Garage Sealant
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Garage Sealant
I'm not sure what it's called but has anyone on here ever used one of those sealants that you use on garage floors? It's like a coating you put down that keeps the cement free of oil and fluid stains and makes cleanup real easy. Anyone ever put something like that down? I have no idea where to start looking but I'm tired of the way my garage is starting to look.
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There are a couple different kinds at Home Depot or any other home improvement store. Get the 2 part epoxy and do it right. I'm thinking about doing that to mine, but just a heads up, if you weld or cut on your floor, you WILL burn small holes in it and it doesnt look so nice after a while. Very easy to clean up spills!
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I'm buying a new house (new construction, so new concrete in the garage) is it worth doing? I'm thinking that I will never have a better chance to do it than the days before I move in...
Has anyone done this recently and are there any ways to do it for less than the $400 pricetag I am finding online? I haven't been to Lowes or Home Depot yet to check it out, hopefully they have cheaper DIY kits...
Has anyone done this recently and are there any ways to do it for less than the $400 pricetag I am finding online? I haven't been to Lowes or Home Depot yet to check it out, hopefully they have cheaper DIY kits...
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Don’t use the cheap stuff at home depot, I did now I regret it, as stated above use the 2 part epoxy, also read the label most of them want a cure time for the concrete, if you cover it before it cures the finish will not last.
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What was the cost and the cure time? I may not have enough time to let it cure before I need to move in...
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You might also be thinking of regular concrete floor sealer. In NY we put it on as soon as you can walk on it. It seals the "pores" in the floor and makes it easier to sweep.
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Originally Posted by tapper95
What was the cost and the cure time? I may not have enough time to let it cure before I need to move in...
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There is some great information on garage floor coatings at Garage Journal. Used to be Garage Junkies, but the name was just changed. Just about any type of flooring option has been covered.
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That place listed some stuff similar to what I will be using in one thread I saw:
http://www.vseal.com/Industra-seal/Industra-seal.php
Which is one of the ones I am looking at.
With jacks, and welding, and dragging parts around a coating like epoxy would not hold up on my floor. A bare concrete floor dusts badly tho so I settled on a sealant of some type. I have not settled on a brand tho.
I am also looking at:
http://www.concretesealants.com/index.html
http://www.chemrex.com/productsearch...asp?brandID=65
http://www.sikaconstruction.com/
http://www.daytonsuperiorchemical.com/
Calling a distributor or dealer for any one of these will get you information. A water base sealer may be better for indoors but a solvent based product seems to hold up better outside. There have been long term tests of some of these products run by various state highway departments.
http://www.vseal.com/Industra-seal/Industra-seal.php
Which is one of the ones I am looking at.
With jacks, and welding, and dragging parts around a coating like epoxy would not hold up on my floor. A bare concrete floor dusts badly tho so I settled on a sealant of some type. I have not settled on a brand tho.
I am also looking at:
http://www.concretesealants.com/index.html
http://www.chemrex.com/productsearch...asp?brandID=65
http://www.sikaconstruction.com/
http://www.daytonsuperiorchemical.com/
Calling a distributor or dealer for any one of these will get you information. A water base sealer may be better for indoors but a solvent based product seems to hold up better outside. There have been long term tests of some of these products run by various state highway departments.
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Originally Posted by Torque1st
Carter-Waters, and Construction Anchors are both LARGE distibutors for them local to you.
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Thanks, I will call them when I get closer to needing them. A local supplier and manufacturer would be a big plus in my book. They have closed a lot of plants lately tho. Their main location is in Dayton, OH. I have this info for KCK:
DAYTON SUPERIOR
4226 Kansas Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66106
I was just a few blocks from there yesterday.
DAYTON SUPERIOR
4226 Kansas Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66106
I was just a few blocks from there yesterday.
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Originally Posted by Torque1st
Thanks, I will call them when I get closer to needing them. A local supplier and manufacturer would be a big plus in my book. They have closed a lot of plants lately tho. Their main location is in Dayton, OH. I have this info for KCK:
DAYTON SUPERIOR
4226 Kansas Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66106
I was just a few blocks from there yesterday.
DAYTON SUPERIOR
4226 Kansas Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66106
I was just a few blocks from there yesterday.
Alot of the plant closings aren't really what they look like to outsiders. Many of them have been just consolidations of two or three related companies into a single office. Or in a couple of cases they have moved into a larger facility in a different municipality. There have only been really four 'closings' where they moved out of a market in the last five years or so.
The KCK plant though can't find enough employees. The folks there are working 7 days a week right now.
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Hmm I wasn't too far from there the other day also.
Thanks for the info. When the time comes I will definitely check them out. Keeping the $$$ in the local economy is an important consideration for me.
I try to stay as far as possible from chemicals nowadays. Even walking down the detergent, insecticide or fertilizer aisles at stores can make me ill.
You seem to know a lot about they company. Do you have some connection with it?
Thanks for the info. When the time comes I will definitely check them out. Keeping the $$$ in the local economy is an important consideration for me.
I try to stay as far as possible from chemicals nowadays. Even walking down the detergent, insecticide or fertilizer aisles at stores can make me ill.
You seem to know a lot about they company. Do you have some connection with it?
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