Tips/Techniques Wall covering in garage shop.

[DPittman]

I hate drywall when I have to repair it. Been doing repairs and such for 30 years and I'm still not any good at it.

Maybe it's be mentioned already ....drywalls biggest benefits (in my opinion) are its fire resistant and it's cheap. It's also pretty easy to patch and repair to make it look new again.

 

[Susquatch]

I have HVLP, LVLP guns and two airless sprayers; a Graco Truecoat 360 two speed and a Titan 410.

Holy Crap..... You are a painting maniac!

 

[Bandit]

In the past I have used cheaper grades of plywood gone over with drywall mud to fill imperfections. A light quick sanding, coat of paint, not to bad. Silicone the bottom edge to stop sparks rolling under, and or dirt etc.

 

[JustaDB]

I have the standard 5/8" drywall.

Standard is 1/2". 5/8" is fire guard. Way older installations can have 3/8".

 

[Doggggboy]

Holy Crap..... You are a painting maniac!

It's a woodworking thing.

 

[Perry]

I used the OSB in my garage in the areas that would see more "traffic". Drywall in the low traffic areas. Take a look at this thread...

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Nov 22, 2022

Well this project is still going along.....slowly. Life gets busy. It has really cut into my machining hobby. I'm not complaining. Last year this time I was wondering if I was going to beat the weather.

So in the end I decided to drywall most of the low traffic areas and put up OSB in the areas where I would be doing a little more work. Regular OSB would not be fine for me so I did a few test samples and this is what I came up with.

The two on the top row are my favorites. Only difference is one has an oil based Varathane, the other is water based.






This idea...

• Perry

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[Mcgyver]

In the garage where it's most crowded, benches down below, cantilever 2' of shelving up above (with lights underneath) and 3/4 plywood between the two. Nails, screws and dowels (I get a cold shiver at the thought of peg board) are used to cover the plywood with tools; screwdrivers, pliers, hammers, hacksaws, wrenches etc .... stuff that doesn't need to go in a drawer

 

[Downwindtracker2]

When I say roller, I mean using it with a screw in broom handle. With the long handle you can really rock and roll, groan. They have screens that go in 5 gallon pail . The big fluffy sleeves can do anything.

 

[architect]

Besides the lack of easy mounting, anyone else hate the have issues in the shop that isn't because of install (muding taping sanding etc)? I'm leaning towards drywall right now for my new shop because of the price of plywood but also because it will be a brighter space that my partner is nudging me towards. My concern was is keeping it white and generaly durability but I'm thinking of committing to keeping a clean shop and doing messy work outside.

 

[DavidR8]

I used 1/2" plywood in my shop because I wanted the flexibility to mount shelves etc anywhere I wanted. I painted it white and it's been great. 100% would do it again.
Painting is easy if you roll or spray

 

[Susquatch]

Besides the lack of easy mounting, anyone else hate the have issues in the shop that isn't because of install (muding taping sanding etc)?

My buddy who is in construction used 1/4" sub flooring instead of plywood or drywall. It turned out awesome. If I ever build another shop, that's what I will use. It is inexpensive compared to other options and looks great. It would need another layer on top of it if you wanted to hang tools on it. But it's fine for cabinets or shelving.

 

[Doggggboy]

Corrugated white tin in mine. Light stuff is easy to hang with sheet metal screws. Heavier stuff screwed into the horizontal strapping, 2 by 4s. Everything else on shelving or the floor or the pallet racks.

 

[MashingMetal]

I used 1/4 flake board and 1/4 Masonite free from movie sets. I was a tight budget 20 years ago. I would probably use 1/2 plywood if I did it again. I will have to look up our cheapest finished plywood at work is going for.

 

[someidiot]

C and D are the grades of the wood. D has voids whereas C just has small knots 🙂

That answer is so less funny.

 

[YotaBota]

When we had the house and attached garage built I had the builders insulate, drywall and paint the garage as I couldn't buy the materials for what they charged to do the work and materials. Paint is a light tan so no worries about keeping it spotless.

 

[Sqought]

One advantage of drywall is that it's heavy - good for stopping noise permeating walls. If you're close to neighbors (or irritable family) this might be important. I've been researching soundproofing and the most cost effective methods are basically just multiple layers of drywall with acoustic goo in between.

 

[DPittman]

My shop is basically a pole barn with insulation between exterior metal barn siding inside and out. Hanging stuff on the walls sucks.

A buddy put good one side plywood on the inside of his pole barn. Didn't bother painting it. It looks great and is extremely functional.

If I were building a new shop, it would have steel siding outside and good one side plywood inside.

I put D-grade 5/8" plyood on the bottom 8ft of the walls. Painted it with gray floor paint before outting it up. White tin above to and with the ceiling. Love it, I hang stuff of.my walls quite a bit.
My first "shop" was a single car garage built for a garage and I drywalled it and fnished it off nicely and painted it white. My garage morphed into a shop as my skills evolved and the walls became dirty grey and dinged up easily.
Drywall is nice that it is cheap and fire resistant. Other than that a solid wood product is much superior in my opinion.

 

[JustaDB]

I will have to look up our cheapest finished plywood at work is going for.

Cheapest hereabouts is Chinese birch ply. Way less than G1S fir.

 

[MrWhoopee]

OSB for me, painted with semi-gloss white. I would do it again.

 

[MashingMetal]

@JustaDB Chinese stuff is the low priced leader, for wall covering it doesn’t matter much but for woodworking it can be a painful, voids, delaminating and not exactly flat.