Recent content by ivan256

Unless your opening is extra tall, you might not need to worry about it, since the lift will be far enough inside the door that the tracks will have ended. However, you can look at the height requirements for whatever lift you pick to see what is needed.

I was considering sticking with symmetric so that I could either pull in OR back in. However with the lift near the door, the only way the truck cab will clear the opener is when it is facing inwards. Also, since my ceiling is only 13', the posts have to be in further than the tracks and opener...

Thanks for all the input everybody! I think this particular comment had the most influence on my decision. I think I'm going to pick the asymmetric configuration and place the lift near the door. That way I won't have to move a project completely out of the shop to work on the truck or a daily...

I'm trying to decide where in my bay to place a two post lift. Probably, there will be long term projects on the lift most of the time, but I'd like the ability to lift and work on my plow truck when it needs it. The bay is 36' deep, and it would be nice to retain the ability to keep two cars...

I guess I've been overthinking this. I had a pro come look at my slab. His opinion was that the dark spots were condensation (cold slab from air conditioned room hit with hot humid outside air) on places where I had simply glazed over the surface with the diamabrush instead of cut through...

OK, I've stewed over this for almost a year, and procrastinated doing the rest of my floor, but now I want to put a lift in the other part of the shop that is still un-coated, so it's time. I rented the diamabrush yesterday and went over the unfinished spot three times from three different...

Thanks. I don't know if I'm going to bother with a claim at this point, because I still have 4 gallons left for the garage that I haven't applied yet. I was on the fence about even doing that section after this, but it's a different, older, rougher slab. I think it will be fine. Anyway, when I...

It's not actually black, it's just a quirk of the camera. The RustBullet is shiny-metallic, and it made the camera auto-adjust a little funny. When you look at it in person it's normal dull gray concrete color, and the paint is more "reflecty".

I don't know if anybody will find this useful or not. I'm mostly just posting to vent some frustration. I recently built a new home shop/garage. I must have read this entire forum 20 times agonizing over the right floor coating (and everything else in there). My priorites were (in order)...

I’m planning to finish a 30x40 slab in a few weeks and I’m down to deciding between Hellfire and Rust Bullet. Is the change that was being made to prevent yellowing available yet?

I tried for 5 years to get rid of the smell in exactly your situation. I started by using something called Gator Wash, which is a detergent and bio-remediation agent. It got the oil stains off the floor, but after it dried the sulphur/oil smell remained. Every time I'd scrub with simple green...