[DeTomaso] Do-it-yourself epoxy floor coatings

[Tom Baranek-Home]

I used VALSPAR (but I think its different now)
I am Tomcat on this website...
http://forums.roadfly.com/forums/garage/
A lot of my garage, epoxy, lighting, etc...experience.
http://forums.roadfly.com/forums/garage/7790622-1.html

http://forums.roadfly.com/forums/garage/7793486-1.html
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 06:54:05 -0500
> From: Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Do-it-yourself epoxy floor coatings
> To: "Detomaso at Realbig.Com" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Cc: Jim Gray <jimgray at cableone.net>
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> What Dylan is trying to say.... is that he helped me put down epoxy on  
> my new garage floor.
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> By the time I had washed the floor, used muratic acid to prep it,  
> waited for it to dry, and then applied the epoxy, I had a good three  
> days plus invested in the process.
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> I used Epoxy-Coat.   http://www.epoxy-coat.com/
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> 1) It takes more than they say to cover a given area, so over order
> 2) It's not as easy as it sounds, but we got pretty good at it by the  
> end... :-)
>      It dries fast!!!!
> 3) If you drop a hammer on it, you can chip it
> 4) Would I do it again? Yes.
> It looks very good, a light color makes the garage brighter, lots of  
> complements from people.
> It's slippery when wet if you don't put the non-slip stuff in it, but  
> I wanted it to be easily cleaned (which it is)
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> What else do you want to know?
> 
> Regards,
> Kirby
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> On 5 Aug 2008, at 10:55 PM, Dylan Schrader wrote:
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>> Can't say that it's my favorite thing to do...
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>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Jim Gray <jimgray at cableone.net> wrote:
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>>> I'm looking to coat a garage floor soon and want some feedback from  
>>> those
>>> of
>>> you who may have done this.  I'm especially interested in your  
>>> opinions on
>>> various manufacturers such as U-Coat-It, POR15, etc.  I notice that  
>>> there
>>> is
>>> a considerable price difference.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>> Jim Gray
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
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