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Old 05-18-2023, 11:51 AM
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I'm not sure where to post this so here goes. I am getting closer to painting the walls in my new shop and am looking for pics/ideas.
I like the typical red/gray/white that you see in motorsports.
Please post pics of your shop paint schemes!
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Not sure if you are aware of this thread, and it does not answer your question specifically, but it has amazing content: https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-...ur-garage.html
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Not sure if you are aware of this thread, and it does not answer your question specifically, but it has amazing content: https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-...ur-garage.html
Oh my,....that's the ticket! THANKS. I did do a search-ah but I missed that one!
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Originally Posted by Coochas
I'm not sure where to post this so here goes. I am getting closer to painting the walls in my new shop and am looking for pics/ideas.
I like the typical red/gray/white that you see in motorsports.
Please post pics of your shop paint schemes!
I did a Gulf theme paint job in my shop space... Orange and blue are paint, black stripes are vinyl. Walls are now mostly covered by shelves & storage etc... still cool though!







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Originally Posted by Tom '74 911
I did a Gulf theme paint job in my shop space... Orange and blue are paint, black stripes are vinyl. Walls are now mostly covered by shelves & storage etc... still cool though!





Very nice!
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Originally Posted by Coochas
I'm not sure where to post this so here goes crafts. I am getting closer to painting the walls in my new shop and am looking for pics/ideas.
I like the typical red/gray/white that you see in motorsports.
Please post pics of your shop paint schemes!
I earlier had posted a question about "in house" paint booths and have had lots of great feedback. Main concerns were from hazardous vapors, both igniting and breathing, so I'm exploring alternatives. How about just painting in the garage with doors open? I can controll dust, to a certian degree, with a fan. Temprature should not be much of a problem. Stays in the 70s most days. Painting is done with cans. Cant' afford air brushes and if I could, would take me years to figure them out. Not looking for show worthey models, just nice ones. Your thoughts?
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Too far? https://wallpapers.com/hello-kitty
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I ended up going with white/red/gray kind of traditional motorsport look.


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Another 917 scheme. Because racing is important to men who do it well...........
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FWIW...
if painting the horizontal stripes yourself... measure from the ceiling to the stripe ... floors are pitched... ..obvious why i know this.... now
Speckles on the floor look nice and hide some imperfections, but i have no idea how you can find anything smaller than hammer on the floor if you are over 40 years old.
Garagejournal.com has plenty of inspiration on storage / work areas/ colors
if you have big blank wall , it would be cool to have a wall size image of something like the laguna seca corkscrew ending into your garage, or an image of old school garage as if it was part of yours... someone had a big image so it looked like a starwars X wing fighter parked in there.
ugh. old post..

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Paint your garage the same PTS color as your car.....
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Originally Posted by ldamelio
Another 917 scheme. Because racing is important to men who do it well...........
Like the track map idea, will borrow that some day!
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My previous garage in red, grey, white with racing theme.
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Current garage with monochromatic grey, black, white. Cars and artwork are the pops of color.



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