Let's see your color schemes

[425hp]

Trying to think of something that is out of the ordinary, so far, here is my blank canvas. Off white, flooring is grey U Coat it with black, blue and dark grey flecks.

 

[dittle fart around]

I'm going with the raw metal, unpainted drywall, oil stained plywood and dirty metal filing paint splattered concrete floor. In other words the natural look.View media item 10232

 

[RAYJAY]

here's mine from a couple of years ago.... doing some changes so more pictures coming

 

[scarrylarry]

Gray on the bottom to hide dirt...white on top to reflect light...painted stripe to seperate.

OhioAuto.I really like your green old schoolhouse type lighting you have hanging above your workbench.I thought about those myself but the few places I looked at they were very expensive.Would you mind telling me how much you paid for yours?
Thanks
scarrylarry

 

[ManxRacer]

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I mean no offense, but this is a joke, right?...

 

[Kevin54]

I think I've been in operating rooms less sterile than that. I LIKE it!!! Huge, huge difference from one of your before pics in your build.

 

[strnge]

More Please

 

[mz3_Sedated]

Well, since you said please... enjoy my first post (I've been lurking for a few months)

 

[copterdoctor]

vmax.... drool.....

 

[hobie1dog]

Brinskan, are you kidding me? A 911 AND a Gulf sign!?!?!? There's only one choice....the Gulf livery!

 

[strnge]

this is what im looking at doing to mine..

What program did you use to design this?

 

[Ohio Auto]

OhioAuto.I really like your green old schoolhouse type lighting you have hanging above your workbench.I thought about those myself but the few places I looked at they were very expensive.Would you mind telling me how much you paid for yours?
Thanks
scarrylarry

I ****...paid 30 bucks a piece for them at a swap meet...and...they are dead mint on both sides of the shade.

Went to an electrical shop in town and bought the type of box that has a self leveler for the rod that screws in.

Here's a pic of some more pendant lights I have in the other end of the shop that I made into a bar area.

 

[Bonefishmak]

This is just the thread I needed!! I've got a new TH with 2 car garage so, wanting to figure out what paint scheme to go with. I like the dark gray bottom light gray top with red stripe to break it up. Looks nice. I also thought maybe black bottom with med gray top and red stripe. Black maybe a little to dark though. Keep posting up pics as I want to do this and coat the floor soon!

Thanks to all the contributors!!!

 

[machine_punk]

I'm just starting my garage remodel...but I am going to use these two colors...

fudgesicle brown
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And pale yellow (NO...that is NOT my car...just using the picture for the color I want)
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I'm going for the old 1940ish industrial theme. I really like the color brown. I think the pale yellow goes well against the brown (I've seen it on a few cars and I like it) (I wanted to do red and brown, but I wanted a lighter color, so it would be easy to see nuts/bolts/fasteners against the color). Things like my storage bins will be yellow, so you can see the parts...
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I will also have a lot of natural aluminum in my garage, adding to the industrial feel. I work a lot in aluminum sheet and solid aluminum rivets.

Pictures coming as I get started on the garage.

 

[ceta4zng]

thought this was very Ferrari-ish - even though I have no intention of ever owning one - and it doesn't match the colors of any of my cars.

 

[machine_punk]

Same general garage theme: dark below-contrasting stripe to offset and lighter above to reflect more light. Went with more of a desert color scheme.

We (Wife helped big time) primed two coats, caulked, taped and then used exterior semi-gloss 100% latex on skip trowel finish drywall. Used Frog painter's tape for the stripe.

your stripes look perfect, even over the textured surface. Do you care to share your technique on striping? Thanks!

(I see that you used frog painters tape...but any special technique other than that, or is painters tape finally getting 'that good?'

 

[nathank]

 

[Bonefishmak]

I like this flooring...what is it?

 

[nathank]

I like this flooring...what is it?

Black epoxy with white/gray/blue flake

 

[Bonefishmak]

Black epoxy with white/gray/blue flake

Thanks! I think I may go black with white/gray/red.....

I only saw gray/neutral/white base coast on the epoxy coat site? Is the black an option or something?

 

[Fastback]

Here's a few of mine...when it was cleaner.

 

[packet]

Still working on mine, but here's what I'm thinking of. Can't decide between a metallic blue paint or bosch blue.

 

[trodery]

I like Lime Green & Gray

 

[Falcon67]

I'm going with the raw metal, unpainted drywall, oil stained plywood and dirty metal filing paint splattered concrete floor. In other words the natural look.

I'm considering trying to add in some "raw material" interest into my new shop. Has to be rat rod cheap though. It'll get some, out of pure laziness.

 

[Aspen RT]

That lime green looks great!!!!!!!

 

[abstamaria]

White and Red

Many of you have seen this picture already in the gallery and lifts discussions, so my apologies. The lift is new and I am so pleased with it and want to show it off.

Here are plain white floors, ceilings, and walls and red cabinets.

Although I enjoy this scheme, really chosen by default (the red cabinets were a given as old ones only came in that color), I must say it is such a pleasure to see the other imaginative, brave, and successful color combinations shown by others here on this thread. It would be boring if our garages all looked alike.

Best,

Andy

 

[Scuderia-F1]

Re: White and Red

Many of you have seen this picture already in the gallery and lifts discussions, so my apologies. The lift is new and I am so pleased with it and want to show it off.

Here are plain white floors, ceilings, and walls and red cabinets.



Although I enjoy the conbination, really chosen by default (the red cabinets were a given as old ones only came in that color), I must say it is such a pleasure to see the other imaginative, brave, and successful combinations shown by others here on this thread. It would be boring if our garages all looked alike.

Best,

Andy

Andres, your garage is such an inspiration. It´s the "dream garage", almost like a small private Formula 1 factory.

I´m a HUGE fan of this tidy shop/garage!

 

[Kevin54]

I think in my garage, I'm going to flip all of my cabinets on one wall upside down like those in your pic. It never occured to me to do that. And maybe I'll quit hearing the wife complain that she can't reach into them.

 

[Kevin54]

Here is a before and an after of the wifes garage. It was gray but she didn't care for it so it went all white with black and red. The floor still has to be done, the ceiling still has to be repaired and painted, and a couple of outlets need to be ran.

 

[hobie1dog]

am I the only one who is getting really tired of the gray w/ red stripe scheme?

 

[Stargeezer]

your stripes look perfect, even over the textured surface. Do you care to share your technique on striping? Thanks!

(I see that you used frog painters tape...but any special technique other than that, or is painters tape finally getting 'that good?'

Ha. Thanks. Sure I'll first say I did do finish work for a living when I was young-mostly on aircraft and planes have a lot of stripes. Patience is key.

Layout: Floors are too uneven to measure off of. I made tick marks every 3-4 feet after using a yo yo to get a measurement off the floor, to get a rough line for the tapes. Boy a good lazer level might make this part of the job a cinch.

Then you pull the Frog tape. The reason I like it is that there is a chemical stripe near the edge of this tape that reacts with the paint and creates a paint dam. BTW- I think 3M tape is now using this trick on some grades too.

I pull off the tape in 4-5 foot lengths and leave it very lightly tensioned. This is the trick- No tension. Then eye-ball the line using the tick marks as a guide. You might have to press your face close against the wall to be able to sight down the tape. Just touch the tape's top edge down just lightly, eyeball it, and reposition it as needed to get a line that is straight to the eye. Relax. This takes time and patience. Pat it down lightly at first. Repeat until you are happy with the line, and continue to next section of stripe.

Once the tape line is established, smooth the tape down with your hands- lightly tensioned and patted/ rubbed down. You can then begin sealing it off. I do this with the aide of some sort of smooth plastic tool. A burnisher, a Sharpie pen barrel tip, a cuticle tool. Carefully rub the edges down 100%. If the surface is textured, be sure to have good lighting and do not tear the tape edges. That is why you need to position the tape with little tension-so that when you need to press it down into the texture it does stretch & doesn't tear. It needs some stretchiness left in it to do be able to conform to the wall's roughness.

I'l leave the tape for 30 minutes max before I start to remove it-and this is out west where water based paints flash off pretty fast.

anyways...probably TMI

 

[machine_punk]

Perfect...thanks for the technique. I'm getting ready to start my shop and I'll be doing a stripe...from other posts, sounds like it can be tough put on a stripe without 'bleed under.' I appreciate you taking the time to elaborate.

 

[Kroggers]

Whilst mine is not finished, I have grey floor with white walls, apart from one which has been painted red - in both the main garage and the workshop.

 

[celiboom]

here is my addition to this thread!!

 

[strnge]

I like it.

 

[Qwk]

Bump this thread....

I went with the Gray walls, White ceiling & Black trim. Floor is Home Depot garage fllor coating with Blue & Black specs.

Now if I can only decide on the Heater, all would be good.

 

[Kevin54]

Bump this thread....

I went with the Gray walls, White ceiling & Black trim. Floor is Home Depot garage fllor coating with Blue & Black specs.

Now if I can only decide on the Heater, all would be good.

Qwk....Nice looking space for sure

I think I see a pattern going on. It looks like you do everything in "twos". Two pushbrooms, two identical weedeaters, two decals on the wall, two outlets behind the two sets of benches.

Now if you are a single guy and have a set of twin sisters as girlfriends

 

[TurboBlog]

Here's how my color scheme turned out. This thread was very helpful in deciding what I'd go with. As you can see it's still a work in progress and I'm dying to finish up so I can move all my junk in!

The stripe is 3" gloss black premium vinyl from http://www.vinylstriping.com. I plan to do a little writeup/review of how that went today.

 

[mikewoods]

Here's how my color scheme turned out. This thread was very helpful in deciding what I'd go with. As you can see it's still a work in progress and I'm dying to finish up so I can move all my junk in!

The stripe is 3" gloss black premium vinyl from http://www.vinylstriping.com. I plan to do a little writeup/review of how that went today.

That turned out GREAT! Really nice work!

 

[charged9250]

White and gray for me.