We all know how much of a car enthusiast Mike is….and because of this, he does quite a bit of tinkering on all of our cars. With a new house, and a big garage, he made it very clear he wanted to epoxy our new garage floor before we moved in. (For those of you not familiar with epoxy, it’s basically a glue-like paint put onto garage floors to keep oil and other liquids from seeping into the concrete.)
So, last Thursday night rolls around…the garage floor has been prepped (which requires a thorough power washing and drying), and the temperature is just right for the epoxy. We get everything prepped and are ready to start the epoxy process about 7pm. (I should also mention for those of you asking, “Why are they doing this on a weeknight? Why not on the weekend?” More on that to come, but it couldn’t wait because of upcoming cooler weather and an impending weekend trip to Iowa.)
Now I should also mention this is not something that can be done with the garage doors closed….so, both doors are open, it’s 7pm and we have to have lights on in the garage. What happens with this combo? Bugs. Lots of bugs in the garage. And, once the epoxy is getting rolled on to the garage floor, lots of bugs decided to land on the garage floor, not realizing that was where they were going to be for a long time. A really long time.
So, now our garage floor has a really nice epoxy finish, and sort of looks like a bug graveyard. Gross, I know. But it’s one of those lessons in homeownership: Never epoxy a floor at night, with the lights on. :)
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