Protect my garage post please...

[admranger]

I have a 5" x 7" (measured size) rectangular post in my garage.

I've done some rudimentary googling and haven't found anything that will work or look well as a post protector. I routinely bump it with my boots or rolling seat, etc. I'd like to put something like diamond plate, plastic, etc. on the post as a protector so I don't have to keep cleaning/touch up painting the post.

I've seen similar items protecting the posts in the big box stores, but no one knows where they come from. I may as well be asking them to derive Maxwell equations...

Oddly enough, in all the pics in my garage remodel thread (new pictures added today), I have no pic of the post.

Thanks for the help!

 

[InsanePyro]

I'd just put some diamond plate on each side. Depending on the wall color maybe you want to try and find it "molded" in a certain color

If all you do is scruff it on a quick search I found home depot has diamond plate vinyl flooring in a few colors. http://www.homedepot.com/p/TrafficM...ng-24-sq-ft-Case-21821/100655808#.UdSfG22_6rE

You can also just google "*insert color here* diamond plate"

 

[admranger]

I'd just put some diamond plate on each side. Depending on the wall color maybe you want to try and find it "molded" in a certain color

I guess I could go to a sheet metal fabricator's shop and order it up in 2 pieces (90 degree angle) so it'd be a cleaner looking install. Stainless would be too pricey, right? It'd match the workbench top better though...

 

[InsanePyro]

I guess I could go to a sheet metal fabricator's shop and order it up in 2 pieces (90 degree angle) so it'd be a cleaner looking install. Stainless would be too pricey, right? It'd match the workbench top better though...

http://www.homedepot.com/p/MD-Build...inum-Sheet-Metal-56022/100237491#.UdSgK22_6rE

 

[mjb]

I've seen similar items protecting the posts in the big box stores, but no one knows where they come from.

This is where the big box stores get them. http://frontline-inc.com/protection/column-wrap.htm

I have used 16 gauge diamond plate. Had a local shop break up two halves and screwed them into the poles.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'd find a local fab shop and get your aluminum DP from them. Take them the measurements and they should be able to shear it and bend it a 90° for you. When you buy it from big box stores like HD, you are way over paying.

When I bought mine for a workbench backsplash, I bought an entire sheet and they sheared it 12"x8'. I paid $100 for it.