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hey a little off topic questions. my daughter is building a new house and wants an epoixy floor for her garage. both she and her husband are into detailing (courtesy of moi). I do know that you need to wait 30 to 60 days for the concrete to cure after pouring before doing an epoxy floor. i wanted to know if anyone has a couple product recommendations for this. looks to be pretty straightforward process but the devil is always in the details (personally, the little woman went out and tiled my entire 2 and 1/2 car garage, i'm a lucky man). thanks
 
I have the quickrete brand on my floor....I love it was super easy to do. Make sure you don't skip the etching step...many people try to cut that out so they don't have to work with the acid based part of the process but that is crucial to the bonding of the epoxy flooring
 
Ok, I did a TON of research on this when I did my floor - and I believe the best is: Epoxy Paint For Garage Floors – Epoxy-Coat.com
Great product, ease of use, and the durability is amazing. Trust me, you do not want to skimp on this product.

Couple of photos on mine:

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I'd like to do this too, after I get the cracks and spalting fixed.

From what I've heard, preparation is vital, and getting a quality product to start with is too. And follow instructions.
 
CaneJeep, your floor looks GREAT! (So does the rest of the garage).
 
I used the above mentioned epoxy-coat system with good results. It's a good system and user friendly for the dyi'er. My local lowes sells it for 194.00. That is enough to do 400 sq ft at 9 Mils thick or 200 sq ft at 20 Mils thick. It has a 2 sided measuring stick for either thickness. The only thing it doesn't come with was a clear or top uv sealer. I bought the sherwin Williams brand clear top coat for around $60. Would highly recommend following up with that to prevent any yellowing.
 
A-train said:
I used the above mentioned epoxy-coat system with good results. It's a good system and user friendly for the dyi'er. My local lowes sells it for 194.00. That is enough to do 400 sq ft at 9 Mils thick or 200 sq ft at 20 Mils thick. It has a 2 sided measuring stick for either thickness. The only thing it doesn't come with was a clear or top uv sealer. I bought the sherwin Williams brand clear top coat for around $60. Would highly recommend following up with that to prevent any yellowing.
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I used epoxy-coat on both garages, I hope your epoxy doesn't yellow, I put quik krete epoxy clear coat, and after 2yrs it's starting to yellow.. On the next garage I'm doing I'm getting the clear from epoxy-coat. Costs Alot more, but it's uv resistant, you can even apply it in direct sunlight. :)
 
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CaneJeep, your floor looks GREAT! (So does the rest of the garage).
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Thanks!

I am curious on the yellowing...I have not seen anything happen to mine and when I talked to the Epoxy people, they said I would be fine without using it.
 
Take a look at a polished concrete floor. I'm getting a price for that in my garage soon.
 
CaneJeep said:
Ok, I did a TON of research on this when I did my floor - and I believe the best is: Epoxy Paint For Garage Floors – Epoxy-Coat.com
Great product, ease of use, and the durability is amazing. Trust me, you do not want to skimp on this product.

Couple of photos on mine:

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You need to put some kind of molding to cover the Unpainted cracked edges:). Other than that it looks great. No pun intended.
 
CaneJeep said:
Thanks!

I am curious on the yellowing...I have not seen anything happen to mine and when I talked to the Epoxy people, they said I would be fine without using it.
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Guess it just depend on who u talk to. I had my initial application yellow. It didn't have any top coating. I called the company and they said all epoxy will yellow and there was nothing they would do. I guess it all depends how much sunlight it's getting.
 
I'm going with Sherwin Williams epoxy floor. They are having a 40% sale April 20-23.
 
I did an epoxy floor 10 years ago and it peeled up in hte first year where the tires sit. At the time they just said to wash the floor with TSP prior to application. You need to acid etch or use a diamond grinder (even better) to get down to the porous part of the cement. In my research, Polyaspartic coatings are far superior to epoxy. That's what I'm going with in a few weeks. I will do a write up when it's done. The poly is 4X's stronger than epoxy and does not yellow from the UV and you can drive on it after 24 hours. I am very, very excited to get mine done!!
 
richy said:
I did an epoxy floor 10 years ago and it peeled up in hte first year where the tires sit. At the time they just said to wash the floor with TSP prior to application. You need to acid etch or use a diamond grinder (even better) to get down to the porous part of the cement. In my research, Polyaspartic coatings are far superior to epoxy. That's what I'm going with in a few weeks. I will do a write up when it's done. The poly is 4X's stronger than epoxy and does not yellow from the UV and you can drive on it after 24 hours. I am very, very excited to get mine done!!
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What's the cost?


Jason
 
For a ton of info on floor coatings by various vendors , try taking a look at The Garage Journal website. Tons of reviews and comments. Some vendors will sometimes chime in and offer special deals. Its a great site for anything garage related.
 
Deep Gloss Auto Salon said:
What's the cost?


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Jason, my garage is 500 sq ft. I got 2 quotes, one for $2700. and the other for $1500 cash. Both come with a lifetime guarantee. The cash guy's been in business for over 10 years and the other guy is new.
 
richy said:
Jason, my garage is 500 sq ft. I got 2 quotes, one for $2700. and the other for $1500 cash. Both come with a lifetime guarantee. The cash guy's been in business for over 10 years and the other guy is new.
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Hey Richy,

We have about the same size area.... Does the cash guy do work across the river?

I am (and have been) deciding what to do with my current floor... The main pause is that I plan on getting a lift and I imagine installation/usage of the lift may damage the coating...

Thanks!
 
Deep Gloss Auto Salon said:
Hey Richy,

We have about the same size area.... Does the cash guy do work across the river?

I am (and have been) deciding what to do with my current floor... The main pause is that I plan on getting a lift and I imagine installation/usage of the lift may damage the coating...

Thanks!
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I'll ask him for you. What city are you in? PM me your phone #.
 
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