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I managed to complete another project on the garage over the long weekend, which was 5 days long for me.   After taking everything out of my garage and the wife being nice enough to let me put it all in her garage, I coated my floor.  The weather was excellent and it wasn't difficult to do it was a matter of following the steps and paying particular attention to the preparation.    It was really surprising how many marks were on the floor, yet I know the floor was clean. 
 
To make sure I would have the optimal bonding of the coating to the concrete, I did the three step process for cleaning.  Degrease the bad spots, sand the really bad stops and the use the Citric Acid with a triple rinse to ensure it was fully etched, which got the floor to this condition.

 
The tape around the wall is one single piece with the exception of the overhead door. If you have never had to tape along a floor, it is one of the easiest places to tape.  Just lay the tape roll on the floor, unroll it the length of your arms and press it in place.  If you do need get some touching the floor, just trim it with a razor blade or box cutter.   For the tape across the door threshold, you can go up to the door, under the door or all the way to cut.  I decided that I wanted the coating to be partially under the weather seal, so the tape is aligned to the middle of the weather seal.   
 
The tape on the left side floor, follows a stress cut since I had a concern of having enough material, and if I ran short, it would have made it easy to have a set line to star the next round after running to the hardware store.   Fortunately, the 2.5 garage kit was enough to cover the floor, but would not have been if I didn't have the cabinets in place.  The garage is 31x23 and the floor is smooth with reduced amount of coating required.
 
Here are the results of the Coating + Chips + Clear

 
This is this post cleanup with the center lights turned on.

 
If you are thinking about doing this to your garage, I can say that to me it was absolutely worth it.  It took me 5 days of about 5 hours per day to get it done.  You need to complete each step, let the floor thoroughly dry, find any spots that need more attention and then move forward.   If the instructions say you can do light walking after X hours, double that time just in case you have spot that hasn't dried enough otherwise you might leave a foot print - no need to ask me how I know, albeit light, I will know it is there.
 
When spreading chips, ceiling fans on low speed are great, medium speed not much and high speed creates a mess.  Throw the chips in the air and let them settle, you can always add more chips if you want a deeper pattern, I liked the look of the medium density so that is what I went for.  If you forget to throw the chips and have gone 8 feet instead of 4 feet, let's just say you have to throw them very hard to get them to the desired area - I only made that mistake once.     Water or Sweat on the floor while you are doing the coating or clear top coat is a bad thing, you'll get a bubble or round gap.  It was warm, so I can show you each spot where there was a drop, fortunately there were only a couple, after that I kept a shop rag in the back pocket to immediately take care of the moisture.  
 
Overall for being my first time coating a floor, it wasn't bad, a second person to help would have been nice, but wasn't required.  The outcome of the floor, even with my few foobars, has made me happy and the wife, so I'll get to do her garage next. 
 
Now that the floor is done, I get to build my custom shelves to replace the metal shelves that I had in there, which will go into the wife's new shed which we ordered today.  Other tasks are installing the baseboard molding, getting the rest of the art put up and building the portal workbench.   The last thing is to convince the wife that we are not going to find a good condition used lift, so I need to purchase a new one. 
 

I finally have the workbench fully installed, including the metal pegboard, TV and various other accessories. 
 
The mild winter helped me keep progressing with staying warm enough in the garage to do the straining the coating on the cabinets and top only needing 2 or 3 days between coats.  The ceilings fans also helped by circulating the air and pushing the warmer air down from the ceiling.  They have timers built in so I could turn them on to run for multiple hours, so the temp pretty much always stayed above 50, even on the coldest nights.
 
 Now it is matter of getting the pegboard arranged the way I want it and then slowly move the tools out of Mary's garage.   I'm still working on the little things and some are getting closer to being ready to be worked on.  I'll put in a cable management system for the wires around the workbench, getting the fire extinguishers mounted and getting many more old license plates so I can finish the upper part of the side wall.   I have all the wood for the sound enclosure for the air compressor, I just need to get the sound tiles to build that.
 
I'm ready for detailing season to get started and ten the rest of the Adam's items will move in, excluding the gallons which I'll leave the climate controlled room in Mary's garage. 

Looks great Ray!  Long time, and lots of hard work, but worth it!  

Ray
That looks amazing!! Jealousy is setting in over here

Hard to believe that it has been over 6 months since anyone posted on this thread.  While the majority of my time is spent shining vehicles, this is a different twist since I finished the workbench top.
 
Disclaimer:  The information is not documented or endorsed by Adam's and following the items is strictly at your own risk.  Never use a Pad on alternative objects that you intend to use again on a vehicle.  The ones I previously used for headlights make great donors since they are usually abused, yet have plenty of life left in them for alternate uses.

To get the shine I ended up with 10 coats of Spar Urethane, with #0000 steel wood and/or 600 grit sandpaper and a final sanding with 1000 grit. Anyone unfamiliar with Spar Urethane it has good resistance to UV light, can handle big temperature differences and generally does not crack or yellow.  The top itself is Birch Butcher Block, 26 inches wide with two 8 foot sections.  This was a slow process with a minimum of two days between coats, all actions were by hand.

The polishing was accomplishing with a retired Adams' Headlight Kit using the Blue Pad with Compound, followed by a White pad and One-Stop-Polish and a final once-over with Polish.   The last step was to go over it with Adam's Glass Cleaner and an old microfiber to remove all the residue.
 
One of the things when doing wood and Spar Urethane is to limit the number of passes and don't dwell on any single spot - i.e. keep moving.  I still worked 2 foot sections, actually 2 foot by 26 inches, kept it cool in the garage and worked quickly.
 
I do believe the end result qualifies as shiny and an alternative use for Adam's products.

Took down over 40 acoustic ceiling tiles. Installed and wired 8 recessed lights. Installed two dimmer switches in place of the original 2 switches that controlled half of the outlets. The dimmer switches now control the new eight recessed lights. Changed the outlets out so they are now on all the time. And installed over 40 new acoustic tiles. About 25 of them needed to be cut to fit. Oh and 8 of those 25, I had to cut circles in them for the recessed lights. 🤦‍♂️ 
Took two 8-9 hour days. But it’s done and the wife is happy. 

Use some TRC and an Edgeless Utility Towel and it'll clean right up.

Took down over 40 acoustic ceiling tiles. Installed and wired 8 recessed lights. Installed two dimmer switches in place of the original 2 switches that controlled half of the outlets. The dimmer switches now control the new eight recessed lights. Changed the outlets out so they are now on all the time. And installed over 40 new acoustic tiles. About 25 of them needed to be cut to fit. Oh and 8 of those 25, I had to cut circles in them for the recessed lights. 🤦‍♂️ 
Took two 8-9 hour days. But it’s done and the wife is happy. 

Took down over 40 acoustic ceiling tiles. Installed and wired 8 recessed lights. Installed two dimmer switches in place of the original 2 switches that controlled half of the outlets. The dimmer switches now control the new eight recessed lights. Changed the outlets out so they are now on all the time. And installed over 40 new acoustic tiles. About 25 of them needed to be cut to fit. Oh and 8 of those 25, I had to cut circles in them for the recessed lights. 🤦‍♂️ 
Took two 8-9 hour days. But it’s done and the wife is happy. 

So I had time, and the weather would be nice for more than 1 day. I washed the truck with foam and seal. 
 
It sure was easier and faster.
Foam produced was thick, it clung well, had good lubricity. I was able to foam my crew cab pick up with the 1 bottle. 
Seal went just as smooth but I ran out with one truck bed side left. Looking back I could have moved faster, and changed my application movements. I did have to use 2 of the drying towels. And I only grabbed the second after doing the whole truck. The last 1/4 part wasn’t fully dry and was just “streaky wetness”. It was just moving water around and not picking it up. So I grabbed the second towel and finished it off. 
 
Truck looks good and feels good. It doesn’t feel as smooth as it does after I apply HGG, but it’s close. But feel doesn’t matter, it’s how it performs. Time will tell with part. 
 
I went and ordered another combo of it. It definitely saved time. 
 
 

That looks awesome Ray!! I'm jealous 🙂

The latest update is that the garage has passed the final building inspection and I have the overhead door after 4 months of waiting.  Now I can get started on the interior with the insulation and walls.   I'm still undecided if I'm going to use a contractor for the insulation or do it myself, at least now I can get a few contractors out to take a look and give me estimates.  The insulation will be a minimum of R-10 and will be either foam board or spray in.  
 
 
We also had the gutters installed which are Leafguard and the wife decided to have new gutters on the entire house at the same time.  She also had all the soffits wrapped in metal to match the trim on the garage.  I have to admit it came out looking good, although it might take a while for my wallet to recover.  Leafguard asked permission to use a garage picture in their marketing since they blended so well.  They did make it easy for me to approve the usage of the images. 
 
At least now that I have a door I'll be able to start doing detailing in my garage instead of the wife's.

Cannonball!!!!

Cannonball!!!!

@Rich
@falcaineer
I didn’t either. I was on YouTube a while back and saw that Adams had a new video uploaded. So I of coarse went and checked it out. And it was the foam and seal video. Looked interesting. Found it in their website. 
Everyday I come on the forum (sometimes multiple times a day) and read all new posts. I hadn’t and still haven’t found much talk about foam and seal. 
I hope it works well… it should as I believe @falcaineer. But hopefully it’s not one of the products that doesn’t catch on and Adams eventually cuts it from their line up. 

Yea. That’s what I was thinking. Less set up time, less tools/towels, less passes around truck, less cleanup. All of that combined would make it an easier option,  especially for winter.

Didn't even know it existed!  🤭

Cannonball!!!!

I have and really liked it. Underrated. It's an all in one so no extra steps like rinse then seal, and I really like HGG. Follow the video on the website to make it easy.

Cannonball!!!!

Hard to believe that I started this thread in the Spring of 2020 and here it is Fall of 2021.  Thanks to a couple of setbacks, the first being a soil issue and the second and longer term item being the pandemic.  The building has finally been put up and now I can start working on the interior and the garage door can be ordered.  We'll get the electrician in next week to finalize the quotes.  I haven't decided if I'm going to have him do all the electrical or just the service entrance and breaker box.  We've used this electrician multiple times and they do good work for a good price.
 
The first picture is from standing inside the attached (wife's) garage, the second  is from the front yard and the third is the interior.  The garage door opening is 9' x 16' which should let me get anything in there that I desire.  The cross braces on the ceiling are 12' high  which will give plenty of head room to put any vehicle that will fit through the door in the air at least 2 feet.  I've pretty much figured out how I want the lights set up, the only question is whether I do 2, 3 or 4 zones.
 
 

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out here. 
 
I saw this in another forum I watch and thought it was fitting and funny. 
 

Happy Father's Day!! Being one is the most rewarding experience of my life.

Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's and Granddads out there in Adam's land.  Two kids, two grandkids (in the pic).  Grateful and blessed to have them all.  
 

I do not have any social media accounts either. And never will. 
I have come to the realization that I am going to miss out on things. It was(is) frustrating but it is what the world has come to. It’s sad when you walk into store to make a purchase and the customer service person tells you to hold on while they take a phone call and answer questions. Or you walk into your coffee establishment to place an order and you have to wait while they make online orders. So frustrating. ….
But I digress. That’s why I love Adam’s though. I have heard stories of customers walking into the store and they bend over backwards for them. And they continue that with the online orders also.