After last week’s break in the picture-posting action, let’s get back to some garages.

Here’s a garage floor we recently completed with our crushed granite desert coating.

The installer did a heavy duty paint removal before beginning – a fully day process right there, which included applying a subfloor coating. On the second day, he applied the crushed granite basecoat with a full broadcast of desert colored media. Day three saw the application of a clear topcoat.

Unfortunately, I have no “before” images on this one, but additional pictures of the completed job can be found on our Facebook Page.v NExt – back to more random Google searches!

I make no secret of the fact that I’m a fiend for searching for things in Google.

Back during the darker periods of this epoxy flooring blog, I used to do any number of searches for epoxy flooring info, looking for anything I could use to write a blog post.

Anyway, even though things are going much better now – note all the pics on our Facebook Page – I still find myself having “epoxy this-or-that” pop into my head on occasion. Random phrases I feel compelled to see what will turn up in Google.

Now that their search engine has such smooth suggestion capability (as you see in the image above) this can become very fun.

For example, go to Google and do a search for “epoxy hu” and then stop. What in the world is an “epoxy huntsman”?! Anyone?

If you lean toward the religious, surely you’ll find something inspirational in this photo from a recent job.

This is a 12-step staircase leading down to a 3-car garage.

Stairways can be a challenge, but they’re not impossible, and we do them quite often. The big obstacle in this location was actually the white baseboard that outlines each step – it makes for a large number of cut-ins and corners to maneuver around.

This job is a great reason to be sure to hire professionals. No matter how inspired you might be by the white light shining from the top of these stairs, you’re probably better off leaving this type of work to us.

The material is our Crushed Granite – you can see the complete set of pictures over on our Facebook Page.

(Click the pictures to enlarge.)

This job was an interesting one, both because of the custom red color, and even more because that custom color was needed almost immediately.

As they say in some industries, “you can get it fast, or you can get it right, but you can’t have both.”

Well, everyone at Floorguard laughs at that statement, and set out to get this client taken care of.

This was for a builder that needed PLatinum Quarry flooring for the basement, Platinum Slate in one garage, and this red epoxy flooring in the other garage. The first two were no problem, and the installers got on right away.

We manufacture our base materials, but not the flakes, so we had to call that one in and put a massive rush request on it, hoping it would get shipped and out to the job site over one weekend, so that the installers could get it laid down asap.

As you can see, everything worked out great. This is not a before/after set of pics, by the way – the lighting/angles account for the color variation you’re seeing in these two photos.

As you’ve no doubt noticed if you’re here reading this blog, Floorguard has ventured into the social media spaces, i.e. Facebook, Twitter, and again, this very blog.

There have been ups and downs, and no small amount of struggle, but I do think a nice balance and system has resulted from it all.

As such, I’d love for you to come and join us on the Floorguard Facebook Page, where we’re going to be doing a number of things to help us maximize your experience as a fellow garage enthusiast. I assure you I’m going to do everything I can to make that a place of interest, and not just another entry in your endless numbers of Pages you’ve Liked and never looked at again.

To entice you to give the place a look, simply click “Like” on the Page, and you’ll be entered to win a most elegant Best Buy Gift Card valued at no less than $50. This is a pretty good deal for clicking your mouse.

The winner will be picked on July 1, 2011 – naturally, there is no purchase necessary to win.

Thanks!

The concept of Floorguard doing basement flooring is actually brand new to me personally, although I suppose it makes perfect sense.

Below is a fairly worn-in basement that needed some rehab. Obviously the walls aren’t finished yet – we both take no responsibility for that, and also recommend paint and other finishing touches take place after our work.

The top pic is before; the bottom is our crushed granite alloy floor – that’s light gray in color, with gray, black, and white flakes.

By the way, welcome to the all-new blog, with a streamlined, fast-loading design and a steady stream of pictorial content…!

More pictures! I am a happy blogger, to be sure.

This is a Platinum Sandstone floor that was installed just this past week.

What you’re seeing in the top portion is after the basecoat is applied to the floor. You might note it’s not all that shiny, and not even. (Frankly, comparing this to most garages I see, it’s a beauty as is.)

More after you take a look at this:

Yep, with the topcoat it really is that much better – perfect, even.

The Platinum Sandstone System is a hard one to install correctly, because the color is light and there are no flakes to take the eye away from possible imperfections.

You can see the job our installers did here, though – it really is a skilled masterpiece in garage flooring systems.

As a car dealer, your showroom is going to inform your customers – at least subconsciously – about the quality of your automobiles for sale.

Same as you wouldn’t eat at a filthy restaurant, you might be less likely to buy a car (or have your car fixed) at a dealer that looked uncared for.

Years of wear and tear left a recent client of ours in just such a state:

As you can see, our installers did their usual amazing job, installing our Hyper RES UV with a custom color mix, in order to correctly match their new showroom flooring to the factory colors.

We post a lot of content on our recent jobs, so be sure to tune into our Facebook and Twitter to get updates.

(And yes, it looks like pictures will be flowing consistently from here on, which makes things much better for everyone over here. Thanks for your patience!)

After all my whining last week about not getting any new industrial flooring pictures, here I am with a boatload suddenly.

Protest and revolution works.

This job was for a company that makes parts for Caterpillar.

As far as installation, this install had less than ideal conditions, but our installers made it work. Some notes on why this was a logistical challenge:

1) The job had to have no dust residue at all.
2) The material had to have no odor.
3) The company runs three shifts, so we had to be as unobtrusive as possible. The company was in full operation while we worked. They have little to no downtime in their facility.

Obviously, this came out great. Click over to our Google Photos Page to see the whole set of pictures in full resolution.

Hopefully more soon!

UPDATE: Ten minutes after this post went up I got new pics from Floorguard!

Remember when I couldn’t think of anything to write about for this chicago garage flooring company?

Well, I’m still here, banging my head on the desk, wondering what to do.

I’ve emailed endlessly, I’ve called, and I’ve requested in-person meetings.

One would think they were gently telling me not to worry about working for them anymore, but they still pay me, so I’m not sure what to do. I’m unable to perform in this way, i.e. with no communication or content from the company.

Now, many people would tell you that writing about this on their company blog is not the “right” thing to do.

I would counter with two points, and keep in mind I’ve both pointed out this blog (and the Twitter/Facebook) and told them continually “I am unable to do a good job under these conditions – if you no longer want me to try, I can/will walk without issue”:

1) What am I supposed to write about? I never recommend social media presences become generic search engine bait. They should have personalities, and/or show off the work of the company. With no input from Floorguard itself, I’m in a void – and again, I’ve asked repeatedly to go accompany the crew on jobs, but nobody will get back to me on that.

2) Part of my job is to draw traffic with compelling content. Frankly, this is interesting stuff. lol

I’ve considered quitting, but at the core, I really like everyone over there. If they would just send me some before/after pictures on a regular basis…!

Any thoughts?

(On another note – I’m trying to get this blog theme stripped off, but the company that does that won’t take care of it either. I’d do it myself, but something in the server allows no uploads. For example, I’m hosting all these pics on my personal Flickr account.

It’s like a cruel joke is being played on me by all involved with this epoxy flooring company from chicago!)