Garage/Shop Floors

[BEARY]

Again, thanks for the feedback. Keep it coming as I'm not starting the project until Saturday...

[Buick355]

I used the Quickrete stuff from Lowe's or Home Depot. It's holding up ok except for a couple of small spots where I applied it too thin (about the size of a quarter). I'll probably touch it up with some matching paint. It was pretty easy to do since my house was pretty new and the garage floor was clean. I think I spent $130 for two kits to do a 2 car garage.

[BEARY]

Epoxy Floors

you can have them look like this and you will not get it to lift without a diamond grinder. cost is usually between 8-12$ per foot.

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[akfodysvn]

Do not use anything in a pre-packaged deal from HD or Lowe's or SW... you will regret it.

I did mine on a brand new garage, FYI. You should prep the floor w/ muriatic acid at least one time to etch and cleanse the floor. The more time you take to prep the better it will last. Make sure you let it air dry for at least 1 day w/ no tracking across it. Sweep it clean, but I would vacuum it w/ a shop-vac. You can tape down plastic on all 4 sides to see if their is any moisture left in the concrete....just a tip I read somewhere.

I used a 2 part epoxy from Benjamin Moore... it was at least sold there, can't remember specifically if it was benny or not. Make certain you use an OIL BASE 2 part epoxy, do NOT use anything that is water based. Put it on heavy, and I did 2 coats on my garage. It has held up really well... and would be absolutely perfect if I would have spent a little more time w/ the muriatic acid. Also find a good mixer that you can attach to your high output drill... it just makes it 10x easier.

[akfodysvn]

I'm not sure how deep the swirls would be from grinding as I didn't do that, but the good epoxy will self level them.

I also may pick another color from gray next time, if you get something like I'm talking about you get whatever tint you want. I just am a freak and can't stand looking at dirt/tire tracks from wet tires.

The stuff I used was about $70/gal, one part epoxy, the other part is the additive and gives you well over a few hours to use it

[BEARY]

Thanks for the feeback!

[Big A]

I've got another vote to stay away from the cheaper Home depot stuff, it will peel and scrape, and is too thin even using every bit provided.

The stuff that kdventura73 suggested sounds like a pretty cost-effective opportunity, I'd be interested to see how it does over time. If you work in the garage a lot, or don't mind spending the money, Grapes suggestion sounds best.

Or how about a nice and comfy shag carpet, and a healthy coat of Scotchgaurd.

[Grape]

the stuff in my pictures above is roughly $43/gallon, 1 gallon of 100% solids covers 200 square feet at 8 mils thick (NO THICKER) on a first coat to keep from outgassing. Once you mix a kit you better hustle, 24 minutes later you better be done trying to move it around.........

[kdventura73]

I'm not sure how deep the swirls would be from grinding as I didn't do that, but the good epoxy will self level them.

I accidentally gouged a couple if spots with the grinder(maybe 1-2mm) and it filled them but I would recommend renting a shot blaster if you were to diy. It actually filled all the small cracks but I had larger one that I am going to grind the epoxy off, fill it in with concrete caulk and redo with the touch kit that epoxymaster sells so it will be crack free. I wish I would of caulked all the cracks in the first place.

[BEARY]

Epoxy > Grape

the stuff in my pictures above is roughly $43/gallon, 1 gallon of 100% solids covers 200 square feet at 8 mils thick (NO THICKER) on a first coat to keep from outgassing. Once you mix a kit you better hustle, 24 minutes later you better be done trying to move it around.........

Can I source it direct from Neogard? If not, can you get me hooked-up on the materials?

[John]

Can I source it direct from Neogard? If not, can you get me hooked-up on the materials?

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[AdRock]

Check out www.garagejournal.com . You'll find a freakin' wealth of info on floor coatings. Here's a link directly to the Flooring part of the forum.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=20

[BEARY]

Check out www.garagejournal.com . You'll find a freakin' wealth of info on floor coatings. Here's a link directly to the Flooring part of the forum.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/f...splay.php?f=20

Been there, read tons of stuff...many mixed reviews...seems like allot of manufacturer reps on there pumping their products and downing others...

[Grape]

Nothing you can buy as a non trained installer will look like my pictures above. However, all the shit people are trying to peddle you will have pictures of pro materials. Pro materials arent sold to non trained installers because if installed or mixed wrong it will burn your house to the ground....

[akfodysvn]

the stuff in my pictures above is roughly $43/gallon, 1 gallon of 100% solids covers 200 square feet at 8 mils thick (NO THICKER) on a first coat to keep from outgassing. Once you mix a kit you better hustle, 24 minutes later you better be done trying to move it around.........

wow that's cheap per gallon... very cheap. So why the fuck does it cost 8-12 a foot? Like someone else said that's the cost of concrete. I just don't get the correlation of overall cost when the product you're talking about (pro products) is cheaper than my DIY job that I'm more than happy with. If it could be done pro for around $500 I totally think it would be worth it, but that's a huge overhead for installation if you ask me. Of course I'm talking one color only w/ no designs or color separations

I could refinish my garage 10 times or more for the cost of the pro-install at 8-12 a foot.