What gloss to paint garage walls?

[tojan19]

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I found it looking for info on epoxy floors. Tons of great info here.
I'm planning on repainting the walls in my garage. I'm going to do a lower field, a small stripe and the upper in white. Not sure what color the lower section will be yet. Probably gray.
What gloss should I use? Right now the walls are really flat and every bit of dust sticks to the walls.

 

[PAToyota]

It is a tradeoff...

The higher the gloss, the easier to clean but also the more it will show any imperfections. I went with gloss (as opposed to flat, satin, eggshell, or semi-gloss) as being able to clean was higher on my priorities than masking whatever imperfections may be in the walls.

 

[Dale]

another vote for high gloss

 

[kwb210]

I just finished priming over the drywall w/ flat drywall primer. I had already decided that flat was not going to be the final finish. Now that i just finished the walls and ceiling with the flat primer...wow, there is NO way I would leave it. Just a rub against it and dirt shows. I will do a final w/ either semi-gloss or gloss, not sure yet. Probably in a tan or grey color. I'm trying to make myself a shop and not a fancy parking space, got a nice parking space in my 2 car garage, this is intended to be a shop. I also will not leave it white, for me it is just to sanitary. I'm looking for a warmer color, keeps me in a better mood when things aren't going just right while wrenching...

 

[RickP330]

I used Eggshell, it seems to be holding up well....
RP

 

[chad pickens]

I have osb and still went high gloss for cleaning purposes.

 

[dcjredline]

OSB with a semi-gloss. I didnt care about imperfections (DUH I used OSB) and it cleans up really nice.

 

[Kevin54]

My vote is for semi-gloss. Flat in a garage just gets dirty too fast. Semi can be wiped down.

 

[ddawg16]

I would go high gloss enamel. To dull down the shine, roll the base coat on with a texturing roller...it will give you just enough texture to reduce the show of any 'imperfections', but not course enough to trap dirt. High gloss will clean up a lot easier as well.

I would also suggest white....pure white. It does a much better job of reflecting light and can improve the overall lighting by quite a bit....especially on the ceiling.

 

[bochnak]

I went with gloss in the brightest white available. I have cinder block walls, though. Huge improvement over bare block!