So I was fortunate enough to find enough floor tile during Armorpoxy clearing out their warehouse sale listed here. It's hard to beat floor tile at like 80% off. My observations below are purely observations, and not complaints given the bargain price these sold for. It's infinitely better than the very nasty floor that it covers.
This is a typical new(er) house with the 3 bay configuration, that is 2 bay + 1 bay (wife's parking spot) at 90 degrees. Modern house, HOA, etc with about a 13' garage ceiling. It's survived a couple of track car tear downs, engine swaps, and a complete (down the last bolt) restoration of the TR6 pictured. Including painting both the TR6 and the FF shown in the photos. I know, shocking that real garage work can be conducted in an HOA neighborhood. I'm not sure I'd do another full body off spray in a residential garage, but I wanted to see if I could do a full restoration on my own.
Observations:
- This is their 4.5mm solid PVC textured tile. The tiles weigh more than expected. Shipping was about the same price as the tile
- Installation is quite simple, it cuts well with a cheap table saw. It would be forever with a jigsaw.
- With the 90 degree bay configuration, it wasn't really possible to align to layout for least waste. I used their transition pieces at both garage doors, so I had to have full tiles at the entrances. I ended up with lots of small pieces around the perimeter, so I got two small pieces with a decent waste piece in the middle out of each tile. I cut it close, I ordered all they had in this color, and I had exact 3 left over full tiles.
- There is a far amount of color variation within the gray even within the same box. I'm guessing that some of the boxes might have been comprised of multiple boxes from different lots. For this pricing it's plenty close enough. At full retail, I probably would have taken exception to the color variation.
- The floor needs to be smooth. Since it's solid PVC, it telegraphs anything that is on the floor. It's easy to pull up a tile though, and clean out the little nub that you missed.
- Get the first row very straight. There is enough "flex" in the joints, where if the first row isn't completely straight, the 3rd row will be a challenge. But it's pretty easy to get it straightened back out.
All in all, it was a great deal and a huge improvement over what was left after the car projects. Thanks Armorpoxy for offering up the discount to GJ members!
This is a typical new(er) house with the 3 bay configuration, that is 2 bay + 1 bay (wife's parking spot) at 90 degrees. Modern house, HOA, etc with about a 13' garage ceiling. It's survived a couple of track car tear downs, engine swaps, and a complete (down the last bolt) restoration of the TR6 pictured. Including painting both the TR6 and the FF shown in the photos. I know, shocking that real garage work can be conducted in an HOA neighborhood. I'm not sure I'd do another full body off spray in a residential garage, but I wanted to see if I could do a full restoration on my own.
Observations:
- This is their 4.5mm solid PVC textured tile. The tiles weigh more than expected. Shipping was about the same price as the tile
- Installation is quite simple, it cuts well with a cheap table saw. It would be forever with a jigsaw.
- With the 90 degree bay configuration, it wasn't really possible to align to layout for least waste. I used their transition pieces at both garage doors, so I had to have full tiles at the entrances. I ended up with lots of small pieces around the perimeter, so I got two small pieces with a decent waste piece in the middle out of each tile. I cut it close, I ordered all they had in this color, and I had exact 3 left over full tiles.
- There is a far amount of color variation within the gray even within the same box. I'm guessing that some of the boxes might have been comprised of multiple boxes from different lots. For this pricing it's plenty close enough. At full retail, I probably would have taken exception to the color variation.
- The floor needs to be smooth. Since it's solid PVC, it telegraphs anything that is on the floor. It's easy to pull up a tile though, and clean out the little nub that you missed.
- Get the first row very straight. There is enough "flex" in the joints, where if the first row isn't completely straight, the 3rd row will be a challenge. But it's pretty easy to get it straightened back out.
All in all, it was a great deal and a huge improvement over what was left after the car projects. Thanks Armorpoxy for offering up the discount to GJ members!