The R got a new garage floor to sit on!

[Goose17]

I contacted a local epoxy contractor and gave him a challenge... I told him I wanted an epoxy floor that would look like WATER! We brainstormed a bit and he did some research and came up with a plan... He used a floor grinder to grind the new slab. This helps with adhesion. Next was filling blemishes and cracks followed by a jet-black primer. The primer was sanded once cured and then the artist came alive in Paul (my contractor)... He used blue metallic epoxy and a little bit of silver metallic that he created random patterns in by using a squeegee, a roller and a leaf blower. This was allowed to cure for many days followed by another round of sanding and then a clear polyurethane top coat.


I got home yesterday and got the cars back in the garage... I filmed this video with my iPad using iMovie today:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML7q0GV5LBQ


If anyone in the DFW area needs a good epoxy floor guy at a reasonable price, contact Paul at:


Paul?s Custom Floors ? Flooring Company, Custom Floors | Fort Worth, TX


I set up my GoPro on time lapse when the guys were doing the color base-coat:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC1R-wYFfjQ

 

[Crushinator]

Wow, that looks absolutely amazing. I know the old saying, if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it, but how much did that run you?
Very very cool idea!

 

[Goose17]

Wow, that looks absolutely amazing. I know the old saying, if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it, but how much did that run you?
Very very cool idea!

All I'll say is it wasn't cheap, but I am happy with the results.

 

[Jason95R]

wow that looks awesome! great job by the installers and very creative.

I would kill for a space like that. Nice cars as well.

 

[flattrack53]

My house garage is a two car... They spent a day grinding and 3/4 of a day doing the coating... I had 4 friends and my parents get it done as a package and it cost me $1300.

 

[Goose17]

My house garage is a two car... They spent a day grinding and 3/4 of a day doing the coating... I had 4 friends and my parents get it done as a package and it cost me $1300.

That was cheap! Post a pic!

 

[Goose17]

It was a rainy day in Texas. I spent a good chunk of it in the garage detailing the 4 SVT cars. Afterwards, I took another shot at iMovie:

 

[SID297]

Looks great.

 

[nmp1]

Goose, i see in the background you have a lot of 2000R pictures and advertisements, can you take a close-up picture so i can see what im missing from my collection?

 

[97snakebite]

Must of dried fast for them to walk on it that quick

 

[Goose17]

Goose, i see in the background you have a lot of 2000R pictures and advertisements, can you take a close-up picture so i can see what im missing from my collection?

Must of dried fast for them to walk on it that quick

They walked on it wet with metal spiked shoes (much like golf shoes). It doesn't leave any foot prints and the spike marks fill themselves in before it all cures.

Nmp1, I fired-up the R today and took some shots just for you:

 

[nmp1]

thanks goose, very nice

 

[specracer]

Here are some other 00R posters. I thought I had the engine one, that you have, I may not have had it framed.

 

[Goose17]

Here are some other 00R posters. I thought I had the engine one, that you have, I may not have had it framed.

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Looks like I am missing a couple... The hunt continues!

 

[tomshep]

My favorite all-time R poster is the one with all 3 on track together.

Tom