so i had this great idea.....
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Re: so i had this great idea.....
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
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> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out
the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even
the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to
get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
Brake fluid and 4" putty knife.
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Re: so i had this great idea.....
A white garage floor?
Hmmm.....
Tom
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
news:H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr.c om...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out
the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even
the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to
get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
Hmmm.....
Tom
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
news:H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr.c om...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out
the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even
the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to
get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
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Re: so i had this great idea.....
A white garage floor?
Hmmm.....
Tom
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
news:H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr.c om...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out
the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even
the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to
get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
Hmmm.....
Tom
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
news:H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr.c om...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out
the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even
the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to
get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
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Re: so i had this great idea.....
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message news:<H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr. com>...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
Careful about that, I did my garage in that garage floor paint (black
though). It doesn't hold up much better than normal paint. I'm not
impressed at all with it.
Keith
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
Careful about that, I did my garage in that garage floor paint (black
though). It doesn't hold up much better than normal paint. I'm not
impressed at all with it.
Keith
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Re: so i had this great idea.....
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message news:<H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr. com>...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
Careful about that, I did my garage in that garage floor paint (black
though). It doesn't hold up much better than normal paint. I'm not
impressed at all with it.
Keith
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
Careful about that, I did my garage in that garage floor paint (black
though). It doesn't hold up much better than normal paint. I'm not
impressed at all with it.
Keith
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I work at a factory where they're redoing the concrete floors with epoxy
paint, the key to getting the paint to stick (we're talking years of
hydraulic oil, paint, dirt, etc.) is preperation. They use a machine called
a shot blaster, it looks like a combinaton of a floor scrubber/squeege with
a sand blaster. takes everything off.
http://finanservicesinc.com/shotblasting.htm
check out the picture.
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
news:H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr.c om...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out
the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even
the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to
get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
paint, the key to getting the paint to stick (we're talking years of
hydraulic oil, paint, dirt, etc.) is preperation. They use a machine called
a shot blaster, it looks like a combinaton of a floor scrubber/squeege with
a sand blaster. takes everything off.
http://finanservicesinc.com/shotblasting.htm
check out the picture.
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
news:H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr.c om...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out
the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even
the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to
get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
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Re: so i had this great idea.....
I work at a factory where they're redoing the concrete floors with epoxy
paint, the key to getting the paint to stick (we're talking years of
hydraulic oil, paint, dirt, etc.) is preperation. They use a machine called
a shot blaster, it looks like a combinaton of a floor scrubber/squeege with
a sand blaster. takes everything off.
http://finanservicesinc.com/shotblasting.htm
check out the picture.
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
news:H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr.c om...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out
the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even
the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to
get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
paint, the key to getting the paint to stick (we're talking years of
hydraulic oil, paint, dirt, etc.) is preperation. They use a machine called
a shot blaster, it looks like a combinaton of a floor scrubber/squeege with
a sand blaster. takes everything off.
http://finanservicesinc.com/shotblasting.htm
check out the picture.
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
news:H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr.c om...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out
the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even
the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to
get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
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"c" <c@me.org> wrote in message
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> "Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
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> >
>
> roll your jack over the whole floor. ;)
>
That's what I would have said, but you beat me to it. I have heard that
concrete can be "stained" but unfortunately I don't have any details. I
spent the summer removing paint from the hundred ten year old woodwork in my
kitchen, and I can tell you that methylene chloride based paint removers
work, but I don't recommend them...
Earle
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> "Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
Snipped something about paint...
> >
>
> roll your jack over the whole floor. ;)
>
That's what I would have said, but you beat me to it. I have heard that
concrete can be "stained" but unfortunately I don't have any details. I
spent the summer removing paint from the hundred ten year old woodwork in my
kitchen, and I can tell you that methylene chloride based paint removers
work, but I don't recommend them...
Earle
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Re: so i had this great idea.....
"c" <c@me.org> wrote in message
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> "Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
Snipped something about paint...
> >
>
> roll your jack over the whole floor. ;)
>
That's what I would have said, but you beat me to it. I have heard that
concrete can be "stained" but unfortunately I don't have any details. I
spent the summer removing paint from the hundred ten year old woodwork in my
kitchen, and I can tell you that methylene chloride based paint removers
work, but I don't recommend them...
Earle
news:qPj1b.5786$re.124970@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>
> "Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
Snipped something about paint...
> >
>
> roll your jack over the whole floor. ;)
>
That's what I would have said, but you beat me to it. I have heard that
concrete can be "stained" but unfortunately I don't have any details. I
spent the summer removing paint from the hundred ten year old woodwork in my
kitchen, and I can tell you that methylene chloride based paint removers
work, but I don't recommend them...
Earle
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Re: so i had this great idea.....
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@A0L.com> wrote in message
news:H_f1b.22547$5H4.463109@twister.southeast.rr.c om...
> in an effort to clean up my garage, i had this great idea of whiting out
the
> entire garage. i painted the walls, the foundation brickwork, and even
the
> floor gloss white. http://7slotgrille.com/images/whiteout.jpg
> everything looked good until i started actually rolling things across the
> floor like my floor jack, the welder, the compressor, toolboxes, etc.
> although the paint had cured for 48 hours, anytime i roll something across
> it, it leaves gouges in the paint. a trip to lowes got some special epoxy
> paint that is designed to stand up to garage floor usage, but i have to
get
> all the white off the concrete first. its almost funny how simply rolling
> the jack across the floor will rip the paint up, but a wire wheel on a
> 10,000 rpm grinder seems to take forever.
> so, i guess what im asking is whats the fastest way to remove paint off
> concrete (aside from acid)?
> thanks!
>
I had to clean 40 years of paint off my basement concrete walls so I could
recoat them with waterproofing. I tried hundreds of dollars in chemicals,
wire wheels, and grinding wheels. Finally bought a pressure feed sand
blaster and I was done in a weekend. Messy but effective.
Don't forget the respirator.
Josh
