Recent content by blazer1974

I used 1.5" wide by 1/8" thick aluminum strips. They were sold in 12' lengths from a local metal supply company. They cut them to my specs. I paid $10 per piece. Home depot sells the same thing in 8' lengths for around $20.

I assure you, none of the swirl marks are present after the epoxy. As you can see in the pictures, the swirls were very noticeable after sanding, especially since I didn't know how to control a floor buffer. Once the epoxy is applied, the swirls vanish.

It's not slippery dry. We haven't had any rain yet to see how it feels wet. As for coverage, the garage used three gallons of materials. I seperated the garage into 3 sections and seperated the materials to make three seperate 1 gallon units. You pour the gallon accross the section and use a...

1109 is the product. It is not on the Alpha Garage website. Fred told me about it when I called to order. By the way, I give Fred at Alpha Garage one strong recommendation. He took the time to answer my seemingly ignorant questions on four or five seperate calls. He really wanted to assist...

Prep was a thorough cleaning. I swept, hosed garage, and scrubbed floor using bond lok. I spot treated the tire spots about 5 times. Then I used feather finish to fill cracks and holes. Costs are as follows: Feather Finish (1 box) ~ $25 Bond lok(3 gallons) ~ $60 Tile (900 sq ft @ $.70) ~...

It took a period of several days with several steps. Scrub floor, bond lok, rinse, and repeat ~ 4 hours Spread adhesive and lay tile ~ 9 hours (I waited 1 week before applying epoxy) Sand floors and mop(3 times) ~ 3 hours Mix epoxy and roll ~ 45 minutes

Here are some pics of the flooring piece of my garage project. Roughly 850 square feet. Once I move everything back in and finish the baseboards, I'll post the completed photos. The details are: Armstrong VCT 51910 Armstrong S-515 Adhesive Wolverine 1109 Epoxy Clear First pic is after 3...