Garage / Workshop / Mancave essentials and ideas please

parts washers are ok, but ultrasonic cleaners are nice, launch it in there and go and drink some tea

Any links to decent ultrasonic washers? Or are they silly money?

ive got a painted floor. tbh its pretty good.

sockets and lights are the main thing.

I find shelving a lot easier than drawers. much easier to access.

a proper bench and a vice is a must (but i stil havent built mine yet)

I find shelving a lot easier than drawers. much easier to access.

but everything ends up covered in dust / sawdust etc…

our ultrasonic cleaner thingy was a pressie, thankfully, its awesome though

Epoxy floor with glitter finish, or a normal epoxy floor. About 1/2 way through a garage project and looking in to this.
Parts washer is a good idea,

Awesome thread, does need more pics

Awesome thread, does need more pics

Outside

Workshop by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

Workshop by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

Inside

Mancave by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

Workshop by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

Top work! That is tidy and well organised!

2017-07-02_12-12-29 by Steve Weels[/url], on Flickr

footflaps is that fan heater any good? I bought similar from aldi or lidl and it was utter pish, just blew out mildly warmed air. I took it back.

The essential is a small floor standing fridge. So when you drop a small spring or ball bearing you’ll know where it’s gone.

And if you’re watching stuff on the PC you’ll need a beaker and a gravel path so you can hear approaching footsteps.

footflaps is that fan heater any good? I bought similar from aldi or lidl and it was utter pish, just blew out mildly warmed air. I took it back.

Yep been good so far. I have two 2kW heaters for use in winter, that one and one on a wall. Workshop is well insulated (150mm Celotex), so holds heat well once up to temp.

Other heater is:

Electric heater in Workshop by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

I used DIAMOND HARD GARAGE FLOOR PAINT from Ronseal after cleaning the crap out of the floor with a jetwash.
It gets bad reviews because it lifts, I’ve found it to be not too bad for light use, my motorbike will not pull the paint up even when the tyres are sticky.

I used Bradite DP5 Polyurethane floor paint in mine. 3 years on and there is just the odd chip where I have dropped heavy metal things. It’s all in the prep and getting the paint to adhere to the floor.

No pictures of my garage as they are on photobucket (till I get round to moving everything)

It’s all in the prep and getting the paint to adhere to the floor.

What did you do in terms of prep? I’ve got a floor that needs sealing. It’s 10+ years old, Fair bit of stans goo, grease, bit of oil, general dirt on there.

How much work would I have to do to get it clean enough?

Yep been good so far.

Where did you get it from?

Where did you get it from?

Pretty sure both heaters came from Screwfix.

I’ll have a look, cheers.

What did you do in terms of prep?

depends how bad but mine did not have any oil in the concrete, so all I did was wash thoroughly with jet wash or hose and a stiff broom, washed out completley about 4 times.
If you have oil or similar then not sure but you’d need acid or something to remove the oil like this stuff :caustic agent for use on metal there must be a concrete version somewhere but this is a start and may be OK

What did you do in terms of prep?

Jet wash and wire brush, get it clean and free from any loose material. Acid etch if it’s bad. To be honest the old (1970’s) section of the floor is not as good as the recent addition, which just needed the laitance removed. The problem with my old section of floor was how much material came away, it’s not the best concrete. I think this section of floor will chip more than the new stuff not through paint coming away but chip of the concrete coming away. I could have screeded it first for a better finish but it’s the rough part of the garage anyway.

Cupboards to store the tins of primer and floor paint you haven’t got round to using yet 😳 3.5yrs and counting…

Hmm. it’s an integral garage, not sure if I want to jet wash it.

I would just seal with a PVA mix, would’nt bother washing. Just brush/Hoover then liberal coat of the above.
Floor paint thereafter.