My new house in Florida has a sink in the garage. The houses come with one in the garage or in the laundry. Here in Massachusetts I've never had either. I can't even think of a time where I was in the garage or laundry wishing I had a sink. Maybe washing off the bottom of shoes or something? What do you guys use them for? I'm sure there's a million things I'll find once I have one I guess. And darn it I've resized this 6 times on Imgur and it's still original. Have to find a new hosting site. ETA: Thanks HRK for helping fix my picture size issue.

Washing greasy hands after working on a car?

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Washing greasy hands after working on a car?

Wow I'm a dumbass. I can't count how many times I've tried opening the door with a small clean back of my hand to get to the bathroom. No idea why I didn't think of that.

I use mine all the time. After yard work, greasy hands, cleaning paint brushes. Just about anything I don’t want to bring inside the house it’s so dirty

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Originally posted by frayedends:

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Washing greasy hands after working on a car?

Wow I'm a dumbass. I can't count how many times I've tried opening the door with a small clean back of my hand to get to the bathroom. No idea why I didn't think of that.

Lol - i get yelled at when caught and washing in the kitchen sink.

Small dog wash too.

Rinsing brass for reloading.

Think: if SWMBO can get mad fir it being washed in the kitchen sink, the garage sink is better.

Rinsing out your paint brushes, bathing the dog, filling up your sprayers with water, rinsing same after use. ...

Shit I use one all the time!

But everything is so white and new in there. I don't want to get it all greasy. LOL

I'll have a golf cart to work on as well as the car.

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Originally posted by frayedends:
But everything is so white and new in there. I don't want to get it all greasy. LOL

Just go ahead and dump a gallon of paint on the floor and get it over with! LMAO

You’ll grow into it. It’s remarkable how convenient a sink in the garage/shop is. Once I had one I don’t know how I managed without one.

Oh man, I'd love to have that.

Uses are infinite.

Biggest use for me would be washing hands after working on a vehicle or doing outdoor/ landscaping work. Cleaning up after painting. Dumping dirty/ waste water after cleaning something. Washing a dog. Cleaning up oversized/ greasy stuff that's too big for or would make a mess out of the kitchen sink. Maybe even washing the bottom of your shoes lol.

Urinal if the wife's not home.

Clean anything I prefer not to put in the kitchen sink. Lots of uses.

Lived in places with them and without them. I prefer to have them. Often they are next to a washer and the washer drains into them in older homes.

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Originally posted by cas:
Urinal if the wife's not home.

Or she is home and you don’t dare go inside

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And darn it I've resized this 6 times on Imgur and it's still original. Have to find a new hosting site.

When you are posting from IMGUR don't resize, click the image, on the pop up, down at the bottom are the sizes of the image, for SF I use Medium or Large, click one of those, then click copy on the direct URL line and bobs yer uncle.

As for use, as said, cleaning up after working on vehicles, filling up dog water bowl, washing hands after working in the yard, tap a line from the cold side to run to a garage fridge ice maker.

Don't use it to pee unless the wife unit is asleep.... see CAS was on that one!

Floor looks good before you get anything on it, oils, grease, mud, urine, get someone to come in and professionally seal or coat the floor, down here tires get super hot and if you don't do it right they heat soak the DIY stuff and pull it right up.

Best time to do that is before you make a mess...

Also call the garage door screen guy, in the winter when you are here the garage door goes up, screen comes down, open windows in the house, you'll love it... Plus working in the garage your stuff is hidden from Gladys Kravits...

Oh the ice maker!!! Love it! And damn, I didn't know about those size options. Thanks HRK! I used Huge Thumbnail. All the sizes said thumbnail or small or big square. I'll try different sizes.

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Originally posted by frayedends:
Oh the ice maker!!! Love it! And damn, I didn't know about those size options. Thanks HRK! I used Huge Thumbnail. All the sizes said thumbnail or small or big square. I'll try different sizes.

Well, it was/is Huuuuuuuuge!

These are the garage door screen people we used, good people, on time, it's worth the investment, about $1500 or so.

https://www.lifestylescreens.com/

My grandparents had one in the cellar of their house in Pennsylvania. I think it was where the washing machine drained, but they used it for all sorts of things you wouldn't wash in a sink in the main part of the house. Paint brushes, greasy things, muddy stuff . . .

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Originally posted by HRK:

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Originally posted by frayedends:
Oh the ice maker!!! Love it! And damn, I didn't know about those size options. Thanks HRK! I used Huge Thumbnail. All the sizes said thumbnail or small or big square. I'll try different sizes.

Well, it was/is Huuuuuuuuge!

These are the garage door screen people we used, good people, on time, it's worth the investment, about $1500 or so.

https://www.lifestylescreens.com/

Oh wow, that's a nice garage screen! I'll put that on the list but it may have to wait until I'm full time down there.

The biggest one I can think of is washing paint brushes and gear, you've never had to do that???

Also: cleaning muddy shoes and boots, dumping anything like a mop bucket of dirty water that I wouldn't want to dump down my nice new kitchens sink, etc

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Originally posted by PASig:
The biggest one I can think of is washing paint brushes and gear, you've never had to do that???

Also: cleaning muddy shoes and boots, dumping anything like a mop bucket of dirty water that I wouldn't want to dump down my nice new kitchens sink, etc

I do my own painting. Always cleaned up in kitchen sinks. But yeah, makes sense.

I guess having never had one I just didn't think of all the good uses for one.