EmTee Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Lookin' good -- also looks like there'll be lots of tape & mud soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 On 9/2/2017 at 8:41 AM, EmTee said: Lookin' good -- also looks like there'll be lots of tape & mud soon! You are so right about lots of tape and mud. I can hardly wait (sarcasm). Wish me luck on that. Before I tackle the mud, I have to reset some of the loose bricks on my brick stairs and then build a new set of stair rails. I appreciate the encouragement as always. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Okay...so I reset the loose bricks from my garage stairs.Wasn't terribly pleased with the result, but not bad either for my first time.There is some uneven parts, but most of my flaws will be covered up with the new stair rails I am about to install. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 Out with the old...in with the new (water heater)!Also, installed most of the structure for the stair rails. I will finish the rails this weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Love the new water heater! Those railings are going to be stout! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 22 minutes ago, wndsofchng06 said: Love the new water heater! Those railings are going to be stout! Thank you Matt. Yeah, I know the stair rails appear pretty bulky, but that was intentional. I wanted something a little more heavy duty. I plan on enclosing the rails with drywall and a semi-decorative wooden top. Also will add hand rails. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 Got the structure for the stair rails in. Turned out very well. It's strong, level, even and very sturdy. Next, just need to wrap in drywall and let the mudding commence. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 Done with wrapping the stair rails!I was very happy with how they came out. Drywall is now 100% complete. Next weekend, I start mudding. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pont35cpe Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Looking good Chavis.. If Momma ain`t happy, nobody`s happy.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Started the mudding over the weekend, but could only get a days worth in. The family van became priority as it didn't pass inspection. Spent a while fixing that and my daughter had a soccer game. Not much of anything to show, but I mudded over about 70% of all the drywall screws with my first coat of mud. I will finish this up the following weekend and then I will begin to tape and apply my first layer of mud on the joints. See you then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 All screw heads have been mudded with first layer.Starting the joint tape process with my first layer. Only had time to do one wall.Until the next weekend... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 The end is in sight.....you have come a long way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 8 hours ago, Barney Eaton said: The end is in sight.....you have come a long way You are so right. After I am done with mudding, everything else should come more quickly and easily. I am just aching to get back on the Buick. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Kosage Chavis said: You are so right. After I am done with mudding, everything else should come more quickly and easily. I am just aching to get back on the Buick. Thank you. Yeah, we NEED an update!. Garage is looking good. Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: Yeah, we NEED an update!. Garage is looking good. Ben Thank you Mr. Ben! I am going to do my best to give you that update soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 Wow, so it's really been about 7 months since my last update. Truth is, I haven't accomplished much since. Too many things have pulled me away. I am now just starting my finishing layer of mud...finally! I will post pictures when my progress becomes more significant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 (edited) I have to celebrate any small milestone with this job in the garage. I get so little time to spend on it...which means no time on the Buick anytime soon. Anyway, I finally finished mudding the ceiling. Every seam got 3 layers of mud, for the exception of the longest seam, which needed 4 layers in my opinion.Next weekend, if time permits, I will start wet and dry sanding the ceiling to prep for primer. Edited September 9, 2018 by Kosage Chavis (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Finished wet sanding all of the ceiling. Only about a third of the way done on dry sanding. Mu hope is to start on primer the next weekend coming up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 Finished dry sanding the ceiling. Dusted it off and finally got it primed. I am excited at how seamless it came out with no visible lines.Next weekend I hope to apply 2 coats of ceiling paint and then install the strip lighting to finally get some real light in this garage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelsBuicks Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 KC that does look smooth and I’ll bet you’re happy to leave the dust in the dust. Recently I bought cheap primer for my ceiling and then followed it with a substantially more costly ceiling white. This stuff was pink when wet and then dried bright white. The reason for this color change paint was to ensure coverage in one coat. For me, it worked out well. Great work and keep the posts coming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 On 9/30/2018 at 11:03 PM, JoelsBuicks said: Recently I bought cheap primer for my ceiling and then followed it with a substantially more costly ceiling white. This stuff was pink when wet and then dried bright white. The reason for this color change paint was to ensure coverage in one coat. Thank you Mr Joe. That's exactly what I used for my ceiling. I used the Valspar brand. This weekend, I finished up the ceiling with 2 coats of paint and then installed the strip lights. I should have them wired up next weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 And then there was light...545 days later.These light are on a 4 way set up. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 Finally put some more primer down. This time on the wall with the shelving unit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 Got some paint down and put the old work bench back together. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelsBuicks Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 KC that looks great - and it looks very bright in there. Will you be putting a plywood bottom under that bench? You’ll need all the flat surfaces you can get so you can pile them high with junk! Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Looking good. I need to paint my garage walls. Just the unfinished drywall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 On 11/26/2018 at 10:38 PM, JoelsBuicks said: KC that looks great - and it looks very bright in there. Will you be putting a plywood bottom under that bench? You’ll need all the flat surfaces you can get so you can pile them high with junk! Thanks for sharing. Thank you Mr Joel. It is very bright in the garage right now. My wife has complained about that. It's the reason why I went with a darker grey. So that the darker color can absorb some of that light. As for the bottom portion of my work bench, I already had a piece of plywood cut out that fits underneath. I have already put that back in. I will post a picture next chance I get. 12 hours ago, avgwarhawk said: Looking good. I need to paint my garage walls. Just the unfinished drywall. Thank you as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Today, I was able to finish the rest of the painting. As you can see, the color we chose was "55 Buick AC evaporator box grey". Sike! Just a coincidence...or maybe not. Next weekend, I can finally start cleaning the mess and organize the garage. Probably will take a couple weekends to do. Either way, the end is near and I will be starting work back up on the Buick soon! It's been way too long. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 I Finally starting to move my tools back into the work bench area. I also moved some things back onto the shelving unit and touched up a few areas with some paint. Clean up and organization already in progress. I even got the stair handrails mounted in place.Next weekend I will probably start working on the decorative caps for the stairway. My beautiful wife wants it stained. I will also continue to tie up loose ends...which seem to be a lot. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 And the car? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: And the car? Soon enough. Hoping to start back up by the start of spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 ALL CLEAN!!!Oh and look...the Buick parts are back on the shelf! Got some finishing touches still on the list. But I will be getting my hands back on the Buick soon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) Over the weekend, my wife really wanted the floor done in the garage. So, we chose a sealer from Lowes that she liked. No big deal right? Well, it turns out that if your concrete slab had been sealed previously, you have to strip it all off to allow the new sealer to adhere. Because of the tight spaces in my garage, I needed to go small with a 4-1/2" diamond infused grinding wheel.Not only was it back breaking work to strip the whole floor, but all the cleaning I did previously was in vain. It looked like the site of a nuclear holocaust. Now I have to clean every square inch of the garage again. Anyway, here's what the floor looks like now. Edited March 19, 2019 by Kosage Chavis (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Happy wife, happy life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 Yesterday, I sealed the garage floor. It took so much effort to clean all the dust and dirt off of the concrete. Even applying the special paint was a challenge. Right when I was painting the final sections of the floor, my oldest Son opened the kitchen door to say hi to me. That's when my dog decided to run out of the house and into the garage. My Son tried to hold him, but he slipped out his hands and ran down the stairs and right on the floor that was still wet with paint. Adding insult to injury, my dog slipped and went in face first into the floor. He got himself up, stepped on the floor a few more times in confusion and I finally was able to get him out. Paint was all over him and my floor now had some fur in it with skid marks. I was beside myself over this. I was able to fix the area. But now I have a dog to wash on top of being completely exhausted.Overall, I am pretty upset with this product. The color of the paint is very temperamental and even while doing my best to keep the paint mixed up, I still ended up with 3 shades of grey. You can see it in my pictures, one of which was photo bombed by my youngest Son.But that's not all. It seemed that the paint was drying very nice and smooth. The gloss looked very good in spite of the color variation. I clean stuff up and pack it in for the night. When I come home from work today, the first thing I do is go out to the garage to discover air bubbles spread all over the floor. Of course, the bubbles left a bad scar on the surface of the floor. So, I have just about had it with this floor and the lousy product. Now, my Wife and I are exploring other options with the floor other than a paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I think the air bubbles are from spots on the floor that had oil or something that did not allow the paint to stick. I ran into this problem in a garage I had. Floor looked horrible. Sorry it did not work as planned. Gotta love your son! Cute little guy! And well, the pup was just happy to see everyone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 On 4/9/2019 at 3:01 PM, avgwarhawk said: Gotta love your son! Cute little guy! Thank you Sir! I love him to life! Also did a small task in the garage today. I took the electrical panels and repainted them the same color as the walls. They used to be ugly and stood out. I hope now that the will look cleaner and will somewhat blend in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 Small achievement here. Put the electrical panels back together and mounted them back on the boards. Blends in pretty well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Very neat 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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