Garage floor coating color

drkelly

drkelly

Dipstick who put two vehicles on jack stands
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I'm going to have the garage floor at our new house coated before we move in. I'm trying to decide on a color. Anyone have a color they suggest, or one they did and now hate for some reason? I'm wondering if a particular color that hides dirt is best. Not sure which way to go, but am thinking a very light grey or possibly sand color.
 
We have the floor coated at our newest fire station and it is terrible. It has flakes of about 5 different shades of brown, tan, and black. Looks almost like a desert digital camo. If you drop anything small like a nut or washer it takes forever to find it. I'll try to take a picture tomorrow. Stick with one or two colors and you shouldn't have that problem.

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SolarYellow05 said:
We have the floor coated at our newest fire station and it is terrible. It has flakes of about 5 different shades of brown, tan, and black. Looks almost like a desert digital camo. If you drop anything small like a nut or washer it takes forever to find it. I'll try to take a picture tomorrow. Stick with one or two colors and you shouldn't have that problem.

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I'm suprised they dont polish those floors as much abuse as they take.

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I was planning on only one color. Just not sure which one.
 
lt. grey. as for the uniforms I've worn in the past this color seems most neutral and dirt hiding. And as it wears or deteriorates doesn't seem as eye catching.
 
I like the polish and stain idea myself. Ive seen it done in several places and it is more durable than any epoxy coat ever thought about. You can even stain it a bright white if you wanted that. Just my .02
 
Nice side of epoxies is that you can have a little grittiness to it so it's isn't super slick when wet.
A buddy of mine has his garage epoxied w/ a light brown/tannish color w/ a mix of light and dark specks.
It looks really cool and is super grippy but as mentioned if you lose a small nut of screw it takes some work to find it.

My garage floor is grey, kind of a "civil war grayish" color. Seems to work pretty well at needing a good layer of grinding dust buildup before it is obvious ;-)
 
You can't weld on an epoxy floor, btw... The berries burn through it.
 
mysterync said:
I'm suprised they dont polish those floors as much abuse as they take.

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You'd think they would. This was an old shop that got renovated and the concrete wasn't in good enough shape to polish. I got busy and forgot to call you back the other day. I'm sorry I missed you. I'll give you a call tomorrow.
 
I'm glad this thread came up. I've been thinking about what to do in my garage once my house is done and then the shop once that gets built. Now I know!
 
polish? stain? Goggle I have to do. Understand I must!
 
I hadn't thought about the coating holding up to weldering spatter/beads. They must have some kind of expensive stuff here at my work because it holds up to incredible amounts of crap including welding.
 
It's really not that much more expensive. and when your done you just use a sealer on it to keep oil and grease from soaking in. I believe you can rent the machine to do it from Sunbelt or others and a 2 car size garage shouldn't take more than a day. When finished though your left with nothing but shiny concrete, not much other than acid is gonna mess up the shine. No tire peel, or weld berries burning through.

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Oooooh! Ahhhh! I definitely want to do that!
 
drkelly said:
I hadn't thought about the coating holding up to weldering spatter/beads. They must have some kind of expensive stuff here at my work because it holds up to incredible amounts of crap including welding.
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The higher-end stuff like you'd see in an industrial application can be impact-resistant, chemical-resistant, high (or low) temperature resistant, etc.

But you're not going to buy any of that stuff at Home Depot. And I wouldn't recommend trying to install those products by yourself.
 
Yeh, I'm not installing this stuff myself. I tried that at our old house, and despite following the directions, it failed. A coworker of mine just built a garage and tried doing it himself with stuff from Lowe's, and it failed too. He is about the third person I've talked to who also had it fail after some amount of time. I've decided to drop the coin and have it professionally installed. I talked to the guy yesterday, and at first he recommended Shield Crete from Sherwin Williams. He said the vast majority of the time the coatings fail for DIY'ers is poor/incorrect preparation. When the concrete in our garage was poured, the builder told them not to seal it since it will be getting a coating. If it was sealed like normal, he said you have to grind that off. Supposedly the floor should be perfectly clean and feel like 100 grit sandpaper before applying the coating.
 
Mountain MJ said:
It's really not that much more expensive. and when your done you just use a sealer on it to keep oil and grease from soaking in. I believe you can rent the machine to do it from Sunbelt or others and a 2 car size garage shouldn't take more than a day. When finished though your left with nothing but shiny concrete, not much other than acid is gonna mess up the shine. No tire peel, or weld berries burning through.

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A little Anitfreeze or the recent oil spill and I'd either be able to break dance like a mutha' or most likely break my tailbone from bustin my arse!
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
A little Anitfreeze or the recent oil spill and I'd either be able to break dance like a mutha' or most likely break my tailbone from bustin my arse!
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LOL... this is true but unless there's sand in the epoxy its slippery as shiz too...
 
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