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garage flooring

You have to do some prep, but you literally paint it on with a roller.

Like painting a wall, but it's the floor.
 
stan23 said:
yes!!

I remember now. It looked great.

I think I will go with epoxy. I assume DIY is easy? Will do this prior to moving in.
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It's easy, just follow the instructions.
 
From what I've read you don't want to do the home depot epoxy. The snap together floors look cool but what happens if you spill oil or other chemicals, does it just drain through the cracks and sit there? I've also heard it expands and contracts like any other floating floor so you have make sure you account for that when you install it. I'd like to go the epoxy route myself, make sure you prep well. If its not a new floor I thought you were supposed to buy a diamond surfacing attachment that goes on a large angle grinder to prep the floor.
 
oobus said:
We acid etched a bunch of concrete last year, maybe 3,500sq.ft. of indoor living space. Less expensive than epoxy, maybe 1/2 the cost. Plan on doing my garage the same way, BUT I need to find a sealer/clear coat with a bit of abrasive in it to prevent slippage, and something durable enough to drive on.

Prep is extremely important, grease, oil or contaminants on/in the concrete will prevent adhesion.
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The Rust-O-Leum brand comes with an anti skid, which is a very fine sand that you mix into the epoxy before rolling on. Gives it a slightly gritty feel so it's not too slippery when it's wet. I also added a layer of clear epoxy to give it more of a shine and more protection.
 
When you do epoxy, just be sure to do each coat (if you want to do multiple) in single sessions. I painted my garage with it in two sessions. I painted the left side, left a 3 foot gap in the middle to walk, then painted the right side. Then I came back to paint the 3 foot gap and the colors did not match since I used a different bucket and they were not blended. It looked OK until it dried, and by then the bucket with plenty of paint remaining had dried up. So I was kind of stuck with it the way it was.. :/

Pissed me off. Good thing I sold the house. :laughing
 
My old lady has a throw rug obsession. We even have a few 8X12s, and I get the old ones. If i have to sit on the floor to work on a bike (which I avoid like the plague, but it still happens), at least the floor isn't ice cold and chilling my ass. If something gets spilled, I just throw the rug away and get another one.
 
HappyHighwayman said:
My garage is a single car garage unlike the one above. Is the thing the moto is on a lift or just an area to designate it's spot?

I just find my garage difficult to keep clean with a bare concrete floor and of course doesn
t look as good.

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looks like my garage. haven't had to park too many stealth jets in there, lately. rustolum or spit will prolly do just fine..:ride
 
The previous owner of my place did some kind of flooring coating/paint and it sucks.

Maybe he did not prep it well, or it was not good stuff, but it is half chiped off a couple years later.
 
you can dye the floor any color/pattern you want before densyfing and polishing...very practical, but not really DIY.
polished concrete is impervious to everything.

you can even put aggregate in the densifier...



18. Use of a densifier after the 80 grit metal bonded diamonds will reduce the
penetration of the dye application. Manufacture suggests applying the dye after the
200 grit resin-bonded diamonds (C. 10-13), allowing the dye to better penetrate the
concrete surface prior to densifying. The densifier seals, hardens and protects
making it more difficult for the dye to penetrate the concrete surface.
Follow manufacturer’s recommendation (to keep all performance warranties valid)
19. Slip Resisant Treatment: The manufacturer states this product is only to be applied
to tile surfaces and not to be used on polished concrete. This product is used
typically in geographical areas where snow is present and salt is used. This would
not be a product used in Concord, California. Please remove this from the specs as
it is not applicable to this project.

you can put fine grit on a polished concrete floor., and make it less slippery. probably tmi.
 
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i love raw concrete. the nastier the better (floors and walls). am totally not into that sterile perfection of the spotless finishes. it's not only the way it looks, but also the way it smells. throw some used oil on that shit FFS.
 
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I sit on the steps to my garage and spit every night on the raw concrete floor, aiming at bugs. The shit soaks in, turns the floor black, and when it gets wet, its slick as ice..
 
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corndog67 said:
My old lady has a throw rug obsession. We even have a few 8X12s, and I get the old ones. If i have to sit on the floor to work on a bike (which I avoid like the plague, but it still happens), at least the floor isn't ice cold and chilling my ass. If something gets spilled, I just throw the rug away and get another one.
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Glad I'm not the only one with area rugs under the bikes in my garage. :laughing

Need to clean that place out, it's a huge mess at the moment. Wish I had some daylight to work with.
 
littlebeast said:
i love raw concrete. the nastier the better
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:wow :drool

I found a guy selling 3/4" rubber horse stall mats on Craigslist. Wanted them cuz I box in there occasionally and wanted a clean looking foor. Helps with cold feet too if I'm in there working on something.

I was working on my car a lot or bike with oils etc, I think an epoxy coat of something level would be best. I don't know how porous these rubber mats are.
 
rubber and oil gets really slick. epoxy gets slippery when wet. I would suggest aggregate.
 
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