Need advice....

[andrewb70]

Andrew I'm doing a mini version of this right now. Four weekends and it looks like I've gotten nowhere, lol. Props to Mike Wright (hotrod69 I think?) for his help.

I'm skipping the floor mods. I don't weld (yet) but don't want to have it looking like crap after all the effort. IMO it's a garage and I'll clean the floor as I go. One other suggestion I'd make is to lay out as best you can in order to figure out oulet requirements.

Another thing I decided on was cheap cabinets, but nice industrial workbench tool storage. I'm horsetrading on Craigslist to get that right. Takes patience.

Shelves where possible to get everything off the floor that doesn't live in cabinets. Storage tubs clean this up too.

Are you going to run air drops?

I might just pressure was the floor and leave it alone. I've never been super crazy about epoxy floors because I am concerned about durability. I mean, can they really stand up to a rolling floor jack or jack stands digging in? Brake fluid also seems to remove the coating.



I am not going to get a bunch of cabinets, maybe just a few here and there. I think some heavy duty industrial shelves would be more appropriate and functional. A big workbench is a must. I was thinking about building my own and then having a local sheet metal company top it in stainless of galvanized steel.

I think having some air outlets would be handy, but I use mostly hand tool and will probably get a few battery powered impacts for quick disassembly work.

Andrew