[DeTomaso] NPC: Painting Garage Floors

kermit at gabbagabbahey.net kermit at gabbagabbahey.net
Mon Apr 2 13:27:20 EDT 2012


A second on reading garagejournal. Lots of good info there. I ended up
using Racedeck floor tiles, but my garage isn't that big. 

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Painting Garage Floors
> From: Brian Dudley <bd8134 at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, April 01, 2012 11:04 pm
> To: Ron Hyde <parapantera at aol.com>
> Cc: "mbefthomas at comcast.net" <mbefthomas at comcast.net>,
> "detomaso at realbig.com" <detomaso at realbig.com>
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> A great resource is www.garagejournal.com. There are a lot of manufacturers and suppliers who contribute plus real users. I used a product from Wolverine which is a high quality epoxy after I saw a friends floor. Search for user FFPL for his story and pictures. I used pretty much the same color but I used a different clear with special grit to stop it being slippery. 
> Dropped suspension arms, wheeling trolley jacks, welded on it and it still looks great. It stops the floor from feeling cold and damp, reflects the light and brings a smile to your face when you open the garage door. I have tried different floor coating this is by far the best i have used, it did take a lot of work though.
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> On Apr 1, 2012, at 9:48 PM, Ron Hyde <parapantera at aol.com> wrote:
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> > 
> > Mike,
> > 
> > I recently did a garage floor project and chose the "Acid Stain", my floor can be seen here http://home.comcast.net/~parapantera/site/?/page/The_Garage_Project/.  The cost was considerably less than a coating, and since it etches into the concrete it is more durable.  Do a search for "acid stained concrete" for more information.
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> > Ron
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> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
> > To: detomaso <detomaso at realbig.com>
> > Sent: Sun, Apr 1, 2012 10:11 am
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC: Painting Garage Floors
> > 
> > 
> > I'm starting to research painting my garage floor as the final step in a
> > garage-ma-hall" project to give the Pantera and her stablemates a proper
> > nvironment to rest in.
> > I'd like to know what experience the collective has regarding types of floor
> > reatments, doing it yourself vs. hiring somebody, etc.
> > I have a three-bay garage with about 8' of extra shop/space across the back.
> > ooking at most of the DIY offerings, were I to do it myself, I would
> > robably not try to do all three bays at once as there is just too much
> > tuff to find another home for, short of renting a portable storage pod to
> > ut in the driveway and finding another garage to put the Pantera in during
> > he process.  However, I'm not sure I want one of my cars in there during
> > he drying process for the various treatments it has to go through should
> > omething be hanging in the air that would settle on the paint and do a
> > umber on it (obviously, ventilation is a must, and I've got that covered). 
> > It looks like up to a week between the start of the cleaning and final
> > ainting, given all the drying time required in-between, and just the labor
> > o do it.
> > There are also a vast number of available products and coating systems to
> > ade through.  Also, I'm fairly certain there is some sort of concrete
> > ealer on my existing floor, which would make surface prep more of a
> > hallenge.  The floor is about 25 years old, few if any cracks, plenty of
> > tains but not terrible ones.
> > Thanks in advance for any and all input.
> > Mike Thomas
> > anteras Northwest
> > ellow '74 L #6328
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