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It's time to paint the new floor. Lift is in. My neighbor wants to go in together and get that black & white snap together tile deal. Seems to me it boils down to Rustoleum Epoxy (Lowes has alot of different colors, prep. etc.), Groits or U-Coat-It. Looks like U-Coat-It is the best but may be overpriced. Anybody try the Rustoleum or something else that works well? BTW - the floor is six months old now.

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garagejunkies.net, these guys discuss coatings for pages.

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My brother-in-law just finished his garage. He used medium gray POR-15 on the floor. Came out great! You know that stuffs never coming off. I think I will do the same.

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My brother-in-law just finished his garage. He used medium gray POR-15 on the floor. Came out great! You know that stuffs never coming off. I think I will do the same.

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How was it prepped, According to the instructions you 1st have to wash it down with degreaser, then a coat of etching primer, then a coat of sealer primer, then the paint...can you skip a step or two here?

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I am thinking that they just washed the floor and dried it well before coating. They decided it would make a great floor coating when my nephew spilled some while using it on his car. They tried everything to get it off. Then the light bulb went on. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif

I'll double check that prep info for ya.

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Thanks, Im also in the process of the garage floor thing..I got 2400 feet to cover..Missing one step will save the back much anguish.. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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I got 2400 feet to cover

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Wow sam https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif Nice Garage!

Darren, where did he purchase the material?

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it also has a second floor...and its still to SMALL! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

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We have a local distributor here. The guy also attends VetteFest.

I'll get the skinny on the job. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Charley.........Care to join in ?????

Ken https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif

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I have been involved in putting car dealerships together for years. We used to epoxy floors and every time there was a problem with the floor covering lifting off the concrete. The manufacturer would say it was because the installer did not prep the floor properly. Moisture would get between the two surfaces and cause bubbles. You may want to consider using tile on the floor. It costs more but we expect to get 25 years out of the floor versus the 5 years we experienced with epoxy. If you do go with epoxy please do not skip any preparation steps because you will have problems later on.

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Ceramic tile on a showroom would be fine, but for a garage where you work on cars it would be a nightmare, you would recite every bad word you knew while trying to use a creeper,its slippery when wet, and oil will get in the grout(even if you seal it it still stains), and God Forbid if you ever dropped something somewhat heavy on it.
A working garage floor needs to be stain proof, bullet proof, blood proof, ect. and made easy to wash down and clean up. I have water lines and air lines set up all over for symplicity. The only thing that im regretting not doing was installing hot water baseboard heat in the slab... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif

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The picture I attached is a 40 stall Toyota dealership shop with in ground lifts, not a car showroom. We have granite floors in there. We have learned over the years to go with dark grout and let the oil seal it instead of epoxy grout. The tile has a texture to it that makes it less slippery than epoxy floors. The only down side that we have experienced so far is broken tiles because of a tool being dropped or someone using a lift with steel wheels but we replace those tile as they break.

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The picture I attached is a 40 stall Toyota dealership shop with in ground lifts, not a car showroom. We have granite floors in there. We have learned over the years to go with dark grout and let the oil seal it instead of epoxy grout. The tile has a texture to it that makes it less slippery than epoxy floors. The only down side that we have experienced so far is broken tiles because of a tool being dropped or someone using a lift with steel wheels but we replace those tile as they break.

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They call that job security https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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Now I'm thinking slate may be the way to go. If not, the Lowe's rustoleum has a step where you can seal the floor against moisture. Not sure how that would work or how the epoxy would stick to it.

On a good note, my builder has done the rest of the terrace level in dark slate and he gets a great deal on the stuff. I wonder if there is a non-slippery when wet slate??

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When I build my garage in a couple years one thing I am going to look into is lights built into the floor so I can see what the #@$% I'm doing without dragging lights around. I know they exist, haven't done the research yet though on whats the best out there.

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Ok, here is some POR-15 info. You can either scuff/sand the floor or acid etch (muratic acid) it. Make sure your rinse it real well and it is completely dry. POR-15 even makes a marine prep cleaner (apparently recommended for concrete surfaces) that should produce the same or better results. Now for doing an average 3 car garage my brother-in-law used 2 one gallon cans with some to spare. Good for 2 coats. He used 2 throw away paint rollers. Obviously the better quality roller the better it will turn out. Then paint brush the corners. POR-15 is UV sensitive on its own. I was told after a day or two with the garage open the finish sitting in the sun lightened up. If this bothers you they make a clear that the UV won't bother.

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This is good info but confusing. I know POR-15 is some of the toughest stuff in the world. Maybe clear would be the way to go. Wonder if it yellow? Could you use it as a top coat sealer? Or would it provide a great waterproof base?

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Make sure you dress properly, cant get POR-15 off your skin very easy, Im looking at stains with a clear coat. I coated my floors with a sealer when I built the garage 10 years ago so Im going to acid wash them 1st. If you use stain you have a huge color choice, Hugger Orange with white stripes?..I have my sales reps checking into all of this.

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There is some interesting stuff here also..
http://www.amesresearch.com/

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That Ames Super Primer should have a lot of uses. I'm building a safe on that level too and if that stuff does what it says it would work perfectly to keep the room dry. With or without a color coat.

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Here is my floor coating coming off today.

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifWhere are you storing your cars, Charley?

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What's going back down Charley?

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I put the cars over in the big shop but the problem is they won't stay clean with all the dirt blowing in off the fields. The new coating will look more like granite.

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Not trying to sound *smart*, but what was wrong with the old coating?

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The old coating was mixed wrong so the chemicals did not set up right. Stained and tire marked easily. Also the wrong color. Has been one giant headache that seems to never end.

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That sucks...but hurry and figure it out, so you can tell us how to do ours!

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Don't hire Dumb and Dumber.....

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Probably easier *said* than *done* here in Hillbillyville! LOL!!

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Apparently, Dumb and Dumber also does concrete work based on what went on during building my garage!!

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Glad you mentioned that...anyone offer any advice on concrete pads?

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spose its relative to your climate,

for the best job out here we lay out heavy duty plastic on top of the dirt to prevent moisture sweat in the winter, then roto hammer the outside walls and install re-bar through out and tie it all together, then they have some kind of concrete blend that has fibers in it for garages, they turn out good and they never crack or get wet.

next one I do will be painted..they sure look cool painted!!!

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might look at what I used,love it.Not cheap but seems to hold up real well.Tom

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Okay Tom, now you gotta' show us a better picture of that '69 Firebird. Real T/A?

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it is a real 69 T/A with a complete 303 stroker RA V engine.It is in this month Street Thunder mag.Tom

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Tjs - what is that?

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its called RACEDECK,they are tiles that snapinto place.Avail in diff colors so you can do your own patern.Do a yahoo search.Tom

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It looks like astro turff!, had to look twice to see it's racedeck.

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How about U coat it? Has anybody used this stuff on garge or shop floors? Postives - Negatives?