Floor Coating
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Floor Coating
Have any of you guys coated your garage floor? I am looking to coat my new floor and I would like to use real epoxie. The two part plastic stuff, not the water based product you get in the bog box store.
I have seen the water based stuff after several years and they are dull grey. No gloss left. I can't help but think that real epoxie should last much longer. Any experience?
I let the wife have her way in the kitchen and now I am getting mine in the garage. He He!
Thanks in advance
Steve
I have seen the water based stuff after several years and they are dull grey. No gloss left. I can't help but think that real epoxie should last much longer. Any experience?
I let the wife have her way in the kitchen and now I am getting mine in the garage. He He!
Thanks in advance
Steve
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Do a search on here for floor coatings and you will find many, many posts about it. I used Ucoat It on my floor and would use it again in an instant. It's not cheap, but I've seen the abuse it can take at the Carlisle fairgrounds and if it can handle that, it can handle what I will give it.
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I know absolutely nothing about floor coating but just so happens there's a neighbor who will spends weeks reading all the material he can find on the product before making a decision, to the extent it drives his wife up the wall. They recently returned from applying floor coating to garage in a home they just had built in AZ. I am not ready to add floor coating to my shop and thought it best to bookmark his source or I would have to do the research myself, don't have the patience. Anyhow, if recall, they said it can be found in either Home Depot, or Lowes, or both, I have not checked. He mentioned the warranty is greater with this product than other's.
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I used the Home depot product but I can't remember the specific name. I thought it was epoxy. I applied it to a brand new concrete floor carefully following the instructions. It turned out really good but hasn't worn quite as well as I would have liked. It tends to flake up if you park the car inside after it has been raining. I like the smooth finish which makes it easier to sweep it. It tends to chip rather badly at the expansion joints as I run over it with the creeper. I would probably try to upgrade if I did it again. It is a lot of work to do it right and I would much prefer to do it only once.
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I used a 2 part epoxie from Rustolium, not sure on how they spell it. Mostly good so far, but the last part, just inside the roll up door peeled, but the temp had droped WAY below what they recomended. So when, or if it ever warms up here, I'm going to redo that part. But other than that, it has been good, but only 2 years old.
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I used this in my basement:
RustOleum.com
It looks good, but some things about it....Its basically paint, not very thick. It still looks good (3 years), but while moving my weight machine, it fell off the rollers and scraped some off. Other than that, it was cake to install, just prep the surface real good and roll it on and sprinkle the plastic chips on.....literally 1-2-3!
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RustOleum.com
It looks good, but some things about it....Its basically paint, not very thick. It still looks good (3 years), but while moving my weight machine, it fell off the rollers and scraped some off. Other than that, it was cake to install, just prep the surface real good and roll it on and sprinkle the plastic chips on.....literally 1-2-3!
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I used the Rustoleum epoxy floor coating in the garage on the house 16 years ago. It has done very well. It is partly worn off where the cars tires roll in and out. The rest of the floor looks like the day I put it down. Did my workshop, a few months ago, with the same stuff. Came out great. The whole secret is the preparation. You can't overdo the prep. The better you do it, the better the coating will be.
I did the workshop with some other coating ( don't remember what it was) several years ago. It never was any good. Peeled up in places, came off where ever water sat on it for a length of time, didn't like oil spills. I completely removed it with the best paint stripper I could get, water blasted it with 2500 PSI and then etched it with Muriatic acid. Came out good.
I did the workshop with some other coating ( don't remember what it was) several years ago. It never was any good. Peeled up in places, came off where ever water sat on it for a length of time, didn't like oil spills. I completely removed it with the best paint stripper I could get, water blasted it with 2500 PSI and then etched it with Muriatic acid. Came out good.
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I have seen different coating used with differnt degrees of failure or sucess. The most important thing to remember is proper prep and application temps. The best jobs I have seen and where the epoxy has lasted was to either sandblast the concrete or wash it with muriatic acid. This will etch the concrete and allow the paint to properly bite into the concrete. Also remember, you get what you pay for as well. The better floor epoxies will run you around $100 a gallon IRC
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Which ever product you decide on, I imagine the applications are the same. My neighbor mentioned they followed the instructions and very please with the result. Also said there were a couple of steps they would change slightly, felt it would make the process little easier, if recall, it had to do with applying the chip flakes. but not certain. I will try and confirm next time I see them.
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You should do a little more research. Sure the consumer based products are OK.
But, there are much better products available for a little more money. The higher the 'SOLIDS' in the Epoxy, the harder it will become. Thus, the better it will wear.
I've seen a guy on ebay selling the high solids formula (ie:commercial) at a very competitive price vs Rustoleum,etc.
But, there are much better products available for a little more money. The higher the 'SOLIDS' in the Epoxy, the harder it will become. Thus, the better it will wear.
I've seen a guy on ebay selling the high solids formula (ie:commercial) at a very competitive price vs Rustoleum,etc.
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I first read about this place in "Hot Rod" Magazine, the guy who used this product was very happy with it and the prep didnt seem like it was huge deal.
Ive contacted them, seem like great people, and very helpful, I think this is the way I am going to go with the floor in my shop
I first read about this place in "Hot Rod" Magazine, the guy who used this product was very happy with it and the prep didnt seem like it was huge deal.
Ive contacted them, seem like great people, and very helpful, I think this is the way I am going to go with the floor in my shop
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This we site has alot of good information, in the Flooring forum.
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