Tiling my garage........cuz I'm afraid of epoxy! - Page 3

cvp33 · 10-24-2013, 07:41 PM

Day 1 = 109 tiles in 3 hours
Day 2 = 72 tiles in 2 hours (got home late)
Day 3 = 140 tiles in 3 hours (wife and I are starting to get a system. It's called just hand me the tiles and I'll lay them myself.)
Day 4 = 170 tiles + 24 cut tiles in 6 hours
Day 5 = 31 cut tiles in 1.5 hours (just cutting no laying)
Day 6 = 33 more cut tiles + 88 total laid. 7 hours. Lot's of little ones.
Saturday and Sunday will be grouting and sealing. And then sometime next week I'll put in the molding.

cvp33 · 10-26-2013, 10:57 PM

Final stretch. 12 hours straight today.

Grout - Done
Trim - Done
First Grout rinse - Done
Second and final grout rinse with acid - 1/2 done (you can see the hazing still in the front half of the tiles.

cvp33 · 10-27-2013, 01:50 PM

Done and done. Drove my wife's Jeep Grand Cherokee all over the tile (see the tire marks) just to see if any tiles would break. Nada.....thankfully.

Ended up taking 30+ hours with me and my wife so figure 45 to 50 man hours. Cost was right at $600 for everything. Glad we did it, but even gladder (lol) that it's done.

ssrs2lt · 10-28-2013, 06:08 AM

hey looks good!

Sir Nuke · 10-28-2013, 10:33 AM

and NOW that the garage floor looks bad a$$.....I am guessing the wife will start making you clean up and organize your shelves to make it all PERTY!!! LOL

cvp33 · 10-28-2013, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ssrs2lt

hey looks good!

Thanks man! Lot's of work, but worth IMO.

cvp33 · 10-28-2013, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Nuke

and NOW that the garage floor looks bad a$$.....I am guessing the wife will start making you clean up and organize your shelves to make it all PERTY!!! LOL

$hit.....80% of what's on those shelves is hers. Wife = pack rat. I use to be a lot worse back in my racing days. Boxes full of my OEM parts that we're replaced by aftermarket. Stock wheels + road racing + drag racing + spare tire sets that I got a deal on. At one time I had 16 rim/tires on those racks.

10-28-2013, 10:33 AM	#33
Sir Nuke Master of All Things Drives: '26 Corvette Stingray Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas Posts: 22,749 View My Garage	and NOW that the garage floor looks bad a$$.....I am guessing the wife will start making you clean up and organize your shelves to make it all PERTY!!! LOL __________________

10-24-2013, 07:41 PM	#29
cvp33 America FVCK Yeah! Drives: 2024 Z06 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Salisbury, NC Posts: 1,405	Day 1 = 109 tiles in 3 hours Day 2 = 72 tiles in 2 hours (got home late) Day 3 = 140 tiles in 3 hours (wife and I are starting to get a system. It's called just hand me the tiles and I'll lay them myself.) Day 4 = 170 tiles + 24 cut tiles in 6 hours Day 5 = 31 cut tiles in 1.5 hours (just cutting no laying) Day 6 = 33 more cut tiles + 88 total laid. 7 hours. Lot's of little ones. Saturday and Sunday will be grouting and sealing. And then sometime next week I'll put in the molding.

10-26-2013, 10:57 PM	#30
cvp33 America FVCK Yeah! Drives: 2024 Z06 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Salisbury, NC Posts: 1,405	Final stretch. 12 hours straight today. Grout - Done Trim - Done First Grout rinse - Done Second and final grout rinse with acid - 1/2 done (you can see the hazing still in the front half of the tiles.

10-27-2013, 01:50 PM	#31
cvp33 America FVCK Yeah! Drives: 2024 Z06 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Salisbury, NC Posts: 1,405	Done and done. Drove my wife's Jeep Grand Cherokee all over the tile (see the tire marks) just to see if any tiles would break. Nada.....thankfully. Ended up taking 30+ hours with me and my wife so figure 45 to 50 man hours. Cost was right at $600 for everything. Glad we did it, but even gladder (lol) that it's done.

10-28-2013, 06:08 AM	#32
ssrs2lt Drives: too many Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: oh va pa ma tx Posts: 3,046	hey looks good!