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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul" data-source="post: 327004" data-attributes="member: 9404">After taking EVERYTHING out of the garage (which took forever) this is how it looked.<img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Garage%20Floor%20Before.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Then I pressure washed it about 9840354807 times. There was lots of acid etching and degreasing too. My floors were thoroughly soaked in grease and oil.<img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Floor%20After%20Pressure%20Wash.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I sanded the floors for about 8 hours with 26 grit sanding discs. It was a huge mess and my body was killing me by the time I was done.<img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Floor%20Sanding.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I sealed all the cracks in the floor with a special epoxy designed just for it. This stuff is a stick mess and a bitch to lay down, but the result it worth it. It's so hard that the concrete will fail before the epoxy does.<img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Sealing%20Cracks.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Sealing%20Cracks%202.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This is what powderized oil-soaked concrete looks like.<img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Sanding%20Debris.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This is after you sand over the chipped areas you've repaired. You have to do this to get a flat finish on the floor.<img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Cracks%20Sealed%20and%20Prepped.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This is what the floors looked like before I painted them.<img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Floor%20Prepped.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This is the finished product after three layers of base coat, paint chips, and two layers of clear coat. My floors rule now. Absolutely nothing will stick to them and all it takes to clean stuff up is a towel. Everything just wipes right off. I spent about $1000 and probably three weeks total (spread out) working on this, but it was TOTALLY worth it. They are the best feature of my garage.<img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Floor%20Done%201.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Floor%20Done%202.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Floor%20Done%202.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I also had all the drywall repaired by some professionals (because I suck at it), then textured, then I painted it. Including the ceiling.<img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Drywall%20Before.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.sn95forums.com/hosting/users/Paul/Paint%20After.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Now I have lots of big industrial shelves, 48' of high-output flourescent light bulbs, my huge compressor, powdercoating oven, my 3 meter-wide bench, and all kinds of crap in my garage. It is FULL!!!Paul.</blockquote>