Third time is the charm

[planecrazy]

With the help of my wife and my neighbor, I just got done putting down my third Legacy floor.

When we built our house, we had an extra 700 square fool garage built into the basement. It will be my "shop".

A year ago, we epoxied the main garage. Thread here.http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=327016 and today was the day to do it, again. Because I had left over flakes from last year, I decided to put the exact same floor down. We really like the previous floor and the fact that it is not slippery.

We used SD epoxy and broadcast flakes to rejection. Tomorrow, we'll apply two coats of Nohr-S clear and call it done.

A couple weeks ago, I ordered the supplies I needed from Scotty. He is a wizard at estimating because I had about a quart of epoxy left over today. The one thing I did different this time was to use an notched squeegee. What a game changer! It sure made it easy to move product where I needed it.

This is the last floor I'm doing for myself for a while but my neighbors have garage envy so I see more floors in the future.

 

[nyepoxyguy]

looks nice. how do you plan on applying the top coat?

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Awesome work. You have a future gig in Garage Floors waiting for you!!


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[planecrazy]

looks nice. how do you plan on applying the top coat?

Thanks! I'll be rolling the topcoats on with an 18" roller, just like I did last time. The most difficult part of putting the clear on is seeing where you've been.

 

[retfr8flyr]

Nice looking floor, the only thing about a floor like this is it makes finding small dropped things extremely difficult. Don't ask me how I know. lol

 

[planecrazy]

First coat of Nohr-S is down.....

Re: finding small parts or the floor. I haven't had to deal with that yet but I expect my time will come. My thought is to use a broom. A long as the floor is kept somewhat clean, it shouldn't be too tough. Heck, I've struggled finding parts on bare concrete.....

Mr. fr8rflyer. Which carrier?

 

[NitroShark]

What I do is use a flashlight and shine it down across the floor. You find all kinds of stuff that way.

 

[retfr8flyr]

What I do is use a flashlight and shine it down across the floor. You find all kinds of stuff that way.

That's what I do also.

 

[nyepoxyguy]

That's what I do also.

Applying urethane topcoats can be very tricky. What I usually do for small jobs is have one person roll the product out with a 9" blocking out the floor left to right and then I have another back roll with an 18" then I can stand back shooting a light across the floor and look for rope lines etc. A good trick is twist your roller cover at a slight angle to avoid lines. We use 3/8" shed-less covers and typically use 100% solids urethane at a coverage rate of about 300 sq per gallon. The "Best" brand from the Home Despot is pretty good for a cover just make sure to delint your cover and of course the clean is everything when applying urethane.

 

[James-W]

The floor looks really nice. Super job!

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

In case anyone has interest in a full-flake system with our famous Nohr-S Polyurea topcoats included, here is the link:

http://www.legacyindustrial.net/pro...ing-kits/legacy-sd-full-flake-garage-kit.html

 

[planecrazy]

The floor has been done for a couple days. We are very happy with it. While rolling out the SD Epoxy, I have to admit that I really liked the clean look of a pure color but the quality of the concrete finish was so poor that I had to cover it up. Flakes made that happen. You cannot see any imperfections at all now.

Time to trim out the space now. Baseboard, cabinets, tools......

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Nice pics!


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