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well we cleaned and did the etching on Sunday. Interesting I watched the video and it said the etching should bubble, we certainly didn't see any bubbles at all. You could smell the acid though. We did the whole process recommended but it didn't dry in time to paint it last night, so hoping to do that tonight.
 
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Oh boy was last night interesting. The top soil arrived so final grade should be soon.
So we went to paint the floor last night. I have a Rock Solid single gray kit and a double gray kit. My floor was saw cut into 9 equal squares so I knew one kit should cover 3 of them so I grabbed the single kit and we started, if it didn't cover the three squares I was going to high tail it to Home Depot and grab another one. It DID cover the 3 squares (200 sq ft) perfectly so I knew we had enough product. So we opened the double kit and started on the next square, I poured some out and OH NO, it was dark gray instead of light gray. NO WAY, OMG.......packaging was correct but the content was wrong. My wife called Rustoleum to complain as I drove to Home Depot to buy more 'correct' color product. She was on hold for 35 minutes waiting. So they opened a case. We had to send pics showing it was incorrect color, showing the packaging was the same and a pic of our receipt. Apparently they are going to refund us all of our money we've spent, I guess a check in the mail maybe? Not sure we'll find out I suppose. It turned out really nice, I'll get some pics.
 
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One thing is for sure, you need to throw the flakes high in the air so it distributes evenly, simply throwing them straight out away from your body results in very heavy areas which looks bad. I messed up 2x, lol. All in all it turned out nicely, a lot of work, but it's worth it.




 
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Final ground grade was done last night. Landscaping Friday or Monday to level all the ground. Fence install next week and hydroseeding as well, getting there.....
 

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You used exactly the same colors as my floor. You did a nice job with the flakes, mine is way too heavy in a few spots. What product did you use?
 
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Final grade around the garage and driveway is done now. There is a little bit left for smoothing out my rear lawn which is next week, any extra will go off to the right in a lower part of the lawn, I'm glad I didn't run out of top soil, you can never have enough.


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Post #42 I told you about an issue with the Rock Solid product. Well last night we received a check paying for all of the product, a stand up company for sure!
 
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Here is an image of the two post lift I ordered. They are installing it the night of July 17th.
 

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Someone mentioned to me last night that photobucket isn't free any longer. I can see my images (but maybe due to cache) can you folks still see all my pics? If not I can do something different.
 

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Nice build....I gas up my boat about a block from you on my way to the lake. Small world!
 

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Someone mentioned to me last night that photobucket isn't free any longer. I can see my images (but maybe due to cache) can you folks still see all my pics? If not I can do something different.
I can see them on tapatalk on my phone. Nice build! Another Michigander here. I'm right around the corner from you on Bauer. [emoji106]

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Yeah that's pretty close, LOL. A lot of folks live very close to me on there.
Picked up a commercial grade glass front mini frig last night for $100, now I'll have refreshments in there too.



I can see them on tapatalk on my phone. Nice build! Another Michigander here. I'm right around the corner from you on Bauer. [emoji106]

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Cabinet mock up. Marking where to put electrical out lets and under cabinet lights, also marking where to put 2x4 horizontal structure to attach all the cabinets to the wall
 

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Hoping to get the side wall done today and tomorrow.
I had the drywall quoted and for the price I received I'm just going to let them do it !!
 

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Your place looks great!, are you going to tape, texture and paint the drywall, or just hang it and go on?
 

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Your place looks great!, are you going to tape, texture and paint the drywall, or just hang it and go on?
Judging by his attention to detail I would guess he's going to paint it.

Very nice build! I'm looking forward to seeing more progress.

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Drywall is going up on Monday. Ceiling will have an expansion joint so it won't crack he tells me. I was going to do it myself but my shoulder injury is holding me back, ugggh, oh well it's only money right
 
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Started finish mudding today. Should have it ready for paint mid next week if dry time is good. I'm about sick and tired of spending money on this thing, LOL LOL LOL
 
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