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Old 02-22-2007, 09:49 AM
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I had my garage floor redone this week ... wanted something classy to match the E60. Here's a couple of photos, before & after.

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Impressive change.
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Mind telling me what you paid to have this done? My garage floor needs a new coat and I'm considering having it done this summer. Looks great by the way, but where's the car in the "after" photo?
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Originally Posted by cmansbimmer' post='394368' date='Feb 22 2007, 01:07 PM
Mind telling me what you paid to have this done? My garage floor needs a new coat and I'm considering having it done this summer. Looks great by the way, but where's the car in the "after" photo?
It cost $4.50 per sq.ft., which I didn't think was too bad of a price considering I didn't have to do any work. The downside right now is that I have to wait 48 hours before I can put the cars back in the garage.
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Originally Posted by tachyon' post='394421' date='Feb 22 2007, 04:16 PM
It cost $4.50 per sq.ft., which I didn't think was too bad of a price considering I didn't have to do any work. The downside right now is that I have to wait 48 hours before I can put the cars back in the garage.
I assume they clean all the old grease spots and get the floor in good condition before painting...or is that something you had to do?

How many coats of paint did they put on and is there anything on top of the paint for a final, protective coat? Did you throw some Z5 Pro on there?
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looks awesome congrats!

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Originally Posted by cmansbimmer' post='394424' date='Feb 22 2007, 03:21 PM
I assume they clean all the old grease spots and get the floor in good condition before painting...or is that something you had to do?

How many coats of paint did they put on and is there anything on top of the paint for a final, protective coat? Did you throw some Z5 Pro on there?
The process was kind of cool to watch. After blowing out all the debris they used a diamond grinder to remove what was left of the old paint and to rough up the concrete surface. Then they washed it with alcohol. They patched a few minor cracks, and then rolled down the paint, while spreading the colored paint chips as they went along. The entire process to this point took 2 hours.

Late the next day they returned and swept away the residual paint chips, and then laid down a final coat of clear poly. They sprinkled sand on the poly coat as they went along to give it a rough surface. Done.

I am able to walk in the surface just 16 hours later, but I need to keep the cars off of it for at least 48 hours ... the longer the better they told me (up to 4 days).

Here's a couple of more pics during the process...
Grinding

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Chips

Close Up (curb)
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looks good man.
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Wow! That's good stuff. And all for $4.50 a square foot. I'm going to use these pix for when I have estimates done this summer on my garage. Thanks!

PS - No Zaino for the 3rd and final coat? You're practically Sal Zaino's brother!
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Yea, thats a good price. I had my floor professionally epoxyed for 2k. Mind you its a 4 car garage.


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