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To be brutally honest, it was because I didn't really know what I was doing. This was all new to me. If I were to do it again, I'd grind first, and patch second, using a 2 part epoxy patching compount, and taking the time to make the patches smooth before the epoxy patching compound cured...

The floor was 15 years old. - Patrick

Here's a better picture Here's a better picture of the drain area, taken from the same vantage as the earlier ones (without socks this time). :lol: If you look closely, you can see where the original cracks were. One is at approximately the "8 o'clock" position; the other at about "2...

It is not slippery at all. It is very "grippy" (dry or wet) when I am wearing shoes or boots. When I'm wearing just socks I can run and slide (but only when nobody is watching...). I have not had problems slipping when wet - with water. Oil is another thing, though. But when I spill oil...

It was the "Sandstone" color. Not a custom mix, just what came out of the can. If they want to help you do the work - great. I did all mine by myself, and it would have been nice to have somebody patching pre-existing pockmarks in the floor. But I don't think that's what your Sherwin...

I plan on beginning construction of an aircraft in my garage next fall. - Patrick

If you can find pellet stoves for $1200, you ought to buy a truckload of them and sell 'em up here in MN... - Patrick

The previous owner of my house sprayed accoustical stuff on the sheetrock ceiling. They didn't do a very good job overall, IMHO. I think their main goal was to cover up a poor sheetrocking job. I've left it alone so far because it would be such a PITA to tear down and do right... - Patrick

I did my floor in Sherwin Williams Armorseal 1000. Didn't have any trouble buying it. Worked pretty good. Do a search on my username to find my thread with pictures. - Patrick

I did somethng similar. I cut off one end (the "female" end) of an ordinary extension cord, and spliced that into the wires coming out of the florescent light fixture. The other end of the extension cord (the "male" plug) I ran over top the ceiling and into one of those plug-in adapters that...

I need to do something, but I don't know what... On one wall the cinder blocks stick out (as seen from the pictures). On another wall they are flush with the drywall. And on a different wall they are "recessed" back from the drywall. I'd really like to get a more "uniform" finish along the...

Update: Painting the Walls One of my wife's colleagues at work is an Interior Decorator. My wife came home from work armed with some ideas and some color samples, and she convinced me to paint the garage a sort of "Baby Blue/Green" color. That's right, folks, I went and painted my garage...

Those lights make a huge difference, huh? If there's only one thing that a guy can do, it would be to add more lights, just like you have done. That makes a huge difference when you are working on something. - Patrick

Color Matching I went to Home Depot to see if they could mix me up a batch of "color match" paint so I could do my interior garage trim to match the new floor. When I epoxied the floor, I also epoxied a piece of cardboard, so I could have a sample of the color that I could take with me. Home...

1. I didn't use any reducer. It might have helped on the second coat if I did, because if you know where to look and the light is shining just right, you can see where the roller went. 2. It does come in clear, and they sell that in 5 gallon buckets also. I think it's for indoor use only...

New Pictures Tonight I pulled the cars back into the garage. There still is some organizing that I need to do, but hopefully these pictures will give you an idea of how the floor has turned out. I am amazed to see how clearly you can see the reflections of the cars on the floor. If you look...

Will post more pix this evening I'm back in town, and the garage floor looks great. Tonight when I get home I'll pull the cars back in, after having let it cure for a week. When I do that, I'll take some pictures of the same areas, from the same viewpoints as before, so as to give you a...

Nice job on your garage! How do you like the tiles? - Patrick

2nd Coat Today I applied the second coat of epoxy to the floor. There was about a gallon and a half combined that was left over. That was enough for me to do the corners and to give the entire floor a second coat. The second coat of epoxy spread very well over the first coat. I'll be out...

How much did I spend...? Somebody asked my how much I spent on this, so here are some ballpark figures for the benefit of anyone else who's considering doing this. Some of you might get better prices, while others might pay a little more. But hopefully this should be a fair estimate of about...