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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Doug Money - Braidwood, IL on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 01:15 am:

What have you used for a permanent floor coating and how has it worked out for you? I would like to finish my garage floor this year. Looking for ideas and info. Thanks.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Greg Whaley, Georgetown Ontario Canada on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 01:40 am:

I tried an epoxy coating on my garage floor when my house was new. I think the concrete hadn't cured enough yet, because it didn't stick well at all.....I now have rubber tiles on my floor and love them - nice and comfy to stand on, and easy to clean too - just some spray nine and a mop and they clean right up.... (pardon the messy garage.)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Doug Money - Braidwood, IL on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 01:44 am:

Are those like the peel and stick?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Greg Whaley, Georgetown Ontario Canada on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 01:46 am:

Nope. They fit together - tongue and groove kind of. Work like a charm. I put the whole floor down in less than two hours. If one gets damaged, it can be pulled out and replaced very easily. Haven't damaged one yet though.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rich Stinchcomb, Trumbull, CT on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 06:18 am:

I put an epoxy coating on my new garage floor over thirteen years ago. Even though it was new at the time, I etched the concrete with muriatic acid. I got the epoxy coating from Home Depot. It did create a strong smell for a day or so. The coating is tough as nails. Oil, brake fluid can stay on it for months at a time and doesn't damage the coating. I have to drop something heavy to damage it. If it is a humid day, water can condense on it and make it slippery. Not a big deal for me since the detached garage is not used for foot traffic. If I were to epoxy my attached garage where people walk in and out of the house, I'd add a no-slip additive to the coating before applying.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Wicker on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 06:29 am:

I used the paint kit made for garage floors that they sell at Slowe'S (lowe'S)
It holding up well after 6 years,the floor jack has worn down a spot of too. Easy to clean.
I think the kit is made by rustolem.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 09:18 am:

I've coated my garage floor with oil, antifreeze, paint, gas, kerosene, grease and several different chemicals that shouldn't spend any amount of time on a garage floor. My garage has to be my shop.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 09:32 am:

We sell a Loctite product to the sawmills called Loctite Bigfoot in vehicular and pedestrian grades. Excellent stuff and very popular.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/107865359/LOCTITE_Big_Foot_Heavy_Duty_Pedest rian.html


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 09:42 am:

Danial is there a MSRP on the stuff? My neighbor just did his floor in John Deere Yellow with black flake. I like the bright color but I hope he never has to locate a small part on the coating with all that flake.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 09:51 am:

Mike, the Bigfoot we sell is gun-metal gray in color. Just now seeing that that link I provided shows it as Safety Yellow.

I'm at home for the moment, but I think we sell the vehicular grade (designed to withstand a lot of weight rollingover it) for about $100 per 5 gallon bucket.

That's just off the top of my head. I do know we sold it for $75 for years but like everything else, inflation has hit it hard over the past couple years.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 09:54 am:

http://www.rshughes.com/products/079340_96221.html

These guys are selling one gallon of the vehicular grade for $132!

I think that's WAY off base but I'll double check when I get into the shop later this afternoon.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 09:54 am:

Thank you. I put the web address on my favorites.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 10:22 am:

Personaly I used big box store epoxy paint. It was already painted. I holds up well and needs re-coating every few years. I stayed away from the 2 part stuff (the type where you toss the chips on the floor before it dries). The reason being I work in there and jacks & stands will damage it so a recoatable covering was in order. I think I'd have been better off just sealing it with some kind of clear coat instead but as mentioned it was painted already.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Frank Harris from Long Beach & Big Bear on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 11:36 am:

I looked it up and they charge $100 for a gallon which covers 50 square feet. Our garage is 20 feet long and 30 feet wide. At 600 square feet it would cost us $1200 to coat our floor. I am like Mike Garrison and have coated our floor with spilled paint, grease, old drop cloths, and sawdust. I have so much stuff stacked that Mary has to park her Jaguar with the help of a shoe horn. Lots of upright free-standing power tools a six foot long lathe , two roll-aways and three cars. We could never ever empty it in order to coat the floor and then if we did get it done you would not be able to see it when we got everything put back inside. But someday I will do it and it will be a treasure hunt when I relocate all of my missing stuff. One must step carefully in Fast Frank's garage.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ex trooper on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 12:24 pm:

A gallon at 3-4 mils should cover 300-400 sq ft of urethane and 260 with catylized epoxy. 50 sq ft would be about 1/4" thick... troop


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ex trooper on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 12:25 pm:

DUH!! Heres the link...

http://www.homedepot.com/buy/rust-oleum-1-gallon-semigloss-2-part-epoxy-garage-f loor-coating-kit-203006.html


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Frank Harris from Long Beach & Big Bear on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 12:55 pm:

I looked up high quality professional grade garage floor covering and was directed to two types. One was for vehicle traffic and the other one was for pedestrian traffic. It is the tough stuff they paint cross walks and directional arrows on the streets and the traffic lane lines. It is tough and not just a thin film of paint that will wear off from rolling floor jacks and parking your car.

The product I found was called Loctite Big Foot Heavy Duty Pedestrian Grade Anti-Slip Coating - 96261 and it sells for $126.64 a gallon which covers 50 square feet. Here is the link

http://www.shoplet.com/Loctite-Big-Foot-Heavy-Duty-Pedestrian-Grade-Anti-Slip-Co ating-96261/SEPTLS44296261/spdv


Loctite also sells a 25 gallon bucket of another product called Nordbak Pneu-Wear - 98382

It's filled with small ceramic beads and silicone carbide for maximum protection against fine particle abrasion to 250F. Trowelable.

$811.27 but it does not state the coverage. It appears that you get what you pay for.

I used a five gallon bucket of a one part epoxy on the floor of our trailer and got two coats on the tread pattern and did the entire floor and ramp. It cost me about $35 and I applied it with a roller and threw sand on it while it dried. It has lasted 12 years and shows very little wear. It covered 200 square feet.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 06:25 pm:

I'm also curious about how the coatings hold up to the road salt that comes off with the melting ice and snow from the vehicles here in the great white Nort'.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Murray - Anacortes, WA on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 01:39 am:

Hi Doug,

I had some pro's (PremierGarage) come in and coat our floor. Kinda spendy but turned out great and has held up very well to oil, gas and water. Clean up is easy, I just take out the 2-stroke blower and blow out the dust and dirt from the in coming tires. Oil spills clean up with carb cleaner or lacquer thinner with no detrimental effects to finish.

We got this color called Smokerado !!

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Hope that helps,

W


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Doug Money - Braidwood, IL on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 08:14 am:

One thing I am concerned about is the garage is 1680 sq ft. As Frank mentioned, I could have nearly $3500 in it according to his calculations. I love the looks of the coated floors and that it's easier to clean up. Not sure about specks since we aren't getting any younger and finding those loose screw on the floor get harder every year.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Greg Kuhnash Southeastern Ohio on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 08:17 am:

I used a product from a company called epoxy coat. Follow the instructions and has been down for about 6 years looks as good as when I put it in. Sweep it off wet mop it, sparkles and shines. Spills clean up easily, steel wheel jacks dont hurt it. Here is the link.
http://www.epoxy-coat.com/

greg


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gerald J. Roberts - Hershey, PA on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 09:17 am:

Greg Whaley, What is the brand name? or do you have a source for those Rubber tiles?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Hughes, Raymond, NE on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 09:21 am:

You might want to check out these guys. I don't yet have any personal experience with it, but if the Coast Guard uses it, and it is used in airplane hangers, it must be pretty good. Also the full kit with everything needed is $.98 per square foot so you would be at about $1680 for your garage. I think these are the guys I am going to go with once my garage is finished.

http://www.armorcladepoxy.com/

Steve


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rich Stinchcomb, Trumbull, CT on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 09:23 am:

Using the Rust-Oleum product, I did 750 sq ft for about $250. What I like best about it is how easy it is to clean up spills and sweep dust.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Hughes, Raymond, NE on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 10:04 am:

Actually, this is the product of theirs that I was looking at using, and is the $.98 per square foot with their "job on a pallet" that has everything you need.

http://www.armorpoxy.com/commercial-floors-and-hangars/armorpoxy-ii/

Steve


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Greg Kuhnash Southeastern Ohio on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 10:09 am:

May help to visit the forum at the garage journal for floor coatings. There used to be a guy who was in the business that was a big help for questions.
Here is that link to the site.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/

greg


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Willie K Cordes on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 10:22 am:

None of those products seem to work on my "dirt" floor. They just make the dirt ball up a little, but no real coating.
We do have some sort of a flat belt that is about 15 ft by 40 ft that covers some of the floor in the main work area. Easy to sweep and keep clean.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Dunlavy, Iowa USA on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 10:55 am:

When I built my shop (52x80) in 1999, I put some water based epoxy on it. It was unsatisfactory as spilled gasoline caused it to wrinkle and lift. Also I think the stuff the concrete finishers sprayed on it to cure it caused it to adhere poorly. I used a floor scrubber/buffer with carbide abrasive cutters to remove the paint and get rid if the coating.
I then saw Rustoleum floor coatings at Menards.
As I recall there were 3 grades of them - Garage, Commercial (maybe) and Industrial. Menards had the Industrial on sale for maybe $50 a kit. The main shop area of my building is 52 by 40 (2000sft). After 12 years of abuse, the bonding to the concrete is fantastic. You can leave gasoline sit on it for days with no lifting or wrinkling. It is tough, but if you drag a car on a jack sideways across it, it will leave a scrape. Also welding sparks will cause burned dots in it.
When I get ready to do it again, if I ever live that long, I'll get the floor scrubber/buffer and remove the glaze before repainting. I did put some sandy stuff that came with it to keep it from being too slick which works fine.
here is a link to the shop - http://www.dunlavy.us/pano/pano2/pano2.html
(if that doesn't work, just go to http://www.dunlavy.us and go to Misc and Look around the shop.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 11:01 am:

Dave, it's not nice to tell someone your not really sure if you like them but, looking at your shop made me very envious and now I'm jealous and having a hard time determining whether I like you or not. Man would I love a shop like that. It would be better than my 24X24 heated garage.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eric Hylen- Central Minnesota on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 04:52 pm:

My garage has that gray epoxy crap on the floor. It was here when I bought the house. It's fine much of the time, but its really slippery when wet. It's downright dangerous when its got a little snow on it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eric Hylen- Central Minnesota on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 05:10 pm:

Mike,
For what it's worth, Dave has my seal of approval, but I'm envious of his shop, Model F and Model S. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Scherzer on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 08:10 pm:

I did as Rich with the Rust-Oleum epoxy coating and it has held up fine. Its been down since 2008 and still looks good. About the only thing I wish I hadn't done was putting the glass shot in the mix which was to make it slip proof but it's a bugger to squeegee water off. Bob

Floor coating

Floor coating


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John F. Regan on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 08:58 pm:

Doug:

In the Midwest Chapter was a member who has since relocated to Wisconsin and he was NOT chased out of town ha ha. He did epoxy floors as a business big time and got into it very early. He sent his crew over and they did my garage floors (3 - 1/2 car size). The floor was about 5 to 8 year old concrete at that point. That was about 12 years ago or perhaps more and it has held up wonderfully. Never any adhesion issues. I did accidentally drop a welding torch on a portion and it was slightly damaged. It cleans up really easy with my power floor buffer equipped with bristle brush. Semi-annually we simply roll everything out of the garage and drop some degreaser purple cleaner full strength on the floor and let the commercial grade floor buffer swish it around the whole floor. When that is done we just hose it out and it looks brand new again. While I agree that you don't want a slippery floor, you do want to kinda think it through a bit since if you leave it rough everywhere then you just make it harder to clean up. Plan your walkways and places cars will park and make the walk ways a bit rough and the parking places leave smooth for easier clean up. I love the stuff. Call me at home and I will share the name of the fellow since he may be retired and I don't want to publish his name here. He would be THE GUY you want to talk to since he is out of the business but can tell you all the ins and outs of what you want.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 09:22 pm:

Yeah Dave that water based epoxy won't adhere to the sealer sprayed on your concrete originally. Hell, it won't even stick to itself! I get a slight lifting from hot tires hitting the same spot over & over again. Like I said it was painted when I moved in and re-painting every 3-4 years is a heck of a lot easier that sanding back to concrete. Plus the constant work going on knocks it up pretty good.


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