Tell me about garage floor coatings
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I'm finally building my dream garage.
The builder did not seal the concrete because I told him I was going to coat it right away. Originally I was planning on DIY epoxy coating but I'm wondering if that's a good idea or if there are better options?
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Re: Tell me about garage floor coatings
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I've done 2 myself
First one was a rented space in Texas I had, my next door neighbor did his with a two part Martin Seymour product and had a whole bunch left over , so I quickly ran to store bought some tide clothes detergent scrubbed floor best I could in about an hour, used a big fan and dried the floor and taped off a section about 25 x 30 .. it flowed out nicely and it held up unbelievably well .. I painted the edges with a behr product , it wasn't great to say the least , the stuff he gave me was something like 120 a gallon at the time when mixed
It was pretty slippery when wet
I did my 1st garage in Texas with the rustoleom kits , it turned out ok , I put flakes and grit in it , i learned quickly what not to do with those flakes .. lol
I keep meaning to paint mine , just never get around to it .. I'd do mine myself again , its a garage floor , not going to spend $3000 or $3500 to have it done
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Re: Tell me about garage floor coatings
[Re: A39Coronet]
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The DIY kits are junk, I've seen them used and they've turned out terrible. If you epoxy you have to grind as prep, nothing else will get that adhesion. We had ours done by Pittsburgh Garage and I'm always so glad I didn't try to DIY. I agree. The Rustoleum is not good. You CAN buy the professional stuff You can rent a shot blaster or scarifying machine to prep the floor. I'd recommend the shot blaster. Less mess. The pros use a 24" unit but will only rent you a 12" unit. Its a bunch of work. Ask how I know. We just had our 2-1/2 car garage quoted. Like $2000. When I figure in the weekend of effort, rental and supplies and the fact that I can count the number of weekends left in my life on my hands, $2000 is cheap
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Re: Tell me about garage floor coatings
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09/07/22 08:39 PM
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I expoxyed mine with those little flakes. 24x36. Turned out great and that was in 2007. The flakes give some grip. Enough I have never noticed the floor being slick and haven't noticed any wear and I'm dragging a huge floor jack across it often as well as engine hoist from time to time. Still looks good also.
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Re: Tell me about garage floor coatings
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I've got someone coming Monday to do an estimate.
After doing a bit of research I've determined I'd have to spend around $1000 in materials if I do it myself.
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Re: Tell me about garage floor coatings
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09/08/22 09:49 PM
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I've just gone through this myself and decided on this product: https://www.costco.ca/ultralock-black-and-grey-solid-garage-tiles.product.100352733.htmlThe closest comparison I could find, in the US, to the above was this product: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-1...-Flooring-Tile-6-Pack-HDTRP6DG/312535726I watched several YouTube videos on professionally done epoxy floor coatings compared to what Rustoleum showed for their kits and I could see why there was a difference. My cost for the Ultralock tiles to cover a 1,200 sq ft shop was just over $5,000 CDN. Costco Canada offers free shipping so that was the deciding factor for me. I knew having the epoxy professionally done was going to cost more based on what others told me so I didn't bother asking for a quote. Let us know how it works out for you. Mike.
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Re: Tell me about garage floor coatings
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Cool stuff, but it would cost me $2250 for enough to do my garage.
The place I have coming on Monday said they typically do a 1200sq.ft floor for $3500 and my garage is half that, so maybe it won't be so bad?
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Re: Tell me about garage floor coatings
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Too much welding, grinding, rolling of steel wheel engine dollies and floor Jack's in my garage. I would just ruin the coating way to fast to consider. Plus I have way too much in the garage to move out to even consider doing the coating. 3 cars plus all the equipment and storage shelves/cabinet all in a 2 car garage .
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Re: Tell me about garage floor coatings
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09/12/22 06:14 PM
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The quote was $3600 which would take a good chunk of my budget. I'll have to do some more research and decide if it's worth it.
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