We coated the VCT flooring in the "belly" of the house this weekend and it was no small task.
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Shiney Happy Flooring
I spent a good part of a very hot Monday putting a final finish on the garage floor and did some tests on reviving the previously coated kitchen floor... with good results.
You Take the Good with the Bad
We like the new floor install in the garage, but it didn't come without a bit of a dark -- or in this case, dusty -- side.
We hired out the job specifically because we didn't want to get involved with a lot of the "dirty work" so to speak... and we certainly paid for it: at $4.50 a foot (installed) for tile that costs 75c a foot (material).
When we came home, we were amazed by the transformation (read: happy), but when we looked closer, it was quite apparent that we still had a lot of work to do cleaning up after the install.