What do people recommend for Garage Floor finishes?

[csbuceo]

Any suggestion on products would be great appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris

[bnewell]

Chris ~ I went the Nature Stone route. While not cheap, I liked the benefits it provides in the winter months plus the life time warranty against chipping/cracking.

Brian

[RaceDeck]

Hmmmm....Let me think? ......RaceDeck!

[CobERA]

I put down U-Coat It on my 30 year old garage floor and the results were great. So far no problems with the paint lifting. In the process of remodeling our kitchen, I allowed the contractor to use the garage for his shop. The floor held up beautifully. It takes some effort, but it is well worth it.

In my last home I used the Rustoleum 2-part garage floor epoxy and the paint lifted within two months.

[RaceDeck]

RaceDeck 1

[RaceDeck]

Where the "MAJIC" happens- Kirkhams shop with RaceDeck

[RaceDeck]

[Chaplin]

I'd also vote for u-coat it. I put it on my floor and it has held up great. And it is by far the most complete product you can buy, comes with everything you need to do the job from safety glasses to the garbage bag to throw everything away when your're done. www.ucoatit.com

[Sizzler]

Carpet tiles work good. Are easy on your back and feet. Are cheap. And by selecting the right color, don't show stains. And I can actually drive the car onto small pieces of cardboard and slide it around in the garage.

Anyway, I'm thinking it's maybe time for RaceDeck to get a manufacturers forum of its own instead of all these posts scattered all through the other forums.

Fair's fair...

[RaceDeck]

Sizzler: Will you be our first forum member? Hey, I never have started a thread on Garage Flooring...but I do have a Cobra and spend time here...so it is hard not to jump in when someone asks about what we do? I usually let "Too Tall" Robert Evans do all replies.

[JB34]

As we live in Az, we don't have to worry about those cold days so I opted to have epoxy paint instead of carpet. Not the cheap stuff you get at the big box stores, but a professional job. I seem to be working on the beast a lot and have not experienced any chips or cracks. My car doesn't leak oil, but it does mark it's territory... constantly. Clean up is easy too. I got the guys number if you live in the Phoenix area.

[thorconstr]

Sizzler, Chris asked about a good product for a garage floor. Race Deck is a great product. Hell, if you've got a good product, show it!

[Robert Evans]

Hey, a "RaceDeck" manufacturers forum might not be that bad an idea! It works for Kirkham, and Shelby, and ERA, and FFR, and .......

[Bob Broberg SPF667 460BB]

Here is a photo of where my cobra would be if it wasn't in a body shop being repaired. The epoxy/polyurethane coat took 2 or 3 days to apply and cost $600 for the 3 car garage. I just had to empty it, then fill it again after it was dry for a couple of days. Cars were parked outside for 7 days.
The installers were: Cutting and Cutting Construction at 7977 W Wacker Rd. #132, Peoria, AZ 85381. Sorry, for some reason their receipt doesn't have a phone number.
AZ Bob

[chopper]

I had mine epoxy coated when we moved in and before the floor was used. I had a company called Steve's Storage do the job and I've been happy with it. Only problem has been that it will chip if you drop heavy metal objects on it or drag sharp stuff across it. Other than that, it's easy to clean with a mop and about once a year, I use a small rotary scrubber to remove any caked on gunk. Mine looks very much like the picture Bob posted above. It's going on four years old and while it's not going to be mistaken for a brand new floor, it's still very presentable despite a lot of maintenance on three cars.

[SPF604]

What happens on RaceDeck when you spill a liquid? Does the liquid flow between the tiles and pool under them?

[Robert Evans]

Concrete must be allowed to breath moisture and Racedeck allows it to do that...coatings normally do not allow moisture to escape and that's when delamination occurs if there is a buildup of moisture. Racedeck was designed with an air chamber underneath it to allow whatever moisture may accumulate under it (whether it came from the top or the bottom) to disipate.

I rebuilt my Cobra on top of RaceDeck over the period of about a year and I spilled alot of liquids. When the car was completed, I pulled the floor out to clean it and what did get between the joints I was able to clean up with just 2 paper towels.

I have seen concrete garage floors that were so wet with moisture coming up thru the foundation that Epoxy contractors walked away from them for fear of failure. We had RaceDeck installed instead and there has been no complaint or problems.

Also, how many epoxy floor coatings have you seen that can be removed and installed in another location if you happen to move?

[SPF604]

Robert,

Thanks for the information. Makes perfectly good sense to me. I especially like the idea of being able to take it with you. I never thought of that. It's not attached, so it's not considered a fixture! My garage is not a perfect square or rectangle. Can you tim the material to go around the odd shapes? Plus, I have two support colums in my garage, how would you trim around them?

[Traveller]

This topic appears on several other threads so do a search under "garage floor".

At the risk of being redundant, Bob is correct. If your building contractor did not put down a vapor barrier under your garage floor before he poured the slab moisture will probably seep up through your concrete.

That will make it impossible to get epoxy to adhere to your floor.

The way to test for this is to take a 1 ft square sheet of saran wrap, lay it flat on your floor and tape the edges down making sure it's airtight.

Check it the next day and if there's moisture condensed under the plastic you will likely have problems with epoxy coatings.

I applied epoxt to my floor 4 1/2 years ago and I'm very happy with it. Pictures are in my gallery.

[Traveller]

Bill,

I'd assume you'd handle it like any other tile project and start at the column to ensure a tile didn't fall smack dab in the middle of it