Garage floor coating

Scott714

Scott714

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Moving in the next few weeks and want to paint the garage floor before I put all my stuff in there. Want to use one of the do it yourself kits. Anyone have any tips on prep or brand of kit to use ?

Thanks
 
spend the extra money and acid etch and/or rent an industrial concrete sander. i prepped the shit out of mine with a circular type floor sander and it still has peeled up in spots where tires park and a few other spots.

i used a kit i got from sams club. i cant remember the brand of it. but it was a little under rated on the sq footage. however mine may have gone down a little thinner than supposed to. i used 2 kits instead of 3 like it told me i would need.
 
kammi10 said:
spend the extra money and acid etch and/or rent an industrial concrete sander. i prepped the shit out of mine with a circular type floor sander and it still has peeled up in spots where tires park and a few other spots.

i used a kit i got from sams club. i cant remember the brand of it. but it was a little under rated on the sq footage. however mine may have gone down a little thinner than supposed to. i used 2 kits instead of 3 like it told me i would need.
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Thanks. I have the rubber floor mats but I'd really like to do a good job and have it last a while.
 
Epoxy coat.

Make sure to do a moisture test before you even start, and use an acid etch and/or floor grinder to prep the surface beforehand.

Garage Journal has tons of threads on epoxy floor prep and application.
 
If you acid etch, make sure you rinse the floor THOROUGHLY before continuing to neutralize the acid, or it will slowly eat the concrete beneath the coating. Had a professional tell me that, he recommended the floor grinders to prep if you have an empty garage and the ability, as it is a better prep, and gives better bite. I really like the polished/sealed concrete idea like you see in Lowes/HD just get's slippery when oiled.
 
I did a polyurea coating (three coats, last with sand) and I'm not real impressed so far after a year. I rented the floor polisher from Home Depot with the diamabrush wheel for prep. Hooked up a shop vac to it with a dust deputy to keep the dust down. Nice thing was that I was able to do it by myself over a weekend when it was colder out, wouldn't have been able to do that with an epoxy. I think if I were to do it again I'd look at tiles or something that's easy to touch up like the rust bullet that someone started selling for the floor.
 
Something else, when you're prepping the floors, treat the garage like a clean room. No one in on top of it until the coating dries.
 
how old is the house? if its a older house the floor wont have a vapor barrier and you are wasting your time
 
If you move, you can take the floor out. The only con I have found is regarding welding. You have to use a welding blanket. Otherwise I love it. Not cold to lay on, will never peel up. I had my garage epoxy coated by a professional company, and it eventually peeled. Has to do with Michigan. The cement is going to sweat in the spring unless you heat the garage all the time. Just my 2 cents





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I used those guys in Mt Clemens but i wouldn't recommend them (Epoxy Coat I think). I rented a diamond grinder from Home Depot for the prep, then power washed it 2 or 3 times. I put the stuff down, and it stuck fine. The problem was that it bubbled. I called them and the lady was like "Oh yea, you just need to hit it with a leafblower to knock down the bubbles." Are you fucking kidding me? She acted like it was totally normal. I don;t own a leafblower, and even if I did, I am not sure I would crank it up over fresh epoxy.

Other than that, it has stayed down great. Hot rubber and oil drips all the time, and nothing sticks to it and no sign of it coming up. You can see little bubble spots all over it though. I would find another brand that has no mention of the word "Bubble" if I had to do it again.

-Geoff
 
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