Garage Attire

[Pedro86]

ye olde blues. courtesy of cintas.

 

[Pedro86]

and steel toes

 

[ed_v]

I swear by Dickies pants. They are terrible until you get about 50 washings in them. Once they are worn in, they are comfortable as can be and they don't hold a lot of stains. A bonus is they are cheap!

I usually throw on my boots and I have some old plain white t-shirts that are specific for the garage. I am going to invest in some good coveralls one day. My last pair didn't last long, so I just never bought a new pair.

Ed

 

[mbmopar]

This poster was up on my in-laws garage door
And I had to add my .02 cents worth....
Nana was NOT amused.

 

[MP&C]

Jeans and shop shirt...

Even the intern wears 'em...

 

[camarotoolman]

What ever is on sale @ good will or a yard sale is what I'm wearing. I would pay more than $4 for jeans $1 for tees. Dickies pants are alot cooler than jeans. I tried wearing a shop coat when I was a shop teacher but didn't like them, too hot I guess. Was a problem, had to wear "professional cloths" but work in a dirty shop. (wood, metal shop)

 

[Exceller8]

I swear by Dickies pants. They are terrible until you get about 50 washings in them. Once they are worn in, they are comfortable as can be and they don't hold a lot of stains. A bonus is they are cheap!

I usually throw on my boots and I have some old plain white t-shirts that are specific for the garage. I am going to invest in some good coveralls one day. My last pair didn't last long, so I just never bought a new pair.

Ed

That is good to know. I haven't been buying the Dickies pants because I thought they were uncomfortable. I'll try some now and wash the heck out of them.

 

[WWIIjeep]

Dickies, Carhartt, Ben Davis. My favorite workwear brand is the latter, not generally seen in department stores anymore, but readily available in large/tall sizes on their website:

http://www.bendavis.com/store/overalls

Plus, their logo is more distinctive than Dickies and Carhartt.

 

[plain2car]

Old jeans, old T shirts and old truly crappy athletic shoes.

x2 ... old "good-guys" event shirts sooo they are "garage work approved"

 

[barks]

Amen

 

[Kev442]

Old work clothes. You can hardly tell a work day from a Saturday in the garage unless you look for some stains and slight fraying on me. The work pants are Timber Creek by Wrangler and they are so much roomier and cooler than jeans, I hardly wear jeans at all anymore.

 

[rfloz]

Old jeans, old shirts and old shoes.

If they weren't old when I start a project, they certainly are when I'm done!

 

[some zilch]

i wear my work uniforms at home....why ruin my clothes when i can ruin theirs? i am the truck mechanic for a national industrial launderer/uniform service, so my clothes can be dirty, and they make them clean. i also have a ratty pair of carhartt overalls i wear when its cold. i couldnt possibly care any less what anyone else thinks when they see me.

 

[trbomax]

Reading this is amazeing to me (that anyone would even worry about it). I dont think I have but about 3 t's and 2 pair of jeans that are not stained up and burned with holes. Guess I'm just a grubby old farmer.But my first post on the subject still stands!

 

[Mike14k]

In the hot OKlahoma summers, I wear black gym shorts and grey T-shirts. I haver 10 sets or so and the wife has a special hamper they all go into. So it's a load or so every couple weeks. A mason jar on the dryer for all the nuts and bolts she pulls out of the pockets.

In fall and spring, I usually add a long sleve shirt over them with pockets. When it gets really cold,35 or so, I slip on insulated overalls over the shorts.

When it gets really, really cold (below 25) I wear the overalls with a heating pad wrapped around my waist inside. Perfectly comfy with a long enough extension cord.

 

[DIC]

I used to wear coveralls but every time I raised my arms I got a wedgie

 

[denis4x4]

Bib overalls and a long sleeve tee. Since I live in a rural community, I have no problems with dress codes at the co-op.

 

[garboui]

If its nice out and just puttering (wood, tinkering etc..) T shirt, shorts, and birkenstocks.

If grinders, welders, or anything thats going to throw some hot chip will be in play, ill put on some low cut steel toes.

 

[softailgarage]

I like these for working

http://www.armedworkwear.com/products/khaki-work-pants/

Built in knee pads are nice also.

Ordered a pair, Thanks

 

[1967lemans]

Mostly coveralls and steel toes for me. In the summer if Im doing something that isnt to hazardous, its shorts, tshirt and flops.

 

[crazytrain]

This...

Really just what ever is comfortable, I keep some old t-shirts and jeans to work around the house, working on the car or in my little shop.

 

[Steevo]

Proper safety attire for the task:

And the right shoes:

 

[toytech40]

Having worked as an auto tech for 25 years I was used to wearing shop provided uniforms, and left it at that. I then changed careers and became an operator at a natural gas processing plant, which i was required to wear provided FR coveralls and soon got used to putting coveralls on over street clothes and wearing for 12 hours. I found it was nice at the end of the day take the coveralls off and clothes underneath were still clean. Granted you sweat more but plan ahead and wear as light of clothes underneath as possible. So wife was frustrated wit my dirty clothes when working garage at home or helping the farmer I work for on days off during busy times of year. I usuallt wear insulated bibs when is cold out and saved clothes, so added a pair of uninsulated coveralls to the wardrobe at home to put on over reg clothes and have lkes it. I can take off if I go in to eat lunch or if have to run to the store can take afew seconds and take them off and am clean enough for the wife to let me go out in publc. The only drawback I need to get some with lighter material then I have as makes it a bit too warm in summer. The FR ones at wor are a light but tough material, not tha i want FR for home shp($$expensive$$) but that weight of material would be nice. Plus depending on how much wear them or how dirty they get I only wash the covralls every couple weeks.

Just my 2 cents worth

 

[Bronson]

Plaid polyester pants and a Hawaaian shirt.

 

[dankicksass]

Red Kap keeps me looking professional. Cintas keeps it clean.

 

[MotoDave]

A while ago I picked up a bunch of surplus cargo pants, they were cheap and don't really show dirt/grease. Usually have an old t-shirt on, or a green long sleeve welding shirt. I'd like to be able to pull coveralls over my normal clothes but its just too warm here all the time.

 

[LoRollinLS]

When its cold out, I'm an insulated coveralls kinda guy. They are warm and keep your regular clothes from getting dirty. In the summer I usually wear jeans and a t-shirt. When my jeans and t-shirts get too worn they are retired to "garage clothes." Thinking about switching to a light duty set of uninsulated short sleeved coveralls for the summertime though because I'm going through my other garage clothes really fast. If I'm doing light duty stuff I wear running/tennis shoes. Heavy duty stuff is either boots or steel toe boots.

 

[D rock]

Shop naked if you want...your shop your clothes. Might be a biiiiaaaatch welding tho...J/K

Jeans, t-shirt, coveralls, overalls, boots, flip flops any thing goes. Depends on the project and what I'm feeling at the time...