R50/53 Project Msfitoy Garage!
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From: Milwaukee, WI
Originally Posted by kenchan
sid- how long do you have to let the epoxy dry before you can
park on top of it?
park on top of it?
Nothing like epoxying your MINI to the garage floor.
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From: Greensboro, NC
Here's the devil who talked me into painting the wall My trusty friend Christian, aka 4GASM...
He picked up the epoxy this morning then got stranded on the highway an hour away with a blown tire...without a spare, jack, wrench, nothin
lol: I knew this was coming as the bead on his tire had been broken from a bad pot hole many moons ago...Today, he hits some rock the size of a cinder block which destroyed his USS and what was left of his rim/tire...So I loaded up one of my spare Slites, jack, tools to rescue my day laborer...
Ken, he tells me three days for curing...
Just talked to Dr. 7 and it looks like I'll be updating my Msfitoy gallery soon
Back to the Garage project...
My trusty friend Christian, aka 4GASM...He picked up the epoxy this morning then got stranded on the highway an hour away with a blown tire...without a spare, jack, wrench, nothin
lol: I knew this was coming as the bead on his tire had been broken from a bad pot hole many moons ago...Today, he hits some rock the size of a cinder block which destroyed his USS and what was left of his rim/tire...So I loaded up one of my spare Slites, jack, tools to rescue my day laborer...Ken, he tells me three days for curing...
Just talked to Dr. 7 and it looks like I'll be updating my Msfitoy gallery soon
Back to the Garage project...
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From: Greensboro, NC
Originally Posted by qwertmonkey
AS PER DAVE'S REQUEST, THERE HAS BE A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE SENTENCE BELOW. PLEASE READ SLOWLY AS IT IS A LIFE ALTERING SENTANCE.
I am just about to epoxy my father's floor. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.
Happy dave?
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I am just about to epoxy my father's floor. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.
Happy dave?
... I missed that...how did it read before?
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Originally Posted by chuckt
IC inlet horn = pre SC presure (or temp)
Originally Posted by chuckt
IC inltet bung = SC pre temp (or press) - tee'd to normal boost connection
Originally Posted by chuckt
IC outltet bung = SC post temp
Originally Posted by chuckt
IC outlet horn = post SC pressure - tee'd to mech guage
Originally Posted by chuckt
The rest is your NOS plumbing.
Originally Posted by chuckt
Why did you replumb your OCC (overkill?) the braided stuff was looking good.
The bungs on the M7 DFIC are intended for thermocouples but the one that I used were not 1/8NTP so they are mounted below the unit leaving the bungs free for boost tap...
Originally Posted by MSFITOY
I missed that...how did it read before?I am just about to epoxy myfloor. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.
Long story....
lol...on topic...
I went to lowes to get the epoxy stuff, it was $250+!!! Each kit covers 250 sq ft. My garage is just over 910 feet.
Here are a few pics of my father and I removing the paint that the previous owners left for us...
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Originally Posted by qwertmonkey
It read:
I am just about to epoxy myfloor. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.
Long story....
lol...on topic...
I went to lowes to get the epoxy stuff, it was $250+!!! Each kit covers 250 sq ft. My garage is just over 910 feet.
Here are a few pics of my father and I removing the paint that the previous owners left for us...
I am just about to epoxy myfloor. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.
Long story....
lol...on topic...
I went to lowes to get the epoxy stuff, it was $250+!!! Each kit covers 250 sq ft. My garage is just over 910 feet.
Here are a few pics of my father and I removing the paint that the previous owners left for us...
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My Garage
Good luck with the garage update. I've been working on mine and it really makes it more enjoyable to work there.
I added high intensity lights and heat last summer. This spring I had a place called Garage Store & More put in a floor. The process was as described below. During this process I had to leave the vehicles outside and put everything else in the house.
Day 1 -- grind floor (lots of dust) and fill in low spots with epoxy.
Day 2 -- grind down epoxy patches
Day 3 -- vacuum floor and put down epoxy and sprinkle grit
Day 4 -- clean up excess grit, put down second coat of epoxy, and sprinkle grit
Day 5 -- clean up excess grit, put down final coat of epoxy mixed with glitter
Day 6, 7, 8 -- let epoxy cure
Day 9 -- move everything back into the garage.
A picture of the finished floor is below.
I added high intensity lights and heat last summer. This spring I had a place called Garage Store & More put in a floor. The process was as described below. During this process I had to leave the vehicles outside and put everything else in the house.
Day 1 -- grind floor (lots of dust) and fill in low spots with epoxy.
Day 2 -- grind down epoxy patches
Day 3 -- vacuum floor and put down epoxy and sprinkle grit
Day 4 -- clean up excess grit, put down second coat of epoxy, and sprinkle grit
Day 5 -- clean up excess grit, put down final coat of epoxy mixed with glitter
Day 6, 7, 8 -- let epoxy cure
Day 9 -- move everything back into the garage.
A picture of the finished floor is below.
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From: Greensboro, NC
Originally Posted by Morris9982
Good luck with the garage update. I've been working on mine and it really makes it more enjoyable to work there.
I added high intensity lights and heat last summer. This spring I had a place called Garage Store & More put in a floor. The process was as described below. During this process I had to leave the vehicles outside and put everything else in the house.
Day 1 -- grind floor (lots of dust) and fill in low spots with epoxy.
Day 2 -- grind down epoxy patches
Day 3 -- vacuum floor and put down epoxy and sprinkle grit
Day 4 -- clean up excess grit, put down second coat of epoxy, and sprinkle grit
Day 5 -- clean up excess grit, put down final coat of epoxy mixed with glitter
Day 6, 7, 8 -- let epoxy cure
Day 9 -- move everything back into the garage.
A picture of the finished floor is below.
I added high intensity lights and heat last summer. This spring I had a place called Garage Store & More put in a floor. The process was as described below. During this process I had to leave the vehicles outside and put everything else in the house.
Day 1 -- grind floor (lots of dust) and fill in low spots with epoxy.
Day 2 -- grind down epoxy patches
Day 3 -- vacuum floor and put down epoxy and sprinkle grit
Day 4 -- clean up excess grit, put down second coat of epoxy, and sprinkle grit
Day 5 -- clean up excess grit, put down final coat of epoxy mixed with glitter
Day 6, 7, 8 -- let epoxy cure
Day 9 -- move everything back into the garage.
A picture of the finished floor is below.
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From: Cherry Log, Georgia USA
Qwertmonkey, if you can return what you got and if you can stand to wait a couple of days for a shipment try this.
We epoxied the entire floor of our business building, a dog training building which is around 1500 sq feet. I ordered this product from the internet and we are extremely pleased. It seems to be a much heavier duty product than the stuff from Lowes/HD (comparing it to our friends garage that they did last fall with the HD stuff by Rustoleum I think?). Nothing wrong with that product, but I think you may get a better(gprice since you have such a big place to do. I also like the fact that you can choose from more base colors and custom choose the color chips from 20+ colors including metallics!
Anyway, we ended up with some leftover so will probably do the garage after summer is over. We also bought a bag of the silicone chips to add the non-skid and it is great.
Anyway, here's the site.
http://www.originalcolorchips.com/
Annette
We epoxied the entire floor of our business building, a dog training building which is around 1500 sq feet. I ordered this product from the internet and we are extremely pleased. It seems to be a much heavier duty product than the stuff from Lowes/HD (comparing it to our friends garage that they did last fall with the HD stuff by Rustoleum I think?). Nothing wrong with that product, but I think you may get a better(gprice since you have such a big place to do. I also like the fact that you can choose from more base colors and custom choose the color chips from 20+ colors including metallics!
Anyway, we ended up with some leftover so will probably do the garage after summer is over. We also bought a bag of the silicone chips to add the non-skid and it is great.
Anyway, here's the site.
http://www.originalcolorchips.com/
Annette
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Awesome, my dad and I did this to our garage about a year ago...
A question for those with this floor, how do you keep it clean all the time?
We put down strips of carpet to drive onto, our driveway is asphalt, so if no rug and especially when rain it leaves tire tracks into the garage...
A question for those with this floor, how do you keep it clean all the time?
We put down strips of carpet to drive onto, our driveway is asphalt, so if no rug and especially when rain it leaves tire tracks into the garage...
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From: Greensboro, NC
Originally Posted by M7
Congrats on the project Sid....
And your uppgrade wen't out this afternoon with Fedex.
peter
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PS. The DFIC looks totally fab with all the plumbing.
And your uppgrade wen't out this afternoon with Fedex.
peter
Team M7
562-608-8123
PS. The DFIC looks totally fab with all the plumbing.
You're the Man Peter...I'm gonna sleep good tonight!
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Originally Posted by MSFITOY
This doesn't mean the mods have stopped...
Tell me if you guys can figure out which lines goes to what...
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...here's something to aspire to... Ultimate Garage
Too bad the site owner took down the pages to the mansion project he was working on, the photos from that job was cool... underground parking garage with rotating floor, etc.
Too bad the site owner took down the pages to the mansion project he was working on, the photos from that job was cool... underground parking garage with rotating floor, etc.
Originally Posted by BoCRon
Qwertmonkey, if you can return what you got and if you can stand to wait a couple of days for a shipment try this.
We epoxied the entire floor of our business building, a dog training building which is around 1500 sq feet. I ordered this product from the internet and we are extremely pleased. It seems to be a much heavier duty product than the stuff from Lowes/HD (comparing it to our friends garage that they did last fall with the HD stuff by Rustoleum I think?). Nothing wrong with that product, but I think you may get a better(gprice since you have such a big place to do. I also like the fact that you can choose from more base colors and custom choose the color chips from 20+ colors including metallics!
Anyway, we ended up with some leftover so will probably do the garage after summer is over. We also bought a bag of the silicone chips to add the non-skid and it is great.
Anyway, here's the site.
http://www.originalcolorchips.com/
Annette
We epoxied the entire floor of our business building, a dog training building which is around 1500 sq feet. I ordered this product from the internet and we are extremely pleased. It seems to be a much heavier duty product than the stuff from Lowes/HD (comparing it to our friends garage that they did last fall with the HD stuff by Rustoleum I think?). Nothing wrong with that product, but I think you may get a better(gprice since you have such a big place to do. I also like the fact that you can choose from more base colors and custom choose the color chips from 20+ colors including metallics!
Anyway, we ended up with some leftover so will probably do the garage after summer is over. We also bought a bag of the silicone chips to add the non-skid and it is great.
Anyway, here's the site.
http://www.originalcolorchips.com/
Annette
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From: Cherry Log, Georgia USA
Originally Posted by polizei
-Cody
Annette
Ok, found it in the Ultimate Garage link above. Very cool place, so does this guy just do garages or did he earn the big bucks another way??
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Originally Posted by Morris9982
Good luck with the garage update. I've been working on mine and it really makes it more enjoyable to work there.
I added high intensity lights and heat last summer. This spring I had a place called Garage Store & More put in a floor. The process was as described below. During this process I had to leave the vehicles outside and put everything else in the house.
Day 1 -- grind floor (lots of dust) and fill in low spots with epoxy.
Day 2 -- grind down epoxy patches
Day 3 -- vacuum floor and put down epoxy and sprinkle grit
Day 4 -- clean up excess grit, put down second coat of epoxy, and sprinkle grit
Day 5 -- clean up excess grit, put down final coat of epoxy mixed with glitter
Day 6, 7, 8 -- let epoxy cure
Day 9 -- move everything back into the garage.
A picture of the finished floor is below.
I added high intensity lights and heat last summer. This spring I had a place called Garage Store & More put in a floor. The process was as described below. During this process I had to leave the vehicles outside and put everything else in the house.
Day 1 -- grind floor (lots of dust) and fill in low spots with epoxy.
Day 2 -- grind down epoxy patches
Day 3 -- vacuum floor and put down epoxy and sprinkle grit
Day 4 -- clean up excess grit, put down second coat of epoxy, and sprinkle grit
Day 5 -- clean up excess grit, put down final coat of epoxy mixed with glitter
Day 6, 7, 8 -- let epoxy cure
Day 9 -- move everything back into the garage.
A picture of the finished floor is below.
This of course... 
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Originally Posted by polizei
Looks good, but we need some shots from further back! Show the whole garage, and of course more pics of your MINI. Can't ever get enough of your MINI, lol!
-Cody
Can't ever get enough of your MINI, lol!-Cody
