First time Home owner Garage Epoxy

[Suprman]

hey guys, I close on my first house this month and want to start things off right by applying a epoxy coating to the garage floor before move in.

I plan to rent the a floor cutter from Home Depot with the diamond grinding disc, then acid etch, and then apply a rustoleum 2 car garage kit.

the Guy at home depot said if the garage floor doesn't have many imperfections and is level there was no need to rent the machine, just to acid etch twice.

any opinions or guidance? this will be mainly used to store cars with one bay as a work bay until I can build my shop out back.

Edit Purchased the ArmorPoxy kit! Couldn't pass up the awesome deal Greg gave me. started the prep on 5/26 with a good pressure wash and let dry overnight. About to start Acid Etching..

 

[Suprman]

After reading some, now considering going AmourPoxy instead of the home depot Rustoleum kit.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Grind is sufficient.
We and several other vendors offer some kits worth looking at.

 

[roscoe2000]

It is best to go by the manufacturer's recommendation for the product you choose to use.

 

[MagicMarker]

IMO, if you're going through the entire grind process.... don't buy the big box kits. Go with one of the vendors here.

 

[duffman04]

I am in almost the exact position as you (we close May 31st and am epoxying before I move anything in the garage). I went with Legacy, in part because of this forum, but also because of color selection. From what I read you should at least go with the Rustoleum professional coating, its got a higher % solids content.

Keep in mind, unless you put some sort of UV inhibitor in the epoxy, or a urethane type of substance with it in it over the epoxy, you will have ambering/yellowing over time. Will be noticed less if you're going Tan or beige though.

 

[Suprman]

Grind is sufficient.
We and several other vendors offer some kits worth looking at.

So grind and no acid etch? that's the exact opposite of what I was told. I'm open to any if the kits out there, but my budget to get this done is around $400 or so

 

[Suprman]

I am in almost the exact position as you (we close May 31st and am epoxying before I move anything in the garage). I went with Legacy, in part because of this forum, but also because of color selection. From what I read you should at least go with the Rustoleum professional coating, its got a higher % solids content.

Keep in mind, unless you put some sort of UV inhibitor in the epoxy, or a urethane type of substance with it in it over the epoxy, you will have ambering/yellowing over time. Will be noticed less if you're going Tan or beige though.

yeah the more reading I do, the more i'm learning that the rustoleum kit at HD will most likely not look great in a few years...

 

[frank001]

This is how I did the epoxy floor in my new garage. Has held up well after over one year use:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=284998&highlight=frank001

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

I went with Legacy, in part because of this forum, but also because of color selection.

 

[Suprman]

I ended up with the ArmorPoxy. started cleaning on the 26th. Just about to start the Acid etching process now. I'll grab some pics during the process.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi, our recommendations are that if you etch alone, often a primer isn't necessary, but priming always gives a better job, and eliminates potential uneven surface texture issues and makes the epoxy lay up thicker since it won't, soak in. Certain colors also need priming.

If you grind, then prime since the floor will become more porous.

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