epoxy feed back
 

so im looking for some feed back on epoxying my garage floor. i just bought a brand new home, and i want to protect the floor of because im already getting some tire scrub from having parked just a couple nights,


its a 2 bay with 4 foot side storage area, ill post pic later.


please, if you did it yourself, some pics of how it came out would be great

if had a company come in a do it who and how much?

do it yourself with some tiles. much nicer, and its pretty simple. take a look at this forum:

Flooring - The Garage Journal Board

tiles tend to run $2-3/sq foot. will likely last longer, and look way better than epoxy. i plan on doing our garage sometime this summer. hopefully, if the bank account complies :)

I have done this twice. I bought two kits (same size garage) for the first time and it went very well. Sorry, I don't have pics...

The trick is to do a 4ft square area and then toss the paint chips (to make it non slip) and then continue. Make sure the floor is SUPER clean and DRY!!! If there is any moisture it will lift. The second time I did the floor, I used one kit and it did a great job of covering the existing epoxy. The first attempt was good, but I had some moisture in the concrete so it lifted in places.

Another alternative is to put down old-fashioned lineoleum tiles. I did my garage floor this way about a year ago (did a black-white checkerboard pattern), and love it! I did it myself over a couple of weekends (and my knees were killing me by the time I was done), but the results are great - easy clean-up and maintenance, and it should last 30 years or so.

LOL i dont want to use lineoleum, the house i grew up in was owned by a CEO of a lineoleum corp, and covered the house in it. i still have nightmare from it. :ugh2:

i was reading that wearer cleat's helped, doing it in one run. i was going wash one day run a space heat over night to dry it out and then start.


the tiles.... there a slight grade to the driveway/garage so im slighly worried about the tiles ive heard friend of a friends of and friends have issues so thats my reservation:icon14:

I've done this too, no pics because I was helping a friend do his, and the results were great!
It's really nice because we went up the sides of the garage too (they were concrete) and now to wash his garage he pulls the hose in and calls it a day

nice do you remember the brand

Rust-oleum Epoxy shield, lol
I went in the attic to check (I know I have the box, lol)

I did the same thing :)

Easy to clean and looks great! Rust-o-leum too

I'm considering doing my garage right now, but damn there are a lot of oil stains and it scares me!!! :ughdance:
(My buddy's house was brand new)

They said to clean the crap out of it, no primers, no nothing can be used... Oh, and I have to somehow move EVERYTHING out of the 3 car garage that has space for 1 car, LOL

ALSO!!!
Do their clear coat over it!
In my friend's garage we ran out of clear (fortunately where the tool boxes were going to go) but that area looked a lot worse, or it looked not finished

Another guy in the mid Atlantic crew (MightyBobo) made a nice write up about how he did his garage
http://www.the370z.com/mid-atlantic-...ke-garage.html

I plan on also finishing my garage but am waiting til the ambient temperature rises. The epoxy and etching chemicals want to be applied when its 50 degrees(f) or higher. Also need to make sure your floor is extremely clean, no oil marks and the chemical used for that is some potent smelling shiet. My biggest issue is getting the floor clean (not a brand new house) and deciding on a color scheme.

If you don't have a brand new garage, don't count on the kits that you get at a home improvement store working unless you pay a pro to power wash the floor with acid or etch it first. I tried a DIY and it looked good for about a month. Then it started to peel & flake where the tires make contact. I should have bought one of those kits with the snap together rubber tiles. They are easy to install & look good. I only have a 1 car garage so I'll probably end up doing one of those floors this year.

yah, i would do the tiles vs epoxy if diy.

Go over to GJ and read up on it. Even the pros get failures from time to time. To get a good job that will last takes a lot of prep.

I thought I'd do Armstrong tiles in my new garage, but decided against it. I've got them in my kart shop, but if they get wet (or your shoes are wet), they're slicker than snot. If I wasn't planning on moving within a year, I'd do racedeck - and that's probably what I'll do in the new house.

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