Forgot there was a Garage Thread! So, figured i'd post this stuff here.
The Weels Garage is getting a refresh:
REFRESH # 1:Bought one of these Wagner paint sprayers on sale.
I had a few paint project to-do's, one of them being our 20 year old garage doors. I last painted them at least 10 years ago and it was a PITA with brush & rollers because of the textured surface. I figured if the sprayer could speed up that process it would be worth every penny.
Decided to tackle the inside first to get the hang of the sprayer. Doors were pretty grungy looking and had rusted along the bottoms. Also replaced both rubber pads that had been chewed over the years by mice/chipmunks/other rodent.
Attached the wire wheel to cordless drill and went at the rust. Part way through door #1 the cordless barfed smoke & flames in a solid burnout. I now need a new cordless drill. Dug out my old corded drill and resumed the de-rusting.
Then went at it with the sprayer. Pretty easy to use. It is very precise side-to-side with no overspray, but there is some overspray up & down. Once you get the feel of how it works, it does a nice job.
Happy with it. The clean-up is a bit of a pain though.
Next up is doing the faded outside.
But first....
REFRESH # 2:The floor gets a re-surface. Our concrete floor was a bit tired in spots and had a big crack running the width.
The re-surfacing included grinding out the crack and filling it with a resin goo.
Then the floor gets 'diamond grinded' to remove any oil/grease/gas/salt.
The base coat goes down (here you can also see my finished spectacular white garage doors
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Tomorrow, the black & white flecks you can see on base of the walls gets added to floor then the whole thing gets sealed.
