[DeTomaso] Garage floor options...
Mike Becker
mikebecker679 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 18 22:09:22 EDT 2017
Larry,
When I first searched, I thought I saw them for about 50 cents each. I
guess I must have been looking at the wrong thing. It does appear that the
prices have gone up, imagine that ;)
I recall paying about 33 cents per tile when we did mine. Now, the white
tile is 70 cents and the black tile is $1.14 ! See links below for Home
Depot. I may have also gotten a better price at the time, through my
brother-in-law, who is a flooring guy.
For the shine, I used standard off the shelf polish and "wet look" floor
finishing material from "DEP". Picked it up at home depot. Easy to apply
with a mop. I never had the luxury of having a floor polisher, so I don't
have the perfect deep shine you see sometimes in department stores. But I'm
on the lookout for a commercial floor polisher at swap meets and garage
sales.
Over time, you will pick up scuffs, dirt, stains, etc., but a thorough
scrubbing (and I mean thorough!) with floor stripper brings the floors back
to their original clean (but dull) finish. I put on some old shoes, poured
the stripper on the floor and with garden hose and a stiff bristle brush on
a broomstick, I scrubbed the !@#@$#$@# out of it. It was quite a workout.
But it looked great again. Then you re-cover with wet look polish and
you're good to go for a few more years.
I also use aluminum diamond plate pads where the tires sit. Without that,
you're more likely to loosen a tile by parking a hot tire directly on the
tile.
Black tile from Home Depot:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Armstrong-Standard-Excelon-Imperial-Texture-12-in
-x-12-in-Classic-Black-Vinyl-Composition-Commercial-Tiles-45-sq-ft-case-5191
0031/100096154
White tile from Home Depot:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Armstrong-Multi-12-in-x-12-in-Cirque-White-Excelo
n-Vinyl-Tile-45-sq-ft-case-52513031/202640064
Have fun,
mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry - Ohio Time [mailto:Larry at OhioTimeCorp.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 8:04 AM
To: 'Mike Becker' <mikebecker679 at gmail.com>
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Garage floor options...
Hi Mike,
I have a black and white floor project for this year and have found the
pricing around $1.oo per tile. Do you have a source that sells it for
pennies?
They all seam to be an un-waxed produce. Will you please tell us about how
and what you use to wax the tile?
Larry (my knees hurt already) - Cleveland
-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
Of Mike Becker
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 9:48 AM
To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Garage floor options...
Installed VCT back in 2005. Looks great and the stuff is tough as nails.
Here's an original pic and the current state. When I occasionally damage a
tile, you just apply a little heat, scrape out the bad tile and pop a new
one in. You don't even have to add glue, because it remains tacky (maybe
the heat causes that). Best of all, it's only pennies per tile. When I did
the floor originally, I bought 2 extra boxes and I still have most of those.
mike
1741
san diego
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