Post #334311 by Howland on Sat, Sep 22, 2007 9:56 PM

Got my floor paint job done--took a little longer than I had anticipated, partially due to humidity and/or rain, but I think I'm happy with the final result. I took a roll of duct tape, made a deep cut with a utility knife down the center of the roll so's to have 1in. to 1&1/4 in. width tape. Laid the tape down on the floor in a grout line kinda pattern--hit it with some black garage floor paint (with a smidge of dark green mixed in). Pulled the tape off when the paint dried--here's a few progress shots:

grout pattern with split duct tape on bare concrete here. I tried to use some strategy in covering up my stains and spills with the dark paint and running my grout lines where there weren't any nasty spots:

here's after tape was pulled--too much conrast, I thought. The concrete areas (grout lines) looked to bright/white/contrasty, so I eventually covered the whole floor with a mixture of the floor paint and some paint thinner to darken the grout line areas.

Also started laying out the bar here. It's gonna be a curved bar with a bamboo front:

Getting into the vibe---just laying some stuff out, playing with colored light bulbs again--seeing where what's gonna work where and so on. As i come closer to 'being finished' time, things will probably have been moved around even more.

Here's another shot, while I'm shootin':

I'll be getting on the bar project in a couple days maybe ---so stay tuned!
Mahalos to all
BH