Justintiime's Garage/Loft build thread!

[justintiime]

Stripes are done

 

[crazytrain]

Looks great, Keep up the good work and please keep the updates coming.

 

[Cris B]

Love the stripes Justin!

 

[justintiime]

Thanks guys. Not a whole lot of progress recently. Painting the trim around the doors/windows tonight and touching up some messy spots. Hope to paint the ceiling tomorrow and start cleaning my pontiac sign!

I hope to get it hung this weekend

 

[justintiime]

Walls, ceiling, and trim are all done! Just have to cut in the edge by the ceiling.

Brought in the cars for the first time in 2 weeks...we have a big ice and snow storm now...they're thawing lol

 

[justintiime]

Paint is 99% done. My buddy came over today and we got all the electrical 100% buttoned up. I just need to get some new switches and wall plate covers.

Also hung the 2x4s needed for my sign. I'll paint them soon and hope to get the sign hung next weekend. Just need to figure out to light, or not to light.

 

[justintiime]

This garage is KILLING ME! The ceiling in particular.

1 coat of primer
1 coat of sand paint. It still looks bad, so:
1 coat of white paint. I can still see dark spots so:
1 coat of "goes on pink, dries white" ceiling paint

but now I have dark pink spots on the ceiling. AAHHHHHH

SO I guess maybe the FIFTH time is the charm? I'm debating even using this pink **** upstairs in my loft.

 

[Crusher47]

Lookin' good so far

 

[justintiime]

I have some more pictures! These are from the past weekend. All outlets are installed. Ceiling fans are installed

2x4 are installed on back wall. This is where the sign will go

Here is the loft....I used some leftover "Sandstone" paint I had from when I bought my house and did some repainting

It will dry a few shades lighter. I had enough time to trim around the window and doors and ceiling. Left the "cow heater" on overnight to dry the paint.

By the way, that "paints on pink, dries white" ceiling paint is a HOAX!! I have pink splotches on my damn ceiling downstairs. Looks like I'm returning the 2 gallons I have left, for more flat white, and I get to paint the ceiling a SIXTH time. This is insane. I'm about to blow the garage to pieces.

 

[crazytrain]

I have some more pictures! These are from the past weekend. All outlets are installed. Ceiling fans are installed

2x4 are installed on back wall. This is where the sign will go

Here is the loft....I used some leftover "Sandstone" paint I had from when I bought my house and did some repainting

It will dry a few shades lighter. I had enough time to trim around the window and doors and ceiling. Left the "cow heater" on overnight to dry the paint.

By the way, that "paints on pink, dries white" ceiling paint is a HOAX!! I have pink splotches on my damn ceiling downstairs. Looks like I'm returning the 2 gallons I have left, for more flat white, and I get to paint the ceiling a SIXTH time. This is insane. I'm about to blow the garage to pieces.

Oh Gawd don't do that!!!

Just remember it will all be worth it in the end and you won't have to repaint for a long time. It looks great, keep up the good work!

 

[BlindViper]

Have you turned off all the lights and used a flashlight to look for the dark spots? They could be shadows.

 

[Sludge Puppy]

Painting is one of those things that is a royal pain in the ***. The pic with the fans in it, ceiling looks good.

 

[justintiime]

Started cleaning my sign up tonight. There is some dirt and mold inside that I'm sweeping out with a brush and vacuum.

I'm also removing the broken neon, hold downs, and the heavy (20 pounds) transformers.

Should have it cleaned by tomorrow, and will bring it home.

 

[cool50]

I saw this today and thought of you and your Pontiac Sign. I don't know if you saw this or not, sorry if you have.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51567&page=295

Post 5887

 

[R'Addiction]

Justin, Great build/renovate. Do you live on the Lake? We have been to SML many times. Bernards landing is where we usually stay. We do the Poker Run in May. Keep the pictures coming.

 

[justintiime]

Cool 50, THANK YOU! I will be contacting him about his supplies and where he got them

Addiction, yes/no. I have a house near White House that has lake access. I rent that one out. My actual house is off Diamond Hill Rd. Being from upstate NY, I never knew that a place where its 60 and sunny in february existed! HAHA

 

[justintiime]

OK so I went back to paint the garage again today. The ceiling downstairs actually looks OK now, so I wont be repainting it again (Thank God!). My buddy came to help me today, so the ceiling is now trimmed in, and all my touch up is done on the walls an stripes.

Upstairs I painted the ceiling. i'll do the trim tomorrow and the upstairs will be done. Just some very minor touch up downstairs and that will be done. I'm thinking 2 more nights tops!

 

[R'Addiction]

I actually got some things done today in the garage since it got above 30 degrees today! This is what it looked like when I got in there this morning. I really need to get some of this **** done! The honda needs a master cylinder so I can sell it. The engine needs to get on the stand so I can get it ready to go in the boat. The insulation needs to magically end up in between the rafters (I'm afraid of heights).

 

[R'Addiction]

The carpet leaning against the railing going upstairs got........ put upstairs!

The engine is on the stand with most of the **** taken off of it

Anyone need a used engine crate?

 

[T VETTE]

Just read your thread for the first time and I must say you did a nice job. Really a good job with the pics!!!!!!

 

[R'Addiction]

Just read your thread for the first time and I must say you did a nice job. Really a good job with the pics!!!!!!

Agreed!

 

[justintiime]

Thanks guy I appreciate the enthusiasm. Kind of makes it all worth it a little more I'll have better pics soon with my digital camera, instead of my phone lol. Next weekend for sure hope to have my pontiac sign up. Just have to contact some vendors tomorrow about led strip lights and whatnot

 

[justintiime]

Well I talked to the nice people at BirdDog Distributing and I ordered a whole pile of LEDs (with 8000 different colors to choose from) some remotes, power supplies, and other stuff. Looks like my sign will be lit after all!!

Today is supposed to be about 60 degrees out, so I plan on finish painting tonight FINALLY! That leaves me the next couple nights to buckle down and finish cleaning the sign.

 

[justintiime]

All my LED's, controllers, power supplies etc came in today

 

[Dandro]

anxiously awaiting to see some lit up PONTIAC signage!!! awesome thread!

 

[KPSquared]

This garage is KILLING ME! The ceiling in particular.

1 coat of primer
1 coat of sand paint. It still looks bad, so:
1 coat of white paint. I can still see dark spots so:
1 coat of "goes on pink, dries white" ceiling paint

but now I have dark pink spots on the ceiling. AAHHHHHH

SO I guess maybe the FIFTH time is the charm? I'm debating even using this pink **** upstairs in my loft.

What kind of paint are you using?

Edit * - Nevermind. Just went back through the thread. . .you get what you pay for.

 

[justintiime]

yeah live and learn. like I said, I had leftover Valspar from the inside of my house, that I used upstairs in my garage. One coat and done.

 

[R'Addiction]

Can't wait to see the sign.

 

[justintiime]

Finished stripping out the old transformers and remaining neon tubes. The sign is all cleaned up and ready to hang this weekend

 

[R'Addiction]

Yea, I'm pretty sure my friend would kill for that sign. Don't worry i won't tell him.

 

[justintiime]

Got some more done today.

1. Installed my ceiling fan upstairs
2. Installed second exterior light on back wall of garage to illuminate the deck
3. Installed front facing motion light to illuminate driveway
4. Figured out how to light my LED's

Got my Pontiac sign hung, but not lit.

I ran into a problem. The red lenses have a white border that wraps around the exterior edges and provides a "finished" border look on the front, but it extends to the rear of the lens and provides a mounting point to the tin. Well, the entire border is destroyed and I never noticed it until now. Looks like I have to strip it all off. This will leave me with only a red lens that is the same size as the tin sign, and no way to mount it. Ideas?

Thanks

 

[CNGsaves]

That's going to be fabulous when you're done.

Great job saving a piece of history . . . you'll be ONLY garage with PONTIAC light, to go along with the cars!!

You may have to take on another project . . . . classic GTO for one of your kids??

 

[justintiime]

I didn't even have a place to put it when I bought it. I just knew I had to save it! Just worked out great that I have a perfect spot for it now

funny thing, we put the O up 90* the wrong way and it was taller than the P. We scratched our heads a bit, then I looked at my white Formula 350 that has the same font decals, and in fact the O is a short squatty thing

 

[Sunbimmer]

Got my Pontiac sign hung, but not lit.

This is sooooo cool man, I love that idea

 

[socapots]

That's going to look sweet.
As far as mounting the lenses. Was the original a pressure fit? I didn't quite understand how it was set up.
Any pics of it?

 

[justintiime]

here you can see the white plastic as its deteriorating.

and here you can see on the arrowhead how it has a metal frame for the lens to sit in. I wish they were all like this!

 

[justintiime]

I'm thinking of getting some of these "ticket holders" You see these at the grocery store slid onto a glass shelf and the wide part is where the price sticker will go. I would invert it and sink a screw through the wide part into the metal sign, the other part is what I would slide the plastic lens into. I figure 6-8 of these per letter should work great

 

[justintiime]

I think I am going to get some of this metal universal strapping/hanger stuff and bend it in a "U" shape inside the letters, to space the LED's closwer to the lens for a better glow.

 

[1941Willyscoupe]

Wow...amazing transformation! nice!

 

[justintiime]

thanks