Ok it looks like winter is here in michigan so I am trying to plan ahead come spring on what I want my garage to look like. I have a new car hoist and now I want to finish coating the floor and put in new cabinets. So let's hear it - opinions/experiences on coating a garage floor. I saw an article about using Vortex spray on liner stuff for the floor. Looks and sounds kind of interesting. Probably would be pretty durable but would be hard if I wanted to slid anything on it.
Carl, they advertised some stuff on My Classic Car called UCoatit. I checked out their website www.ucoatit.com and it looks like it might be a pretty good product. The only thing bad I could think about it might be that it could get slippery with oil or water. It's a two part system or an epoxy type mix which is suppost to protect your shop floor from oils and other chemicals. Maybe some else out there knows more about it. John
Carl, We have been using this stuff at work called 'Perm-Epox' It works really well, but you seem to be concerned about sliding things across it. It is a two part epoxy with a primer applied to the floor before you lay it down. We have been mixing it with a silica product to make our floors non skid( I work in a bacon plant and the grease gets very slick). This stuff holds up great to the corrosive nature of the bacon grease. The bacon grease was eating the concrete away and this stuff does not seem to be affected, so it should work fine in a garage atmosphere. I am on a mini-vacation this weekend. If you want, I will find out more Monday night when I go back to work. Let me know.
John, I was also looking at the 'U-Coatit' stuff. I wonder about how it is when it is wet as far as slipping on it? Greg, Could you get me more info on the 'Perm Epox' stuff? Thanks for responding!
Carl, after you poured the concrete, did you or your contractor seal the floor? If so you may need to acid wash the floor to allow the epoxy type paint "bite into the conrete surface" for durability. I used a two part epoxy from Sherwin-Williams and it has been durable but can be " slippery". HTH Bruce
SWP Carl, Try this link: http://www.sherwin-williams.com/industrial-marine/newsolutions/epoplex.asp That is our newest solution for masonary coatings. The store can add a product called "Skid - Tex" which will help a little with "slippery when wet" but will not entirely cure the problem. Any Epoxy when wet will be a hazard compared to cement. You can get this in a variety of colors too. One gentleman who owns a shop used this product and painted his floor checkered black and white. He sent us a picture, and you cannot tell that is is paint..looks like actual tiles. Josh
Hey Carl, Like I mentioned before, I used PPG's 2 part cement epoxy on both of my garage floors. One floor has been done for 2 years now and is holding up great. You can do a 30 by 30 shop for just under 100 bucks with it too. If your concerned about it being slick, just add some stucko sylica sand as mentioned above, the only draw back to adding sand is the spills are harder to clean up (tends to tears the rags and such). I just left both of mine smooth. It does get a littl slick when wet, but it's not like your out there playing tag around the GS's :grin:
Carl, Check back tomorrow night. I will get the info, but I will not be off of work until midnight or later. Might want to check Tuesday morning, as I will post the info late Monday night, early tuesday morn. I will find out what our cost is, but, bear in mind we get a volume deal here. Our building is 1/2 mile long by almost 1/4 mile wide. We use a lot of this stuff. Tune in tomorrow. Same Bat time. Same Bat station.:laugh:
i hit the home depot....2 gallons of epoxy primer...2 gallons (2 coats..thin) of Behr brand for cement...100 buxs its been over a year...roll the creeper ,car jack ,drop hammers...no marks..scratches.... painted it light gray...if it wasnt for the stripes on my car ...i still couldnt find the car...the car is greyish....:Brow:
Carl, I have to apologize if I got your hopes up about the Perm-Epox, but after talking to our distributor, it is for industrial use only. It may have been cost prohibitive as well. Enough epox and silica to cover a 15 square foot area cost around $750, and that is at our bulk cost. :eek2: It is some really good stuff, but, unfortunately, the manufacturer also know that. The manufacturer is Tufco Floorinmg products. They may have a product on the market that is more suited to our own shop needs, but I didn't ask our supplier. If you want, I will call him aagain tomorrow and see if there is a product applicable to our particular needs. Post here and I will do what I can. Again, I am sorry I spoke too soon. Net time I will know better.ou:
