Fixing up Garage need some help

[drewcorvette]

Well we just moved into our new house and first order of business is to get to work on the garage . The garage is 20' x 20' and needs some real TLC. The drywall/Sheetrock has a lot of nail pops, nail holes and some small holes/cracks.

The cinder block/concrete block along the perimeter are very dirty and starting to crack in some areas. I'm a new newbie when it comes to fixing drywall/block and picking the right premier and paint.

I want to make the garage a show queen so I've ordered some race deck flooring, and want to start prepping the garage walls for paint.

I'm a newbe when it comes to drywall/sheetrock repair and painting so need some direction. I've already started removing all the hooks and wood where most of the stuff is hanging on the walls and patching it up with some drydex spackle in the images below.

Can you recommend what type of paint/premier to use on the walls and concrete/cinder block? I'm looking to paint the concrete/cinder blocks black but haven't decided on the walls yet.




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[sledneck32!]

Whats ur location?

Your gonna want to pressure wash the block before u paint. Your local paint store will have good recommendations. Acrylic latex would be just fine. Notice i said paint store, not box store.

Dont use that pink spackle for taping. You need drywall mud. The spackle has very little adhesive in it. Spackle is basically for nail holes and minor dents.

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[drewcorvette]

I'm in NY, I might have went a little crazy with the pink spackle on a good portion of the walls that have nail holes, dents and where i tour some of the drywall when i removed some wood moldings.

I did tape 3 areas that i used the pink spackle. Would i need to redo all the walls with mud instead? If so do i need sand everything off and start from scratch?

 

[DougWil]

Is all that blockwork above grade?
Do you have the rainwater/snow melt directed away from your house?
It looks like it has been plenty wet over the years and your foundation has settled making that large crack.

Fix any of those issues 1st, because painting the block would be a waste of time otherwise.

And it is primer, not premier.

 

[sledneck32!]

I'm in NY, I might have went a little crazy with the pink spackle on a good portion of the walls that have nail holes, dents and where i tour some of the drywall when i removed some wood moldings.

I did tape 3 areas that i used the pink spackle. Would i need to redo all the walls with mud instead? If so do i need sand everything off and start from scratch?

You used the pink spackle to stick the tape on? If thats the case, then tear it out and scrape/wipe/wash it down as best you can. Reapply with taping mud.

You can either remove it now, or nature will remove it for you.

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[drewcorvette]

The house is from 1958, and it had some issues with flooding in the basement but not in the garage at least as far as i know. I assume over-time moisture has gotten into the garage and into the blocks. Before I power wash the block what do you recommend i use to patch up the cracks in the blocks??

I used drywall tape in about 3 small area's with the pink stuff. The rest of the pink stuff i used for nail holes, some dents and torn sheetrock/drywall and i still have to deal with handful of nail pops. I'll try and remove the ones I taped, but do you think the pink stuff will still hold for the smaller stuff or do i fully need to start from scratch?

 

[eurobound]

The house is from 1958, and it had some issues with flooding in the basement but not in the garage at least as far as i know. I assume over-time moisture has gotten into the garage and into the blocks. Before I power wash the block what do you recommend i use to patch up the cracks in the blocks??

I used drywall tape in about 3 small area's with the pink stuff. The rest of the pink stuff i used for nail holes, some dents and torn sheetrock/drywall and i still have to deal with handful of nail pops. I'll try and remove the ones I taped, but do you think the pink stuff will still hold for the smaller stuff or do i fully need to start from scratch?

unfortunately the housing industry still uses nails for drywall which is total B-S! Even my drywallers who use screws for commercial work started using nails on my house? Luckily I caught them early on and took them all out and had them screw it all in. For nail pops, take out the nail and put a screw above or below it into the stud to secure the board. Definitely use taping mud with the tape as previously suggested.

if you weren't so far away I'd give you a box of mud for free... its really not that expensive when you consider how much you get vs. spackle.

oh yeah, and take care of moisture issues around the house as previously suggested as well.

 

[DougWil]

The house is from 1958, and it had some issues with flooding in the basement but not in the garage at least as far as i know. I assume over-time moisture has gotten into the garage and into the blocks.

Let me try again.

Is all that blockwork above grade?
Do you have the rainwater/snow melt directed away from your house?

Trying to determine where that moisture is coming from.
Painting over soon to be wet block will just make all that powerwashing and painting stain, or worse blister off.

 

[ModClean]

Listen to DougWil--address those questions. Obviously you could get away without dealing with the moisture issue, and the place won't fall down. But, if you're really planning to make that place a show queen, you may need to start on the outside and make sure you're managing water intrusion.