Garage floor coatings

[harpo231]

From what I've seen ,a lot of those on here would be suprised to find their garage had a floor ......

['63GENIII]

Originally Posted by harpo231

From what I've seen ,a lot of those on here would be suprised to find their garage had a floor ......

Ya done it now Stan. Now I gotta go find this "alleged floor" that you're saying we all have. Sheesh, what's next? The Earth is gonna be round?

69Canam - JK. In all seriousness, Ive worked on many commercial garages / shops in the area. For a long time, there was only one company that would shoot an epoxy floor. It was called StoneHard. Nice durable commercial finish. I do remember that it was imperative that the concrete was absolutely clean and did not wick any moisture up from below (which meant a base rock or sand base under the pour). The prep was the biggest thing with these guys. The jobs would nearly shut down for a week while they prepped - shot and the fumes would near kill you for up to a week later as it cured. Nice stuff though.

Ive seen a lot of different coatings in the home improvement stores as of late and although Ive never tried them in my garage (BC until now I didn't know I had a floor ), I have several friends that have used different ones from the big box stores with success. I have used a garage floor paint in my enclosed dirt bike trailer which takes the abuse of tools being dropped, oil and fuel sitting on it for long periods and my Son's hole shots out of the trailer on his 80. Even though its a wood floor, the stuff is bulletproof after 5 years so far. It sticks pretty good too. When I first rolled it on, I wanted a non slip finish so I rolled it on with a heavy nap roller. I got distracted and left the roller handle laying in the thick fresh paint. It dried and I ended up ripping off a layer of plywood when I pulled the handle off a few hours later. The stuff I got was made by Behr and I'd probably give it a try if I ever got the garage cleared out.

Not sure if that's what your looking for as far as a recommendation. Hope it helps. If not, cover your floor with parts like the rest of us!

[mongocanfly]

nearly all our plant floors have stonehard on them...very expensive.....I wanted to coat my alleged shop floor with the garage paint but the way things go in my shop Im afraid it wouldn't hold up to good...torch work and welding and dragging stuff around don't go to good with that...

[Steeveedee]

6"+ of concrete. It's pretty much impervious to anything, including the pressure from the steel wheels of a floor jack when raising that giant steel pig of a truck off its surface.