Epoxy coated garage floor

[Streetking]

Scored, stained, cleared..

SW

[MODO Innovations]

I have it in my garage. It was done by a previous owner. Who ever did it didn't do a very good job, because I still sweep up chunks of it all the time.
Someone told me that if the concrete isn't sealed it will sweat and cause a seperation between it and the coating. I don't know if that is true or not, but the floor in my shop sweats alot in the spring and if that's the case I can see why you would need to seal it prior to coating it. It also seems to be the concrete that is plained (smoothed) that sweats not the brushed.
My 2 pennies worth.

[DRJDVM's '69]

I used the BEHR stuff from Home Depot. It looked great for quite awhile but I did have quite a bit peel up under the cars tires. Its now stained pretty good too.

I prepped the living hell out of the floor too with all the recommended products and steps from the manufacturer. It just didnt hold up that well. Its still way above the "average" garage and I still get plenty of comments from other car guys on how nice it looks compared to theirs, but if I had to do it over again, it go with a professional product.

I had considered doing a pattern but figured that when/if I ever sell the house, it may back fire. You get a car guy looking and its a huge selling point. Not a car guy and they may really hate it. I wouldnt do anyhting too radical.

[groovyjay]

Originally Posted by hotwheels

how in the heck to you guy's do those checker board floors with epoxy? Is it actual tiles with an epoxy cover or is it epoxy paint?

Here's how I did mine:

http://c3-r.com/shocheindex.htm

[shanekennedy]

rustoleum makes a product called epoxy shield. i did a search on this subject a couple of months ago & found it highly recommended. home depot carries their garage version. there is also a commercial/industrial version that's oil based instead of water based. home depot can special order it. either the commercial version is cheaper or home depot buggered up my bill, but i paid less than the garage version. haven't installed it yet. waiting to get roof up. trusses for garage come in friday.

[XcYZ]

Good stuff, thanks for all the replies.

SW, how do you choose which car to drive? lol

[Derek69SS]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

SW, how do you choose which car to drive? lol

With a garage that sweet, I don't know if I'd ever leave, so that decision isn't necessary

Originally Posted by Streetking

No, I'm not jealous at all

[Rubes]

I've been considering these tiles for my other garage. the concrete is all stained and ugly, so prep for painting would be difficult. But then again welding is going to be a problem with the tiles I assume. but you could aslo replace a t ile if it gets damaged. I'm starting to think this is a better solution than epoxy.

[hotwheels]

groovyjay, thanks for the picture's and the inspiration. I am going to do that now to my garage floor. I have a question though, is that paint the 2 part epoxy? 1 set for the white and then 1 set for the black? or did you put clear epoxy over the paint?

Thanks, hotwheels

[ohcbird]

I did the same as groovyjay, but used 24" squares. It's an epoxy-paint that cleans up well. I also added [i]griptex[/] near the threshold of the door and initial entry areas under the garage door.