[Robben@ltbmw]

off to school... oink~~

[E90SLAM]

*yawn*

[m3pare]

Originally Posted by armorrig

gonna be hot as hot as hot can be....

Originally Posted by jh valley

say what? you've never been to the philippines?

negative.

[E90SLAM]

Today is my Wednesday

[OC Guy]

morning simon

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by OC 335i

morning simon

Good Morning JT, how's the house coming along?

[StrifeM3]

Sup simon..

[OC Guy]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

Good Morning JT, how's the house coming along?

Good man. Not many boxes left to unpack.

Floors done, paint done... A LOT of little stuff done.

How bout you?

[E90SLAM]

still got a lot of stuff to be organized and unpacked....
its like little things here and there to be done....and i'm just being lazy...

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by Strife 335I 2008

Sup simon..

howdy!

[OC Guy]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

still got a lot of stuff to be organized and unpacked....
its like little things here and there to be done....and i'm just being lazy...

I'll pay myself on the back here and say I've been anything but lazy. I've been really productive!

I'm modding the house like I modded my car. All at once.

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by OC 335i

I'll pay myself on the back here and say I've been anything but lazy. I've been really productive!

I'm modding the house like I modded my car. All at once.

The first thing I modded was the garage floor...to coat it with Epoxy and clear coat....

[OC Guy]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

The first thing I modded was the garage floor...to coat it with Epoxy and clear coat....

How'd that go? Pics? What did u use?

[E90SLAM]

i bought the Epoxy garage kit from home depot...one set for the grey coating and the other for the top clear coat...

but first i had to fill the gaps between the concrete slabs in order to have a "smoother" surface...

Day 1 - about three hours to sweet dust and fill the concrete gaps
Day 2 - wet and etch the floor, that took around 2 hours or so
Day 3 - apply base coat (the chemical mix must apply within 2 hours, depends on humidity and sun) then requires about 12-24 hours to dry and ready for another coat, depends on humidity
Day 4 (optional) - if you feel like to apply double base coat, repeat "day 3"
Day 4 - apply clear coat after about 24 hours after previous step. application must apply within 2 hours after mix, let dry for about 24 hours or so....

here's a good step-by-step guide to read...
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-...174654,00.html

[m3pare]

Originally Posted by OC 335i

How'd that go? Pics? What did u use?

+1! I was planning to epoxy my garage as well couple months back when I had a week off. After some online research, found out you should spend 1-2 days alone on prepping the area, otherwise the finish wouldn't come out right.

Well, turns out my uncle had painted the garage floor multiple times over the years. So now, the three uneven layers of cheap blue and gray (don't ask) paint are chipping all over the place. Read that if the concrete is painted over and is chipping, I have to go through this whole acid process to get all paint off the surface, which would add another 2 days to the prepping process. Then the easiest part of all would be to actually lay down and coat the epoxy, letting it dry over 48 hours.

I thought it was gonna be a one day project, two the most. Ended up getting lazy and going to Rowland Heights almost everyday for some boba from Teabar. Oh well, I'll epoxy it some day.

[E90SLAM]

i thought about just doing some regular paint coating...but since i havn't move in the new home yet...might as well do it right....or at least with a better and more long lasting material....

yah...it took me four days to finish the entire garage, from filling gaps to final clear coat....
the good thing was that each step only took around 3 hours or so....

[OC Guy]

I read the HD stuff that is labeled as commercial grade is not really commercial grade. Did you have a brand new garage floor?

I think mine needs more prep than normal because of the prev. owner's oil stains and stuff like that. I'm just worried about doing it and it coming up on the tires in the next couple of years.

Thoughts?

[m3pare]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

i thought about just doing some regular paint coating...but since i havn't move in the new home yet...might as well do it right....or at least with a better and more long lasting material....

yah...it took me four days to finish the entire garage, from filling gaps to final clear coat....
the good thing was that each step only took around 3 hours or so....

Paint FTL. 3 hours isn't so bad, I thought it would be more like 7-8 hours, all day for 4 days!

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by OC 335i

I read the HD stuff that is labeled as commercial grade is not really commercial grade. Did you have a brand new garage floor?

I think mine needs more prep than normal because of the prev. owner's oil stains and stuff like that. I'm just worried about doing it and it coming up on the tires in the next couple of years.

Thoughts?

I did recall read somewhere about prepping the floor is the most important step.
Since I have a new floor (but one part covered with unknown grease by the contractor, but the seller end up gave me 250 bucks for settlement )....i only etched the floor and ready to coat....

JT, maybe you have to clean and etch the garage floor more thoroughly to make sure there's no dust, dirt or grease...

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by josephbryan

Paint FTL. 3 hours isn't so bad, I thought it would be more like 7-8 hours, all day for 4 days!

neh...u can't do it for 7-8 hours...
the epoxy mix MUST be applied withing 2 hours after you mix the "activator"

for me is even less....i can feel the paint is thickening and curing after about 1 hr 15 mins....since my garage is facing East and towards the sun during Morning thru afternoon....so I had to haul ass and do it fast....

[Bimmerbaby]

JT, hire Simon for 5 dalla to do your garage. lol

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by Bimmerbaby

JT, hire Simon for 5 dalla to do your garage. lol

would u dare to let me coat your garage for 5 dallar???