garage floor epoxy/sealers

[redwing]

edit: or has anyone installed a modular floor unit like racedeck or motofloor?


has anyone done this themselves?

i was lookijg at the behr sysytem for sealing/texturing the garage floor; 2 parts & colors available with added flakes;

just wondering how the final results were and if it's 'do it yourself' job or not;

thanks to all

wk

 

[adamant]

has anyone done this themselves?

i was lookijg at the behr sysytem for sealing/texturing the garage floor; 2 parts & colors available with added flakes;

just wondering how the final results were and if it's 'do it yourself' job or not;

thanks to all

wk

I could use something like this in my basement..

 

[airplanedoc]

I did my garage floor a few years ago.

Preperation is key. You have to acid etch the floor to remove all of the sealer placed over the concrete. I used 25 gal of muratic acid, (2 car garage). It was not a pleasant 3 days acid washing the floor then scrubbing the entire thing with a hard brissle broom to get the sealer off.

I have a buddy who just followed the directions on the box and his floor is peeling in several pieces. Mine looks great. Nothing hurts it either. I use a little simple green and oil gas and winter road grime, just hose right out, can't even tell it was there.

 

[adamant]

I did my garage floor a few years ago.

Preperation is key. You have to acid etch the floor to remove all of the sealer placed over the concrete. I used 25 gal of muratic acid, 92 car garage). It was not a pleasant 3 days acid washing the floor then scrubbing the entire thing with a hard brissle broom to get the sealer off.

I have a buddy who just followed the directions on the box and his floor is peeling in several pieces. Mine looks great. Nothing hurts it either. I use a little simple green and oil gas and winter road grime, just hose right out, can't even tell it was there.

I guess I won't be doing this in my basement.

 

[RBE17]

I did this in my last garage and have mixed feelings about it. As stated, prep is the key. I hosed and scrubbed mine w/ the cleaner in the kit. In retrospect, I wish I would've acid etched it. I put mine on a little thin as I had some left over. When it was finished it looked great and really brightened up the garage. It was a dream to work on w/ a creeper, too. Sweaping it was a breeze. However, be careful walking on it when it's wet or if you get any automobile fluid on it. It is slick as snot even w/ the flakes in it. I almost fell more than once in the 3+ years I had it on. It is not an end all protectant to the floor. It was great for driving a car on and off and the ocassional oil change, but if you're going to wrench a lot on cars make sure you prep properly and apply enough epoxy. Like I said, mine was thin and it took a beating is various spots. Most of that was rough use as I was rebuilding a car at the time.

 

[Alacrity59]

I did my garage floor a few years ago.

Preperation is key. You have to acid etch the floor to remove all of the sealer placed over the concrete. I used 25 gal of muratic acid, 92 car garage). It was not a pleasant 3 days acid washing the floor then scrubbing the entire thing with a hard brissle broom to get the sealer off.

I have a buddy who just followed the directions on the box and his floor is peeling in several pieces. Mine looks great. Nothing hurts it either. I use a little simple green and oil gas and winter road grime, just hose right out, can't even tell it was there.

So it could take me an hour of prep and 2 quarts of muratic acid for a 2 car garage? I've been thinking of this for a while. I'm a bit concerned as the garage floor is quite pockmarked being about 25 years old.

 

[airplanedoc]

Fixed it.

If I remember the temp range for proper curing was quite narrow as well.

I was a little over a week total, 2 days removing everything from garage to a 24' trailer 3 preparing surface, 1 to coat, 4 to full cure, then replacing eveything in the garage. I also painted all the walls at the same time. Actual work time was not much, but wait time was long.

 

[redwing]

how strong was the muriatic acid?

did u kill any grass when u washed it off?

what kits did u guys use?

 

[perry]

I was worried about the prep when I moved in to my 12 year old house last fall. I didn't want the peeling so I paid a company $800 to do it all for me (400sq ft garage). They mechanically ground the floor and did a two part process and lots of flakes. Time will tell, but it looks great.

You don't want water based kits. This is what I would have ordered had I done it myself - http://www.epoxy-coat.com/

 

[airplanedoc]

I used quickcrete.

I got the muratic acid at Lowes, it is cheaper and stronger than the "garage floor Epoxy prep stuff" I did have some Dupont Imron, and toughcoat overspray on the floor I had to get rid of.

 

[redwing]

what about those modular floor kits like Motofloor or racedeck (same co) -

costco has the Motofloor, but i cant see any grooves/gaps for the water to drip down / away from the vehicles? maybe i just cant see them, but it looks like pretty toght gaps/seams; i'd prefer the vented tiles, since in mich we get that stuff called snow! and it eventually melts, so i dont want to walk thru a pool of it in my garage;

just wondering

wk

 

[airplanedoc]

what about those modular floor kits like Motofloor or racedeck

I have seen those, but always wondered where the water, dirt, oil etc go.

I would have one in a instant in a showroom type of garage, but for a everyday use/working garage, I am not sure.

 

[Mink]

They're nice but your number one problem will be hot tires. If you park your car on it after driving a long way - during the warmer months - the coating will adhere to the tires and peel off when you drive away the next time. You can repair it, but it's impossible to get it perfect so that the repair is invisible.

It's perfect for a shop floor, especially if you just have a grey concrete floor.

 

[airplanedoc]

They're nice but your number one problem will be hot tires. If you park your car on it after driving a long way - during the warmer months - the coating will adhere to the tires and peel off when you drive away the next time. You can repair it, but it's impossible to get it perfect so that the repair is invisible.

It's perfect for a shop floor, especially if you just have a grey concrete floor.

Its never been a problem for mine, I really think it is a prep issue, and people are not get the floor ultra clean where the car sits. My friend that did his floor just before me, had this problem, but it is also peeling in other areas where you can not get a car tire

 

[VR6ofpain]

However, be careful walking on it when it's wet or if you get any automobile fluid on it. It is slick as snot even w/ the flakes in it. I almost fell more than once in the 3+ years I had it on.

This is what scares me about this things. Thanks for confirming my concern. I'll no longer be pestered with wanting to do this.

 

[azmark]

At my old home the floors came done and stood up pretty well but I had a local company that does the spray on bed liners to do a 5' x 15 foot section where I had tools. The spray on was amazing but expensive.

 

[RBE17]

They're nice but your number one problem will be hot tires. If you park your car on it after driving a long way - during the warmer months - the coating will adhere to the tires and peel off when you drive away the next time. You can repair it, but it's impossible to get it perfect so that the repair is invisible.

It's perfect for a shop floor, especially if you just have a grey concrete floor.

Its never been a problem for mine, I really think it is a prep issue, and people are not get the floor ultra clean where the car sits. My friend that did his floor just before me, had this problem, but it is also peeling in other areas where you can not get a car tire

I agree w/ you that it is a prep issue. I had heard about that happening to people and was concerned about it. However, even w/ the cleaner provided in the kit I never had it peel up onto the tires after driving. My wife pulled right into the garage daily after driving 25+ miles home.

This is what scares me about this things. Thanks for confirming my concern. I'll no longer be pestered with wanting to do this.

It is a concern, but I wouldn't let it deter you. The biggest issues were when I would wash the floor. There would be a lot of water on it and if I was walking across it sometimes I would slip. The other issue was when my wife would pull in after a snow storm. The snow would melt and if I was paying attention and walked through it, I would slip. Eventually, I just would go out and clean up any wet spots before getting to work.