Garage project started!

[FTD]

Originally Posted by lucky_topher

any tips on the floor? did you do the acid etch before hand?

Here's my experience:
First degrease the floor. I used dish soap. It worked just fine. Scrub, scrub, scrub and scrub to make sure it is really cleaned. Then I mopped it with clear water, several times, to be absolutely sure all degreaser is completely removed. This took several days. Caution: I initially used a hose in the garage. Dumb idea because water went under the baseboards and into the basement, damaging a very valuable rug. You probably don't want water running under baseboards, even on a slab. Let it COMPLETELY dry, then etch with acid. The acid etch was less work than getting all the degreaser up. I used a 2 gallon pump sprayer and wore a face mask and thick rubber gloves. You let this dry for until it powders, then use clear water to get it completely mopped up. Let the floor COMPLETELY dry, then you are ready to paint/epoxy. So I think it took me a week from start to finish, including letting the paint cure.
As a DIY rating 1 - 5, its a 1.

[gaseavey]

I have often wondered how the epoxy painted floor would be.
Is it to slippery?

A picture of my garage below.

[FTD]

These pics are inspiring and motivating!

[mts]

Originally Posted by gaseavey

I have often wondered how the epoxy painted floor would be.
Is it to slippery?

A picture of my garage below.

Yes, just pure epoxied ones are very slippery, especially when wet. The color flakes help a bit. In addition, the Quickcrete kit I got hand a sandy grit that could be applied to the final coat which I added. It helps a TON and I could imagine walking on the floor when wet without it. I wash my cars in the garage so the flakes and grit were a must for me. I did both my garages with the epoxy and couldn't be more pleased. The picture below is the workshop garage.

[mts]

another shot of mine after it's been "lived in" a while.

[gaseavey]

mts;

Thanks for the input.

By the way you have a fantastic garage, maybe some day.

Picture of mine testing for winter storage.

[mts]

Gary,

I like how you've managed to stuff 3 cars into your garage. Before I built my 2nd garage I managed to stuff 4 cars into a 2 1/2 car garage in a somewhat similar fashion.

Mike

[nola911]

Here is my black epoxy floor and lowes cabinets. I obviously was not trying to photograph the garage when I took the picture though.

[lucky_topher]

nice black floor... did you do that yourself or have it installed?

I personally like the open garage concept.

[nola911]

Originally Posted by lucky_topher

nice black floor... did you do that yourself or have it installed?

I did it myself with the kit they sell at lowes. It took some coaxing and promising that I wouldnt return the product just to have them tint it black. Apparently, it isn't a color offered in the kit and they have to guess how much tint to put in.

[wanna986]

Originally Posted by maxferran

I did it myself with the kit they sell at lowes. It took some coaxing and promising that I wouldnt return the product just to have them tint it black. Apparently, it isn't a color offered in the kit and they have to guess how much tint to put in.

Were they worried the tint would affect durability? I'd think it's just a tint....

[nola911]

No, the kit comes with 30 or so colors that it can be tinted to. The lowes paint department has a tint code for each one. When I said I wanted black, she didnt want to do it because she didnt have a code. She thought the shade of black would not be perfect when compared to another shade of black???

I really don't know, but when I told her I would assume the responsibility and any black tint would be black enough for me, she did it with the help of the paint guru in the store. It was strange.