Made some good progress this weekend.
Finished the last coat of joint compound, and sanded it down. I'm not great with mudding and sanding... it's not the best job, but it's good enough for a garage. I'm anxious to finish it so I'm not going to kill myself doing any more coats and/or sanding.
Then, I completely cleared the place out, swept the ceiling and all the walls (drywall dust... yuck), moved out all the tools, the bike, the table saw, etc. Swept out the floor, and it was time to get down to business. Bought all my primer, paint, and supplies:
Laid down plastic everywhere and carefully taped all the borders, corners, outlets, lights, etc. I didn't want to paint the concrete kneewalls in either room because when I eventually do the epoxy floor coating I intend to do those surfaces as well. Prep work:
Behr paints are so much better than the cheap shit in terms of not only looks, but coverage and spreadability. Do yourself a favor and don't cheap out.
Put on the primer:
Went for a good ride sunday morning, a couple hundred miles. Got back and did 1 coat of the finish paint:
Then I packed it up to watch the celtics game (GO C'S!!). Next weekend I'll do the last coat of paint.
Today I ordered the diamond plate baseboard that I mentioned ealier in this thread, it should arrive in time for me to install it this weekend. Then I'll seal it to the floor with caulking for waterproofing purposes, clean the shit out of concrete floor, and then it's just fun stuff left to do... like building all the shelves into the walls, building a workbench, setting up and organizing my toolchests, etc. So close!!