Garage Wall & Floor Paint Ideas

awesome job but that design gives me veritgo

 

is this your garage cuz I'm coming over if it is

 

Not his.

Pics of ideas.

The Ferrari garage having outlined spaces for the cars to park in, while the Ferrari is too long and too far forward makes my OCD tingle.

Go ahead and hand me the keys.. I'll repark it.

 

I wish. Haha my garage is tiny and needing work done. Way long away from looking like that.

You and I are on the same page here...

 

Sorry for the late reply.

Prep is pretty basic, just cleaned the floor with dawn dish detergent and a broom to wash away any grease or oil that might be on the floor. If you have any pits or chips in the concrete floor (even small ones) it is a good idea to patch them with concrete patch or leveler before putting the tile down. If you don't they will show through the tile once it is laid.

For the install, you spread an adhesive (Henry 430 Adhesive) with a trowel over an area of the floor and then let it set up for around 60 minutes. After the adhesive is tacky to the touch I put the first tile down (I measured and marked where the first tile needed to go on the floor with a marker - the adhesive drys translucent) and then tapped it a few times with a rubber hammer to set it in place. I worked from the first tile to do the whole section that had adhesive. I put adhesive on about 25% of the floor at a time so it didn't dry faster than I could work. Once all of the tile was down I rolled it with a heavy tile roller that I rented from Home Depot and wiped up any adhesive that came through the cracks with mineral spirits. The next day I put a sealer on the entire floor. The sealer is a liquid that you put on with a mop to seal the cracks. Mop it on and let it dry. The sealer drys in an hour or less. I waited 24 hours after it was dry before driving on the tile.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/epoxy-for-garage-floor.270613/

 

I love this! And much much cheaper thank you!

 

Good ideas for the floor.
I have just finished building 12' x 24' steel garage (VersaTube brand) and am just planning the walls. I will use horizontal hat channel spaced 16" on center and while sheetrock is the least costly. I want to be able to attach shelves or whatever without the restrictions of finding a support behind the sheetrock.

So far I am planning to use 1/2" plywood. I will get something smooth on the face, mount it securely with screws and then paint it white for best light reflection. I thought about using OSB, but it is hard to make it look good. That T-11 sheeting that looks like 4" wide boards is nice, but in 1/2" or thicker is pricey.

What do you guys use and like on your garage walls?

 

Agree on that, using OSB for walls (especially painted) would be something I'd regret every day.

 

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Next project will be the floor. Options so far are. Tile, stain, epoxy, or race deck style flooring. Gotta figure out what can withstand the most water and least maintaince.

 

Looks great!

 

Thanks

 

Still undecided on wall surfaces. I will be welding in my garage so I want something fireproof on at least the lower two feet. Thinking sheet galvanized steel over the plywood at the bottom.

Captain Taco, your walls look great painted up white.

 

The galvanized steel isn't a bad way to go. Can I ask why fire proof?

 

Fireproof because I will be welding in the garage. Next project will be "plating" the rear half of my Tacoma frame. This is adding a steel plate to the open side of the frame making the open "C" shape into a closed box section. Much stronger vertically and prevents twisting and bending and does not cost much ($100 already cut to size ready to weld in). Welding makes lots of heat and sparks, you don't want anything flammable in the area. This is the one advantage to sheetrock walls over plywood, it won't burn.