Garage floor coatings

drkelly

drkelly

Dipstick who put two vehicles on jack stands
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Oak Ridge/Stokesdale, NC
We are in the process of having a new house built. I want to have the garage floor coated with a protective finish similar to a commercial shop. I tried the home use epoxy stuff from Lowe's at our old house, but it came off despite me prepping it with acid like it said to do. I am looking for recommendations for a service that does this professionally. Anyone know anybody that does this kind of work for commercial facilities?

Thanks,
Danny
 
Which brand did you use from lowe's previously?

We just finished building a home and I am looking into coating the garage floor as well before I move all my garage stuff in.
 
I don't remember what brand I used. I bought two gallons of the stuff (two car garage), and I think I bought one gallon, maybe two, of muriatic acid to 'etch' the concrete with. The fumes from that stuff about took me down despite having a fan running.
 
Use the Sherwin Williams TC 4090 family of coatings. You'll be happy with the results. But, like any "paint" job, prep is 90% of the work and will determine the longevity
 
I've done a couple of the Lowes brand and turned out perfect. Also used regular grey floor paint once with some of the little chips to make it "pop". The secret is warm weather and prep. I use a floor buffer with some 80 grit paper and work the Hell out of the floor, rinse, use acid and rinse again. 100% all 5 or 6 times. First one was over 8 years ago.
 
rockcity said:
Use the Sherwin Williams TC 4090 family of coatings. You'll be happy with the results. But, like any "paint" job, prep is 90% of the work and will determine the longevity
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This, anything from Lowe's or HD will not last nearly as long. S-W stuff is where it is at.
 
When I moved in, my full basement has an unsealed concrete floor. Sealed/un-sealed, makes a difference. I used a colored stain, which did seal the floor. Pretty good results, but it will still scratch, & for some odd reason, certain rubber feet, like on the pressure washer, will stick,& seems to pull the stain out. Jeep tires, at times have removed the stain, but not normally. I haven't found the difference.
 
Glad yall brought this up. I had forgotten about putting something on my garage floor. I'm in the starting stages of building a house.
 
Something to think about is to research the concrete curing times. This is different from when you can stand on or park on the concrete. Someone I know sealed his new garage floor about 4-5 weeks after it was poured, went back a couple of days later and the entire floor was raised about 3 inches from the fumes still escaping from the concrete.
 
It's not fumes, it's water vapor.

And I'd wait a minimum of 60 days to apply any sort of coating like this. The longer, the better. That's assuming they used normal-weight concrete. If lightweight, double that number.
 
anything after 28 days "should" be good. That's assuming the concrete was correctly poured and cured. But, we've put epoxy on a 1 day old concrete floor and been just fine. Its all in the concrete and additive selection :D

waiting 60 days for a coating? That sounds like what I hear from AE firms all the time :lol: :flipoff2:
 
shawn said:
It's not fumes, it's water vapor.

And I'd wait a minimum of 60 days to apply any sort of coating like this. The longer, the better. That's assuming they used normal-weight concrete. If lightweight, double that number.
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rockcity said:
anything after 28 days "should" be good. That's assuming the concrete was correctly poured and cured. But, we've put epoxy on a 1 day old concrete floor and been just fine. Its all in the concrete and additive selection :D

waiting 60 days for a coating? That sounds like what I hear from AE firms all the time :lol: :flipoff2:
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Most of the DIY products I've looked at mention waiting 45 days after pouring. Mine is right at that point now.

I need to do something soon...or I never will once I move all my tools/junk in. Also, anyone know any good sources for parking mats, or heck, even a nice drain pan? The wife's car has a slow oil leak, and I'd like something better than the piece of cardboard she currently parks over.
 
rockcity said:
anything after 28 days "should" be good. That's assuming the concrete was correctly poured and cured. But, we've put epoxy on a 1 day old concrete floor and been just fine. Its all in the concrete and additive selection :D

waiting 60 days for a coating? That sounds like what I hear from AE firms all the time :lol: :flipoff2:
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Call up a roofing manufacturer, tell them that you want them to install their membrane over a 28-day roof slab, and that you want a 5yr warranty on adhesion and blistering. Let me know what they say. :flipoff2:

Ditto for S/W or any other epoxy manufacturer.
 
LOL. We do it all the time :D SW is OK as is Siplast, etc. Its all in the process and how you install. But most AE firms just follow the book and mostly just dictate what they read on a website rather than actually doing the work :flipoff2: :lol: :D

^^that's my smart ass comment in retaliation to your multiple rzr comments :flipoff2:
 
Firestone made us leave the slab exposed to air for 60 days, and then still wouldn't warranty adhesion.

I forget who supplied the epoxy on my last job, but they wanted 60 days as well.
 
shawn said:
Firestone made us leave the slab exposed to air for 60 days, and then still wouldn't warranty adhesion.

I forget who supplied the epoxy on my last job, but they wanted 60 days as well.
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Sounds like you are talking to the wrong people... ;)

However, we put a lot of chemicals into the concrete to get it to accept epoxy or adhesives within 24 hours and it can get quite cumbersome and detrimental if not done right.


smart assed comment #2 in retaliation for rzr post #2 :flipoff2:
 
rockcity said:
Sounds like you are talking to the wrong people... ;)

However, we put a lot of chemicals into the concrete to get it to accept epoxy or adhesives within 24 hours and it can get quite cumbersome and detrimental if not done right.


smart assed comment #2 in retaliation for rzr post #2 :flipoff2:
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Yeah, you and I both know there aren't any admixes in his concrete floor.... especially not any CSH gels or anything like that. That shit costs money.
 
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