Assorted Garage/Shop Projects

[NFATrustGuy]

Your pics are inspirational, Johnny. I'm in the process of dressing up my garage. I put the epoxy paint down last Tuesday evening. I wanted the shiny, airplane hangar look, but I'm actually a bit disappointed with the final product. I didn't realize how poor the finish is on my concrete. It's very wavy. When it was dull and dirty before, I didn't notice all the undulations in the finish. Now, with everything shiny and one color, it looks like dung.

I'm planning a re-do next spring and will probably do a finish similar to your floor. It'll hide the imperfections in the underlying concrete and provide a bit of anti-slip for our snowy winters.

I'm hoping to install the workbench across the front wall sometime this week. Might be a good rainy day project as the weather is supposed to deteriorate over the next few days.

I'm also planning to repaint the entry door and the trim around the door. My brother says I need a black hose, too, as the green is really harshing on my black and grey theme.

[JohnnyEgo]

Your garage looks beautiful, NFATrustGuy. I think mine looked like that on day 1, before I moved all my stuff in.
I have a polyaspartic floor with an epic crap-load of flake. The end product is pretty matte, which hides a bunch of flaws, and it has a bit of traction to it. It's held up to the abuse of several winters worth of mag chloride being tracked in by my wife, as well as heavy tool traffic, impacts, and tire rub. Cleans up well with a deck brush and some water with a little bit of Dawn soap. It's about four years old now, and hasn't peeled or come up anywhere that I can see yet. I am very happy with it. I used Mile High Coatings to do it, as they were the only locals offering polyaspartic a few years back, but now I gather there are a lot of folks who can do it. If you elect to go that route, I am sure you will be happy with the end result.

[spyder]

Your pics are inspirational, Johnny. I'm in the process of dressing up my garage. I put the epoxy paint down last Tuesday evening. I wanted the shiny, airplane hangar look, but I'm actually a bit disappointed with the final product. I didn't realize how poor the finish is on my concrete. It's very wavy. When it was dull and dirty before, I didn't notice all the undulations in the finish. Now, with everything shiny and one color, it looks like dung.

I'm planning a re-do next spring and will probably do a finish similar to your floor. It'll hide the imperfections in the underlying concrete and provide a bit of anti-slip for our snowy winters.

I'm hoping to install the workbench across the front wall sometime this week. Might be a good rainy day project as the weather is supposed to deteriorate over the next few days.

I'm also planning to repaint the entry door and the trim around the door. My brother says I need a black hose, too, as the green is really harshing on my black and grey theme.

Forget a black hose, I'd go with red, something to add a little color. If you get too much on the monotone scheme, it kills it, kinda like the wavy floor thing, trust me, a tiny bit of color to bring out the gray tones is where it's at. Get rid of the green hose though, green sucks.