budl
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My darling but perfectionist wife (how does she know it's 1/32" off, she doesn't have a ruler?) and I laid about 760 sq ft of vct over the past 3 days. We laid 1/4 of the floor on day 1, 1/2 on day 2 and the rest the next morning. White and black checkerboard Armstrong Excelon. First surprise was how quick the Henry's glue was ready to tile. Clear and tack free in about an hour in 80 deg. TX heat. Second surprise was how well it stuck. Once you hand pressed the tile in position it ain't comin up sept in pieces. I verified this several times due to miscalculations. (you would think 1 black, 1 white would be easier to keep straight.) Floor came out looking great though. I included 2 strips of black between the posts of my lift for drive in alignment ease.
Spreading the glue was kind of a pain because it was hard on the knees even with pads and the glue kept growing little "buggers" as I spread it which had to be scraped off the trowel. Laying the tile is pretty easy as long as you are VERY careful to make sure each tiles edges are COMPLETELY abutted to the previous tile. finished by screwing 1 1/2" aluminum angle to the door opening drive over edges using concrete screws.
Job cost was
1. Tile $500 at HD
2. Glue (5 gal.) $35 at Lowes
3. 1 1/2" aluminum angle (30') $13
4. Nice dinner for my seat cover $75
Spreading the glue was kind of a pain because it was hard on the knees even with pads and the glue kept growing little "buggers" as I spread it which had to be scraped off the trowel. Laying the tile is pretty easy as long as you are VERY careful to make sure each tiles edges are COMPLETELY abutted to the previous tile. finished by screwing 1 1/2" aluminum angle to the door opening drive over edges using concrete screws.
Job cost was
1. Tile $500 at HD
2. Glue (5 gal.) $35 at Lowes
3. 1 1/2" aluminum angle (30') $13
4. Nice dinner for my seat cover $75
About the wheels on my 62. I catch some flack about them but------I don't like the "all wheel/no tire" look and the car rides better with more rubber under it, it has a C-4 suspension and brakes and I haven't found any 15s with the backspacing to keep the tire inside the fender and fit over the vette disc brakes. I've been running these wheels for 9 yrs and I'm open to suggestions. Might go with 16s or 17s max. Whataya got?