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The goods news is ceramic carpet is good stuff and you got a great deal on it (if that is what they actually installed). The bad news is that without proper prep you will have issues sooner or later. The prep is the most important part of the job. Hopefully the "it will last the life of the...

Seriously, keep the projects and pics coming. I have a single car too and I need inspiration. I wish I had the bump out that you do- I am stuck with just 11x21. I like what you have done so far.

If he does good work and has a good reputation you may not need to haggle with him. How does he compare to other quotes and do they all include the same quality materials?

Thanks for the heads up. I ordered a bunch from the Maple Shade, NJ store to give to coworkers because we use these a lot (and wind up giving them away on jobsites). They had one at the register for some one else and two orders for the same item came in while I was waiting for them to pull...

"Chicken feeding" by hand is fine for large flakes. I recommend separating your flakes into as many batches as you need to do all the sections in your garage - you don't want that last section to have bare spots.

You're welcome. If you need to, you could always dab a little coating into the blow outs with an artist's brush- that will stop them from being so obvious and help prevent them from becoming dirt magnets. But the floor looks pretty darn good as is. Once you move your gear in, you'd be...

Agressively mixing can entrain air in the material, but you have to mix stuff well, so just be careful not to whip to much air into it. Another thing to keep in mind is that concrete has pores in it. The pores are filled with air which expands as it heats up. For this reason some coatings...

A combination of brake cleaner and dirty oil can shred some very expensive coatings.

Cherry Hill and Beverly, NJ are out.

Ditto. No luck at two stores in south jersey. Thanks for the heads up anyway, OP. I have two of those cabinets in the garage already and I like them a lot.

You wouldn't grind and etch, you would do one or the other. As stated above, the goal is to get a profile on the concrete for the epoxy (or urethane, or acrylic...) to grab onto.

Duct tape is fine to use and sticks better than masking or painters tape. Duct tape on the floor and masking tape on drywall is my rule of thumb. You should definitely pull tape when the coating is still wet. Plastic on the walls is only needed if you are planning on splattering (which you...

Shot blasting can leave blast lines in a floor that will telegraph through the coatings applied over it. Shot blasting is usually reserved for if you are trowelling a mortar or applying a full flake/sand broadcast thick enough to hide the blast marks.

You can use a rotary floor scrubber. Stick with the white (most gentle) pads and keep it wet with detergent and water. That will minimize the chance of scratching. It may not make it brand new again, but should get it good and clean. You can add a coat of wax to get it to shine. Or you...

It is possible, but it is a ton of work and hard to get perfect. You will probably want to prime the floor first. Then after taping, go around and burnish the edge of the tape (rub back and forth to heat the adhesive and get a good seal). When you apply the paint, paint from the tape in, not...

You guys should look into "Countertop Transformations" from Moder Masters. They sell kits in Lowes in the paint section. It is essentially a full flake broadcast with 1/16" (small) flakes. You sand down the existing Laminate tops, paint on epoxy, broadcast flakes. Then you scrape to knock...

Enclosed storage was by far the best update. I was so tired of cleaning up dust after every woodworking project. I added sides and doors to my open shelves and coated them in epoxy. now the dust stays on the outside and you can just wipe the cabinets clean.

Looks awesome! Is the marble effect an install technique or just how the resin is designed?

Church key to open cans Razor knife to cut open bags (depending on how material is packaged) Trash bags Something to throw epoxy covered tape into - pull tape when wet I recommend marking off how far each mix should go on the floor so you get uniform coverage and you don't end up with a thin...

5 gallon buckets to mix in Drill and mixing blade to mix material extension cord so you can mix outside of the garage squeegee on a pole to spread material (not needed for dip and roll coatings) Paint roller cages on extension poles - one for each roller Roller covers for each step plus extras...