the newer 98022 opener? Longer version - We're in the...

I'm finalizing the lighting for my garage build, and have it narrowed down to using ~16 4ft 2-bulb fixtures. I'm looking at Lithonia, Techbrite, PrimeLights Bolt, and Keystone fixtures. But aside from the almost 2X cost differences, they seem to have differing lumens claims, from 4200 to 7200...

My new gable-roof 28x38 garage will have three ceiling planes that follow the trusses, each section roughly 9 ft in length). I'm trying to find a good way to light the space, and would love some suggestions. Here is what the electrician sketched as a preliminary suggestion. It would use...

I need to decide where to place the sink in my new garage build, before the contractor pours the foundation in a few days (the supply rough-ins will be come up through the foundation, and the drain will need to be roughed in). The garage will be 1060 sq ft. I haven't yet finalized how I want to...

We’re starting to build a 1000 sq ft detached garage in Portland (CZ 4C). I’d like to keep the garage at a tolerable temperature in both winter and summer, so maybe heating to 55F and cooling to 80F. I’ll be doing occasional weekend projects in the garage, so I’d like to be able to adjust the...

So after lurking here for some 15 years (time flies) and discussing some small projects, I'm finally ready to share a build - a new 28' X 38' garage! This is a fairly modest size compared to many other garages on this forum, but it's bigger than anything I ever had, and is the biggest size we...

I posted a while back about my "dream garage" ideas - https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/feedback-on-three-car-garage-with-lift-layouts.526367/page-3#post-10515906. As luck would (not) have it, after designing the garage and getting it through county building permits, the water...

I haven't posted here in many years, but we finally have a property with space for a large (by my standards) garage, and I wanted to get some feedback on my ideas. I'm not an avid wrencher by any means, more of a hobbyist/tinkerer. We have three cars - two are daily drivers, one is a...

Having some issues with bubbles forming in the waterbased polyurethane coating I'm applying, and could use some suggestions. I'm using this product, and my plan was to apply two coats at about 0.006" thickness (they recommend no more than 0.010" per coat). But after applying the recommended...

Could use some ideas on how to darken the concrete floor in my workshop, as I have been unsuccessful so far. The area is about 200 sq ft and does not get heavy use - it's as much a storage area as a workshop. The concrete is not in very good shape - it's not very smooth in texture and color...

I had an epoxy coating applied to my garage floor 6 months ago, which is now lifting off and will be redone by the installer next week. In the meantime, I noticed that a hairline crack in the concrete is causing some weird behavior in the epoxy - it looks like the epoxy has formed some sort of...

I posted a while back about my super slippery epoxy coating that was applied by a contractor last May. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101972 The bad news is that the epoxy is still slippery. In the meantime, if I drop anything on the epoxy (socket, bolt, wrench), it...

I had my garage floor coated with a 3-coat solid color epoxy last week. The floor looks great, no complaints there. This morning I nearly killed myself when I walked outside to get the paper and stepped into some sprinkler runoff water, then walked inside. My feet totally flew out from under...

I had a contractor give me an estimate for applying epoxy to my garage floor. The product he uses, by Concrete Restoration Products (CRP), is a 100% solids epoxy with what he a called a Chemical Resistant Urethane clear coat. I could not find a website for CRP, but here is the place he buys it...

I picked up this tool at a swap meet, thinking it's a 1/4" drive. But it's not; the drive square is .277" across the flats. What's this used for?