Recent content by superdel

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I have just put down a RaceDeck floor in the garage after tearing up hideous outdoor carpeting. Inside the floor looks great, there are no issues. Just outside the door, there is an 8 inch "ledge" that was covered with carpeting. It is now bare concrete. It needs to be touched up to make the...

Our power provider comes out of the sub station at I am pretty sure 69kV. Between subs it is 115kV. The 69 is then spread out through the town and dropped to 240 on the poles and fed to each house. The power company bugs it into the weatherhead for you and it is then dropped into a meter mounted...

The xfmrs on the poles are in a delta configuration to drop 240 3 phase into business and small shops and make the power easier to transmit. (480 is usually in industrial parks and such). Since there are residential services usually mixed in, they take a line off each side of the xfmr and give...

It took about 4.5 hours to do it. I took my time. When you mix a batch (I used 2 quarts color to 1 quart catalyst), it covers about 100 square feet. (Realistically, plan on one full kit giving you 400, not 500. I stretched mine thin to get to 500). Once you dump the mix out of the bucket and...

Wrap-up. What worked and what went wrong. Nothing went wrong. The devil is in the prep work. I made 2 small mistakes. I put the epoxy on too thin in some spots. I had to make the 3 kits stretch because I was too cheap to step out for another $200 for an extra kit to make sure I had enough. Not...

Coating continued. Mix the stuff together for at least 3 minutes. Epoxy is like bologna. The stuff in bologna won't naturally go together, but when you bash them together, the results are good. The paint and catalyst do not naturally mix. But when you bash them up, it turn into something good...

Coating the floor. The floor was poured sometime in the 60's and done in one shot. They did not cut in any expansion joints, nor did they put them in during the pour. They used expansion all around the perimeter against the foundation. So I did not have to worry about filling any joints. Two...

Acid etching opinion. If you do not want to grind, I think acid etching would be fine. I would go right for the muriatic acid. I use this stuff a lot. What it does is reacts with the lime in the concrete and leaves behind carbonate and water which is essentially baking soda. So there is no need...

Preparation. I had to remove the green paint. There are some obstacles in the basement such as oil tanks, furnace, steps, lolly-columns etc that would require hand ginding anyway, and a floor grinder or shot blaster just would not have been feasible, I decided to to the whole floor with a 7...

Here is a summation of my project that will maybe answer some questions people may have or reassure some people who are going to tackle a project themselves. I am by no means a professional at this. It was my first time. It was a roughly 1500 square foot basement floor that was covered many...

I just did my 1500 sq/ft basement this morning. I wore a pair of metal baseball cleats the whole time. They allowed me to walk anywhere on the floor at anytime and were not a bother. In disclosure, I am still an active baseball player so I am comfortable in them, and I have plenty of pairs...

I have my basement floor all prepped and am going to put down the epoxy coat on Saturday. I have about 1380 square feet and I have 3 full kits. If I don't make it, is there really a downside of coming back in a week or 2 to finish what I could not get? (I have planned to leave a non discript...

Great job with the tile slick. I followed this thread from your reply to my problem of no drain. There were some other ideas as well. I am not ready to tackle this project yet, but when I do, the tile will be at the top of the condsideration list. Anyone who can make their garage look like that...

I recently bought a house with an attached garage. The floor is concrete but is currently covered by very old indoor/outdoor carpeting. It seems like it may have been a decent marine grade carpet from back in the day. At any rate, it is worn badly and you know who wants something done about it...