Trim work question

[shamus29]

Hey guys drywall should be finished up today for my garage. Starting the paint and trim work over Christmas, and I’m curious what do people do when they have a 6 inch curb around the bottom of their garage.


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[casmurbax]

Are you talking about, that you have a 6inch high block and then your walls are built on top of that?

 

[karoc]

Pics are always a big help

 

[Kaizen]

Hey guys drywall should be finished up today for my garage. Starting the paint and trim work over Christmas, and I’m curious what do people do when they have a 6 inch curb around the bottom of their garage.


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I painted mine the same color as the wall. Mine is a foot high. Pita due to divots and crevices in concrete. Used a brush and pushed it in where roller did not reach


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[Shiftless]

I painted mine the same color as the wall. Mine is a foot high. Pita due to divots and crevices in concrete. Used a brush and pushed it in where roller did not reach


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That’s the way I would do it.

If you’re fussy, you could parge coat the “curb” with mortar to smooth it out a bit. But then you have to be careful and mask the floor, give time to let it cure before painting, etc.

I’ve seen guys with painted floors paint the curb the same color as the floor.

 

[glentre]

Best to leave the drywall slightly elevated from the curb if you expect to be washing cars in the garage. Either way, run some 3/4" quarter round to hide the joint between the drywall and curb, caulk if necessary and then paint.

Glen

 

[gsmith22]

if you are going to paint masonry block, it should be primed with "block filler" to help smooth out the surface and prepare for top coat of paint. otherwise you are wasting your time

 

[Racy2]

I am going to parge mine when it warms up here. That will make it look good and be nice and smooth.

 

[CraigStu]

Painted it wall color in 2 garages that had that.