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gaseavey 10-02-2008 12:04 PM

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

A picture of my garage below.

FTD 10-02-2008 12:27 PM

keep it up
 
These pics are inspiring and motivating!

nola911 10-02-2008 08:09 PM

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

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...onco/bronc.jpg

lucky_topher 10-03-2008 05:38 AM

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

cartagena 10-03-2008 03:44 PM

I personally like the open garage concept.

nola911 10-03-2008 07:12 PM

Quote:

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 10-05-2008 06:47 PM

Quote:

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 10-05-2008 06:57 PM

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 10-07-2008 02:01 PM

Quote:

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 10-08-2008 11:47 AM

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

gaseavey 10-09-2008 05:58 AM

mts;

Thanks for the input.

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

Picture of mine testing for winter storage.

mts 10-09-2008 09:27 AM

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


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