| | | quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
I have no idea what it is in the garage as it was here when we bought the place 3 years ago but The floor of my garage was coated with 'something'..what, I do not know. According to neighbors, at one time, it was also afterwards completely covered in some kind of pads that left little round suction cup like spots on the sprayed or rolled down covering when the previous owner removed the padding. The covering is pretty durable but the downside is that any time I or wife comes or goes and turns the steering wheel more than a few degees it leaves ugly black tire marks on the gray surface. Hopefully, your covering won't do that. |
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Don, thanks for the response.
I suspect those black tire marks may not be avoidable but, I haven't actually had any vehicles on this shop floor yet. The advertising specifically says it is highly resistance to "Hot Tire" damage. But, I did consider the turning wheels issue in determining the location of my two-post lift placement. Upon entry into the shop, a vehicle should only have to pull straight in and not have to turn the wheels unless I'm (or whoever) forgets how to line things up. But, my Valkyries may leave some indicators (tire marks) getting onto my motorcycle/trike lift. It is, what it is. Some things are just gonna happen with use.
In the picture of the half done floor, one can see a bottle opener hanging on a string from a suspended contraption I put up hanging from the ceiling A frames. Where those bottle openers are is where the two-post lift posts will be erected. The bottle openers were just available to provide a bit of weight on the nylon strings used. I had that concrete (a 12 foot wide and 8 foot (front to rear) section poured at 6 inches with both rebar and wire tying it all together. The rest of the shop floor is a full 4 inches thick, all the concrete is 4K PSI mix.
Had a friend in MS who put down similar tiles on his shop floor as you described. He was actually covering up concrete that was pretty ugly with lots of small cracks and oil stains. He was happy with it, I would have taken a different path.
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Rams
Learning most of life's lessons the hard way. .
You are only young once but, you can be immature indefinitely.
[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 06-20-2025).]
