The Home Improvement & Garage Makeover Blog

Welcome to the home improvement and garage makeover blog by Slide-Lok Garage Interiors! The garage is the last frontier in home improvement. Often one of the last places homeowners think to look when improving their homes and we're here to help. Garages take up a lot of space and could be considered the largest or second largest space in your home -- don't you think it's time you started living and fully utilizing all of your space!? For garage related content, diy and how to articles stay tuned for weekly blog posts on the greatest unused space in the home - the garage. The majority of the posts will be before and after photos of recently completed garage renovations across the US and Canada. Come back weekly to see all kinds of different garage makeovers!


  • 2020 Home Improvement Blog Posts

    41 Color Chip & Flake Blends For Floor Coatings

    Posted: 12/22/2020

    Flooring Color Chips and Flakes

    The final 6 color chip and flake blends are now in stock. We have a total of 41 chip and flake blends available for your next floor coating project ...

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    Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

    Posted: 12/18/2020

    Happy Holidays

    Wishing you and your family a wonderful Holiday season. With lots of love from the Slide-Lok family. See our updated holiday hours and plan ahead to receive your flooring and storage products in time ...

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    Thanksgiving Break - Office & Warehouse Hours

    Posted: 11/19/2020

    Thanksgiving

    With Thanksgiving week shortly upon us we wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday break with family and loved ones. Please keep in mind that our Office and Warehouse hours will vary next week ...

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    6 New Color Chip & Flake Blends For Floor Coatings

    Posted: 11/6/2020

    Flooring Color Chips and Flakes

    6 NEW color chips and flakes added this past week! These new color chip and flake blends have been added to our regular stocking inventory. This brings our total in stock chip and flake blends to 35! AND we are adding more, expect an additional 4 blends by the end of the month to bring our total to 39 ...

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    Residential and Commercial Floor Coatings in Phoenix, AZ

    Posted: 11/4/2020

    Residential epoxy garage floor coating

    See the latest residential and commercial floor coating projects in Phoenix, Arizona. From garage floors, kitchen floors, office floors and even showroom floors our decorative concrete coatings find use throughout the Valley of the Sun ...

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    13 New Color Chip & Flake Blends For Floor Coatings

    Posted: 10/23/2020

    Floor Coating Chip and Flake Blends

    We're excited to announce that we have ADDED 13 additional color chip and flake blends to our regular stocking inventory. This brings our total in stock chip and flake blends to 29! AND we are adding more, expect an additional 7 blends by the end of next week to bring our total to 36 ...

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    4 Home Improvement and Organizational Tips To Elevate Your Home

    Posted: 9/18/2020

    Home Improvement

    The appearance of your home will have an impact on your mentality towards it. Coming home to a full garage or a disorganized backyard is never what we want, and disorganization often comes from things not having a designated spot on the shelf. Thankfully, there’s plenty of tips and tricks out there for how to create the organized home of your dreams, and we’re even going to share a few of those ideas with you below ...

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    2020 Floor Coating Video

    Posted: 9/11/2020

    Garage floor coating video

    NEW - 2020 Floor Coating Video showcasing various floor coating applications. See how we prep and apply acrylic, epoxy and polyaspartic floor coatings to garage floors, warehouse floors, patios, office floors, and more ...

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    Painter vs Pro - Failed Garage Floor Coating

    Posted: 9/10/2020

    Failed DIY Garage Floor Coating

    Epoxy garage floor coatings applied by painters and DIYers result in countless aggravated homeowners every year as the coatings inevitably fail. The only FIX - hire a professional floor coatings applicator to mechanically remove the failed coating and re-do the floor using a commercial or industrial grade floor coating ...

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    Floor Coating Chip Sealer, Smoother Top Coats That Cost Less

    Posted: 8/21/2020

    Self-crosslinking acrylic coating and sealer

    Smoother Top Coats That Cost Less - New self-crosslinking acrylic coating is designed to fill in and even out the high and low points in a full broadcast flake floor, after scraping and recovering the excess flake, to help produce a much smoother overall finish when being top coated with polyaspartic ...

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    Closed Labor Day Weekend September 4-7

    Posted: 8/20/2020

    Labor Day 2020

    We will be closed September 4-7 to celebrate Labor Day weekend. Make sure to input orders early, preferably by September 1st and from our family at Slide-Lok, we wish you a safe Labor Day weekend ...

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    Garage Floor Transformation in Laramie, Wyoming

    Posted: 7/23/2020

    Flooring with Chips

    Slide-Lok of Casper recently completed this 850 sq. ft garage floor coating in Laramie, Wyoming. The homeowners had a dark, old, unfinished three-car garage, now they have a newly renovated space that they can finally put to use ...

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    Decorative Flooring Chips & Flakes Available By The Bucket

    Posted: 7/9/2020

    Flooring Chips In Buckets

    We're excited to announce that we now offer decorative flooring chips and flakes by the bucket - available in 1, 2, and 3.5 gallon pail sizes! Our standard size flooring chips and flakes are still available in 55 lb. boxes, but for those requesting lesser quantities we are pleased to offer them by the bucket ...

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    We Will Be Closed July 3-6 For Independence Day

    Posted: 6/25/2020

    Closed for Independence Day

    We will be closed July 3-6 in observance of Independence Day. Make sure to input orders early and from our family at Slide-Lok, we wish you a safe Fourth of July weekend.

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    Fighting allergies during COVID

    Posted: 6/12/2020

    Fighting allergies during COVID

    It is that time of year again. Spring has come to an end, but many of us are still experiencing allergies. From coughing to sneezing and even watery eyes. It can be a dreadful time, especially during a pandemic ...

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    Why Become a Slide-Lok Garage Floor Coatings & Storage Systems Dealer?

    Posted: 6/5/2020

    Flooring Business Opportunity

    Slide-Lok has provided many homes and businesses with high quality floor coatings and storage systems since 1977. Becoming a Slide-Lok dealer will allow you to own your own business with countless opportunities...

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    Inventory Stocking Levels & Lead Times

    Posted: 5/29/2020

    Floor coatings supplier

    Supply chains are being interrupted in every industry. You have likely started to see the interruptions in your local supply chains. Grocery store shortages, limits on cleaning supplies, paper products, and even meat products! The full impact from COVID-19 is still unknown. Here are some changes we are making to our product inventory and lead times to better serve our customers ...

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    New Flooring Chips & Flakes Brochures Are Now Available

    Posted: 5/15/2020

    Flooring Brochure Packages

    HOT OFF THE PRESS, we just received 50,000 new flooring chips and flakes brochures. We are stocking 16 color chip and flake blends, they are all in stock and ready to ship. These 16 in stock blends in addition to our regular custom color blends of chips and flakes allow us to offer unlimited decorative floor coating color options ...

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    Waterborne Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Training Video - Buckeye, AZ

    Posted: 4/17/2020

    Epoxy Garage Floor Coatings Arizona

    Floor coatings are a great investment for protecting your garage’s concrete from stains, leaks and rust. Waterborne epoxy garage floor coating install and training in Buckeye, Arizona. Learn how to install garage floors using Slide-Lok Garage Floor Coatings ...

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    SBA Paycheck Protection Program - CARES ACT - Coronavirus Federal Stimulus

    Posted: 4/7/2020

    Coronavirus Relief Loans

    The Paycheck Protection Program could provide your small business with a “forgivable” loan for 2.5 months of payroll, rent and utilities. The loan could be forgivable subject to certain requirements ...

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    Spring Cleaning During A Pandemic

    Posted: 4/3/2020

    Cleaning During A Pandemic

    Spring cleaning during a pandemic. It's important to keep a clean home, you'll be more productive and feel better too ...

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    Staying Healthy: How To Minimize Your Risks Of Catching The Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    Posted: 3/27/2020

    Coronavirus Hand Washing

    How to minimize your risks of catching the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Practice these safety measures in your daily routine to increase your chances of staying Coronavirus Free ...

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    We Are Open, Taking & Shipping Orders

    Posted: 3/26/2020

    Shipping Epoxy

    We have been getting a regular stream of phone calls from our customers asking if we are open. We are open, taking and shipping orders while practicing social distancing amidst the COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic ...

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    When To Paint Your House - 5 Useful Tips For Interior Painting

    Posted: 3/6/2020

    When To Paint Your House

    Painting the interior of your home can be done year round, but exterior painting is best left to certain times of the year. Do you know when the best time to paint your home is? Do you even know how often you should paint your home? Continue reading to find out ...

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    10 Ideas For Your Garage Makeover

    Posted: 2/26/2020

    Garage Ideas

    Moving into spring means warmer weather, perhaps it's time to update your garage. Here are our Top 10 Garage Makeover Ideas ...

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    Surviving 2020 World of Concrete: Staying Germ Free

    Posted: 1/31/2020

    Surviving 2020 World of Concrete

    World of Concrete 2020 is in Las Vegas next week, are you planning to attend? With 60,000+ expected to be in attendance and 65 Chinese exhibitors, here is what you should know about the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ...

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    The Best Time Of Year To Paint Your Home's Exterior

    Posted: 1/29/2020

    The best time of year to paint your house

    2020 Home Improvement projects are set to kick off in the spring. Painting is not a task that can be done year round. It takes careful consideration and planning to ensure your house paint comes out looking flawless. Do you know what the best time of year to paint is? ....

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  • 2019 Garage Makeover Blog Posts

    Custom Epoxy Garage Floor Coating in Mesa, Arizona

    Posted: 12/13/2019

    Epoxy Floor Coatings Mesa

    1200+ sq. ft. custom epoxy floor coating completed in Mesa, Arizona. This 6-car residential garage floor received a custom garage floor coating with TWO different chip blends and a solid red racing stripe accent! See it for yourself ....

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    Fitness Center Metallic Epoxy Floor Coating

    Posted: 11/22/2019

    commercial epoxy coating supplier

    Workout centers benefit from seamless, easy to clean floor coating systems. Commercial epoxy coatings are easy to clean, aesthetically pleasing, tough, durable and affordable ....

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    The Western Coatings Societies Symposium and Show 2019

    Posted: 11/14/2019

    34th Biennial Western Coatings Symposium and Show

    A couple weeks ago one of our R&D / formulation chemists was in Las Vegas attending the 34th Biennial Western Coatings Societies Symposium and Show. The Western Coatings Show (WCS 2019) is a North American paints and coatings trade show for the Western US and Canada. In addition to a normal trade show, the WCS hosts over 100+ technical talks and presentations from industry professionals ...

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    Polyurea is "Better" Than Polyaspartic?

    Posted: 10/30/2019

    Are Polyureas Better Than Polyaspartics?

    Are Polyurea floor coatings better than polyaspartic floor coatings? ... There seems to be quite a bit of confusion in our industry regarding polyurea and polyaspartic coatings. One piece of misinformation stems from competitors claiming that polyurea coatings are better than polyaspartic coatings. That's just not true, in fact ...

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    How To Improve Your Home's Curb Appeal

    Posted: 10/9/2019

    Tips to Improve Home Appearance

    When you’re a homeowner, there is no doubt that you will love watching passersby slow down or even stop and gawk at that lovely structure that is your home. Seeing them point and be in awe of your home can fill you with pride, knowing that you have done something right. Read our tips how to improve your home's curb appeal ...

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    Covestro Letter On Polyaspartic Naming Nomenclature

    Posted: 10/7/2019

    Covestro Letter Explaining Polyaspartic Aliphatic Polyureas

    Covestro letter to clarify polyaspartic naming convention. Polyaspartic is an aliphatic polyurea, a sub type of polyurea polymers. Conventional polyureas are aromatic, they are not the same thing.

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    It's Official, Jacob Strayer Studying PhD in Chemical Engineering at The Ohio State University

    Posted: 9/5/2019

    CEMAS

    Well, it's now as official as it ever gets. My second oldest boy, Jacob, is studying for his PhD in Chemical Engineering at The Ohio State University ...

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    2 Tone Custom Garage Floor Coating in Omaha, Nebraska

    Posted: 8/21/2019

    Nebraska Garage Floor Coatings

    Custom 2 tone garage floor coating installed in Omaha, Nebraska ...

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    20 Year Old Garage Floor Restoration in Colorado Springs, CO

    Posted: 8/9/2019

    Garage Floor Coating

    This was a 20 year old garage located in Hill Circle, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The owners wanted their garage restored to fix damage and wear over the years for it to look nice once again ...

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    Fiberglass Boat Deck Refinishing with Polyaspartic

    Posted: 8/7/2019

    Marine Coatings and Refinishing

    Our popular garage floor coating has been used as a boat deck coating in Alaska for the last 7 years. After regular fishing trips our polyaspartic coatings have proven extremely durable, reliably slip resistant, easy to clean, and continues to turn heads at the docks ...

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    The Best DIY Wasp & Hornet Pesticide Spray at Home Depot in 2019

    Posted: 8/2/2019

    DIY Pesticide Wasp Sprays

    Being a homeowner I try to DIY everything I can. Recently, I found myself in Home Depot's pest control aisle looking for the best Wasp spray to exterminate a wasp nest in my backyard ...

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    I'll Be Eating Less Potato Chips!

    Posted: 5/9/2019

    BBQ Potato Chips

    Who knew potato chips were full of so much grease!? One of our guys left their BBQ potato chips out on a paper towel overnight, this is what we saw the next morning ...

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    Polyaspartic Floor Coating Withstands Flooding in Austin, TX

    Posted: 4/25/2019

    Austin Yacht Club Flooded

    In October of 2018, the Highland Lakes of Central Texas received significant rainfall resulting in massive flooding. The Austin Yacht Club was underwater for approximately 2 weeks. During cleanup and renovations the GM of the property discovered that our polyaspartic floor coating held up, and after a quick wash the floors looked brand new ...

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    Another Scientist In The Family!

    Posted: 4/18/2019

    Science and Engineering degree

    We're a family of scientists and engineers. Last year, my oldest son graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in BioChemistry. Next month, my 2nd oldest boy will become yet another member of the family to graduate in science and engineering ...

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    It Took Concrete To Erase My Long Held Hatred For NASA

    Posted: 3/29/2019

    Mars

    I’m embarrassed to say I have (wrongly) been a hater of NASA for many, many years. And like so many haters, my hate was based on what I now have discovered to be faulty and flat out wrong information. And then something amazing happened at the World of Concrete show ...

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    Garage Makeovers Shine Bright In The Sunshine State

    Posted: 3/14/2019

    Garage flooring

    Fort Lauderdale is best known for its sunny beaches and boating canals. With near perfect weather year round it allows our SE Florida team to complete garage makeovers even when the rest of the country is still recovering from winter. Check out of some the amazing garage makeovers that happened this winter in Ft Lauderdale ...

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    Best Garage Interiors - Phoenix, Arizona Edition

    Posted: 2/28/2019

    Best Garage Interiors

    Some of the Best Garage Interior Remodels of the last 6 months are coming out of Phoenix, Arizona. Garage floors, garage cabinets, driveways, patios, concrete overlays and more have been installed all over Arizona from Cave Creek to Queen Creek! See these AMAZING garage interior photos ...

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    Best Garage Makeovers - South Carolina Edition

    Posted: 2/18/2019

    Best Garage Makeovers

    Some of the BEST Garage Makeover Photos of the last 6 months are coming out of the Carolinas. Garage floors, garage storage cabinets, driveways, patios and more have been installed all over South Carolina from North Myrtle Beach to Kiawah Island and even Hartsville! See these AMAZING home improvement photos ...

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    Best Floor Coatings for Auto Mechanic Shops - Commercial Flooring

    Posted: 1/31/2019

    Best Commercial Floor Coatings

    Commercial flooring jobs keep our guys in Delaware pretty busy! We receive many phone calls about the best coating for auto mechanic shops. Learn what coatings we recommend and see our latest commercial floor install ...

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    DIY Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Installed in Tucson, Arizona

    Posted: 10/3/2019

    Garage Floor DIY

    YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS amazing garage transformation in Tucson, Arizona. Extraordinary photos and time lapse video of this DIY metallic epoxy garage floor coating install ...

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    Garage Floor Coating Install in Anderson, Indiana

    Posted: 1/17/2019

    Garage Floor Coatings Anderson Indiana

    This garage in Anderson, Indiana, had an old epoxy coating on it that was starting to look pretty bad. It was peeling up and completely gone in some places. We removed the old epoxy concrete coating and installed a brand new polyaspartic one ...

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