Garage floor decal

[Zedyone_kenobi]

I am very proud of my UCOATIT garage floor...and my garage in general. But I would like to take it up a notch to make it more showroom and give it that finished look.

What I am wanting to do is put a large Datsun or 240Z decal on the floor in vinyl. Where can I get an accurate graphic of one or both of these that I can get blow up to about 2 ft x 4 ft

[yetterben]

Any shop worth there salt can correct any image size you give them. With that just find what ever you can, have it corrected to your liking.

[FastWoman]

Just be sure you intend to live there for a while. Once when I was shopping for a home, I saw a house with a very new, custom-pieced carpet in scarlet and gray, with the Ohio State U. logo in it. Very nice workmanship. I'm sure it cost a fortune. However, everone who saw the house was probably thinking exactly what I was: "$1000 for a new carpet."

[mgmoreau]

Steve,

Do you have any pics you can post of the garage floor? I am thinking of doing the same thing. How expensive was it and how big is your garage??

[Travel'n Man]

I am very proud of my UCOATIT garage floor...and my garage in general. But I would like to take it up a notch to make it more showroom and give it that finished look.

What I am wanting to do is put a large Datsun or 240Z decal on the floor in vinyl. Where can I get an accurate graphic of one or both of these that I can get blow up to about 2 ft x 4 ft

You are on your game........excellent idea!! Keep us posted

[Zedyone_kenobi]

Steve,

Do you have any pics you can post of the garage floor? I am thinking of doing the same thing. How expensive was it and how big is your garage??

Sure..

Its a 3 car garage, 2 wide and one side is 2 deep. I think the Ucoatit kit I got had the prep, base coat, and I got the gloss coat.

I think the total was a tad over 500 bucks. But the results are wonderful. I would recommend spending the time and money on doing an epoxy coat on your floor rather than paint. Clean up is amazingly easy. Not a drop of anything gets through the floor covering. Its fantastic. It also feels softer on your feet than concrete. Which is a great bonus when your on your back for a while.

[Zedyone_kenobi]

Just be sure you intend to live there for a while. Once when I was shopping for a home, I saw a house with a very new, custom-pieced carpet in scarlet and gray, with the Ohio State U. logo in it. Very nice workmanship. I'm sure it cost a fortune. However, everone who saw the house was probably thinking exactly what I was: "$1000 for a new carpet."

You bring up a good point, thats why I want to use vinyl. Its easy to get off if I have to. But I do not see myself moving anytime soon. Just bought the darn house!!!

[MEZZZ]

You should be able to take this logo to any truck lettering company that does vinyl graphics. Just right click on it, hit save as, put it on a floppy, thumbdrive, email it to them, etc. They can plug it into there system and cut out an exact replica any size you want. The blue in the photo looks a little off in spots but it wont matter as they will use blue vinyl for the logo.

We use such a company for graphics on our fleet of work trucks. I've been to the sign shop and had them make me some decals in the past. Its amazing what they do and with such ease too.

Edited September 17, 2009 by MEZZZ

[beebeecivic]

How many square feet did the $500 cover?

[TomoHawk]

I need some Datsun decals/magnets for autocrossing. My 4 x 2 foot banner wouldn't hold up for autocross.

[hogie]

I used a quickrete coating on my floor that looks very similar to yours. Other than burn marks from welding and a spot where brake fluid got threw it is almost as pretty. Quickrete just bought me two more kits to fix where the expoxy pulled up under warranty.

I dont have quite as much gloss though. Their kits are sized for a single bay around 250 square feet. I think it was around 90 a kit from lowes.

[Zedyone_kenobi]

How many square feet did the $500 cover?

I would have to measure. What you do is calculate how many square feet you have and go to the UCoatIt website. You input your square feet and they calculate how much product you need exactly, and size your order accordingly.

And I can vouch they hit it VERY close, and give you a tad extra so you can give it a good thick coat.

I forget how many square feet I input. But I have a big 3 car garage.