Garage project started!

[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!

[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.

[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