O/T - My Summer Garage Makeover

The thought of doing my resto in my run-down garage was depressing me, so I made this my summer project here in AZ. I'm not sure what I can come up with next to delay getting the bike together, but I'm sure I'll think of something

Before:





After:







The picture makes it look like the bottom shelf is bowed. It's the camera.... For the most part

Wow!!! And I was thinking that if I stained and sealed my garage floor it would be a major upgrade. Yours is in a league of its own. Nice work. You have some talent. What material are the tiles? Your engine looks restored already. What are your plans for the bike? Please post some pictures of the bike.

Joe

Thanks!

You're not ready for pictures of the bike lol. That is, unless you like seeing pictures of boxes full of parts and a rusty frame (since it's been sitting outside all summer while doing the garage).

The tiles are Armstrong VCT. You've seen them a million times, but just didn't realize it. You see them all the time in hospitals, grocery stores etc... You can get them at Lowes and Home Depot among other places.

Plans for the bike are a "stockish" restoration. Yeah, the engine is done, and kind of clean, although it needs a little touch-up in the picture above.

I think we need a new section for garages and shop projects. Great job. Did you have to do anything with concrete before laying down linoleum?

I have to say, if you've made your work area that pristine and creative, I can't wait to see how meticulous and innovative the bike becomes. Go ahead and take pics of the frame, the bigger/more extreme the makeover, the better.

Godfrey

Whoa, holly crap..... :woohoo:

How cool is that and I thought I was doing good by sweeping my garage space out..... :whistle:

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

Your garage looks great, but I see who did all the work while you sat back and knocked down some cold brews! :laugh:

oh yeah

Heck, I was proud of myself for buying a couple of shelves and getting all of my parts out of piles on the back wall of my garage. :pinch:

That garage looks killer! I'm jealous. Really nice work. I would be afraid to make a mess in there.

Yep...nicer than my house...I'd live in that.

It looks great. I'd be happy if mine were just clean enough for me to work in it.

"Did you have to do anything with concrete before laying down linoleum?"

I guess it's linoleum. VCT stands for "Vinyl Composition Tile." It's not like what you see people using in their bathrooms usually. It's primarily used in commercial settings.

I looked into a lot of different flooring options, and came to the conclusion there is no best flooring for a garage.

I went with this, because if you screw up a tile, you hit it with a propane torch, lift it out and replace with a new one. You can also strip it and re-wax it whenever needed.

If you're welding, or will be parking your cars in the garage on a daily basis, I would probably go epoxy (without the flakes). I say without the flakes because if you ever screw up your epoxy and want to re-coat you can just scuff it with 60 grit and lay down a new coat...

Wow, I'm way off topic. The more prep you do the better obviously. Basically, I took a blower, then vacuum to the floor, hosed off the floor, degreased the floor, hosed it again, and then hit it with a blower prior to laying down the adhesive with a trowel. The adhesive and trowel are the worst part of the process. The adhesive is nasty sticky stuff....

For the expansion joint I used Ardex Feather Finish to level everything out. It's kind of like cement and self leveling. For the little cracks I just used latex caulking I believe. If your surface underneath the VCT is bad, it will show up after the tile is laid.

Wolverine coatings makes a clear epoxy you can put over the VCT which is UV resistant and won't yellow apparently over time like the others. I didn't do this as it took away my main reason for using VCT in the first place - being able to replace a tile here or there when needed.