That is shaping up very nicely, glacier pace or not, it was well worth the effort!
Thanks, Strouty! Slow and steady for me is well, just slow with sorta steady progress.
Gardening room could sure be automotive paint booth during the off season as long as thr fumes dont make its way into the house. Looks great, makes all that sanding worth it when the end result is that awesome.
Next thing she will be having you install grow lights for year round gradening. I bet plenty of shops sell grow lights in your neck of the woods thanks to some certain legislature. Good luck man.
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tidux - She is already talking about an Avocado tree and vegetables all year round so we went to the local hydroponic store (Ned has 2)and bought two lights.

Good thing "home growing" is legal here in CO. Last thing we need is the DEA seeing the light from the garage, breaking down the door, and mistaking her indoor vegetable grow for an Indoor "Herb" Grow.

I can just hear myself saying, "No Officer...Really, it's basil."
Very nice work on the 3rd-bay/gardening room Chris.
Glacier pace - I don't think so.

Every time that I look in on your thread, you've achieved an incredible amount of progress.

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Mark, thanks for the vote of confidence. I will always take a "That-a-boy". Makes sanding just a bit easier.
Thanks guys for chiming in.
Bit the bullet, the Rust Bullet. (Ok, lame joke)
Any hesitation in regards to coating the floor was quickly put to bed after looking at it post scrub down. This is after hitting it twice with the concrete cleaner/degreaser. We are now, from looking at the current condition of the floor, into the, "this will not due, not for my Lady’s new garden room" territory.
A quick online chat session with Garage Flooring LLC help and I had ordered up a gallon and two quarts of Rust Bullet Concrete.
One quick side note… The person who helped me at Garage Flooring LLC was terrific. She was the one who said given the condition of the concrete I didn't need to etch, just power wash. And, the RB shipped out the next day. I know Garage Flooring LLC is active here on GJ and they get my highest recommendation. (I have no connection with them other than as a customer)
Back to it... RB, stir sticks, gloves and a sacrificial 3” brush for the cracks. Don’t forget the respirator with new carbon cartridges (More on this later).
Power washed again, dry, and one of two coats on…
This was around 3pm. The instructions said the second coat needs to be put on within 12 hours or after 24 hours and after the first coat has become dry to he touch.
Now, remember the respirator? Just a word to folks thinking of using this stuff: One, it’s a great product that goes down with minimal prep and looks good.

Two, once applied on the concrete it off gasses something fierce.

So much so I had to vent the house… Actually, I had to vent it three times over 6 hours. This was with the garage door ¼ open and a fan blowing the fumes out of the garage bay. Even with the fan blowing the fumes out, the smell went through two exterior doors to get into the house. This is super potent stuff. My recommendation is to plan to do this during a time when you can open the entire house, send the wife and kids somewhere else and figure out how to add a straw to your respirator so you don’t have to remove it to have a beer, or two, or three, between coats.
11pm - second coat down (Time to vent the house again but, damn it looks good!).
If I ever can figure out a time when I can move all the stuff out of the shop and coat the floor (with Jen staying somewhere else), I’ll go with Rust Bullet and Garage Floors LLC. The prep was easy and it went down great. I’ll let you know how the durability is going forward.
This morning I went to finish up the last of the trim once the floor was dry enough to walk on. Rubber cove baseboard and…
Wait for it…
Wait for it…
DONE! Not just in the “Done for now category” but done like as in: Done and ready for Jen to move stuff in!
French door into the camping gear closet… (we have a lot of gear)
This...
To this... (In just under, let me check my watch, almost near forever

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I’m off to visit my brother-in-law for the weekend. He just rebuilt the motor in his Jeep so the plan is to get that in and spend some time hiking in the 75-degree AZ weather. Something about QST, QDT (Quality Desert Time) and a good helping of single malt scotch that has the makings of some much needed R&R.
Now that the 3rd bay is done, the LC frame is begging to be blasted and brought inside. My brother-in-law will undoubtably remind of this fact. Probably after several of the aforementioned pours of scotch.
Thanks, as always, for reading along. It keeps me going.
Cheers,
Chris