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Home garage 550sq ft., used as my workshop primarily. I'll say right up front, there's not much new here - I learned A LOT reading this forum before starting this project and it was the difference between success and failure. I'll add my $0.02 in the hopes it adds to the collective wisdom...

FWIW, I used SikaFlex SL in my control joints, and if I had to do it over again, I would definitely go with the gel product from legacy. In my case I had about 60ft of control joint to fill, and it took A LOT of product to do it. Use the foam backer rod for sure, it will save you a ton of...

pics or it didn't happen !!

FWIW, I filled my control joints with SikaFlex SL, which I got at Home Depot. I caulked with slight overfill, and then I used a 4" razor tool to slice it off level after it cured. I found later than using a hand grider with a diamond cup wheel worked even better in leveling the control joints...

A few more pics. The rig I used was rented from BJ's Rentals in San Diego, it was a Blastrac 1-8DEZ unit. I bought one bag of shot which was about 40 lbs worth, since it was $80 a bag, I was motivated to make 1 bag last. The magnetic broom is a must. The way the unit works is you feed the...

In deciding to epoxy my garage floor I read everything I could find on preparation and loved the idea of shot blasting but was concerned about some of the warnings I read. First, from my investigation, it appears that shot blasting is the best overall method for prepping a concrete surface to...