Murphy's Law

Was written for me, I swear.

I'll bite... What did you do this time?

Ut oh... What happened???

Lady Jane wrote

I'll bite... What did you do this time?

cmyx6go wrote

Ut oh... What happened???

We have these rubber mats on the floor of the garage because it's smooth concrete and slippery as hell when it's wet. This morning Wifey was backing out of the garage when for some reason one of the mats stuck to the front tire of her car. As she backed out, it wound itself entirely around the wheel, mostly inside the wheel well. I ended up having to take her to work and then spent a half hour cutting the mat into pieces as I pulled it out of the wheel well. Just what I needed this morning.

M_Six wrote

We have these rubber mats on the floor of the garage because it's smooth concrete and slippery as hell when it's wet. This morning Wifey was backing out of the garage when for some reason one of the mats stuck to the front tire of her car. As she backed out, it wound itself entirely around the wheel, mostly inside the wheel well. I ended up having to take her to work and then spent a half hour cutting the mat into pieces as I pulled it out of the wheel well. Just what I needed this morning.

uh oh. I have something similar in my garage. I might need to change my layout.

M_Six wrote

Lady Jane wrote

I'll bite... What did you do this time?

cmyx6go wrote

Ut oh... What happened???

We have these rubber mats on the floor of the garage because it's smooth concrete and slippery as hell when it's wet. This morning Wifey was backing out of the garage when for some reason one of the mats stuck to the front tire of her car. As she backed out, it wound itself entirely around the wheel, mostly inside the wheel well. I ended up having to take her to work and then spent a half hour cutting the mat into pieces as I pulled it out of the wheel well. Just what I needed this morning.

When I started reading this, I thought someone fell and got hurt. At least it was just a pain in the ass...

In my previous house, I did the garage floor with an epoxy with sand in it. It looked great and wasn't slippery at all.

cmyx6go wrote

In my previous house, I did the garage floor with an epoxy with sand in it. It looked great and wasn't slippery at all.

I really should look into doing that.

I thought that Murphy's Law was that there's no problem that a good bottle of rum can't fix?????

vreihen16 wrote

I thought that Murphy's Law was that there's no problem that a good bottle of rum can't fix?????

Wrong Murphy...

cmyx6go wrote

Wrong Murphy...

Did someone say rum?

cmyx6go wrote

vreihen16 wrote

I thought that Murphy's Law was that there's no problem that a good bottle of rum can't fix?????

Wrong Murphy...

Please people! Stop teasing Murf the Surf . He's easily triggered...

And I second cmyx6go choice of flooring. I had mine done ten years ago in epoxy and acrylic with colored flakes. Still looks brand new and a breeze to clean especially in the winter. Worth every penny.

Lady Jane wrote

And I second cmyx6go choice of flooring. I had mine done ten years ago in epoxy and acrylic with colored flakes. Still looks brand new and a breeze to clean especially in the winter. Worth every penny.

My research from planning our hopefully-soon-to-be-in-progress Garage Mahal construction soured me on the idea of using epoxy garage floor paint, after seeing several reports of hot tires pulling the epoxy paint off of the floor as they cool off. It may have been that the concrete wasn't prepped correctly before painting or maybe using the traction grip sand helps to prevent the hot tires from sticking to the epoxy, but I have ruled it out for now.

Our current plan is to polish the concrete, and then cap it with a clear concrete seal coat epoxy. This is very common in new retail store construction, and seems to be low-maintenance (and cheaper than terrazzo). As an added bonus, you can embed just about anything under the clear epoxy...including faux wood grain, BMW logos, etc.....

vreihen16 wrote

My research from planning our hopefully-soon-to-be-in-progress Garage Mahal construction soured me on the idea of using epoxy garage floor paint, after seeing several reports of hot tires pulling the epoxy paint off of the floor as they cool off. It may have been that the concrete wasn't prepped correctly before painting or maybe using the traction grip sand helps to prevent the hot tires from sticking to the epoxy, but I have ruled it out for now.

Our current plan is to polish the concrete, and then cap it with a clear concrete seal coat epoxy. This is very common in new retail store construction, and seems to be low-maintenance (and cheaper than terrazzo). As an added bonus, you can embed just about anything under the clear epoxy...including faux wood grain, BMW logos, etc.....

My floor was completely sanded with one of those huge industrial machine and it would vacuum all the dust at the same time.
Then the epoxy went on, then the flakes and allowed to cure for 24 hours.
The acrylic coat was then applied. Wait for three days before driving over it.
Tough as nails. Nothing ever came off. Some people I know, actually drive their snowmobiles on it w/o any damage.

I take it two a car garage would run well into 4 figures for such a treatment?

M_Six wrote

I take it two a car garage would run well into 4 figures for such a treatment?

I know they went by square footage in my case and it was ten years ago, so...yes, at least four figures.

vreihen16 wrote

My research from planning our hopefully-soon-to-be-in-progress Garage Mahal construction soured me on the idea of using epoxy garage floor paint, after seeing several reports of hot tires pulling the epoxy paint off of the floor as they cool off. It may have been that the concrete wasn't prepped correctly before painting or maybe using the traction grip sand helps to prevent the hot tires from sticking to the epoxy, but I have ruled it out for now.

Our current plan is to polish the concrete, and then cap it with a clear concrete seal coat epoxy. This is very common in new retail store construction, and seems to be low-maintenance (and cheaper than terrazzo). As an added bonus, you can embed just about anything under the clear epoxy...including faux wood grain, BMW logos, etc.....

If the fleck epoxy floor is pealing than it hasn't been done right. If you ever go that path make sure you get non yellowing UV stable clear. Most are but some still use non stable it as its cheaper.

vreihen16 wrote

I thought that Murphy's Law was that there's no problem that a good bottle of rum can't fix?????

cmyx6go wrote

Wrong Murphy...

Murf the Surf wrote

Did someone say rum?

Geez, it's like summoning Beetlejuice. He still should have been asleep otherwise.

Murf the Surf wrote

Did someone say rum?

Uh-oh...

I'll add you want to dry sand and vacuum the floor as in Lady Jane's experience. Acid washing will lead to a Murphy moment. The acid stays in the pours of the cement no matter how much water you dilute it with, plus small amounts of crap dry in the pours also. Dry sanding doesn't appear to cause the same fail.

Esteban wrote

Uh-oh...

That's me on a good session of Kraken

I found a few pics.
. After cracks were filled and floor sanded. The footings were all done by hand grinders. Labor intensive...
. Of course the bike was the first guest.

^^^^Very nice.