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What did you put on top of your DRIcore, Mike? Vinyl tiles??
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What did you put on top of your DRIcore, Mike? Vinyl tiles??
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I have the industrial epoxy on my shop floor. It's very good but is not as bulletproof as claimed. It was not hard to apply, dries without nasty fumes in about 20 hours and it looked like a showroom floor for the first few months. The coating is about 1/32" thick and very tough but, it will chip if you drop something like a pipe wrench etc. I'd recommend using the sand to give it some tooth. Even with the sand, it can be slippery when wet. I also put the color speckles in it and think it looks good -it also keeps the floor from looking dirty all the time. I personally did not have trouble with dropping things and not being able to find it -but everyone's eyes are different...
I'm basically satisfied and it's way tougher than industrial paint but, in the high traffic areas and where I stand on swarf, it is starting to wear down. Normal paint would be gone by now -for sure. In a couple years, I will need a re-coat at least in some areas. I feel it's a good choice but, if I had a new shop with a flat floor in good shape, I'd go with industrial tiles of some sort provided the costs were reasonable -otherwise, I do the epoxy again but put two coats down in the high traffic areas on the first application. The low traffic areas look brand new.
BTW, if you search for Epoxy Floor Paint on the internet, you'll find much better/cheaper products than what's available at Lowes and Home Depot.
Ray
EDIT: BTW, the fumes were not bad at all really -much less bothersome than normal latex and by far easier going than oil-based paint.
I'm basically satisfied and it's way tougher than industrial paint but, in the high traffic areas and where I stand on swarf, it is starting to wear down. Normal paint would be gone by now -for sure. In a couple years, I will need a re-coat at least in some areas. I feel it's a good choice but, if I had a new shop with a flat floor in good shape, I'd go with industrial tiles of some sort provided the costs were reasonable -otherwise, I do the epoxy again but put two coats down in the high traffic areas on the first application. The low traffic areas look brand new.
BTW, if you search for Epoxy Floor Paint on the internet, you'll find much better/cheaper products than what's available at Lowes and Home Depot.
Ray
EDIT: BTW, the fumes were not bad at all really -much less bothersome than normal latex and by far easier going than oil-based paint.
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Winter is coming!!!!!!! Congrats on the new place. I'm done moving. I hate it and it stresses me the heck out.
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**UPDATE**
Well after a lot of work both downstairs and throughout the house, a lot of headaches, lots of trips to the hardware store, and some heavy drinking I'm finally done with the shop. I ended up using vinyl tile on the floors. Tore down and rebuilt a crappy partition wall. Added a door. Added two 115v 20 amp circuits. Added one 4' 24 watt two bulb T-5 fixture and one 8' four bulb 54 watt T-5 HO fixture. The previous picture at the top of the thread shows what I was dealing with, and that was with the lights on. Here's how it looks now. Yes my washer and dryer are down there. Not necessarily ideal, but it's what I got. Re-routed the octopus of plumbing for them and there was never a dryer vent down there. Let me tell you. This house was built in 1950 and has all true cut lumber. Drilling to get that vent out was a pain. Just have a few finishing details left. I have to put on the vinyl wall base on the wall I built and put on some switch plates. I have a series of videos of it being put together on my youtube channel if you guys are interested. All in all I'm into it for probably a little over $1k (possibly a conservative estimate. I failed to include the cost of liquor :whistle
Good thing I work for an awesome company and my boss let me use the company account to get the materials.
Well after a lot of work both downstairs and throughout the house, a lot of headaches, lots of trips to the hardware store, and some heavy drinking I'm finally done with the shop. I ended up using vinyl tile on the floors. Tore down and rebuilt a crappy partition wall. Added a door. Added two 115v 20 amp circuits. Added one 4' 24 watt two bulb T-5 fixture and one 8' four bulb 54 watt T-5 HO fixture. The previous picture at the top of the thread shows what I was dealing with, and that was with the lights on. Here's how it looks now. Yes my washer and dryer are down there. Not necessarily ideal, but it's what I got. Re-routed the octopus of plumbing for them and there was never a dryer vent down there. Let me tell you. This house was built in 1950 and has all true cut lumber. Drilling to get that vent out was a pain. Just have a few finishing details left. I have to put on the vinyl wall base on the wall I built and put on some switch plates. I have a series of videos of it being put together on my youtube channel if you guys are interested. All in all I'm into it for probably a little over $1k (possibly a conservative estimate. I failed to include the cost of liquor :whistle
Good thing I work for an awesome company and my boss let me use the company account to get the materials. 
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looks great, that liquor money was obviously well spent! I'll second (or 3rd) using those interlocking foam mats in front of your machines. I have my mini "workshop" floor covered with ones my kids used to play on (minus the small lego pieces) and it makes an enormous difference in winter. Plus, when I drop stuff it might bounce a bit but it doesn't automatically role under the lawn mower which is a big plus.
