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Garage Project
So the garage project is nearly complete. So its time to post some pics.
First the before: for some reason i dont have pictures with it cleaned out after we moved in, The colors were Smokers White (aka was painted white but was smoked so much in there that the walls turned a yellowish) and Pink cabinets and trim: YUCK http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...70005176_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...22754780_n.jpg Now the after: First Repainted the ceiling white, and did the walls grey and trim/cabinets black. Put new hardware on the cabinets (a brushed aluminum look) and new door handle. Phase two was the epoxy floors. I prepped it as well as i could with etching fluid and scrubbing the hell out of it and keeping it clean throughout the process. Filled all the cracks with cement filler. I then taped out the Mitsu Symbol on the floor adding an inch to each side for overlay (thanks andrew (asshanson) for giving me the calculations the other day :D ) Then started mixing a gallon, I did a dense Black White and Metallic flake with the grey base, and after that was good i started doing the third stall to not waste the paint. Waited 2 days and then finished the rest. The rest of the floor is a black white and blue flake with grey base and loosely sprinkled. Overall i LOVE the outcome. I still have to put the clear coat on, which should make it totally shine and give it a water look as well as smoothing out all of the lines and sealing everything in. Enjoy! http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...79739661_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...17727734_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...99658450_n.jpg |
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Hah! That is fukin awesome! Nice work man, looks beautiful.
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Looks great!
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Looks nice!
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Looks nice! Glad you didnt make the mitsu symbol red! haha I was worried.
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that is a great idea with the symbol in the floor. looks great.
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wow. amazingly clean man.
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Nice work tom!
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Looks good. How long did you let the cement filler dry for? That's one thing that killed my coating after a year, didn't let it dry long enough, and a year later started bubbling/chipping away the coating :(
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thanks for the comments people, Im really happy with how it turned out, it looks better than what the pics show. I wasn't sure how the logo would turn out as they don't really cover this in the instructions and tell you to keep a wet edge, but it blended really well into the dry stuff. Oh and the reason it looks lighter in some spots is due to me taking the pictures right after finishing. It did that on the first part i did, but then blended really nicely the next couple days after. |
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Cool, yeah I had etched prior to doing it as well, but only let the cement filler dry for maybe 2 days before painting. Hopefully it works better for you than it did for me.
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Also the box has a no peel guarantee, so if i see a peel they will be getting a call. (heard on line that rustoleum has good customer support where if you see problems with color or peel ups they send you however many kits you bought so you can redo the entire garage, one value pack (2.5 garage), one single pack, and two clear kits.) |
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So, i went outside after work and looked, There are two shades of grey.
Basically i had two kits, one was for a 1 car, and one for a 2.5 car garage. They must have been from two different batches of paint at the factory. So i called rustoleum and their support told me that what i needed to do is mix all of the bases in a big 5 gallon bucket and then pour the bases back into their cans and seal them up, then activate one at a time. They stated that i will need to reapply the entire area because there will likely be a color difference again if i apply over the darker area. So they told me to go to home depot pick up two more kits and then send them the receipt for the kits and they will reimburse me for the extra kits i needed to buy. Sucks i have to redo this but good that they are standing behind their product and paying for it. Hell at least i get double the protection. hahah. |
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Nice that they stand behind their product!
That should give you plenty of time to build a 3 legged work bench!! :lol: |
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^ LOL!
Looks good Tom, nice work. |
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Looks sweet. I love mine, no problems with it at all I hope the same for you!!
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"The colors were Smokers White (aka was painted white but was smoked so much in there that the walls turned a yellowish) and Pink cabinets and trim: YUCK"
They were probably making meth in the garage! And why redo it? You will have stains on the floor soon enough so who cares? Are you obsessive compulsive? |
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Plus it will also help fill in some of the pits that are natural to most garages that havent just been poured. It actually wont take that much time to redo the mass of the floor. maybe a couple hours. The main time consuming part of the project was doing the Logo and letting that dry before continuing. and im not redoing the logo part. |
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Sucks you have to redo it! But yea do it right and getter done.
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The Mitsu Man Cave is done. Yesturday i applied the second coat of Epoxy that Rustoleum paid for. And today i put on the clear coat. It looks really nice. I will take pics in a day or two when its completely dry.
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pics fuckar!!
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^lol.
Careful, Tom was saying how he likes to slide around naked on his new floor in the SB! |
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Kinda hard to take pictures of the symbol itself using my camera phone because the reflection of the lights drown out the picture. but as you can see from the pictures, it looks like its completely wet. I assure you it is dry. Just super high gloss. The flakes from the base coat actually created some roughness on the gloss, but also provides grip when wet.
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That looks really nice! Way better than what you first started out with!
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Nice man, looks sharp.
Be careful when the floor gets wet, then its like walking on ice. |
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Wow! Shiny!
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