Home  |  Forums  |  914 Info  |  Blogs
 
914World.com - The fastest growing online 914 community!
 
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way.
Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

2 Pages V < 1 2  
 Reply to this topicStart new topic
> SOT: I'M MOVING! Saturday Helpers?, I signed a new lease
ConeDodger
post Feb 6 2009, 09:29 AM
Post #21


Apex killer!
***************

Group: Members
Posts: 23,605
Joined: 31-December 04
From: Tahoe Area
Member No.: 3,380
Region Association: Northern California
QUOTE(McMark @ Feb 5 2009, 07:15 PM) *

Thanks Rob! I have a trailer available here in Napa. But we can lay you on the ground next to an oil slick with a rag and a brush. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)


I can see it now... A couple of furniture dollies and a spray bottle of Simple Green and rags... Mark would just move me around from place to place! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
McMark
post Feb 6 2009, 11:25 AM
Post #22


914 Freak!
***************

Group: Retired Admin
Posts: 20,179
Joined: 13-March 03
From: Grand Rapids, MI
Member No.: 419
Region Association: None
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
echocanyons
post Feb 6 2009, 01:02 PM
Post #23


Advanced Member
****

Group: Benefactors
Posts: 2,094
Joined: 24-December 02
From: Bay Area, CA
Member No.: 7
Region Association: Central California
I can lend a hand for a couple hours late saturday morning, I plan to be in the area (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
GTeener
post Feb 6 2009, 04:05 PM
Post #24


914 Girl
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2,348
Joined: 25-June 04
From: SillyCon Valley
Member No.: 2,249
Region Association: Northern California
Congrats on the new digs.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
maf914
post Feb 6 2009, 04:53 PM
Post #25


Not a Guru!
****

Group: Members
Posts: 3,049
Joined: 30-April 03
From: Central Florida
Member No.: 632
Region Association: None
QUOTE(BKLA @ Feb 5 2009, 05:12 PM) *

Have fun and Wish we were there....

From those of us that are G.U. (geographically undesirable!)


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I like to say G.C. Geographically Challenged! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Congratulations on your new shop, Mark. Move to Savannah and I'll help. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
McMark
post Feb 6 2009, 11:15 PM
Post #26


914 Freak!
***************

Group: Retired Admin
Posts: 20,179
Joined: 13-March 03
From: Grand Rapids, MI
Member No.: 419
Region Association: None
Looking forward to tomorrow.

We'll be back and forth between Napa and Sonoma.

The address of the Napa shop is 1739 Action Ave (94559)
The address of the Sonoma shop is 19660 Eighth St. East (95476)

If you need to get ahold of me, I'll have my cell phone on me at all times (707) 738-5686.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
LarryR
post Feb 7 2009, 09:31 AM
Post #27


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 929
Joined: 15-March 07
From: E. Bay Area, N. California
Member No.: 7,604
I'm headed up there in about 15-20 minutes...

see everyone there..
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Joe Bob
post Feb 7 2009, 10:43 AM
Post #28


Retired admin, banned a few times
***************

Group: Members
Posts: 17,427
Joined: 24-December 02
From: Boulder CO
Member No.: 5
Region Association: None
Can't help as I'm too far away, but good luck.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
seanery
post Feb 7 2009, 06:12 PM
Post #29


waiting to rebuild whitey!
***************

Group: Retired Admin
Posts: 15,854
Joined: 7-January 03
From: Indy
Member No.: 100
Region Association: None
so, how'd it go? how's it going? got any new pics? Any blood spilled?
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
LarryR
post Feb 7 2009, 09:46 PM
Post #30


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 929
Joined: 15-March 07
From: E. Bay Area, N. California
Member No.: 7,604
QUOTE(seanery @ Feb 7 2009, 04:12 PM) *

so, how'd it go? how's it going? got any new pics? Any blood spilled?


I dont think we got as far as would have been liked today... we did pretty much clear out the old shop and get everything inside the new shop but we did not get the cleaning done....


User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
McMark
post Feb 8 2009, 12:24 AM
Post #31


914 Freak!
***************

Group: Retired Admin
Posts: 20,179
Joined: 13-March 03
From: Grand Rapids, MI
Member No.: 419
Region Association: None
Thanks to LarryR, jgara962, SirAndy, echocanyons, jkeyzer (+Kylie), did I forget anyone? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) It's been a LOOOOONG day.

We got everything out of the old shop and everything cleaned/swept, which is a huge deal. YAY!!!

The new shop has an extremely resilient oil/dirt coated floor. So we tried to powerwash it with degreaser added in. It cleaned up the few oily areas on the walls, but didn't really seem do much to the floor. Fortunately, after everyone left and we took one more trip back to Napa to drop off the trailer and truck, we spent some time re-evaluating our efforts and I think that because of the pressure washing and degreaser, what was once a sticky coating, is now more 'liquid'. So tomorrow I'm picking up a floor buffer, so we'll see how that works. It'll all be worth it in the end.

Thanks again to everyone! You really, really helped a ton.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
seanery
post Feb 8 2009, 08:47 AM
Post #32


waiting to rebuild whitey!
***************

Group: Retired Admin
Posts: 15,854
Joined: 7-January 03
From: Indy
Member No.: 100
Region Association: None
maybe you need some of that purple stuff and let it sit for a while then powerwash after it has had a chance to soak through the gook.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
LarryR
post Feb 9 2009, 01:03 AM
Post #33


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 929
Joined: 15-March 07
From: E. Bay Area, N. California
Member No.: 7,604
So how did the floors turn out with the floor polisher?
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
736conver
post Feb 9 2009, 01:21 AM
Post #34


Advanced Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2,117
Joined: 25-May 03
From: SE Wisconsin
Member No.: 736
Region Association: None
I find laundry soap ,liquid, works really good on oil impregnated concrete.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
mightyohm
post Feb 9 2009, 10:40 AM
Post #35


Advanced Member
****

Group: Benefactors
Posts: 2,277
Joined: 16-January 03
From: Seattle, WA
Member No.: 162
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
The floor wasn't just oil impregnated. Parts of the floor had a 1/8" thick layer of oil/grease/dirt/metal that had been compacted and driven into the concrete from 40 years of foot and rolling traffic. By the end of the night we had over 200 pounds of gunk that came off the floor.

The good news is that the floor polisher worked, but the pressure washer was still needed to blast gunk out from the worst areas. Mark and Kelly finished 1/2 of the building in 12 hours yesterday, I was there for about 4 of those.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
rhodyguy
post Feb 9 2009, 11:17 AM
Post #36


Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out.
***************

Group: Members
Posts: 22,084
Joined: 2-March 03
From: Orion's Bell. The BELL!
Member No.: 378
Region Association: Galt's Gulch
mark, after cutting as much of the grease as you can, try a gallon of white vinegar on a few spots. OIL-Eater should work well. get it at costco.

k
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
mightyohm
post Feb 9 2009, 11:29 AM
Post #37


Advanced Member
****

Group: Benefactors
Posts: 2,277
Joined: 16-January 03
From: Seattle, WA
Member No.: 162
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
Oh yeah, next time you talk to Mark ask him what the term "ambient oil" means. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
LarryR
post Feb 9 2009, 01:10 PM
Post #38


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 929
Joined: 15-March 07
From: E. Bay Area, N. California
Member No.: 7,604
QUOTE(jkeyzer @ Feb 9 2009, 08:40 AM) *

The floor wasn't just oil impregnated. Parts of the floor had a 1/8" thick layer of oil/grease/dirt/metal that had been compacted and driven into the concrete from 40 years of foot and rolling traffic. By the end of the night we had over 200 pounds of gunk that came off the floor.

The good news is that the floor polisher worked, but the pressure washer was still needed to blast gunk out from the worst areas. Mark and Kelly finished 1/2 of the building in 12 hours yesterday, I was there for about 4 of those.


Wow 200 pounds of gunk! It seemed like it was going to be a huge chore. Do the floors look like concrete now?

User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
ConeDodger
post Feb 9 2009, 02:35 PM
Post #39


Apex killer!
***************

Group: Members
Posts: 23,605
Joined: 31-December 04
From: Tahoe Area
Member No.: 3,380
Region Association: Northern California
QUOTE(LarryR @ Feb 9 2009, 11:10 AM) *

QUOTE(jkeyzer @ Feb 9 2009, 08:40 AM) *

The floor wasn't just oil impregnated. Parts of the floor had a 1/8" thick layer of oil/grease/dirt/metal that had been compacted and driven into the concrete from 40 years of foot and rolling traffic. By the end of the night we had over 200 pounds of gunk that came off the floor.

The good news is that the floor polisher worked, but the pressure washer was still needed to blast gunk out from the worst areas. Mark and Kelly finished 1/2 of the building in 12 hours yesterday, I was there for about 4 of those.


Wow 200 pounds of gunk! It seemed like it was going to be a huge chore. Do the floors look like concrete now?


Wow indeed! If I took 200# of oil off the floor in my garage, I would wait until the price of oil went back up and sell it as a barrel of crude!

With all the oil on the floor, the previous shop must have worked on aircooled engines too!!!
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
« Next Oldest · 914World Garage · Next Newest »
 

2 Pages V < 1 2
Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 

Display Mode: Standard · Switch to: Linear+ · Switch to: Outline

Track this topic · Email this topic · Print this topic · Subscribe to this forum

- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 1st June 2024 - 12:27 AM
Invision Power Board v9.1.4 © 2024  IPS, Inc.
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community!
We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ...