| Author | Message | ||
     Xl1200r |
Can anyone recommend a coating for the garage floor? I've found a company called U Coat It. Appears to be very good stuff, not sure if the price is reasonable though. Was hoping someone in here had some experience with something. Also, there's a fair bit of pitting on the floor - what's the best way to fill this? The same company above sells a UPatch product, but I wasn't sure if was better/easier to just put a new skim coat of concrete down or something. www.ucoatit.com | ||
| Halffast |
It's all about the surface prep. Even the best, most expensive, super-duper product will fail without proper surface prep. | ||
| Teddagreek |
My old house had a similar product that looked really bad.. Redid it with some new stuff... It looked like crap in no time.. Hot tire with just destroy it.. At least what I had.. I've been very happy with H&C Concrete stain and Sealer.. it Permeates the concrete.. | ||
| Fahren |
+1 on prep. Soy-crete makes a soy-based stain and sealer, as well as a de-greaser to clean up the concrete. I did my living room floor with the stuff. 2 coats of sealer and you are good to go for heavy use. You may also need to open up the pores of the concrete if you go with anything to permeate like a stain - soy-crete has great how-to info on their site. Otherwise, you still need to prep, but you can do a great epoxy finish as well. | ||
| Chainsaw |
Did my garage floor last month with a 2 part epoxy. Did a two color scheme using Quikrete Midnight Blue Epoxy and Rustoleum. Gray Epoxy. +2 on prep. I spent 6 hours on floor prep alone, for about 600 sq ft. Did a ton of research, and everything I read said bad prep = bad paint. I probably went a bit overboard on prep, but seemed easier than removing bad paint in the future. My opinion on these: Quikrete gets a thumbs up for being available in 40 colors at Lowes. Paint was THICK, pot life was 1.5-2 hours at around 70 degrees. The Bond-Lok surface prep stuff that came with the kit seemed to work fine. Barely made 200 sq ft with one gallon. About $69 for the kit. Rustoleum. Available in gray or tan only. Paint was noticeably thinner (like regular non-epoxy paint), coverage seemed much better thou, 250-300 sq ft per gallon. Pot life was 2-3 hours at 70 degrees. I believe their floor prep stuff is citric acid. About $64 per gallon, but got it on sale for $51 per gallon. Based on the thickness of the paint alone, my guess is the Quikrete will last longer. I would also recommend getting some of the anti-skid stuff to put in the paint, otherwise it's slick as snot when wet. About $3 per pouch. One pouch per gallon. I did not do a clear coat over the paint as it was pretty spendy. and I didn't use the color chips in the paint. IMO it makes the floor look dirty all the time...and 'cause I wanna find a bolt when I drop it.  | ||
| Chainsaw |
As for pitting, I believe there are some epoxy based crack fillers at Home Depot and Lowes that should do the trick. If you look on Youtube, you'll find a ton of videos on garage floor coatings and patching holes and other prep. | ||
| Stlgoalie |
for the pits use bondo, i would recommend sherwin williams macro poxy as a base coat then a urethane for a top coat. Prep is the key acid etch the floor first | ||
| Just_ziptab |
How the damned come.......if you spill paint on concrete......it's there forever? | ||
| Danger_dave |
Dirt. Biatch to clean but it lasts forever. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Man this is like being in a conversation with my dad. How many of you guys have peg board with the shape of the tools that hang there painted on it? :-P | ||
| Toona |
I have used the 2 part epoxy from Lowe's http://www.lowes.com I don't remember it being a Quikrete brand, but I have parked my wifes car on it without it sticking to the tires/peeling up. I used muratic acid and a pressure washer to prep the surface After prepped and completely dry, rollered the paint on in 8' squares then just threw the decorative plastic chips up in the air and land on the wet paint-where it sticks forever. Square foot coverage listed on the can was a little short, but maybe I put it on a little thicker than what the manufacturer recommended??? But not off by a terrible amount. | ||
| Skinstains |
I use oil and dirt, it works well enough. | ||
| Ftd |
I used the U-Coat-It system on my floor maybe 8 years ago. Looked great then and still looks good today. Has held up better than any box store product that I have seen used under similar conditions/age. It is not cheap though. Frank Photo is when first done. You can also see it in my profile pic. ~4 yrs old at the time photo was taken.  | ||
| Xl1200r |
The only real downside to the u coat it system is I can only buy enough for a 2 1/2 car garage - I have a 1 1/2 car garage at best, so it's going to be a littls wasteful... | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Yup oil & dirt here too, with a few added leaves that blow in under the door. I don't use pegboard either, I have a 5 drawer Roll-cab. As for material storage, I have perfected the "It's all in here somewhere" system. | ||
| Cochise |
Did half my garage with it, then 3 years later did the other half. Older side is a little browner for some odd reason  but it has held up well. It looks good, however, when I mop it, it doesn't seem to get all of the stains out. Not that I mop all that much, or even see the floor, for that matter. |
