My Garage!

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  1. Silverback

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    I spent all day yesterday tidying my garage. I need to paint it now. I have a copressor which came with one of those paint sprayer attachments. What kind of paint should I use with the sprayer? I assume that some are suitable and some are not ! Do I need to water the paint down? Advice please.

    And.........what colour do you think would look cool??? !!!! photo 1.jpg photo 2.jpg photo 3.jpg
     
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  2. martinowen

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    Paint it orange
     
  3. Jimbo Vills

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    Awesome cave mate.... Plenty of room there :)

    White is the only colour, and red floor!
     
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    would love a space that size and like jimbo says! has to be white with a red floor
     
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  5. martinowen

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    Although orange is the best colour in the world I have to agree with the above^^^^^


    What about an orange floor ;)
     
  6. Remal

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    Do it. you will find everything works 100%, you don't loose anything. it will be the fastest Garage in the area


    Lovely garage by the way. But you need more in there. looks to bare
     
  7. Jimbo Vills

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    THE only alternative to red is.....

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    That's the dream right there :) the style not the cars.....
     
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  8. Jimbo Vills

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    Or if your'e going proper bling

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  9. martinowen

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    Just looks like a burger bar in the last pic
     
  10. Si.

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    you know you want to.......
     
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  11. Silverback

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    Can't paint the floor. It already has some industrial floor covering on it. White walls are ok but hardly exciting ! I expected madder from you lot !

    Now....who's going to tell me the do's and don'ts of painting with a compressor????
     
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    seen that one before! amazing hey. some awesome garages out there.....
     
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    Look on freecycle for an old kitchen, bang it in the garage for your tools and cleaning bits and bobs, and make it into a mancave with fridge for beer, wine cooler ans a sofa.

    No idea on the compressor though lol.
     
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  14. Jimbo Vills

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    Prob is, mine would look that tidy...... For a day lol :(
     
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    Plenty of room to breathe in there! V Jealous
     
  16. Silverback

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    Yes ! We built it ourselves. 25 foot square with a pit and a huge room above as well. If I had the money to turn it into a luxury mancave, I would !
     
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    Is that not the garage fae ferris buellers day off??? :)

    As for the spraying via compressor IMH your better off just usin a big roller, the compressor is the pics is a small unit and u will find it unable to cope with the demand of spraying!
    You will find the coverage thru a compressor won't be very good as you need to thin the paint down enuff to go thru the nozzle of the gun which would then require multiple coats just like vehicles.

    You really will be faster with a roller mate!
     
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  18. Remal

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    Got to say some of the garages posted don't look like a proper working mans garage but more of a work of art or inside the home. I would rather have a good working garage/man cave than a show garage if you get me.

    I don't mean Silverbacks. He just needs something more in the garage. like more bikes or a car etc...:)
     
  19. The.kickboxer

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    Sod the spray gun and compressor, gonna take you more time cleaning the gun and doing the masking up to cover the overspray problem. get a roller on a pole and a big drum of white matt, whack it on and chuck the roller (not worth the water cost to wash it out) Stainless or red tool drawers and benches.
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    Been ther a few times ! ^
     

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