Wall covering?

[Leafs]

Anyone have any idea what I could put over the sheet rock that's half durable and doesn't break the bank. The walls in my garage are finished and painted but my 2 kids and the neighbors kids put one hockey net in the garage and another at he end of the driveway. I'm getting a few dings and marks from the hockey ball and sticks. I'm not kicking them out as they're having fun and I hear a lot of my friends say they'd wish their kids would get away from the TV and video games.

I work in a food production plant and we have 1/8'' plastic panels that are 4X8 from floor to ceiling so that we can spray the place down every night. I checked into the cost and I could probably gold plate it for less.

 

[Nosferatu]

Look for a local plastics supplier that sells 1/8" Kydex sheet. It's probably the same thing or similar to what your plant uses.

 

[Leafs]

Look for a local plastics supplier that sells 1/8" Kydex sheet. It's probably the same thing or similar to what your plant uses.

I checked what the plant uses and diamond plate was only a couple bucks more a sheet.

It wasn't called Kydex but would Home Depot have something like that?

 

[Nosferatu]

No, you won't find it at any hardware or box stores. Kleerdex is the company that makes it, they can forward you to a local dealer.

A similar product is Bolteron. I can't remember who makes it though.

Anyway, they are both PVC alloys and very durable. It's what hospitals use on their walls.

 

[Leafs]

Kleerdex, thanks.

 

[Torque1st]

Kydex is a proprietary alloy sheet available in many grades, colors, and thicknesses, from plastic supply companies.

You can also use FRP sheet, 4x8', with gloss white dimple texture surface 0.090" thick available at HD for $30/sheet last time I looked.

Many people use OSB and paint it.

 

[Leafs]

You can also use FRP sheet, 4x8', with gloss white dimple texture surface 0.090" thick available at HD for $30/sheet last time I looked.

$30 is a lot cheaper than what my company uses. I wouldn't mind spending that.

Do you glue it on? Is there a track system you can get with it, something like when you do a drop ceiling with tiles?

 

[Torque1st]

Adhesive is used to attach it to the wall. Trim is used to cover the edges.
go to the home depot website and search for FRP. Other home stores and lumber yards probably carry it as well.

 

[nate379]

Throw a sheet of OSB behind it?

Have them put both goals outside? Or is driveway very short? I have 6 vehicles and a trailer parts in mine and there is still room for another 3-4 cars without parking anything tightly.

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

FRP is used commercially in a lot of FDA approved facilities (butcher shops/meat plants/restaurants, etc). There also is a similar product that is slightly cheaper, and more flexible, VRP (vinyl instead of Fiberglass), it also has a smoother (mostly flat) texture. My Home Depot used to carry it, but I haven't looked in a LONG time (years).

 

[little d]

wanted, they should still carry it, most do, its about 1/2, 1/3, the cost of frp by the way.

 

[Leafs]

Throw a sheet of OSB behind it?

Have them put both goals outside? Or is driveway very short? I have 6 vehicles and a trailer parts in mine and there is still room for another 3-4 cars without parking anything tightly.

Mostly happens when it's raining out and they just use the one net in the garage. Driveway is 30 ft long and if they put a net in the garage they almost double that.

 

[Daniel Dudley]

I would almost tell you to wait until they grow out of it. You could hang some moving blankets on the walls. Harbor freight sells those cheap.

Home Depot or Lowes will have the FRP, and probably about 20 kinds of tempered masonite paneling.

 

[Ray-CA]

...You could hang some moving blankets on the walls. Harbor freight sells those cheap.

That's what I did when my two boys (now 24 and 22) along with the rest of the neighborhood kids were playing roller hockey. We hung three moving blankets from the ceiling and spaced them about six inches from the wall. The blankets took the hit and stopped the puck before it hit the wall. The puck just dropped down to the floor.

A bonus, we saved the blankets and they've come in handy for various things since then.

Ray

 

[trashauler]

I used FRP in my garage. I just finished it up over the weekend. It goes up easy and looks great. I used Liquid Nails to hold mine up. It was a little exspensive $27 per 4 x 8 sheet from HD, but well worth it in the long run. I can now wash in my garage and dont have to ever paint again. I will try and post up some pics.

 

[trashauler]

Before

During

I still have to take some after pics.

 

[TONE]

Leaf..........

When I was in the sign industry we made a ton of signs from a plastic type board called Sintra. Its completely water resistant, cleans very easy, and has a ton of colors available.

We used to buy tons of 4x8 boards. They come in different thickness'

I believe the thinner stuff is around 20 bucks a board. Just glue it up or screw it onto the wall.

 

[911mike]

I am in the graphics biz and have tried sintra. It's cold crack is poor and is too soft. It is "expanded Foam PVC". Stay with the FRP panels. Palram makes some new higher density panels that have ton's of colors and patterns and come in 4 x 10's too. I plan on finishing my garage later this summer with them.