Got the Epoxy-Coat for my new shop

[JT56]

Looks to pretty to get dirty!

[Rick_L]

Looking good. Post a followup after it's fully done.

I noticed your comment about the T8 bulbs. I just installed a new T8 fixture a couple of weeks ago and noticed the same thing. They seem to get brighter in the middle the longer they are on. I don't know what bulbs you bought. This fixture had "alto" bulbs, whiter than standard bulbs. I put up another pair of T8 fixtures earlier, those had "natural light" bulbs, those did not seem to do that. Now I have 3 different colors of bulbs, which is kind of a distraction.

[toms57]

Floor looks great.

Tom

[chevynut]

Rick, my bulbs are the T8 daylight white ones. They do come to full brightness eventually, but when it's cold it takes a long time. I like the daylight white T12 bulbs in my other shop so I put these in the new shop.

[carls 56 (RIP 11/24/2021)]

nice job, does look good.

[Rick_L]

Rick, my bulbs are the T8 daylight white ones.

Actually, daylight white is what I have with the latest fixture. Had to go back and look at the packaging. The othe T8 fixture is "natural light" and it's a little whiter/bluer. I'm thinking I prefer the "daylight white" also.

[Fladiver64]

New shop floor looks great to me. I noticed the discussion of the different "color" for bulbs and I would caution against relying on the names such as "natural Light" or daylight", check on the side of the box there should be a color temperature listed in degrees Kelvin. You will see 3200K, 5000K, maybe even as high as 6000K. This is the real color of the bulb and I have seen "daylight bulbs from 3200 to 5500 and there is a big difference. The lower numbers tend to be more yellow and as you get higher to white and then toward blue/purple. Those ridiculous almost purple car head lights are 8500K as an example. I tend to prefer a light about 5000K for work lights but some people consider that too white. The key is finding the one you like and getting the same color temperature, I find different color temperature buld hard on the eyes.

[56-210Sedan]

That turned out very nice, good job

[chevynut]

Fladiver, you're right about the color temperature. I recently bought some LED lights for my travel trailer and they are a bit too white for me. Seems like in a shop the white light is great, but in a living space I like a "warmer" light. I will probably try some of the "warm white" LEDs and see if I like them better. I'll probably get brighter ones to slightly offset the difference in color so I still get a high light level (lumens).

The Philips "Alto" bulbs are 4100K and are considered "Cool White". I believe my bulbs are Philips "Daylight Deluxe" and are 6500K and 2750 lumens. I just noticed they have an 8-year warranty too.

I have eleven 4-bulb fixtures in my new shop. Each bulb is 32 watts so I have a total of 1408 watts. It seems plenty bright for me. Plus I have 6 recessed LED fixtures in my "man cave" corner.

BTW, how are you doing on your 57 4DHT project?

[56-210Sedan]

Laszlo, kinda curious on the shop floor coating. If a person wanted to just do a certain area of there shop do you think this is achievable or would it create a chance to cause it to peel up at the edge? my thought is i have a area that is going to be used for entertainment at times could this be done for such and area without problems.