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I appreciate the suggestion, and have done some reading about Ghostshield. Were circumstances different I'd certainly be considering it more strongly for my application. I'm well ahead of the 4-6 week timeline, and want to get this done prior to putting things into the shop. Also, US supply...

Here is the one I built a couple of years back. 3/8" x 5" steel legs. An old growth douglas fir beam, and douglas fir top. Pretty happy with how it all came out.

Have been pondering flooring options for my new 40x50 (Link here), in which I do a lot of mixed work but much of it "heavy" work that is hard on floors. Earth moving equipment repairs, machining, welding, etc. I've pondered VCT and topical coatings, but don't think they'll last for the most...

Well thats the thing. I don't HAVE a tank, but that isn't to say I don't NEED a tank...

Settled in on the slab spec. 32MPa (4600psi) concrete, 6" thick, 10M rebar in a 16" grid. (yeah I'm Canadian, I work in both metric and imperial depending on my mood) Slab should be beefy, and I keep getting told it's overkill before people even ask what I'm doing with the shop, lol. It should...

Making some more progress... all subterranean work is complete! (Finally) And now we are at the point of making things less dirty, messy and dusty. 4-6" of 3/4 minus (road base around here) compacted with a 500# plate compactor. A bit more to go yet, but progress none the less. Concrete planned...

Love the E24, it looks awesome fully detailed. Want to come do my E28 next? :D

And my 2014 statement in the post above has come true. :) The Shop I've Always Wanted - Being Built!

Just realized some might be interested in my home shop history as well, as they all have their own build threads here: First shop build - 16x24 Garage What I tore down to build this - 15x30 Woodworking Shed Current shop (soon to be garage) - 20x21 Metal Shop

Yeah as much as there is a desire to "send it" at this point, I'm trying to think ahead as much as I can here. You'd be surprised, this is rock hard clay with shale and rock... NOTHING goes quickly, even with a 9500lbs machine. Basically you scrape your way in, a fraction of an inch at a time...

Some fun underslab work to knock off "just in case" I want some utilities at some future point. Sewer and water lines run, slab work begins next week. A shop sink will be a necessity at some point. At this point I really want to start to make less of a mess, rather than more...

Skipping ahead a bit, and this is close to the current state. Ordered a garage door in May and still haven't seen it. Concrete slab hopefully in the next couple of weeks...

Behind on the updates a little bit. My FIL passed away in early September, and while work continued on the shop I did not keep up with updating. He was a big part of my building, making, fixing and creating experience. Very much a craftsman. Will let the photos do the talking on the building...

A bit more visible progress this week. Insulation and sheeting going on, as well as finishing up the perimeter/rain water leaders connection point and outfall. Progress on insulation... goes up pretty quick at this point. Starting to look like something now. Likely another 7-10 days left...

Crazy how much less snow is on those mountain tops than there are in my memories... With that said, the summer in Revelstoke was always so picturesque and awesome, all 6 weeks of it! (haha, ok it wasn't that bad, but I do remember not being able to ride my bike until May because of all the snow...

I had 2 garage doors in the early stages of design. Decided a large door (14'x14') was really important for future use, RV's, etc. Once I replaced one of the 2 garage doors with a 14x14, there wasn't a lot of wall left. At one point had the 14x14 an 8x10 and the man door all on the same side...

Yeah it's a little bittersweet. I came from a few single shops, and was constantly fighting with sawdust vs. sparks, and "crossing the streams". So when I came to this property and had the opportunity to have complete separation of wood and metal, I was super excited. But as good as that was...

Progress as of Saturday.

A busy week of progress. Passed my perimeter drain/RWL inspection first go, and the steel building folks showed up on Wednesday this week. Didn't take them long to make some really good progress - they expect the whole building to be up and done within about 3 weeks. Well "done" is a relative...

Were you able to determine a definitive root cause to the unevenness of the colour/application?