Planning

Prepping the garage…

ByToadster December 28, 2019September 10, 2026

This update covers prepping the garage.

Related notes live on the Factory Five Cobra build hub.

About the prepping the garage

It’s less than a month away, but we’ve been preparing the garage to get things in order! We have a 3 car garage that is ~650 sq/ft. and I wanted to get the floors epoxy coated for some time. 11 years of ‘stuff’ have been clogging up the garage for a LONG time… so we have done some purging! Which is always good at the end of the year to donate things.

We used https://epoxyarmorsystems.com/ locally. They’ve had amazing reviews, and their products have a lifetime warranty.

left concrete, middle tan epoxy, right is coconut flake – love it!

Not only does the garage floor look awesome now, we get to re-organize all our storage! It’s a great feeling!

Also, my wife got me a few presents from Factory Five! The laser cut logo, and 25th Anniversary keychain! woohoo! Best wife ever! <3

In the next few days, I need to go pickup my Boyd Welding Fuel Tank from the local Old Dominion freight shop. Start planning for some powder coating, and get things back in order in the garage…

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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