Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by Roadkill58

Congrats on TOTM.

Ha! Thanks. I hadn't been back to this thread in a long while.

Just a short update that life got in the way and I basically haven't driven my truck at all since it came home from the shop. Probably not 50 miles total!! Short version is we moved after 20 years in the Pasadena house. I am now Dan in Glendora but can't change my name here.

The truck was in a detached garage at the end of a 100 ft. long single file driveway behind a gate and an RV that had to be moved every time I wanted to drive it. It'll get driven a lot more now! Pics eventually when I get the truck here and the garage cleaned up. For those not from SoCal we are only about 14 miles east of where we were but a larger newer house. Best, Dan

[oldman3]

Dan, congrats on the new home, enjoy...Jim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Dan, congrats on the new home, enjoy...Jim

Thanks Jim! Sorry for the delay in responding, things have been a bit crazy with moving, etc amid the pandemic lock down.

She is spending her first night in her new home. I've always wanted a cool looking garage for my dream truck. I'm 65 and this is likely my last house until I am in an old folk's home - hopefully a loog time from now! So if not this garage, when? This will be the one...eventually.

Paint, new floor - epoxy or VCT or RaceDeck, haven't decided. Don't really think I need a 60 gallon vertical compressor anymore, maybe something smaller. Put in a sink, hose reel. Going to erect a shed so all yard equipment, Christmas decorations, luggage, etc will NOT be in the garage. Probably be months before I get to it but I'll post pics here and also at GJ.

[Kim57]

Looks real nice.
Kim

[oldman3]

She looks good in her new home...Jim

[slck57]

Nice!!! Congrat's on the new home..

[G&R's57GMC]

Ata boy Dan congratulations on the new house and a great garage for the truck. ��

Race Deck is my vote . It goes down fast and lasts forever, comes in many styles, colors, sizes and finishes.

[G&R's57GMC]

My Race Deck partially installed .
These are the drain through type .

To clean I just vacuum up the grit that drops through after the rainy season .

[Dan in Pasadena]

How much noise does the Race Deck make just walking on it? I understand if you put geo fabric under it’s supposed to quiet it.

Since I’m in sunny Southern California there’s no need for the flow through type but I do have a bit of concern over it expanding in the heat of summer and buckling. I assume(?) the fix for this is leaving a gap at the walls of maybe 1/4”? Then covering that with some kind of baseboard. Anyone have an opinion on this concern?

[bobinbc]

Congrats on the move Dan! I can really relate to the new garage! My first house had a good size shop ~1000sq ft but I sold that in the late 80's and have only had a single car garage to work in until we moved just a couple months ago!

I'm still setting up my shop (while I work in it!) but one thing I like is it has an epoxy painted floor. It's not the shiny poured epoxy just paint but it seems durable and everything cleans up easy. Although they look great one of my concerns about VCT or Race Deck tile is how easy is it when you want to sweep up? I can tell you that the painted floor is a breeze!

The single best thing I've done to the shop so far is put in LED lighting. Quiet and bright! I plan to properly do my shop after I finish the chassis and the body/paint work on my truck. It'll constantly be a mess until then lol

[84blaze]

You guys should take a look at the garages Matt at Obsessed Garage consults on. He's on youtube and other social media platforms.

[G&R's57GMC]

Dan the Race Deck is a stable product , it doesn't expand or contract .
It doesn't move under load even turning the wheels and supports 80,000 pounds .
The flow through doesn't make any noise when you walk on it .
I use it in other garage in the area where the tires roll and use the solid non shinny in areas everywhere else .
Except the area under the Airstream I used the shinny and slippery ones there so I could lay on the floor and slide under it . But it's slippery when wet .
The solid ones do make a slight hollow sound when walking on them.

When I installed them in the Airstream garage I cut them to fit around the feet of the lift in there.

I strongly recommend Race Deck . Call them and have them send you a sample of the flow through and solid .

[G&R's57GMC]

Here's some more pic's

[Black_Sheep]

I like my Racedeck but epoxy coating would have been my preference. Cost wise it's probably a wash, the nice thing about Racedeck is it only took an afternoon to install. Epoxy takes days due to the amount of prep work.

[dsraven]

one shop I worked at had a special coating on the floor. it lasted a couple of minutes if brake fluid was spilled. it was also really slippery when wet like after a car wash or if the incoming vehicle had snow on the tires.....of course some of us DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SNOW THING!!!
just saying, ask questions before you spend. I can remember a shriek from one of the guys in the shop when he came wheeling into the wash bay and slid right into the big spendy pressure washer because he couldn't stop due to slippery floor.

[dsraven]

blacksheep, that is a SICK looking shop. awesome.
mine is a huge mess right now. body work. parts everywhere with dust on everything.
just installed a couple of 4 ft replacement led tubes and swapped out the old fluorescents. can't believe the difference in light.

[Black_Sheep]

Originally Posted by dsraven

blacksheep, that is a SICK looking shop. awesome.
mine is a huge mess right now. body work. parts everywhere with dust on everything.
just installed a couple of 4 ft replacement led tubes and swapped out the old fluorescents. can't believe the difference in light.

That sounds like my garage up until a couple years ago. When the truck went to paint I gave it a beauty makeover. We like to entertain and are known for our kick ass garage parties so my wife agreed to a reasonable budget. I mudded and taped the drywall, primed, painted and did the Racedeck flooring. I got matching cabinets from U-Line and painted up my 35 year old toolbox to match. It's really a nice space to hang out in...

[Rickysnickers]

So Black Sheep, how much grief do you get from your Mopar or No Car friends, for owning a Chevy truck??? HAHAHAHAHA

[Black_Sheep]

Originally Posted by Rickysnickers

So Black Sheep, how much grief do you get from your Mopar or No Car friends, for owning a Chevy truck??? HAHAHAHAHA

Not at all, even my Ford friends are cool with it...

[Rickysnickers]

Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

Not at all, even my Ford friends are cool with it...

I was just being funny

[Dan in Pasadena]

Mark,
Is epoxy as your preference something you decided after the fact? If not, did you install RaceDeck just to avoid the days of prep & application time?

Has your RaceDeck been noisy? Did you put geo fabric under it or just place it directly on the concrete?

Not directly related but this city - Glendora - has THE rockiest soil. People call the rocks, "Glendora potatoes". I spent hours digging out a 4x4, 2 feet deep hole to plant a 24" boxed avocado tree yesterday & today. Some of the rocks were as big as my head! A total b!tch of a job down on hands and knees. Yeah, it was in the 90's but still. It has me re-thinking if I'd even want to do the RaceDeck OR the VCT! I can tell you for certain I am never planting anything big here again!

[Black_Sheep]

Dan I wanted to have the floors epoxied before we moved in, but it was too cold at the time. When I finally got around to doing something after15 years of use, it was easier and quicker to do the Racedeck. I put it down directly on the concrete. Footsteps are louder when you walk on it, but it's not objectionable.

[Dan in Pasadena]

So Mark, because I’ve liked your taste in what you’ve done with your car & truck if you were just telling me to do one or the other you’d say do epoxy?

I’ve got to get an estimate for pro epoxy and a one for RD but if they’re similar and there’s no issue with moisture on my slab it’ll be a toss up.

[Black_Sheep]

Time was the primary consideration. Given the option, I'd do epoxy...

[Russell Ashley]

I get a case of garage envy when I look at your garage, BlackSheep. I have a two car garage and it seemed plenty big when I bought my house, but with a car and my truck in it, along with tools and jacks it doesn't have much working room.