I know that this isn't a tech post. In fact, it isn't much of a post at all. I just wanted to brag about cleaning out my garage. I'm a complete pack rat, and I'm also pretty disorganized. Add that to the fact that I have an 11-month old kid, and it's a recipe for garage chaos. But I just spent 12 hours cleaning, organizing, rearranging. I hung extra lighting, some posters and hot rod parts. And the tough part is that I still have a lot of work ahead of me, just to get the garage to where I want it. I guess I'll do that tomorrow between the Indy 500 and our BBQ. And then, hopefully, I can post some really good tech pieces! --Matt
It must be in season I've spent the last three weeks trying to organize my shop. The biggest thing I've done is put everything that touches the floor on wheels, carts, racks, dollies, under everything including dead cars. now I can reach all walls by simply rolling all the crap from one spot to another hey its a system and C-9 I didn't throw anything away, my intentions were good but my hands trembled everytime I got close to a trash can . I only have a 1500 sq. ft. shop but the ceiling is 16 feet so I plan to go up. I have plans for a 100X200 three story shop in my mind! all I need is to figure how to get them out of my head and into the bank lol
Man whadya have to do that for? Everytime I clean mine up, I can't find shit for months. It is kind a nice to not be tripping over things thou. I got mine real clean last spring and epoxy coated the floor. Best thing I ever did. It cleans up real nice. now.
Kool, with your experience I need you to clean my little work shop. I am one of those people that uses any flat spot in sight. I can pile crap onto a any flat spot ( bench) in a few seconds.
My garage is so small I got nowhere to put shit away TO Mind you, if I have time spare for tidying up, I'd probably spend it working on the car.
[ QUOTE ] But . . . didja throw anything away? If you did, you're gonna need it tomorrow.... [/ QUOTE ] Ain't that the truth. I bought a clutch slave cylinder for my '65 Alpine years ago just because it was the only hydraulic part I hadn't replaced on it yet. Then I went on a "short" trip in it, to Portland, and the damn thing went out in San Francisco...But I'd left the cylinder in the garage in Long Beach! I fond a rebuild kit for it in Oakland (ever walk around Oakland looking for aparts store?) and fixed it on the road. Car's been gone since the 70's, but I still have that nos slave cylinder sitting on the shelf...I might need it some day!
hey stan how bout some info on the epoxy.. what did you use? approx. cost?? how big floor? tips?? thanks.
[ QUOTE ] Car's been gone since the 70's, but I still have that nos slave cylinder sitting on the shelf...I might need it some day! [/ QUOTE ] scrap irony Paul
[ QUOTE ] But I just spent 12 hours cleaning, organizing, rearranging. --Matt [/ QUOTE ] 12 hours would NOT even begin to clean up the mess I call a gargage...... But I need to start............ MAYBE TOMMORROW .
Talk about a mess!,,,,,,,,,,,after sellin' the building my business was in I had 30 days to move,,,,,Try to throw away about 47 years of your life! What didn't get thrown away ended up in my 24'x30' shop,,,along with the roadster,,the mor-door and a 40 ford also my wifes flower shop equipment is now tossed in on top of all the stuff. So,,,instead of getting real serious about cleaning it up,,'cause there ain't no place to put it,,,,I'M gonna build a new shop,,,Hell, I dont have a job and got no place to work and I haven't touched the wagon since the first of April. HRP
[ QUOTE ] But . . . didja throw anything away? If you did, you're gonna need it tomorrow.... [/ QUOTE ] Ha! 12 HOURS.. I have spent the last five months cleaning and sorting mine! There is a big swap meet comming up (less than two weeks) so I decided to "kill TWO BIRDS with one stone." A. Do a massive cleanup. Two story building. B. "Weed Out" parts that I don't need any longer and put them up for sale at the swap meet. Well.. A. The cleanup has gone in reverse; it's gotten worse! There isn't a square inch of bench space left! B. Every time I set parts out "For Sale", I think.. oops, might need that, and it goes back on a shelf, on a wall, hanging from the rafters or worse; sitting on the floor! One good thing about this exercise, is I keep finding things I had forgotten I owned!
Thanks for the responses for such a lame post! That's a good picture, HotRodPrimer. It makes me feel a little better. I should have put an epoxy floor down when I moved in 4 years ago. I'll never be able to pull out everything in order to do it now. And, yes, I did find a bunch of stuff that I had forgotten I'd already owned! I also got to work on my neglected project, too.
Man, I feel yeah. I did the same thing the other day. Took me about 8 hours to clean up my tiny one car garage. I had so much crap laying on the floor I could barley walk. Along with all the motorcycle parts and tools scatered about. It's so nice now. See how long it last though
i dont even want to look at my garage right now... after getting ready for paso....its gonna be at least a 12 hour job!
[ QUOTE ] So... didja find what you were looking for, that caused you to do this? [/ QUOTE ] Yes I did: the fucking floor!
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