[RCinMN]

As a newbie I was wondering if any one has used the Slide-Lok garage cabinets system along with their garage floor coating. I really appreciate the input. Thank you !!! ;D

[graciegirl]

I don't know what a slide lok garage cabinet is. And I am beginning to hear an awful lot about garage floors.

Just when I am heading south to relax and live a less structured life, lying on the couch and eating chocolates, reading my tawdry novels, abandoning cloth napkins ever, maybe not making the bed every day....Maybe even using paper plates.........I hear that my husband will be fixing up the garage, having the floors gleaming like Martha Stewart and his cabinets arranged like a work of art.

OOOOOOOOOooo boy.

[clekr]

I would not recommend putting one of the new sealers on the garage floor. I did mine up North here in the fall. It looked terrific - until the day I pulled the car. Problem is the water puddles. Before if the car was wet or covered with snow/ice when it dropped off it was readily absorbed into the porous concrete. Now the snow melts or water drops off and lays on top. And, it does not seem to readily evaporate, even for days. So now I have to mop up the water whenever I pull the car in wet.

[golfnut]

clekr is right, I have had my floor painted and the water does sit. I however have a mop at the ready and it only takes a couple minutes to pick up the water. Besides I mop the floor once a month in the garage whether it needs it or not. GN

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by clekr

I would not recommend putting one of the new sealers on the garage floor. I did mine up North here in the fall. It looked terrific - until the day I pulled the car. Problem is the water puddles. Before if the car was wet or covered with snow/ice when it dropped off it was readily absorbed into the porous concrete. Now the snow melts or water drops off and lays on top. And, it does not seem to readily evaporate, even for days. So now I have to mop up the water whenever I pull the car in wet.

OH Thank you. You and Mrs. Cleckr may be the only friends I have in TV once the word gets out that I am not an enthusiastic supporter of garages that one could do surgery in.

[784caroline]

I actually had a company "Cost-Less-Driveways" put an acrylic stain coating (not paint) on my garage floor....it was a 3 day process with acid etching, basic color, then they add color coordianted flakes and double lined border. They can also add any graphic picture or imagie you would like and their portfolio of work and design is impressive. Turned out very good and now to clean the floor. I actually hose it down and then use a squeegie (I killed the spelling) on a long handle to pull excess water on the floor to outside the garage. This was not the "cheapest" guy around but I am very satisfied and with the added design, I beleive I got a good value....and something different . We are very satisfied.

BTW: for a new home, you would not believe the concrete dust that tracks into your home from the garage.

[beady]

Gracie, I'm with you. I just want to pull in my golf cart and car and store a few things. I do not plan on serving dinner or entertaining in my garage.
In fact , after being here 6 months we just got the garage organized enough to be able to put the car into. Having no basement to store the stuff you can't live without, but probably will never use, the garage is the only alternative. We are down to a few cartons of the "necessary" goods mentioned before.
Good luck with the surgical suite!!!!!!!! : :

[gemorc]

Originally Posted by clekr

I would not recommend putting one of the new sealers on the garage floor. I did mine up North here in the fall. It looked terrific - until the day I pulled the car. Problem is the water puddles. Before if the car was wet or covered with snow/ice when it dropped off it was readily absorbed into the porous concrete. Now the snow melts or water drops off and lays on top. And, it does not seem to readily evaporate, even for days. So now I have to mop up the water whenever I pull the car in wet.

Up north, the salt on the roads mixes with the snow. When it melts on your pretty floor. the salt causes pits in the coating and cement on the floor.

Down in TV, no salt just water. You should be okay.

[gfmucci]

The cabinets I ordered for the garage (will be installed next week) are 8' high burled mahogany with leather inlays in the doors.* They will extend 18' on the side and 18' along the rear wall of the garage.* Speaking of doors, they are electrically operated and remotely controlled either from beside the door coming out of the laundry room, or from a panel I installed in our golf cart - handy when I'm looking for a particular item and need it quickly...all the items inside these nifty cabinets are inventoried on a Microsoft Access data base, and through voice recognition software, I just speak into the golf cart console, e.g. "nine iron" and the appropriate door of one of the 12 cabinets opens and a laser beam shines on - sure enough - the nine iron inside that cabinet.* Same thing for the hedge clippers, the Black Flag, Deet, the Obama yard sign and the 1001 other items stored and inventoried in these works of art.

Is this overkill?* You betcha.

Just kidding... but I can't wait to spend a few hours at Home Depot to pick out just the right shelving and cabinets.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by gfmucci

The cabinets I ordered for the garage (will be installed next week) are 8' high burled mahogany with leather inlays in the doors. They will extend 18' on the side and 18' along the rear wall of the garage. Speaking of doors, they are electrically operated and remotely controlled either from beside the door coming out of the laundry room, or from a panel I installed in our golf cart - handy when I'm looking for a particular item and need it quickly...all the items inside these nifty cabinets are inventoried on a Microsoft Access data base, and through software word recognition, I just speak into the golf cart console, e.g. "nine iron" and the appropriate door of one of the 12 cabinets opens and a laser beam shines on - sure enough - the nine iron inside that cabinet. Same thing for the hedge clippers, the Black Flag, Deet, the Obama yard sign and the 1001 other items stored and inventoried in these works of art.

Is this overkill? You betcha.

Just kidding... but I can't wait to spend a few hours at Home Depot to pick out just the right shelving and cabinets.

Whew!

[Mintjulep]

Originally Posted by beady

Gracie, I'm with you. I just want to pull in my golf cart and car and store a few things. I do not plan on serving dinner or entertaining in my garage.

I totally agree with you guys.
But the previous owners of our place had put indoor-outdoor carpet down on only the middle half of the garage floor. Then pulled it up before putting it on the market. Part of it stuck, had green chunks especially where the car and cart wheels went. Plus you could see the outline of the carpet because the rest of the floor was so dirty, not even counting the oil leaks and I assume golf cart battery acid. I sat on my rolling garden stool with my putty knife and scrub brush cleaning everything off, and then did the epoxy.
If it had been new, I would have left it alone.

We'd like to add some cabinets, but so far have just gotten those plastic shelving units from Lowes. They sure help tho...

[REDCART]

Before you accept the basic cement floor in the garage, you should take a minute to look at a neighbor's garage with epoxy. It's a total transformation and when you host a happy hour, your garage becomes an extention of your living space for the spillover crowd to stand and chat, not to mention the ease of keeping it clean.

[renielarson]

mucci

had me wondering about you... 1rnfl

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by gryoung

Before you accept the basic cement floor in the garage, you should take a minute to look at a neighbor's garage with epoxy. It's a total transformation and when you host a happy hour, your garage becomes an extention of your living space for the spillover crowd to stand and chat, not to mention the ease of keeping it clean.

Up until now, I thought the Stepford Wives was just a film.......Hmmm. :dontknow: Has anyone spotted any unidentified flying objects down there recently? Oh please, don't let anything change Sweetie from the adorable, not a slob, but not exactly ....a neatnik either.... I just never appreciated it until now.

Thinking about ...happy hour in the garage. Last time we entertained in the garage we had a lobster feast, and I didn't want the lobster liquid flowing unto the carpeting, the day after the garage smelled like Lulu was back in town.

But....if I had it epoxied...I could have just hosed it down. Maybe, Paul Newman blue for the walls. How about a nice mirror right in front of the golf cart...Need to think about this.

[golfnut]

Went to the Slide-Lok website their products look top notch. We had all our cement color coated by someone in TV and love it. You can create almost any look you want and it's much easier to keep clean. I hear you need to clear coat it every few years, I'll have to look into that, anyone out there know if this is true?

Here is our front entrance.