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[Dr.D]

This is easy enough to fix

Leave the wife's car in the driveway. 


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Be a great place for me to sleep too.

[HogBreath]

Mine is covered with cigarette butts, and beer tops. Cigarettes @ $50 per carton, anbd beer $20 a case, I'm thinking that $4 per S.F would be cheaper.

[JCZ]

Carpet in the garage? My issue would be the rain and snow melt  brought in on the wife's car.

That's what they make indoor/outdoor carpet for.

[erniezap]

Carpet in the garage? My issue would be the rain and snow melt  brought in on the wife's car.

What's this "snow melt" that you are talking about?  We live in California where it doesn't snow so we can ride year-round!

[Midnight Rider]

Oil spots, grease spots, glue spots, leaves that blow in when the door opens, spiders, beer bottle tops, cigarette ashes, cigar ashes, the occasional munchie crumbs, and various lawn care equipment is put wherever it will fit.  It gets swept or blown out with the leaf blower whenever I get around to it, or if I know I'm going to be wallowing around on the floor underneath the bike changing fluids, etc.

1/4 of the basement does have a piece of carpet, which is underneath my 8 foot Brunswick Pool Table.

I have an aversion to painting perfectly good concrete floors, as you then just get into a cycle of having to do it over and over again.  I guess the epoxy would work better, but I don't mind the look of concrete at all.  When I worked in maintenance for UAB hospital, the Inganeers (who became administrative directors, managers, etc) in their infinite wisdom, used to make some of the helpers paint the machine rooms, which had floor drains, water dripping from this or that piece of equipment...all I ever saw was that the paint would bubble up and peel off regularly, so I always considered it a waste of time and money.

Not saying that a nice, clean, well orgainized garage or basement is not a good thing, but I'm just not quite that anal in my older years.   

[Dr.D]

What's this "snow melt" that you are talking about?  We live in California where it doesn't snow so we can ride year-round!

I kindly and with all sincere affection respond with a loving UP YOURS. I used to live in the Inland Empire and did enjoy it for a while but I am fine here in East TN.

[Spiderman]

TC
    You'd be surprised how much your old knees feel better spending the day on carpet than spending a day on concrete. Every time I work on my bike or somebody else's I'm glad for the carpet. And like I said in an earlier post, it's free. Can't beat that.

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[JCZ]

Hey JC,

What type of carpet?  Any pics to share?
Thanks!

[JCZ]

It gets wet when we come home in the rain, etc. but it drys.....especially since both bikes are at running temp when we get home.

[CVOStreetglide]

I have had real good luck with a product that Premier Garage installs.

It's impervious to grease, oil and gas--etc.

You can clean up any spots with Windex and a paper towel.

My guess is a 24' x 24' garage would cost about $2,500.

[JCZ]

TC
    You'd be surprised how much your old knees feel better spending the day on carpet than spending a day on concrete. Every time I work on my bike or somebody else's I'm glad for the carpet. And like I said in an earlier post, it's free. Can't beat that.

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[1sharprdkg]

Oil spots, grease spots, glue spots, leaves that blow in when the door opens, spiders, beer bottle tops, cigarette ashes, cigar ashes, the occasional munchie crumbs, and various lawn care equipment is put wherever it will fit.  It gets swept or blown out with the leaf blower whenever I get around to it, or if I know I'm going to be wallowing around on the floor underneath the bike changing fluids, etc.

1/4 of the basement does have a piece of carpet, which is underneath my 8 foot Brunswick Pool Table.

I have an aversion to painting perfectly good concrete floors, as you then just get into a cycle of having to do it over and over again.  I guess the epoxy would work better, but I don't mind the look of concrete at all.  When I worked in maintenance for UAB hospital, the Inganeers (who became administrative directors, managers, etc) in their infinite wisdom, used to make some of the helpers paint the machine rooms, which had floor drains, water dripping from this or that piece of equipment...all I ever saw was that the paint would bubble up and peel off regularly, so I always considered it a waste of time and money.

Not saying that a nice, clean, well orgainized garage or basement is not a good thing, but I'm just not quite that anal in my older years.   

+AGREE mine is the same but I don't have a Pool Table, my piece of carpet is under the Mopar.

[jayray00SERG]

New concrete in the garage and it was sealed. Shiny semigloss finish which is way slippery and not what I had in mind. I have taken berber carpet from a rental and covered the bike side. If it gets ruined? So What? The lift does not slide around. The sealed finish when wet is dangerous!

[Spiderman]

PS
   You can stock up on carpet by keeping an eye out in your neighborhood. If you see somebody getting a large section redone, grab their old carpet and hang it overhead in your garage via some rope and eye hooks. I've got a 12x12 section hanging right now waiting for a couple of bros to move my Handy BOB 1500 so I can replace the stuff WARDOC got dirty. I'm still trying to figure out how a Sr Navy Corpsman can be such a slob when working on his motorcycle. I guess nobody ever told him about the mechanic and the surgeon - - ah that's another story 

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[2k]

I kindly and with all sincere affection respond with a loving UP YOURS. I used to live in the Inland Empire and did enjoy it for a while but I am fine here in East TN.

Dr D.....my hero! A little cold for a lot less taxes & hollywood freaks. Western NC suits me fine. BTW I have concrete, recommend it as base coat only.