So I want to use my garage to....

Prospective Buyer · 07-10-2011, 07:20 PM

Wash my cars! It's a nice two door garage. What do I need to do to make it ready for cars being washed? It's concrete ground, walls are plaster.

I know this is noobish thing but I need to know before I screw up the garage on my parents.....

Plus...I suck at washing cars in the sun.

carbon8 · 07-10-2011, 07:24 PM

I dont think this is a good idea. Sheet rock isn't made to get wet.
Just my thoughts.

Prospective Buyer · 07-10-2011, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carbon8

I dont think this is a good idea. Sheet rock isn't made to get wet.
Just my thoughts.

Is there some kind of seal I could put on it?

carbon8 · 07-10-2011, 07:30 PM

I guess you could just use a latex paint.

Ivas · 07-10-2011, 08:01 PM

Yep, that would work; then wash the cars OUTSIDE.

ROBOSSRS · 07-10-2011, 08:30 PM

I'll bet you don't have a drain in the floor either. The contractor that built my house was just starting out 22 years ago. Needless to say the floor slopes in no particular direction, hence water goes everywhere except out the door and no floor drain. Not a good place to wash a car.

blgens · 07-10-2011, 08:48 PM

Buy a $99.00 E-Z Up and take it to the drive way. Easy day.

GEEo · 07-10-2011, 08:55 PM

I was my car inside our garage. at first my mom always get mad at me when I wash my car inside the garage but she kinda got use of me washing the car inside the garage. lol.

SUX2BU · 07-10-2011, 09:02 PM

As long as you control your spray and you have a lip on your floor you should be ok. By lip I mean that i have a 2 inch ledge all the way around my garage about 2 feet away from each wall.

Ivas · 07-10-2011, 09:22 PM

Wass up with you shrinkin' violets. Is the sun too much for ya'? True the drier the car gets, the quicker ya' gotta' wash, but that shouldn't be no never mind to young dudes like you.
You're strong enough to do a good job whatever the weather this time of year. I, for one, have got confidence in ya'.

Prospective Buyer · 07-10-2011, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivas

Wass up with you shrinkin' violets. Is the sun too much for ya'? True the drier the car gets, the quicker ya' gotta' wash, but that shouldn't be no never mind to young dudes like you.
You're strong enough to do a good job whatever the weather this time of year. I, for one, have got confidence in ya'.

I have confidence in myself too. I don't care about the heat...I have a hose! It's just I don't want the customer's car to be rushed....

Prospective Buyer · 07-11-2011, 04:22 PM

Any other tips?

IBM · 07-11-2011, 05:13 PM

The original floorplan of our house was going to have drains and slopes in the garage to wash cars in, but they must have run out of money in the middle of building, cause they're not there & a lot of the other extras from the floorplan aren't there either. I wish they would have just gone through with the drains!!!

Iwantone2 · 07-11-2011, 05:14 PM

Yeah, someone else mentioned a E-Z Up thing-a-mabbob. That may be a better solution...

07-10-2011, 07:20 PM	#1
Prospective Buyer Drives: Acura TL Acura MDX Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 267	So I want to use my garage to.... Wash my cars! It's a nice two door garage. What do I need to do to make it ready for cars being washed? It's concrete ground, walls are plaster. I know this is noobish thing but I need to know before I screw up the garage on my parents..... Plus...I suck at washing cars in the sun.

07-10-2011, 08:48 PM	#7
blgens Meat Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Severn MD Posts: 118	Buy a $99.00 E-Z Up and take it to the drive way. Easy day. __________________ *2011 2SS/RS M6 Black on Black - AFE CAI - Flowmaster American Thunder Cat Back - SRP Race Pedals*

07-10-2011, 09:02 PM	#9
SUX2BU Quit being a pu$$y Drives: FAST Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sachse TX (DFW) Posts: 5,825 View My Garage	As long as you control your spray and you have a lip on your floor you should be ok. By lip I mean that i have a 2 inch ledge all the way around my garage about 2 feet away from each wall. __________________ <----- Click HERE to see ALL of my mods/write ups

07-11-2011, 05:13 PM	#13
IBM Drives: '11 2LT/RS IBM Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: N. Kentucky Posts: 1,050	The original floorplan of our house was going to have drains and slopes in the garage to wash cars in, but they must have run out of money in the middle of building, cause they're not there & a lot of the other extras from the floorplan aren't there either. I wish they would have just gone through with the drains!!! __________________

07-11-2011, 05:14 PM	#14
Iwantone2 Voice Of The Voiceless Drives: CGM 1SS RS Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: OC Cali Posts: 9,610 View My Garage	Yeah, someone else mentioned a E-Z Up thing-a-mabbob. That may be a better solution... __________________

07-10-2011, 07:24 PM	#2
carbon8 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS,2008 Hayabusa Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Yukon,Oklahoma Posts: 621	I dont think this is a good idea. Sheet rock isn't made to get wet. Just my thoughts.

07-10-2011, 07:30 PM	#4
carbon8 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS,2008 Hayabusa Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Yukon,Oklahoma Posts: 621	I guess you could just use a latex paint.

07-10-2011, 08:01 PM	#5
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	Yep, that would work; then wash the cars OUTSIDE.

07-10-2011, 08:30 PM	#6
ROBOSSRS Drives: 2011 Camaro SS/RS Inferno Orange Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: York, PA Posts: 6,592	I'll bet you don't have a drain in the floor either. The contractor that built my house was just starting out 22 years ago. Needless to say the floor slopes in no particular direction, hence water goes everywhere except out the door and no floor drain. Not a good place to wash a car.

07-10-2011, 08:55 PM	#8
GEEo OKCamaros Drives: 4 banger Diesel Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Philippines Posts: 4,572	I was my car inside our garage. at first my mom always get mad at me when I wash my car inside the garage but she kinda got use of me washing the car inside the garage. lol.

07-10-2011, 09:22 PM	#10
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	Wass up with you shrinkin' violets. Is the sun too much for ya'? True the drier the car gets, the quicker ya' gotta' wash, but that shouldn't be no never mind to young dudes like you. You're strong enough to do a good job whatever the weather this time of year. I, for one, have got confidence in ya'.

07-11-2011, 04:22 PM	#12
Prospective Buyer Drives: Acura TL Acura MDX Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 267	Any other tips?

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