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.

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...hop1110001.jpg

I am planning on using the rustoleum product to :tup: I have seen a friends dads garage that he use it on and it looks great almost 5 years later

Speaking of garages, my buddy did his floor in those foam locking puzzle pieces. But the gym grade stuff. Its pretty sweet working on his car, nice and soft. Knees don't hurt when you are done. Although, it will be interesting to see what happens to it when it get oil or something on it.

i use to use those foam locking tiles next to my workbench. they are comfy to stand on for sure.

but not sure if putting your car on it for prolonged period (winter hibernation) would deform it permanently? :confused:

I haven't figured out the cost yet but the racedeck option looks pretty nice!
Race deck | Garage flooring |Race deck garage flooring | Race Deck.com

I don't think I'm going to be able to get all the stains off my garage floor and with this it wont matter. That and it looks awesome!


you have to request quotes so it most likely pretty expensive...

Yeah, or even overnight

Hey Alex, can you snap us some pics???

yah, racedeck for my small 2.5car garage came out about $1800 which i thought was a pretty good deal. :)

the only thing holding me back is im not sure how smoothly i can get my hydraulic jack under the car to raise it from time to time in tight space. i dont want the tile patterns getting into the way of the rollers on the jacks.

and my concrete is still pretty clean.

I would look into the stuff they put on airplane hangers, its white and everything cleans off of it oil and all, dont know the name of the sutff tho,

I'd assume it's close to the same thing as the epoxy the OP wants to try, just more white?
The only one I have been in was at an Army base, and I wasn't paying much attention to the floor because I was shítting myself at the size of the V22's and other helicopters

so to give a quick update

i choose Garages, Basements, Indoor & Residential | Armor Poxy


today power washed brushed and etched


http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/z...w/IMG_1155.jpg

think i gotta get a heater to help it dry..... its a little cold

Sure thing. Hes getting back from deployment in late march. Ill snap some next time im over his place

Make sure you double check the directions. All the products when I originally looked into this wanted to be applied at an ambient temperature >= 50 F so I put the project off till the spring time. Hate to see you do all that work just to have it lift or peel.

Looks like most of their products are okay down to 40F :tup:

"Note: ArmorClad should be applied between 50-90 def F and when relative humidity is 80% or less. If cooler, add portable heaters to area to keep air temperatures higher. It should be stored in a dry area at temperatures between 50-95 deg F. Material must be above 60 deg F for installation. Install in areas with proper ventilation. Wear safety glasses, protective clothing and rubber gloves for the duration of preparation and application of ArmorClad."

so good to make me reread the direction, but i should be fine with a couple extra heaters........... famous lost words:ughdance:

GLWS!

(Good Luck With Sealing) :tup:

I used UCoat It Epoxy Floor Coating
Cost about 900 for my 3.5 car garage, but I did it 11 years ago, and it still looks great, despite having my powdercoating shop in the garage for the first 5 years. There are a few stained areas, but nothing that a regular car parking garage should see.