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…think…if I was a primer, where would I go? 😁

My basement reloading room has a concrete floor. I did an epoxy floor coating, and find it to be perfect: looks good, zero maintenance, super easy clean up/finding lost items. About a month after I completed the epoxy coating, the basement flooded due to a heavy thunderstorm. The water vacuumed right up with a wet/dry shop vac, and within an hour the floor was bone dry with no ill affects. Based on my experience with this floor, I would always epoxy coat a basement floor, and then optionally add throw rugs or rubber mats if I wanted something more foot friendly than hard concrete.


Doing some wintertime dog training, which shows the epoxy floor:

Thanks guys. Y'all have given me a lot to consider.

Two loading rooms!!? That’s pretty fancy.

Well, one is for when he is gonna be messy and spill powder, and the other is for when everything is gonna go as plannned.

why the glue down ?? I install flooring for a job and been doing it for 35yrs still trying to figure out why people want to permanently attach something to their subfloor or basment concrete. so just curious ????

I ran over a live primer with casters on a chair and it blew me up off the floor about a foot. damn near thought I was ejecting out of a fighter jet

Carpet. Tight weave. 100%. I reload FAR more shotshells than rifle/pistol. #8 shot is a biotch to contain after it hits a cement floor - it bounces all over hell and gone. Dedicated small shop vac picks up shot and what little powder spills I have. Primers I just reach down and pick up by hand because they don't bounce around. Large long handled magnet picks up all my smalls.

I used epoxy, Lowe's sells it along with flakes. Nice, long lasting finish! I added a rubber mat to ease the load on my legs and back during long sessions of loading. I spill too much powder, shot and primers to use carpet! Yup I still reload shot shells.

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Just what the hell is wrong with this?
My ENTIRE house is painted concrete with throw rugs as needed!

Due to foot and leg injuries, I have to wear lace up boots.
Due to that, I can't easily put on and pull off my boots.
We have grass burs. My wife refused ANY type carpet! 😖
Okay, when it gets muddy, I can make a pretty good mess!
But it ain't THAT hard to clean up!

Maybe it ain't as pretty as hardwood, heart pine or parquet or as warm as carpet, but is sure easier to take care of!

Well I have decided to go with glued down LVP after considering the opinions offered here and by my local flooring store. Here is what will be installed, and a pic of the latest progress.

Shoulda gone with solid white so you can find sheet when you drop it. Nowadays I'll hunt 10 minutes for a dropped primer if I have to. 🤣

I have a young wife with good eyes, so I'll only have to look for dropped primers for so long before I can call in reinforcements!

Your gunna need some outlets up above bench height.

My gun room has very dense solid interlocking rubber mats 1/2”thick over the concrete, gives it a solid black floor.

It’s warm, indestructible, easy to stand on and anything that falls on it is not marked or damaged. A rug here and there brightens it up.

Vacuumed or sweep, nothing adheres to it dry or a liquid.

Osky

Come on man, that was too wasy.

Nice choice. You won't be disappointed. It's going to look nice when it's finished.

Yes sir, I have that covered.

good job there mr Moore.

question for the 'fire members:

now that I'm old, I've started to wonder why ALL outlets aren't above desktop/countertop height? Tradition?

Haha I'd go along with that line of thinking!