New (very old building) shop

[Lynn]

Yep, you definitely need to keep Tommy around and have him over once a month for steak dinner. I hope he is helping you with the museum too...

As a matter of fact, I did hire Tommy to do some work at the Museum in Sept and Oct.

[Lynn]

Getting close now. Devil is in the details, right?

Caulking all the saw cuts and other concrete joints. No glamour here, that's for sure. As with paint work on a car, the prep is as important as the application.

I spent Wed. and Thursday evening digging out all the joints and vacuuming. Last night (Friday) my angel of a wife helped me mask both sides of every joint in the joint. I don't care how good you are with a caulk gun, if you are not a pro, you have to mask these joints or they won't look good when you are done.

Here is what the floor in the shop end looked like when we were done. The pics probably won't all fit on one post, so I will follow this up.

[Lynn]

Rest of prep photos.

[Lynn]

Had to put in 4 hours at the Museum this evening. Worked on filling all the joints and saw cuts from 8 a.m. to 4. p.m.

Boy am I sore. Pics tomorrow. Got the floor done. Need to scrub the walls, put all the weatherstripping on the roll up doors, then scrub the floor next weekend (after all the caulk cures), and I am READY to start working on cars in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[COPO]

Always enjoy your updates Lynn. You're right, time to work on some cars in there after your many years of hard work getting the shop ready for use.

[Crush]

How many sq ft is that space? Looks great!

[Lynn]

The building square foot it right at 5100. I have it walled off somewhere close to the mid point. Have not measured to see how many feet in the shop. I believe about 2500 to 2700.

Here are some pics of the finished joints. Hard to see them in most pics; which I guess is the goal, right?

[Donnie]

Lynn, did you use a self leveling caulk

[Lynn]

No. My buddy the floor expert recommended NP-1.

I followed this guys procedure with a couple of changes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBc2SXiEtd8&t=1058s

1. I did not use any fine sand to cover it. I don't care to have it sanded. I will be using a floor scrubber to keep the floor clean, so skipped the sand.

2. I had a hard time getting the exact amount of caulk in the joints, so slightly overfilled; then dry tooled with a plastic putty knife (NOT a curved caulking tool), wiping off the excess as I went along.

After dry tooling I DID go back over it using the 409 as a lubricant, and it REALLY smooths it nicely.

[Lynn]

Haven’t done squat lately, as I have been down with Covid... for the second freakin time. I received both vaccinations and both recommended boosters. This one has been more difficult to cope with than the first go round, even though I was unvaccinated at that time (as it wasn’t even available yet). On top of that, I am scheduled for angioplasty and stints Monday morning. I do have the plumber coming next Friday to run the natural gas line, so I can fire up the overhead heater. Don’t know how much I will be able to work this week after the procedure.

Turning my attention to a security system. I am resurrecting an old thread to see if ideas have changed in the last year and a half.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...=shop+security