DocRock
Well-known member
OK I’ll join in the Garage Gallery crowd with my own project. Nothing as spectacular as some here, just a redo. As with many there’s a bit of a back story.
My garage is a pretty standard 2 car (22wx23d) that has seen 30+ years of use and abuse. I had added insulation, rock, paint and heat several years ago. That made it comfortable to work in during Minnesota winters. I hung some kitchen cabinets from a remodel job a friend was working on, but things were still pretty crude. But, it worked for the time.
The floor was getting pretty bad with salt spalling and pops. With my retirement coming on fast (8/3/15), I was getting the bug to clean things up. I started looking at epoxy kits (Home Depot type) and thought “gee, for $100 I could get the floor looking good”. I was concerned that it might not go well and started doing a bit of research. The more I learned the more concerned I got about the effort and possible results.
Being a hot rod guy, my wife and I went to Back to the Fifties (BTTF’s) in St Paul, MN. We live in the burbs of SP. For those unaware, BTTF’s is the largest car show of its kind in the world – 12,000 classics, customs and hot hods, none newer then 1964 (yep, that means no Mustangs, sorry guys). If you haven’t been there, get it on you bucket list.
We were walking around the show checking out vendors and came across RaceDeck’s display. My wife said, “You should get this and not fuss with the epoxy stuff.” I told her it wasn’t cheap, but she said go for it. OK, I’m in.
Thus began the process. I went to the Google and found GJ. Thanks to all of you that have put your opinions, experiences and thoughts here. It helped greatly in my decision. Tiles scheduled to arrive August 4th – WOW, that’s the first day of retirement! Huh.
Here are few background pictures. I’ll post progress as it comes. Thank you again to all that support this forum.
My garage is a pretty standard 2 car (22wx23d) that has seen 30+ years of use and abuse. I had added insulation, rock, paint and heat several years ago. That made it comfortable to work in during Minnesota winters. I hung some kitchen cabinets from a remodel job a friend was working on, but things were still pretty crude. But, it worked for the time.
The floor was getting pretty bad with salt spalling and pops. With my retirement coming on fast (8/3/15), I was getting the bug to clean things up. I started looking at epoxy kits (Home Depot type) and thought “gee, for $100 I could get the floor looking good”. I was concerned that it might not go well and started doing a bit of research. The more I learned the more concerned I got about the effort and possible results.
Being a hot rod guy, my wife and I went to Back to the Fifties (BTTF’s) in St Paul, MN. We live in the burbs of SP. For those unaware, BTTF’s is the largest car show of its kind in the world – 12,000 classics, customs and hot hods, none newer then 1964 (yep, that means no Mustangs, sorry guys). If you haven’t been there, get it on you bucket list.
We were walking around the show checking out vendors and came across RaceDeck’s display. My wife said, “You should get this and not fuss with the epoxy stuff.” I told her it wasn’t cheap, but she said go for it. OK, I’m in.
Thus began the process. I went to the Google and found GJ. Thanks to all of you that have put your opinions, experiences and thoughts here. It helped greatly in my decision. Tiles scheduled to arrive August 4th – WOW, that’s the first day of retirement! Huh.
Here are few background pictures. I’ll post progress as it comes. Thank you again to all that support this forum.
