Thank you!
Oh goodness, everyone. You all certainly have touched my heart with your kind comments. I really do think of this community as family, and in turn I love to give back as much as I have been graciously given by many of you.
Funny that the 2005 Omaha convention was brought up (thanks for the link, Mike! I spied a few shots of myself - wow!). For me, that weekend was a pivotal moment in my life. The drive west along the old Lincoln Highway in western Iowa in Cory's 1959 DeVille, getting to meet many of you for the first time, and seeing Greg's amazing collection in person (I distinctly remember Eddy showing Cory and me the Kelvinator. I was blown away!). If it wasn't for that trip 19 years ago I don't know that I'd be typing this reply. Some of the closest friendships I have today stem from that weekend.
Maybe, perhaps, we do a 20 year anniversary Midwest wash-in next summer?
James - I went with an epoxy coating for the floor out of necessity. Sadly, due to the aggressive slope that was poured into the slab I was unable to consider using a VCT tile, which would have been my preference. And yes, follow the instructions and remove as much original flaking paint as possible and etch the cement prior to application. The two mistakes I made was not using enough of the floor covering chips as bare spots can be seen where I didn't apply as well as I could have, and I wish I had applied a UV sealer on top of the epoxy in the wash studio. When I did that room in 2020/2021 I apparently didn't study enough application techniques. I did seal in the wash room and there is a stark difference already between the two rooms. I also made sure to install level leg foot covers on all machines in hopes to not scratch the coating, which of course happened anyway. Oh well, it looks better than it did.
Bob - oh gosh, I have no idea what brand of coat that was. Your guess is as good as mine.
Laundress - someone else recently coined that it could be a man cave, but I like to think of it more as a 'laundry study'.
Ben
Oh goodness, everyone. You all certainly have touched my heart with your kind comments. I really do think of this community as family, and in turn I love to give back as much as I have been graciously given by many of you.
Funny that the 2005 Omaha convention was brought up (thanks for the link, Mike! I spied a few shots of myself - wow!). For me, that weekend was a pivotal moment in my life. The drive west along the old Lincoln Highway in western Iowa in Cory's 1959 DeVille, getting to meet many of you for the first time, and seeing Greg's amazing collection in person (I distinctly remember Eddy showing Cory and me the Kelvinator. I was blown away!). If it wasn't for that trip 19 years ago I don't know that I'd be typing this reply. Some of the closest friendships I have today stem from that weekend.
Maybe, perhaps, we do a 20 year anniversary Midwest wash-in next summer?
James - I went with an epoxy coating for the floor out of necessity. Sadly, due to the aggressive slope that was poured into the slab I was unable to consider using a VCT tile, which would have been my preference. And yes, follow the instructions and remove as much original flaking paint as possible and etch the cement prior to application. The two mistakes I made was not using enough of the floor covering chips as bare spots can be seen where I didn't apply as well as I could have, and I wish I had applied a UV sealer on top of the epoxy in the wash studio. When I did that room in 2020/2021 I apparently didn't study enough application techniques. I did seal in the wash room and there is a stark difference already between the two rooms. I also made sure to install level leg foot covers on all machines in hopes to not scratch the coating, which of course happened anyway. Oh well, it looks better than it did.
Bob - oh gosh, I have no idea what brand of coat that was. Your guess is as good as mine.
Laundress - someone else recently coined that it could be a man cave, but I like to think of it more as a 'laundry study'.
Ben
