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   BigK | Aug 25, 2008 06:59am | #1

   I painted my shop with an eggshell latex white paint. Really brightened it up with the ceiling and walls all reflecting the light. I hate working in unfinished shops because of how dark they are.

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Aug 25, 2008 07:06am | #2

   White on top for me with a medium to light grey below.. Gives some contrast to the starkness of all white while still reflecting light to see better.

   Sarge..

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   mytulpa | Aug 26, 2008 02:10am | #3

   a really nice dark red- makes it hard to see the blood.

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   user-172496 | Aug 26, 2008 03:02am | #4

   The Problem is I am a Blue Blood !!!

    Jack Griffin, Brighton, Ontario

   Edited 8/25/2008 8:04 pm ET by sparky 2006

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   dougmeyer | Aug 26, 2008 03:06pm | #5

   Take a handful of your "average" saw dust color (depends on what woods you work with) and put them between two pieces of glass, have the local paint place scan this and make a color for you. This way most of your saw dust will not show up that much when it gets on your walls. :)

   Personally I went with a yellow ish beige color to get me a lighter color. But to each his/her own.

   Doug M

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   hereford | Aug 26, 2008 08:56pm | #6

   This weekend I also painted my shop, but it was purely by accident. I knocked a glass jar and a can of black spray paint off a shelf. The jar broke, the spray paint can fell on the broken glass and viola my shop was getting painted.

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   Mackwood | Aug 27, 2008 01:41am | #7

   I wouldn't go far from white, maybe off-white or light cream.  It really helps the lighting situation.  If you're anything like me you will probably have quite a bit of stuff hanging on the walls any way so the white will be broken up.  I also painted my floor white and will do so again when needed.

   Regards,

   Mack

   "Close enough for government work=measured with a micrometer, marked with chalk and cut with an axe"

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   dougmeyer | Aug 27, 2008 02:39pm | #8

   I tend to stain my floor. Not all the same color, not at the same time, and not buy choice but it does tend to get stained.

   Doug M

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   Mackwood | Aug 27, 2008 06:40pm | #9

   Doug,

   I know what you mean!  Mine has several stains of various colors.  The white paint really does reflect the light and brightens up the whole shop.  It also makes "dropped" things easier to find.  It makes spills easier to see and clean up as well.

   I first experienced the white floor paint on hangar floors when I was working on aircraft in the Navy. 

   Six gallons of Sherwin Williams "Armor-Seal" put three coats on my entire 1200 sq. ft. floor in under two hours per coat.  Really; time and money well spent!

   Regards,

   Mack"Close enough for government work=measured with a micrometer, marked with chalk and cut with an axe"