New Floor Going in! - Autogeek's Show Car Garage Studio History

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New Floor Going in! - Autogeek's Show Car Garage Studio History


New Tile Floor Going In...
We have a brand new tile floor going in this week to update the studio with a fresh look for our future projects and for the 2nd season of What's in the Garage? which will start filming in January.

Here's a few pictures that show where we started from to where we're at today and after the new floor goes in this week I'll update this thread with some pictures of the new tile floor.


In the beginning, the studio was without form and void; and darkness was all there was, but changes were on the way...

Version 1.0

The original studio has served its purpose well but it's time for an upgrade...


Here's Bobby removing the black and white tile...

Old floor is removed...

Boxed up and ready to move out so we can clean the floor for the new tile going down...

Matt lending Bobby a hand... thanks guys! You made quick work of removing the old floor...

Stay tuned for a new look!


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[Pats300zx]

Hope you guys didn't throw out the old floor Mike

Can't wait to see how things turn out.

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Hope you guys didn't throw out the old floor Mike

How 'bout a forum give-away? :laughing:

I just spent $800 on the racedeck-type tiles for my garage; lucky for me Costco had them on sale. Haven't had the chance to get them installed yet though.

It'll be interesting to see what is going in to replace the floor in the studio!

 

[BobbyG]

I just can't decide which color I like best; Black & White or the White & Black? :dunno:

 

[Porsche Pilot]

I have always wondered how tile would work in the garage. Too slippery? Either way, The Show Car Garage should look awesome. Reminds me that I have to get off my butt and lay the 450sf of Race Deck flooring sitting in boxes in the Art of Shine - Shine Mahal.

 

[Bunky]

I have always wondered how tile would work in the garage. Too slippery? Either way, The Show Car Garage should look awesome. Reminds me that I have to get off my butt and lay the 450sf of Race Deck flooring sitting in boxes in the Art of Shine - Shine Mahal.

I figured it would be hard to clean.

 

[Harleyguy]

I have always wondered how tile would work in the garage. Too slippery? Either way, The Show Car Garage should look awesome. Reminds me that I have to get off my butt and lay the 450sf of Race Deck flooring sitting in boxes in the Art of Shine - Shine Mahal.

We installed a tile floor in a out service drive it didn't work out that well we ended up removing for the reason you mentioned , Too slippery and the content cars driving over it the tiles became loose in a short amount of time . They may work out in a home garage or Auto Geek's studio since they don't have the traffic we had over them .

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

We installed a tile floor in a out service drive it didn't work out that well we ended up removing for the reason you mentioned , Too slippery and the content cars driving over it the tiles became loose in a short amount of time . They may work out in a home garage or Auto Geek's studio since they don't have the traffic we had over them .

What type of tiles were they, Adam? There's a Chevrolet dealer here that has a floor of what I'd call terrazzo tiles in the service drive and delivery bay that has been in place for over a decade now, and it still looks great.

:dunno:

 

[Rez90]

Baller. Looks like mine. Mine was a lot less expensive though. Different animal altogether as race deck and VCT are very different products. You can call mine the poor mans race deck. rops:

 

[kimtyson]

Rez, I love that. Is that your garage or basement. Looks so cool!

 

[Rez90]

Rez, I love that. Is that your garage or basement. Looks so cool!

Garage. :xyxthumbs:

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Last year about this time when Max and I flew to Evansville, Indiana to shoot how-to features with Dennis Gage for My Classic Car we met Jorgen Mollor, the CEO of SnapLock Industries. See this thread.​

I talked to him about the tile we were currently using and the issue of dirt penetrating into the pores of the plastic making the tiles very difficult to clean. He suggested we use a tile he offers that has a glaze finish that wipes clean much easier. So that's the tile we're switching too...

We cleaned the concrete floor this morning so the new tile will be going in sometime this week.


Stay tuned.... it's going to look cool!


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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

And just to complete this earlier thread for posterity...


New Floor in our TV Studio!


Out with the old and in with the new! Check it out!


Here's Shawn aligning and assembling the floor, not pictured are Jason and Yancy...

Max ordered an "Ivan" insert that we can swap in depending upon what we're shooting...

Kind of like playing with Lego's

We positioned the Ivan Logo to see what it will look like... looks good!

Just about there...

Finished!

Ready for the first car!

Max's new Mercedes-Benz! Looks good!

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[Meghan]

I love the black and red, looks great guys!

 

[LegacyGT]

I like the red & black look! :dblthumb2:

Is the AG guy free floating to move around for the TV shoots?

 

[Meghan]

I like the red & black look! :dblthumb2:

Is the AG guy free floating to move around for the TV shoots?

He is free floating and can also snap right in the middle of the floor.

 

[Pats300zx]

Wow...that looks awesome. Love the red and black look with the logo...

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

He is free floating and can also snap right in the middle of the floor.

Even though this type of flooring has a glaze and is supposed to be a lot easier and faster to clean, I expect myself and all my co-workers to learn to hover or float and avoid physically walking on the new pretty tiles.

Thank you ahead of time.