Would you coat the baseboards?

[kickstart26]

I am having our garage floor coated with polyurea base and polyaspartic as the top coat. We have 6" pine baseboards. Would you coat these with the polyurea/polyaspartic? Or leave it painted the same color as the wall as is. No cost to having the baseboards treated.

 

[dcg9381]

I've had great luck with polyurea on plywood (cargo trailer floor).
Aesthetically, I'd leave them white (as they are) but just for protection coat them in clear polyurea (if that's what's going on). If you'd like them to match the floor, that's cool tool. Some concerns as those are "vertical" that any drips partially span to the floor... IE, can they do it neat enough?

 

[Jayman17]

Leave as is, easier to fix any damage in the future

 

[kickstart26]

Leave as is, easier to fix any damage in the future

Can you explain further? I figured covering the baseboards with polyurea/polyaspartic would protect them from water etc and make it easier to clean them as well

 

[Jayman17]

I was just thinking if they get dinged up by things in your shop over time. It would be easier to touch up with paint versus trying to touch up with polyuria/polyspartic. Aren't those kits sold in quantities that are too big for a minor touch up and/or have limited shelf life?

 

[rust in the eye]

No.
I imagine the joint failing and collecting dirt. Vinyl cove base might be a better choice for the garage.

 

[LXCam]

Wall color. If your that worried about water then paint the bottom and the back.

 

[e015475]

In the first iteration of my coated floor in my shop, I used vinyl coved base. After it'd been scrubbed a few times it seemed like it was impossible to make it look nice (was a light color to match the floor) and where the cove met the floor it never looked clean when I mopped it. If I had to do this again, I'd certainly use black or a very dark color cove base

The next iteration of the floor, I found an epoxy paste and tooled a fillet between the wall and the floor with a soup spoon (filled all the control joints with it too). i put the floor coating over the fillet and ran it up the wall about 4" - much easier to keep clean and looking nice by mopping every month or so.

I bought a house a few years ago with the floors in the garage already coated. I found a Sikaflex color that matched well enough and put a fillet between the floor and the wall and it is holding up fine.

 

[johnnycars]

I am having our garage floor coated with polyurea base and polyaspartic as the top coat. We have 6" pine baseboards. Would you coat these with the polyurea/polyaspartic? Or leave it painted the same color as the wall as is. No cost to having the baseboards treated.

Just had my garage floor done and the installer suggested not doing the sidewall / baseboard b/c it would peel and is not guaranteed (they have a lifetime guarantee). It was no extra cost to have it done so I just did the floors only as the installer suggested.