New Garage

I'm half tempted to come and take the longest distance travelled award for the car-house-warming-party!

We have the same travertin in our bathrooms here ... very nice.

That is an awesome layout, my friend! Nice job!

For those of us who don't have the space, check out this option on www.automotorplex.com Click on "Private Garages" and "About Us" to read how you can buy your own Car Condo here in the Mpls area! According to recent media reports, it's extremely popular and a great hangout for car lovers to gather for the weekend. Prices start at $39K and top out at around $500K.

The Epoxy coating on the floor is done. What a debacle though. This is a super long story, but I’ll stick to the meaty parts.
- 1st company: Fired before they even started putting product down. They didn’t know squat about epoxy floors.

- 2nd company: Talked a great game, said everything right, and sounded like they were the ones. All of their prep work looked good, but the finished product was . I complained and they came back, spent 4.5 hours grinding and sanding and then I spent 4 hours sanding parts I didn’t feel were good enough. They put the second coat down, it looked 100 times better, but still wasn’t acceptable. So, I ripped them a new one in the most professional way possible, and we agreed on me paying 3/8 of the original agreed upon price.

- 3rd company: I actually know the owner, and should have used him in the first place. He came in and did an awesome job. I left for work, but returned to bubbles the size of quarters all over the floor. Turns out company 2 didn’t do as good of a job prepping the floor as originally though. So, company 3 came back out, sanded the whole floor again, filled in all of the pin-holes that caused the bubbles and recoated.

So, after a month of screw-ups and waiting, I have a nice new shiny floor. Then again with 4 freaking coats it better be……

Sorry for the bad camera phone pics.....

So what other than your Malibu is going in this car cave? Is there some mint, all original 66 SS you're hiding or something? I'm just saying, that if you do even own one, this car cave isnt being built to put some grocery getter mini-van in. lol

I want to slide on the floor in sock feet just to see how far I can go.

bigredlaguna wrote:I want to slide on the floor in sock feet just to see how far I can go.

I was thinking the exact same thing, lol. I might go from door to door and into the yard!

JiMi_DRiX wrote:

bigredlaguna wrote:I want to slide on the floor in sock feet just to see how far I can go.

I was thinking the exact same thing, lol. I might go from door to door and into the yard!

Haa ha Have a slip and slide at the other end and jump on it at the exit on the other side LMAO

Gives a new meaning to See ya on the other side !

JiMi_DRiX wrote:So what other than your Malibu is going in this car cave? Is there some mint, all original 66 SS you're hiding or something? I'm just saying, that if you do even own one, this car cave isnt being built to put some grocery getter mini-van in. lol

Not yet! Now, I'll have the space and room to do what I want. That's actually what I want to build next. LOVE my car, but always wanted a 66. Not going to happen any time soon, but eventually.

I'll probably start looking for a lift in a couple months. That's the reason the ceilings are so high.

bigredlaguna wrote:I want to slide on the floor in sock feet just to see how far I can go.

- You could go pretty far!

A lift would be so nice! I wasnt trying to say you're Chevelle isnt nice, I love it, but that garage is huge, there has to be more plans for it! I love the 66's. At least now you can work on a project and do it in total comfort!

i just got back on here after a month of my comp bn crashed and ur shop looks amazing. mine (dads) is a square 40 X 40 (pole barn) preety much no celing no heat no air the floor is white greasy and oily mixture of crap and isnt flat which makes it a real pain in the A$$ to pull morotr with the cherry picker, which is also f'd up and the outside is a dark gray medal and the roof is medal and red.

Limey wrote:

JiMi_DRiX wrote:

bigredlaguna wrote:I want to slide on the floor in sock feet just to see how far I can go.

I was thinking the exact same thing, lol. I might go from door to door and into the yard!

Haa ha Have a slip and slide at the other end and jump on it at the exit on the other side LMAO

Gives a new meaning to See ya on the other side !

i think y`all might need a new set of teeth after that experiment! last time i checked, epoxy wasnt that slippery. smooth yes, but NOT slippery. or i might have just worn the wrong socks:)

as for the garage, it looks perfect, although that epoxy experience sounds like an expensive one!

AWSOME!!!!!!!!! You give me a reason to visit my mother in law in Mesa. I'll drop off the wife and bring the beer and do some bench racin!

This thread belongs on http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/

Nice job!

Dave C
74 S3 454/4spd

My wife can't get me outta the garage now....if I had floors like that... I dare say the wife would just toss out a sleeping bag and my dresser

Great job...looks awesome