My wife and I just bought a new house and closed about a month ago. I wanted to get started on the garage first thing due to the fact that we still have a garage full of stuff at our old place. We have another 2 months before the new owners move in so I need to get moving on this project. It really works out for me this way. I should have plenty of time to do everything i want, right?
My plans are to have a nice, clinical area. Clean and being organized is everything to me. I have little bouts with OCD and you'll soon see that i fight with this **** everyday. I don't do a lot of wrenching, but i sure know my way around a toolbox. I am a bit of an Auto detail fanatic (don't judge me) but i am no Matt Moreman! I have a 4runner, and the wife drives a sonata...but we keeps 'em clean, ha! This will be an auto detail, tinker here and there, and just hangout garage! Enjoy
This picture shows the garage before the house became ours. It’s really hard to envision how I wanted my garage to look. My OCD was killing me as we were doing the walkthrough .
A week or so after closing, some major cleaning of the garage took place. Several gallons of “Purple Power” APC were used to scrub the floors surface to remove any and all grime off of the floor and cinder blocks. I believe this was after the concrete was etched and allowed to dry.
Flooring – I knew I wanted a grey floor, but I didn’t know if I wanted to go the Rust Bullet route, or stay with the ole’ trusty Rustoleum epoxy. I have done epoxy before in our last place, and still looked great over the last 8 or so years. I never once experienced fading, chipping, or peel-off. It’s all in the prep work, folks! Anyways, the ease of use of the rust bullet intrigued me. I thought I would give it a shot. I contacted several different people to get their take on the application. Nothing but good things from customers, but felt I was “bothering” the dealers buy asking so many questions and I didn’t like that, so in the end, I went the rustoleum route. Application is straight forward and 90% is prep work. I purchased 2 -2.5 garage kits in grey, and 1 -2.5 garage kit clear coat. I bought 2 of the epoxy kits because in the last house, I had to go a little thin to cover the whole garage. I ended up wasting about half of the second kit, but I have full and even coverage. I didn't go with any flakes this go around. I decided it was either all or none as far as the flakes go and i would have needed about 50 lbs to do a full coverage. I wasn't gonna pay $500 just for flakes, so i booted that idea. I like the clean, clinical look!
This is where the wall of cabinets are going. 13 ft of repurposed white kitchen cabinets will be installed on this wall. The work top will more than likely be a butcher block type surface. Hoping to install the cabinets at the beginning of next week.
Paint – Nothing much to see here other than grabbing a 5 gallon bucket of the cheapest **** at Home depot. I paid around $45 for 5 gallons. This stuff dries weird and makes it look like you missed a bunch of spots. But after about a day of drying time, it finishes up nicely. I went with the flat white option by Glidden and had the paint guys mix up a color called “Pebble Grey”.
Still to install:
-Wall o' cabinets and build work surface
-Drink beer
-Air compressor install (wiring 220v)
-Install sink
-install new lighting
-Find somewhere to place toolbox
-Drink more beer!
-Organize everything.
Updates to follow. Enjoy!
My plans are to have a nice, clinical area. Clean and being organized is everything to me. I have little bouts with OCD and you'll soon see that i fight with this **** everyday. I don't do a lot of wrenching, but i sure know my way around a toolbox. I am a bit of an Auto detail fanatic (don't judge me) but i am no Matt Moreman! I have a 4runner, and the wife drives a sonata...but we keeps 'em clean, ha! This will be an auto detail, tinker here and there, and just hangout garage! Enjoy
This picture shows the garage before the house became ours. It’s really hard to envision how I wanted my garage to look. My OCD was killing me as we were doing the walkthrough .
A week or so after closing, some major cleaning of the garage took place. Several gallons of “Purple Power” APC were used to scrub the floors surface to remove any and all grime off of the floor and cinder blocks. I believe this was after the concrete was etched and allowed to dry.
Flooring – I knew I wanted a grey floor, but I didn’t know if I wanted to go the Rust Bullet route, or stay with the ole’ trusty Rustoleum epoxy. I have done epoxy before in our last place, and still looked great over the last 8 or so years. I never once experienced fading, chipping, or peel-off. It’s all in the prep work, folks! Anyways, the ease of use of the rust bullet intrigued me. I thought I would give it a shot. I contacted several different people to get their take on the application. Nothing but good things from customers, but felt I was “bothering” the dealers buy asking so many questions and I didn’t like that, so in the end, I went the rustoleum route. Application is straight forward and 90% is prep work. I purchased 2 -2.5 garage kits in grey, and 1 -2.5 garage kit clear coat. I bought 2 of the epoxy kits because in the last house, I had to go a little thin to cover the whole garage. I ended up wasting about half of the second kit, but I have full and even coverage. I didn't go with any flakes this go around. I decided it was either all or none as far as the flakes go and i would have needed about 50 lbs to do a full coverage. I wasn't gonna pay $500 just for flakes, so i booted that idea. I like the clean, clinical look!
This is where the wall of cabinets are going. 13 ft of repurposed white kitchen cabinets will be installed on this wall. The work top will more than likely be a butcher block type surface. Hoping to install the cabinets at the beginning of next week.
Paint – Nothing much to see here other than grabbing a 5 gallon bucket of the cheapest **** at Home depot. I paid around $45 for 5 gallons. This stuff dries weird and makes it look like you missed a bunch of spots. But after about a day of drying time, it finishes up nicely. I went with the flat white option by Glidden and had the paint guys mix up a color called “Pebble Grey”.
Still to install:
-Wall o' cabinets and build work surface
-Drink beer
-Air compressor install (wiring 220v)
-Install sink
-install new lighting
-Find somewhere to place toolbox
-Drink more beer!
-Organize everything.
Updates to follow. Enjoy!
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