We put down some of the Valspar Garage floor epoxy. The floor is now
VERY slippery and we tend to go skating and falling at times. Any
suggestions on scuffing it up, or something else?
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On 01/21/2014 05:25 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
We put down some of the Valspar Garage floor epoxy. The floor is now
VERY slippery and we tend to go skating and falling at times. Any
suggestions on scuffing it up, or something else?




I was once at the house of the man who owns La Quinta Inns.

He had his Jag parked in a carpeted garage.

No slip.


I'd say if you don't want to carpet the garage you should give it a coat
of that gritted paint.


Such as:
http://www.rustoleum.com/industrial/...ippery-floors/

In article , philo*
wrote:

On 01/21/2014 05:25 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
We put down some of the Valspar Garage floor epoxy. The floor is now
VERY slippery and we tend to go skating and falling at times. Any
suggestions on scuffing it up, or something else?




I was once at the house of the man who owns La Quinta Inns.

He had his Jag parked in a carpeted garage.

No slip.


I'd say if you don't want to carpet the garage you should give it a coat
of that gritted paint.


Such as:
http://www.rustoleum.com/industrial/...atings-for-sli
ppery-floors/

Thanks
--
³Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital.²
‹ Aaron Levenstein

On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:25:43 -0500, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

We put down some of the Valspar Garage floor epoxy. The floor is now
VERY slippery and we tend to go skating and falling at times. Any
suggestions on scuffing it up, or something else?

There are chip flakes that come with some kits, that are scattered
while the floor is still wet. Did the kit not include them?

Is a second coat possible, then add the flakes?

Valspar® Decorative Color Flakes

http://www.valsparpaint.com/en/find-the-right-product/concrete/color-mix-flakes.html

The flakes cut down on the slipping and sliding.

On 01/21/2014 06:33 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
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I'd say if you don't want to carpet the garage you should give it a coat
of that gritted paint.


Such as:
http://www.rustoleum.com/industrial/...atings-for-sli
ppery-floors/

Thanks




Ok


don't slip!

In article ,
Oren wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:25:43 -0500, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

We put down some of the Valspar Garage floor epoxy. The floor is now
VERY slippery and we tend to go skating and falling at times. Any
suggestions on scuffing it up, or something else?

There are chip flakes that come with some kits, that are scattered
while the floor is still wet. Did the kit not include them?
I have the flakes already spread out. They don't seem to be working.
K



Is a second coat possible, then add the flakes?

Valspar® Decorative Color Flakes

http://www.valsparpaint.com/en/find-...color-mix-flak
es.html

The flakes cut down on the slipping and sliding.
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³Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital.²
‹ Aaron Levenstein

The best winter flooring for a garage is to be found in the dumpsters behind your local carpet retailers.

Old residential carpeting is the ideal flooring for a garage because it's:
a) warm to stand/sit/kneel on when doing auto repairs
b) non-slip when wet and even when frozen
b) inexpensive (free) to install (just ask for the old carpet and they'll give it to you)
c) protects any concrete paint or concrete finish under the carpet
d) absorbs oil spills, ice and snow, water, and engine leaks

I'd just liberate some old residential carpeting from the dumpsters behind your local carpet retailers, and spread that out on your garage floor.

You may want to spend $10 on a roll of double sided carpet tape to hold it in place.

If you replace the old carpet on your garage floor every autumn, you'll always have an attractive garage floor to show off during the summer. The chunks of ice and sand that accumulate behind your wheels won't get embedded into your Valspar paint; they'll just form sand piles on your carpet, and be thrown out whenever you change that carpet.

in case of a gasoline leak inside a attached garage you might be setting the stage for a fire

honestly I dont understand why everyone wants a fancy garage floor.....

concrete should be fine, its nearly indestructible, and can get wet or oily without issue

On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:29:58 -0600, philo* wrote:

On 01/21/2014 05:25 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
We put down some of the Valspar Garage floor epoxy. The floor is now
VERY slippery and we tend to go skating and falling at times. Any
suggestions on scuffing it up, or something else?




I was once at the house of the man who owns La Quinta Inns.

Could you ask him why the windows don't open? I can't stay there from
spring to fall. I want the windows open.

He had his Jag parked in a carpeted garage.

No slip.


I'd say if you don't want to carpet the garage you should give it a coat
of that gritted paint.


Such as:
http://www.rustoleum.com/industrial/...ippery-floors/

This will make playing marbles more challenging.

On 01/22/2014 01:04 AM, micky wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:29:58 -0600, philo wrote:

On 01/21/2014 05:25 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
We put down some of the Valspar Garage floor epoxy. The floor is now
VERY slippery and we tend to go skating and falling at times. Any
suggestions on scuffing it up, or something else?




I was once at the house of the man who owns La Quinta Inns.

Could you ask him why the windows don't open? I can't stay there from
spring to fall. I want the windows open.


He was a friend of my now departed uncle and I never met the owner of
the La Quinta. When my cousin got married we were invited to the house
by his wife. I did comment of the carpeted garage though and she jjst
said that her husband was very particular.

As to having windows open, few if any Hotels or Motels do that anymore.
Though part of it may be for energy conservation , I think most of it
has to do with safety.


When I was reminiscing about a trip to NY I took in 1966...someone else
recalled that the hotel windows could be completely opened.





He had his Jag parked in a carpeted garage.

No slip.


I'd say if you don't want to carpet the garage you should give it a coat
of that gritted paint.


Such as:
http://www.rustoleum.com/industrial/...ippery-floors/

This will make playing marbles more challenging.

On 01/21/2014 11:50 PM, bob haller wrote:
in case of a gasoline leak inside a attached garage you might be setting the stage for a fire

honestly I dont understand why everyone wants a fancy garage floor.....

concrete should be fine, its nearly indestructible, and can get wet or oily without issue




Yep!


Heck I don't even have a garage at all...
just a parking slab.

On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:54:40 -0600, philo* wrote:

On 01/22/2014 01:04 AM, micky wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:29:58 -0600, philo wrote:

On 01/21/2014 05:25 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
We put down some of the Valspar Garage floor epoxy. The floor is now
VERY slippery and we tend to go skating and falling at times. Any
suggestions on scuffing it up, or something else?




I was once at the house of the man who owns La Quinta Inns.

Could you ask him why the windows don't open? I can't stay there from
spring to fall. I want the windows open.


He was a friend of my now departed uncle and I never met the owner of
the La Quinta. When my cousin got married we were invited to the house
by his wife. I did comment of the carpeted garage though and she jjst
said that her husband was very particular.

As to having windows open, few if any Hotels or Motels do that anymore.
Though part of it may be for energy conservation , I think most of it
has to do with safety.

And what about my safety? I'm forced to sleep with the door open,
latched only by that sliding thing that stops it at about 4 inches**.
Then I have to try to get the window curtain to cover enough of the
opening so that people walking by can't see me in bed in dishabille.

It's a good thing I'm usually alone. I can't imagine most women
agreeing to leave the door open like this.

I can't stand the noise of the fan either, in addition to the closed
windows. And without the fan, and maybe the AC, it's often too hot.

Maybe I should stay at cheaper motels, from the 50's, where maybe the
windows will open. I will have to start looking before I'm actually
sleepy.

**If they have the sliding thing. I think once I just left the door
open with a rolled-up towell to keep if from closing. I put my
valuables in my car and parked the car NOT in front of the room. No
one bothered me.

When I was reminiscing about a trip to NY I took in 1966...someone else
recalled that the hotel windows could be completely opened.

Yes indeed.

On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:55:53 -0600, philo* wrote:

On 01/21/2014 11:50 PM, bob haller wrote:
in case of a gasoline leak inside a attached garage you might be setting the stage for a fire

honestly I dont understand why everyone wants a fancy garage floor.....

concrete should be fine, its nearly indestructible, and can get wet or oily without issue




Yep!


Heck I don't even have a garage at all...
just a parking slab.

You could carpet that. Indoor/outdoor.

On 01/23/2014 01:43 AM, micky wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:54:40 -0600, philo wrote:

On 01/22/2014 01:04 AM, micky wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:29:58 -0600, philo wrote:



And what about my safety? I'm forced to sleep with the door open,
latched only by that sliding thing that stops it at about 4 inches**.
Then I have to try to get the window curtain to cover enough of the
opening so that people walking by can't see me in bed in dishabille.





Just because I said I was at the owner's house once does not mean I have
anything to do with the Inn or could I possibly influence the business
decisions.


It's a good thing I'm usually alone. I can't imagine most women
agreeing to leave the door open like this.

I can't stand the noise of the fan either, in addition to the closed
windows. And without the fan, and maybe the AC, it's often too hot.

Maybe I should stay at cheaper motels, from the 50's, where maybe the
windows will open. I will have to start looking before I'm actually
sleepy.

**If they have the sliding thing. I think once I just left the door
open with a rolled-up towell to keep if from closing. I put my
valuables in my car and parked the car NOT in front of the room. No
one bothered me.

When I was reminiscing about a trip to NY I took in 1966...someone else
recalled that the hotel windows could be completely opened.

Yes indeed.

On 01/23/2014 01:44 AM, micky wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:55:53 -0600, philo wrote:

On 01/21/2014 11:50 PM, bob haller wrote:
in case of a gasoline leak inside a attached garage you might be setting the stage for a fire

honestly I dont understand why everyone wants a fancy garage floor.....

concrete should be fine, its nearly indestructible, and can get wet or oily without issue




Yep!


Heck I don't even have a garage at all...
just a parking slab.

You could carpet that. Indoor/outdoor.



Someone would steal it, even if it had a negative value and I glued it down.

On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 02:21:03 -0600, philo* wrote:

On 01/23/2014 01:43 AM, micky wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:54:40 -0600, philo wrote:

On 01/22/2014 01:04 AM, micky wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:29:58 -0600, philo wrote:



And what about my safety? I'm forced to sleep with the door open,
latched only by that sliding thing that stops it at about 4 inches**.
Then I have to try to get the window curtain to cover enough of the
opening so that people walking by can't see me in bed in dishabille.

Just because I said I was at the owner's house once does not mean I have
anything to do with the Inn or could I possibly influence the business
decisions.

I think it does and you could. I'm holding you responsible. In fact
I would have posted earlier, but it took me a few minutes to make a
wallet card.

It says, "In case of injury or death in a motel with the door open,
blame Philo" and it gives your email address, so they can let you know
you've been blamed.

I put it in my wallet next to my organ donation card. Hmmm. I just
added to the first card, "And don't give him any of my organs."

Sorry for that last line, but there's a price to be paid for crossing
me.

On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 02:22:07 -0600, philo* wrote:

On 01/23/2014 01:44 AM, micky wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:55:53 -0600, philo wrote:

On 01/21/2014 11:50 PM, bob haller wrote:
in case of a gasoline leak inside a attached garage you might be setting the stage for a fire

honestly I dont understand why everyone wants a fancy garage floor.....

concrete should be fine, its nearly indestructible, and can get wet or oily without issue




Yep!


Heck I don't even have a garage at all...
just a parking slab.

You could carpet that. Indoor/outdoor.



Someone would steal it, even if it had a negative value and I glued it down.

Probably. I've had stuff outside stolen twice. Once it was two broken
lawn mowers I was trying to make one good one from. I'd spent hours and
neither would start. The other was a bicycle I wanted to get a
longer seat post for, but no one sold that diameter in any length. I
had the post and the seat in my car, to help me shop. So they have a
bike with no seat and would have to write to one of the makers of cheap
bikes to get a post.

On 01/23/2014 06:38 AM, micky wrote:


It says, "In case of injury or death in a motel with the door open,
blame Philo" and it gives your email address, so they can let you know
you've been blamed.

I put it in my wallet next to my organ donation card. Hmmm. I just
added to the first card, "And don't give him any of my organs."

Sorry for that last line, but there's a price to be paid for crossing
me.




OK I'l do this much.

Next time I go there I will make sure the Inn changes it's policies.


Of course there will not be a next time, he was a friend of my uncle and
my uncle is a goner.

On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:39:44 -0600, philo* wrote:

On 01/23/2014 06:38 AM, micky wrote:


It says, "In case of injury or death in a motel with the door open,
blame Philo" and it gives your email address, so they can let you know
you've been blamed.

I put it in my wallet next to my organ donation card. Hmmm. I just
added to the first card, "And don't give him any of my organs."

Sorry for that last line, but there's a price to be paid for crossing
me.




OK I'l do this much.

Next time I go there I will make sure the Inn changes it's policies.

Okay. I'll tear up my wallet card.

Of course there will not be a next time, he was a friend of my uncle and
my uncle is a goner.

But at least you'll try. That's what counts.

Kurt Ullman wrote:
We put down some of the Valspar Garage floor epoxy. The floor is now
VERY slippery and we tend to go skating and falling at times. Any
suggestions on scuffing it up, or something else?

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