Recommend me a good DIY or company for garage floor epoxy

[Outlaw]

So, with the new house all but set in stone the first thing I know I want to do is epoxy the garage floor. I used a DIY kit in the past and it didn't turn out all that great. Can someone recommend me a GOOD product to use for me to do it myself, or, a professional to come out and do the prep work and epoxy coating. I want to do it right away so that the garage doesn't get full of shit and it never gets done.

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[daturbosix]

look at the 2 part crap from grainger.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

I had 3-4 professional places come out and this guy had the best price and excellent turnout.

Since its all about the prep... I wouldn't DIY unless you plan on diamond grinding or shot blasting properly, probably requiring someone w/ experience helping make sure you do it right.

Industrial Flooring and Restorations, Inc. - Industrial Flooring and Restorations , Inc.

 

[Frank Dukes]

I want to do it right away so that the garage doesn't get full of shit and it never gets done.

so much this. i wanted to do this at my new house and i did not have time before moving day. that was six months ago.. and i'm not sure it will ever get done now. only plus side is its already full of stains so i don't feel bad when i spill changing oil.

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

so much this. i wanted to do this at my new house and i did not have time before moving day. that was six months ago.. and i'm not sure it will ever get done now. only plus side is its already full of stains so i don't feel bad when i spill changing oil.

You can still get it done, those stains don't mean shit, I let my studded snowmobile accidently tear into the garage floor and that damage was magically gone.

Do what I did and just move everything outside the garage and tarp it and hope the honest people stay honest

 

[Outlaw]

I had 3-4 professional places come out and this guy had the best price and excellent turnout.

Since its all about the prep... I wouldn't DIY unless you plan on diamond grinding or shot blasting properly, probably requiring someone w/ experience helping make sure you do it right.

Industrial Flooring and Restorations, Inc. - Industrial Flooring and Restorations , Inc.

What size garage and what was the cost if you don't mind me asking? The new house has a 2-car wide, a little over normal depth with a 7x16 workshop-ish area off to the side.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

$3k out the door for 510 sqft + the footings which is probably another 100 sqft

The opposite wall to this pic and to the right has like 2-4' of exposed footing, they also did the step up in the rear of the garage, and the wood stairs and landing that goes into the house.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

this wasn't the install pic, just the annual clean the fawkin salt out pic.

also that companies website is pretty bad lol, I was referred to them, drove a couple minutes away to see their work in someone elses garage and decided then. Not even sure I looked at their website while deciding.

 

[Outlaw]

Looks awesome! Too much for what I'm trying to accomplish all at once here. Paid off a credit card and some other little shit on top of giving the bank $41,000 on the house that I still have to furnish lol. Looks like the DIY route is the way to go, or, just let it go for a while if the DIY stuff isn't going to adhere worth a shit.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

I am a firm believer it won't, you either open up the concrete pores or not.

 

[Outlaw]

That's my thought. I'll probably just powerwash it and paint the walls and call it a day for a while. Now that I'm thinking about it it's still going to be cold when I move in, so, I couldn't do it right away even if I wanted to. I don't think the epoxy would like 40* concrete.

The place is in desperate need of some garage lighting upgrades as well. That needs to happen regardless.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

do it in some one part epoxy paint. It'll hold up a long time and cost a lot less. Yeah, it's going to get dinged up over time vs the fancy epoxy but it's way more economical. Clean and etch the floor, roll the paint on, done. Easy enough to paint back over if it gets damaged. The service floors in our buildings are all painted like this and it's held up to commercial level traffic with only a handful of spots popping up after gouging the duck out of it.

we use some sherwin williams branded stuff here, but there is a product called "drylok E1" that seems to have a lot of good reviews. $40ish a gallon

 

[Outlaw]

I think that might have been my problem when I did the garage at my parents house. It seems like the etch didn't do shit. I even went a bit heavy on the application.

 

[Intel]

That's my thought. I'll probably just powerwash it and paint the walls and call it a day for a while. Now that I'm thinking about it it's still going to be cold when I move in, so, I couldn't do it right away even if I wanted to. I don't think the epoxy would like 40* concrete.

The place is in desperate need of some garage lighting upgrades as well. That needs to happen regardless.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Metalux-SN...ht-Common-8-ft-Actual-2-75-in-x-96-in/3181905

I have 4 of these at the front of my garage and 2 more on a different switch as they are over the garage doors. Garage is like daylight and I love it.

 

[Outlaw]

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Metalux-SN...ht-Common-8-ft-Actual-2-75-in-x-96-in/3181905

I have 4 of these at the front of my garage and 2 more on a different switch as they are over the garage doors. Garage is like daylight and I love it.

I think I want to do LED. I'm going to be doing LED in most of the house as it is.

 

[Outlaw]

Like four of these in the main garage area and one in the workshop wing.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Metalux-LED-Troffer-Shop-Light-Common-4-ft-Actual-24-5-in-x-48-in/50338252

 

[2QuikTA]

I haven't heard very many good reviews of the store brand or even the Sherwin Williams type stuff. After a bit the story is always the same, it comes up with the tires or chips off. Prep is key and if not done well, it doesn't matter what you're putting down! I was going to go with armorpoxy.com when I do it. Read up on garagejounal.com, their is a a section in the forum just for flooring.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

My old house the previous owners etched and DIY and ended up with two pair of tire tracks with the cars backing in and out

 

[10thSVT_03]

You can rent a floor buffer and get the scuff pads for concrete. With good prep the DIY isn't a bad option. Someone posted garage floor pics recently where it looked like the floor was wet. Hopefully they see your post and respond.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

$300 vs $3000, i can tolerate it not being perfect forever.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

I did it myself. Etched the concrete with the powdered stuff or granules that you add to water.
I used the rustoleum kits from menards. I left it alone for 4 days and then rolled the epoxy clear coat with added none slip beads.

wet shoes, you can still wipe out if you're not careful. I don't do alot of work in my garage but it's held up for the most part.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

You can rent a floor buffer and get the scuff pads for concrete. With good prep the DIY isn't a bad option. Someone posted garage floor pics recently where it looked like the floor was wet. Hopefully they see your post and respond.

http://www.thechicagogarage.com/for...17-ford-mustang-gt350-time-name-change-4.html

resin floor finish FTMFW

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

$300 vs $3000, i can tolerate it not being perfect forever.

3k was really for all that sqft and vertical they had to do, step up, footings, all those stairs. Have to be real diligent not to mess up the vertical I'd imagine. Point is, standard 2 car garage might be less than 1/2 or 1/3.