I'm new, can someone please lend some advice?!?

[TurbosNV8s]

Hello,

I have a 2 car attached garage. My house is about 8 years old. When I purchased the house 3 1/2 years ago I coated the concrete floor with a Rustoleum 1 part epoxy coating from Home Depot. The light tan finish has stained a little from wear and the glossy finish has dulled to an eggshell like finish.

Long story short I am looking to re-do the floor in the garage as well as coat my concrete block walls with a indoor/outdoor paint. I was origanally looking into Behr 2 part epoxy paint for the floor. They have a wide choice of colors. (I think I am leaning towards a dark gray)

Do you guys have any suggestions on what product to use?

What about the floor I currently have down? Can I just clean, dry, and coat?

Thank You,
Dan

 

[930dreamer]

The floor experts will soon be here.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Take the time, do it right.
Grind off the original coating to bare concrete.
Apply a quality two part epoxy.

You will exert the same amount of effort and time to apply a budget coating vs. something that will last.

 

[TurbosNV8s]

Take the time, do it right.
Grind off the original coating to bare concrete.
Apply a quality two part epoxy.

You will exert the same amount of effort and time to apply a budget coating vs. something that will last.

How would I "grind it off?" What is the advantage of grinding it off and starting totally from the beginning again? What makes a quality product? Assuming that you don't think that Behr is, obvioulsy Rustoleum is not. I do plan on doing this myself.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Grind off using an Edco grinder or similar. Call your local rental house.
Let them know you need a grinder that will remove a deck coating in preparation for a new epoxy coating, they will help you.


The advantage is that the next coat will stay down and not peel/delaminate.


Coatings? Well let's say there are many to choose from right here on this board.

 

[TurbosNV8s]

Grind off using an Edco grinder or similar. Call your local rental house.
Let them know you need a grinder that will remove a deck coating in preparation for a new epoxy coating, they will help you.


The advantage is that the next coat will stay down and not peel/delaminate.


Coatings? Well let's say there are many to choose from right here on this board.

Thanks for the advise I'll look into renting a machine for that.

As far as the coatings, sure, there are plenty on this board and plenty available online, and even more in the stores. I know where to find it. My question was "what makes a quality product?" not "where to buy a quality product"

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Nutshell Version:
Two part Epoxy (more durable than single parts or paints)
100% solids (put down 10 mils wet, you get 10 mils dry)
although lesser solids products have a place too (app. dependent)
Choose a company that specializes in epoxy coatings
Better products have better raw ingredients

and the best way to choose is to talk with your fellow man.

 

[GeorgiaHybrid]

You will soon get a lot of opinions about floor coatings but the companies that help on this board (Legacy Industry, Wolverine, Epoxy Coat and others would be a good place to start. As noted above, grind off the old coating and apply a good, 2 part, 100% solid epoxy. I prefer one that has an epoxy primer for the first coat with a second, epoxy color coat and then top coat with a polyurethane. The top coat should also have some "sharkgrip" added for slip resistance.

Read thru this board for some of the floors that have been done DIY and understand the problems that they have had (rollers, measuring problems, mixing problems, spike shoes, etc. to avoid having that type of issue when doing your floor.

Done right, it will last a long time and look very nice. The good thing about the polyurethane top coat is that is just needs to be cleaned up, the surface roughened and then top coated if the floor ever starts to look bad. The polyurethane will also help prevent the epoxy from "yellowing" due to UV rays.