Let's Talk Paint - Post your pics

[TommyRox]

Finished priming the whole and now ready to add some color. I am leaning towards making it 2-tone - white and grey and adding a red or blue around the middle.

Tommyrox's Garage Makeover

Examples:

Paul's 17x20 2-Car

Single car garage revamp

I used Kilz2 to prime everything and thinking I'm going to leave that as the white so all I have left is the gray bottom and stripe.
I intended going back over and painting with a high gloss paint but now I think I am sticking to "primer flat".

Welcoming any and all paint tips

Post pics of your paint job !

 

[Nickshelby]

I did gray on bottom, red stripe and white on top.

 

[TommyRox]

I think that's what I am going to do also - looks great. I saw a garage on here somewhere with a checker board border around the top...nice addition.

 

[JimVonBaden]

In the end, most of the stripes get covered.

Jim

 

[Nickshelby]

I spy a really nice f800gs

 

[Jay Sco]

Can't go wrong with gray and white. I like blue but nothing in my garage is blue, red would have matched some things, but just wasnt digging red on the walls. I went with a black 6" line about mid height. Here's a crappy pic, garage is still under construction.

 

[JimVonBaden]

I spy a really nice f800gs

R1200GS:

Jim

 

[John in OH]

Painting seems to be a hot topic today!!

I just finished painting my shop ... used a VERY pale white (custom mixed Clover White) on top, green tinted gray on center, dark green (Oliver Green) on block with an Oliver Green stripe. All semi-gloss for durability and cleanliness. The whole process is more or less summed up on my build thread Posts #111 thru 114 at:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98038&page=6

But, if you don't want to wade through another painting thread, a couple of final pics here:





IMHO, I don't like leaving primer as a finish coat. It soaks in too much, doesn't provide a durable finish and loses its "new" look too quickly ... shows every mark, smudge and rub and can't be cleaned. If you want a flat look, apply a flat finish paint over the primer.

 

[Jomo]

Painting seems to be a hot topic today!!

I just finished painting my shop ... used a VERY pale white (custom mixed Clover White) on top, green tinted gray on center, dark green (Oliver Green) on block with an Oliver Green stripe. All semi-gloss for durability and cleanliness. The whole process is more or less summed up on my build thread Posts #111 thru 114 at:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98038&page=6

But, if you don't want to wade through another painting thread, a couple of final pics here:





IMHO, I don't like leaving primer as a finish coat. It soaks in too much, doesn't provide a durable finish and loses its "new" look too quickly ... shows every mark, smudge and rub and can't be cleaned. If you want a flat look, apply a flat finish paint over the primer.

Looks great!

 

[Nickshelby]

R1200GS:

Jim

The orange threw me off, I thought they only made the F series in orange.

 

[jsaw]

I left mine primer flat.

 

[JoeMA]

Painting seems to be a hot topic today!!

I just finished painting my shop ... used a VERY pale white (custom mixed Clover White) on top, green tinted gray on center, dark green (Oliver Green) on block with an Oliver Green stripe. All semi-gloss for durability and cleanliness. The whole process is more or less summed up on my build thread Posts #111 thru 114 at:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98038&page=6

But, if you don't want to wade through another painting thread, a couple of final pics here:





IMHO, I don't like leaving primer as a finish coat. It soaks in too much, doesn't provide a durable finish and loses its "new" look too quickly ... shows every mark, smudge and rub and can't be cleaned. If you want a flat look, apply a flat finish paint over the primer.

Very nice color scheme.

 

[JimVonBaden]

The orange threw me off, I thought they only made the F series in orange.

It is a variation of Manderin Yellow. Made in 05-06.

Jim

 

[Zeppe807]

I did a light gray, with correguted steel on the bottom, and a semi gloss black 2x3 trim/shelf. I wish the light gray was semi gloss, but it was a free 5gal bucket of flat white, that I added the black to. The semi gloss reflects more light, and is much easier to clean dirty fingerprints off of.

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Please ignore the temp conduit over the future plugs (they are dead at this time).

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Joe Zeppe

 

[Tim The Tool Man]

I went with light grey, red and black stripe, then dark grey below: