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Rex Ruby · 10-03-2011

One of the services I offer as a contractor is garage floor epoxy coatings. It is not my intent to push epoxy floors as epoxy is only one of the possible garage floors available. My intent is to share my knowledge of the epoxy option.
The recent job I did was a 2100 SF metal building. As with any project the preparation is key. This floor was so smooth, one of the best cement finish jobs I've ever seen. It was actually too smooth so I had to grind it so the epoxy would have some "tooth" to grab on to. I used a grinder that has 6 replaceable stones doing the grinding.

In extreme cases scarifing the surface maybe needed. Scarifing will leave the surface rougher than just grinding, kind of like an orange peel. This is a basement floor I did a few years ago this was scarified mainly because there was 10+ coats of paint on it.

Once the concrete is roughed up to get the best result apply 3 coats. I use an industrial two equal part epoxy paint. (Can't buy this stuff at Home Depot!). First coat.

Don't have any second coat pictures. The second coat was 85% good enough but the third coat put the icing on the cake!

Rex Ruby · 10-03-2011

Here's another customer's floor, all grinded and ready for paint.

Finished shots:

Rex Ruby · 10-03-2011

These epoxy floors turn out real nice! So after doing the recent one I decided to redo mine. 10 years ago when I built my garage was the beginning of my epoxy floor education. Did a lot of research and decided on the U Coat It system. Within a year of applying the U Coat It I was dissatisfied. I had a lot of tire patch lift and the finish was not what was promised. Actually if they had insisted that I apply 2 coats the finish may have been acceptable. I called them on their guarantee and ultimately they blamed the failures on my concrete. So I've lived with that mistake for 8 or 9 years and everytime I do a floor for a customer it kills me when I look at mine:ack: I took a chance and didn't grind my floor as what was sticking of the U Coat It is pretty stuck. I painted a first spot coat covering all the areas where the concrete was exposed. Then painted 2 more coats for the following result!

Hope you enjoyed this and maybe learned something, PM me or email me at: corvette@jporter.net if you have any questions.

FWIW, installed this costs $3 to $6 per SF depending on conditions. If you'd want to DIY this you could do it for about $1 a SF, with a lot of work!

Scrrem · 10-03-2011

Great information John. I did my floor two year ago (U-Coat-it) and I will say that it was more work that I first thought but with this system, floor preparation is key. So fair, mine has held up with no issues.
Rich

HADI-ZR1 · 10-03-2011

Rex,
I think nowadays pro. Garage floor job done by using layer of epoxy and polyurethane coating, (powder coating)I have seen some 5 stars garage with that technic!

A26B · 10-03-2011

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Originally Posted by Rex Ruby

These epoxy floors turn out real nice!
Hope you enjoyed this and maybe learned something, PM me or email me at: corvette@jporter.net if you have any questions.

FWIW, installed this costs $3 to $6 per SF depending on conditions. If you'd want to DIY this you could do it for about $1 a SF, with a lot of work!

John,

Thanks for the info. I did my garage floor with Muscle Gloss epoxy about 8 years ago. Rolling it out for the coverage they specified has resulted in
spots now lifting. I didn't spread it so thin on the last half of my garage and it looked better and has been much more durable. Now it needs to be cleaned off and redone.

I've been planning on building a new shop for a couple of years and the floor finish has been my biggest, unresolved issue. Thanks for the info. I'm now encouraged to do epoxy again with the hope of a long lasting finish.

Rex Ruby · 10-03-2011

The garage with the red floor is 3.5 years old. I was doing another job for that customer the beginning of this year the spot he parks his DD was all crapped up from winter driving. I took some spray 9 to part of that area and all the winter crap easily cleaned off and the floor looked like new again!

A26B · 10-03-2011

Wish you were in Oklahoma John!!

Rex Ruby · 10-04-2011

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Originally Posted by A26B

Wish you were in Oklahoma John!!

Did I hear someone say ROAD TRIP??!!

-=Jeff=- · 10-04-2011

How slippery is it when wet?

Been wanting to do my garage floor but concerned of the 'slip' factor being I am in the Chicago Suburbs and my wife gets her car in the garage in winter.

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Rex Ruby Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Springfield, PA Posts: 372	Garage Floor Paint One of the services I offer as a contractor is garage floor epoxy coatings. It is not my intent to push epoxy floors as epoxy is only one of the possible garage floors available. My intent is to share my knowledge of the epoxy option. The recent job I did was a 2100 SF metal building. As with any project the preparation is key. This floor was so smooth, one of the best cement finish jobs I've ever seen. It was actually too smooth so I had to grind it so the epoxy would have some "tooth" to grab on to. I used a grinder that has 6 replaceable stones doing the grinding. In extreme cases scarifing the surface maybe needed. Scarifing will leave the surface rougher than just grinding, kind of like an orange peel. This is a basement floor I did a few years ago this was scarified mainly because there was 10+ coats of paint on it. Once the concrete is roughed up to get the best result apply 3 coats. I use an industrial two equal part epoxy paint. (Can't buy this stuff at Home Depot!). First coat. Don't have any second coat pictures. The second coat was 85% good enough but the third coat put the icing on the cake! Last edited by Rex Ruby; 10-03-2011 at 07:47 PM.

10-03-2011	#2
Rex Ruby Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Springfield, PA Posts: 372	Re: Garage Floor Paint Here's another customer's floor, all grinded and ready for paint. Finished shots:

10-03-2011	#3
Rex Ruby Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Springfield, PA Posts: 372	Re: Garage Floor Paint These epoxy floors turn out real nice! So after doing the recent one I decided to redo mine. 10 years ago when I built my garage was the beginning of my epoxy floor education. Did a lot of research and decided on the U Coat It system. Within a year of applying the U Coat It I was dissatisfied. I had a lot of tire patch lift and the finish was not what was promised. Actually if they had insisted that I apply 2 coats the finish may have been acceptable. I called them on their guarantee and ultimately they blamed the failures on my concrete. So I've lived with that mistake for 8 or 9 years and everytime I do a floor for a customer it kills me when I look at mine:ack: I took a chance and didn't grind my floor as what was sticking of the U Coat It is pretty stuck. I painted a first spot coat covering all the areas where the concrete was exposed. Then painted 2 more coats for the following result! Hope you enjoyed this and maybe learned something, PM me or email me at: corvette@jporter.net if you have any questions. FWIW, installed this costs $3 to $6 per SF depending on conditions. If you'd want to DIY this you could do it for about $1 a SF, with a lot of work!

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Scrrem Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Alexandria, Virginia Posts: 1,453	Re: Garage Floor Paint Great information John. I did my floor two year ago (U-Coat-it) and I will say that it was more work that I first thought but with this system, floor preparation is key. So fair, mine has held up with no issues. Rich __________________ 1990 Bright Red Coupe #608 380 Stroker, Ported Heads/Intake/Housings/TB Haibeck Secondary Delete Chip / Pete's Cams George Braml Intake / FIC Injectors Coated SW Headers / Corsa Bill Boudreau B/B ZF6 / Viper 4.10 gears Ron Davis Radiator Pioneer AVIC-Z140BH NAV Fikse FM5's 285 / 335 / C6 Brakes WAZOO Member

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HADI-ZR1 Banned BANNED Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Q8 Posts: 215	Re: Garage Floor Paint Rex, I think nowadays pro. Garage floor job done by using layer of epoxy and polyurethane coating, (powder coating)I have seen some 5 stars garage with that technic! Last edited by HADI-ZR1; 10-03-2011 at 09:10 PM.

10-03-2011	#7
Rex Ruby Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Springfield, PA Posts: 372	Re: Garage Floor Paint The garage with the red floor is 3.5 years old. I was doing another job for that customer the beginning of this year the spot he parks his DD was all crapped up from winter driving. I took some spray 9 to part of that area and all the winter crap easily cleaned off and the floor looked like new again!

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A26B Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Arcadia, OK Posts: 3,401	Re: Garage Floor Paint Wish you were in Oklahoma John!! __________________ Jerry Downey JERRYS LT5 GASKETS & PARTS http://www.jerrysgaskets.com 1994 *ZR-1*, Black/Black, Lingenfelter Aerobody, 416cu in, 3.91 gears, coil-over susp, Brembo brakes, etc. 2016 Black-Red, 3LT-Z51 Auto 8-speed.

10-04-2011	#10
-=Jeff=- Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bartlett, IL Posts: 7,161	Re: Garage Floor Paint How slippery is it when wet? Been wanting to do my garage floor but concerned of the 'slip' factor being I am in the Chicago Suburbs and my wife gets her car in the garage in winter. __________________ 1990 Corvette ZR-1 #1051 Watson Headers (2" Primary) - Flowmaster Cats - Borla Catback Late Model IH - Plenum Coilovers - 4.10s Shelby Series 1 - Wilwood Brakes Custom Interior NCM Lifetime Member #978