not just any garage...

One of the main projects Jeff had in mind for our new home was to put down an epoxy on the garage floor. There are some really good advantages to putting down an epoxy including covering up any cracks in the floor and making it a little easier to sweep out. That's not to mention it just looks great (and all your buddies think it's cool)!

So Jeff set about doing some research on the different brands/types out there and finally decided on Shield Crete from Sherwin Williams. He chose one of the 4 colors they offer and put it down late Saturday night after we moved in (a week ago).

He needed 2 kits to do our double-stall garage and I think it took him between 3 & 4 hours to finish it. I've included some photos in the different stages so you can see how it went on. You roll the paint on in sections (and we all know Jeff is an expert "roller of paint"!) and you sprinkle the decorative flakes in those sections. As the epoxy dries, the flakes sink down & embed into the epoxy. It's really a nice touch without being to "un-manly"... :)

It takes a while for it to dry and then for it to be dry enough to have foot traffic or items (such as heavy power tools) sitting on it, so he put it down late Saturday night so it would have all night and all day Sunday to dry. We were able to walk on it Monday. He gradually began moving his shed at the old place over to the garage this week while he was off from work.

I think he did a fantastic job on it and I know he's glad to have it done. It changes the whole look of the room, to the point of making it look more like just another room of the house instead of a garage (that is until he gets all his "stuff" in it!). And I think it will give our garage floor a lot more life in the long run.