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9/8/2024 - Painting started. Each kit contains two pouches of paint/product. I bought one pouch of 3.4oz Rustoleum anti-skid to mix into it. Between that anti-skid power in the flakes they have you put on, it helps with an anti-skid coating.
Painted the first two squares and the problem I mentioned surfaced again! Since these were painted with me and one other person, I opted to do some more just myself. I got better results, but still had problems....
I contacted Rustoleum support. They believe the concrete was very porous and absorbed more of the material. Not sure I am convinced of these. By my calculations, this should have been a bit thicker of a coating. They have offered to replace the kits to do a second coating. Based on a test I did, I believe I can replace two of the 4 kits and do touch ups.
I bought one pouch of 3.4oz Rustoleum anti-skid to mix into it. Between that anti-skid power in the flakes they have you put on, it helps with an anti-skid coating.
Good call on that! We don't get rain often, but my last garage was a skating rink when there were puddles of water, and it had the flakes (but no separate anti skid - the surface itself was smooth as auto paint).
They have offered to replace the kits to do a second coating. Based on a test I did, I believe I can replace two of the 4 kits and do touch ups.
Were they going to give you additional kit(s) for free? If so, that sounds like good customer service.
If you do a second coat does that mean you have to re-flake also since the base coat will color cover the first layer of flake?
The cut grid pattern sure seems like it helps a lot in making the paint process easier.
Out of curiosity, did you have any cracks that you had to repair or coat over? I don't have anything major, but I do have a handful of hairline shrinkage cracks that popped up after I let the slab dry out (wish I would've flooded it an extra week). I suspect they'd fill / seal from the coating alone, but would probably still be visually noticeable. Just wondering if you had any to deal with.
Were they going to give you additional kit(s) for free? If so, that sounds like good customer service.
Rustoleum did send me two more kits and replaced the anti-skid at no cost.
Originally Posted by bumpin96monte
If you do a second coat does that mean you have to re-flake also since the base coat will color cover the first layer of flake?
I do have to re-apply the flakes for the second coat. In some cases in the the material completely covered the color of the original flake, other areas the original flake peaks through. All the original flakes ended up added a bit more texture to the project. But in the grand scheme, no big deal.
Originally Posted by bumpin96monte
Out of curiosity, did you have any cracks that you had to repair or coat over? I don't have anything major, but I do have a handful of hairline shrinkage cracks that popped up after I let the slab dry out (wish I would've flooded it an extra week). I suspect they'd fill / seal from the coating alone, but would probably still be visually noticeable. Just wondering if you had any to deal with.
As mentioned, the relief cuts the mason made did help as it marks about 100sq ft per square. I had no cracks to repair. The mason who did work told me I did not have to wet the concrete, so I followed what he said. Now the hair line cracks you mentioned, I saw hair line patterns in the floor but never thought anything of it.
October 10/9/2024, I did the last painting on the floor. When I finished the initial painting of the garage days/weeks earlier, I had enough material to test touching up spots on the floor I wasn't happy with to see how well touch ups would work. I had Rustoleum only replace two of the kits under warranty (as I felt I could adequately handle touch ups without a full second coat. And I finished touch ups fast and on 10/12, declared the floor I am DONE. I drove the black Monte in the garage to say "first car in". But I returned it back to the driveway, as with the colder temps, I felt better giving the floor more time to dry/cure.
Sunday, 10/21/2024 - The big day, 10 years in the making!
Sunday, 10/21/2024 - Back in 2014 when I bought the land where my house and this new garage stands, my dad had the idea to buy a 4-post drive on lift. He knew it would take a while to get to this point (never expected it would be 10 years, but I was met with problems, like but not limited to the increased cost due to Covid in 2020 (the year I got the keys to my house). So this lift sat outside for 10 years under a few different coverings and had been used for a variety of repairs and proved very helpful! Today was the day it moves to it's new and permanent home! Fortunately, I am a small distance from my dad's place (up the road, small walk) and the lift has casters/wheels for relocating (which I am sure was NOT intended for moving down the street). We probably could have pushed it down the road, but decided to get some guys to help maneuver each post and pull it with the pick up truck. And that is what we did.
A 2 post and 4 post lifts have some advantages and disadvantages unique to them. Biggest for a 2 post, easy to swap tires and do brake jobs and such without additional effort. Negative, having to crawl under and always position the lift pads (and if the car is really rusty, hoping it won't damage it). A 2 post MUST be attached to the concrete floor (you don't have to bolt a 4 post lift down). The drive on 4 post, easy to get a car on and in the air for most jobs. The drive on rails are handy to set tools on. The big negative, to do brakes or remove wheels, you are goofing with another jack and jack stands (but it can be done).
I can't roll my jack across the driveway without waking up the neighborhood, I bet you got a ton of looky-lous with this thing rolling down the street!
I can't roll my jack across the driveway without waking up the neighborhood, I bet you got a ton of looky-lous with this thing rolling down the street!
Looks like it fits very nicely in the new garage.
Interesting enough, the wheels for that lift make no noise, nothing like the wheels on a floor jack. It was a pretty quiet move. And no one was out to watch this shy of a couple of landscapers at 10am on a Sunday with a trailer and a pile of dirt in the street, the wrong side of the street, for us to go around (tight squeeze as that part of the street is a bit narrow). I am just glad it was done without issue.
