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    Garage floor coating

    I recently did some research for my garage and ended up doing an epoxy coating which I'm very happy with. I did find a place called All Garage Floors that has information on all kinds of garage flooring which I found very helpful. What ever you decide to go with, I've learned that cheap...
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    Epoxy or polyurethane for a garage floor coating?

    So true - and a few other states are making it difficult about the amount shipped. Some companies are working around that though with multi-quart kits. A friend of ours has been using a water based 2 part aliphatic urethane from Concrete Solutions for parts of Orange County and has been...
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    I installed new rubber flooring today

    Very nice stuff. I've seen it before, but not installed. Was it easy enough for a typical DIY installer to handle?
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    Shop Flooring

    LOL... I laugh because I just received the first of a few different samples of interlocking tile that I have ordered in order to write an upcoming article about them. When my wife saw the first sample that I placed on the kitchen floor, she commented on the fact that it just looked like a...
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    Hello everyone!

    My wife and I have been lurkers here for a while. Finally registered so that we can post questions too! This is a great site and we are so happy we found it.
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    Concrete grinding

    When my wife and I epoxied our garage floor we rented a grinder from Home Depot that worked real well. It was basically a floor buffer with an attachment called a Diamabrush. We used the one for grinding the concrete but if I remember, they also had one for removing glue and mastic. I learned...
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    Shop Flooring

    Yes, prep is the most important step for an epoxy coating. I tend to favor epoxy for a working shop, but RaceDeck is tougher than you may think. One advantage of interlocking floor tile is that you can easily replace a tile that is damaged - say from welding slag or something like that.
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    Epoxy or polyurethane for a garage floor coating?

    Hello everyone. One of the questions that many people ask about when deciding on a a garage floor coating is what the difference is between epoxy and polyurethane, should you use one over the other, and which one is best to use. I thought I would post a link here to an article that helps to...
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    Grinding your garage floor

    No, you don't need to acid wash after you are done. The grind for the Diamabrush leaves a good profile. It it's a dry grind then you can use a good shop vac to get all the dust and debris picked up. If you did a wet grind then you need to make sure to hose all the mucky debris out. I...
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    Grinding your garage floor

    It's always a tough call for home owners who do their own floors to decide whether to grind or acid etch. Most etch because it's not always easy trying to figure out how to go about grinding. When I helped a relative who lived out of town, I decided to go with the Diamabrush since I couldn't...
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    Grinding your garage floor

    Hey everyone. Since grinding a garage floor for epoxy or removing old paint raises all kinds of questions, I thought I would post this article on the easier way to grind for the DIY crowd. It's faster, hard to make grinding mistakes, and one of the least expensive methods. I hope it helps...
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    Benefits of Vinyl Composite Tile

    There are many choices to choose from in terms of color. The black and white checkered look is the most popular, but people also do grays with blue and even tan colors. Some colors of tile are more expensive than others, but you can get them lately as low as 59 cents a square foot from some of...
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    Benefits of Vinyl Composite Tile

    Actually it holds up quite well and is very resistant to scratching. It would take a fairly sharp object under weight to do any damage. VCT is the same stuff you see installed in the halls of schools and in your local grocery store.
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    Benefits of Vinyl Composite Tile

    Most everyone talks about epoxy for their garage floors and how expensive it can be. Plus there is the added burden of proper floor prep. As a result I thought I would share this article on Vinyl Composite Tile as an alternative to epoxy. It's fairly inexpensive and looks great. Does...
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    The confusion about epoxy paint

    Thanks Chris for fixing the link. I just wanted to give people who are contemplating an epoxy coating something to think about or comment on.
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    The confusion about epoxy paint

    Hey everyone :) I just thought I would share this article for the Lurkers in the forum. It talks about the confusion of epoxy paint. Hopefully it will clear things up for some people who are looking at the epoxy paint kits at their local big box store. The confusion about epoxy paint.
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    Cleaner of RaceDeck tiles

    Simple Green works great as well. Plus it doesn't streak like some other products do.
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    Garage Retreat Custom Metal Coat Rack Giveaway!

    And I know just the spot where I can hang it. I'm in! :rockin:
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