Just got done building a 20x30 garage and not sure what to do with the floor. I would like to have some sort of smooth surface, but something that will hold up for a couple years atleast. I saw some garage flooring at home depot that looked nice, but its $3.50/sq.ft., and thats way too rich for my blood. I can't spend 2k on a floor. I found this paint on stuff at wal-mart, anyone used it or know anything about it? Its only $15/gallon.

 

If you want to have a nice floor that can withstand 'reasonable abuse' - I seriously suggest that you consider getting an epoxy type coating. I had access to some Stonhard epoxy coating and it's amazing. (http://stonhard.com/) Oil spills, coolant, any liquid spills just wipe up with a rag. No muss no fuss. hosing out the garage and it's clean in moments. Works AMAZING. I park the racecar on it, motorcycles, etc, even the sidestands don't hurt it - but I am carefull not to drag sharp metal along it. So far I've had my garage coated for the better part of a year - and I would highly recommend anybody looking at painting a floor to consider it. Well worth the money.

I have heard a lot of people having very good success with the Rustoleum brand...

http://www.rustoleum.com/brand...SBL=1

Good stuff. Well worth the money spent. Seriously consider it. It wears a million times better than any paint.

 

Latex garage floor paint is worthless. At least get one of the epoxy kits. They will hold up much better.

 

The epoxy floor kits are $60-$70 at lowes, the orange place, etc.

 

I just ordered some epoxy style floor coating from UCoatIt and I'm all set to do half of the garage this weekend. I can let you know how it goes next week. And from what I've read, most stuff from Home Depot, etc, will not hold up that well to automotive traffic.

http://www.ucoatit.com

 

I used an epoxy paint on mine. It had held up pretty well, 2-3 yrs now. I have no complaints except one...It says dries in like 24-48 hrs. It doesn't. I parked my S after a hard drive, the hot tire ruined a portion of the paint where it sat. I recoated it and left my garage alone for 4 days. No problems since

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by StageOne &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just ordered some epoxy style floor coating from UCoatIt and I'm all set to do half of the garage this weekend. I can let you know how it goes next week. And from what I've read, most stuff from Home Depot, etc, will not hold up that well to automotive traffic.

http://www.ucoatit.com

</TD></TR></TABLE> I have heard about Rustoleum having some problems after some use a few years back.

 

I have heard some people complain about the Rustoleum Epoxy floor paint but I have had it on my garage floor for over a year now and it has held up very well. No complaints and I have dragged, dropped, spilled, etc. quite a bit in there doing all kinds of clutch/pp replacements (twice), complete suspension rebuilds, and other assorted mechanical "stuff".

I think the key to any epoxy coating sticking is to prep the crap out of the concrete. I soaped, scrubbed, hosed and towel wiped the garage thouroughly twice before even doing the mild citrus acid etching. You could have eaten off the floor before I put the epoxy on. Because of that it bonded very well to the concrete and I have had no wear issues.

Key words, "prep the floor".

Barry H.

 

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we've had no issues except where the arms of the lift scraped repeatedly and wore it away.. otherwise, it's withstood quite a bit!

my suggestion: be sure to get the sand stuff to go with it to give it grip.. and do not use it sparingly.. the more the better.. wet epoxy floor = very slick!

 

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http://www.ucoatit.com</TD></TR></TABLE>

Please do. In the mean time I'll be looking around at epoxy kits.

Thanks for all the info.

 

If you were friends with Bernardo, you would be on carpet scrap

 

In the 40 years that my parents had a battleship grey floor-nothing that anyone did in the garage did anything significant to it. Could be an older type of paint, but this floor looked very good when we sold the place. The UCoatIt kit is $250 to start with and must be done according to the directions which = prep like crazy. Then again you have a brand new floor and I would chat with your concrete people before doing anything-it isn't totally cured you know. I do agree that the epoxy is going to be the better method based on everything I've read about it versus the current crop of retail floor paints.

 

Just finished painting mine with an Epoxy. Takes a month to properly cure though...

 

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Yeah those kits that cover 1 stall but with 2 kits you can streach it to 2.5 stall Like someone else said the epoxy kits are the way to go it is way better than scrubbing the crap out of a bare concrete floor if you have a spill.

 

I used cheap floor tiles and it turned out great. I use an extra tile under the jack stands to protect it (dont think it needs it but just incase)
It has been down almost a year now and I love it! so much nicer then I could have imagined.
Plus if a tile gets messed up I just peal it up with a putty knife and slap a new one down

another weird thing about it is with the floor being white it makes the under side of the car alot brighter when working under there (you almost dont need a flash light) and it also makes the garage always look really clean.

oh and it cost about $350 to put down and have 2 boxes of extra tiles

 

I have Armsrong VCT tile in my garage and it holds up great. It gets kinda dirty, but is easy to clean (I have black/white checkers). If I was going to do it again I'd geta professional epoxy floor done.

All of the DIY ones are complete crap compared to a good industrial strength epoxy floor (it helps that my brother does floor coating and waterproofing for a living)

 

Griots Garage makes a great epoxy floor product. http://www.griotsgarage.com

I have it in my garage, and the stuff is bulletproof. Drag jacks around on it, and spill all kinds of nasty stuff on it. Quite a bit cheaper than Ucoatit...

I've heard bad things about the Rustoleum and Behr kits. I did a lot of research on this before I moved forward with the Griots Garage paint. Just make sure you buy enough of it. You can't leave the floor half finished. My .02 cents...

 

Motofloor tiles from Costco's web site. Makes your garage sing. No glue, no acid, no mess, and you can take them with you when you move. They sometimes have sales on them. Made by Racedeck.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/P...=&s=1

 

I always wanted to lay those Armstrong exylon series tiles, they are a commercial use tile and cleans up pretty good. True color all the way through.

 

I used Behr epoxy and it bubbled when wet, and also where the tires sat overnight. The Behr paint has been mostly removed (big job) and I'm probably going to use rustoleum epoxy since it passed my durability test:

Paint about 4 ft2 where your tire normally sits, cure for around a month and then see how the paint holds up for at least another month. Test with oil, antifreeze, brake fluid, water, petrol, hot tires etc until you are happy that the paint is not going to come off. I hammered and scraped the paint as well, and it is pretty amazing how tough it is.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ITR Motorsports &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Griots Garage makes a great epoxy floor product. http://www.griotsgarage.com

I have it in my garage, and the stuff is bulletproof. Drag jacks around on it, and spill all kinds of nasty stuff on it. Quite a bit cheaper than Ucoatit...

I've heard bad things about the Rustoleum and Behr kits. I did a lot of research on this before I moved forward with the Griots Garage paint. Just make sure you buy enough of it. You can't leave the floor half finished. My .02 cents...</TD></TR></TABLE>