1200 sq/ft floor help me decide

[drukkosz]

Hello all,

Have been reading this forum for few weeks now and need some advise.

I recently purchased a new home, the previous owner had a wood workshop attached to a garage.

I am planning to have a entertaining room, little gym and fish tank. My original idea was to have metallic epoxy installed.

I did rented a tl-9 grinder but after 11 hours of straight work I failed miserably. The concrete was in good shape but there is some kind of sealer on it so after "grinding" it it still doesn't absolve water.

I am getting it professionally grinded this Saturday. Should have done that first time.... lesson learned. The person I spoke with suggested stained and polished concrete, price is very reasonable but i do like the metallic look.

What do you guys think, what option would be best?

I would like to have a beautiful non slippery finish, that will last very long time.

 

[Toomanytools?]

Well metallic epoxy is very cool looking can be slick if you don't add some sort of shark bite to it. If it's more of an entertaining space how about rubber tiles? Epoxy over concrete is rather cold and doesn't offer much in muffling the sound.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Polished does not mean chem resistant. Resin floor will do better against salts and chemical spills.

 

[Huser21]

Full flake floor with 2 coats of polyaspartic, adjust the anti slip to your liking through samples. Half the cost of a metallic and twice as durable. Looks great too.

 

[drukkosz]

Thank you guys for your response, forgot to mention the concrete floor is heated, also I am not worried about salts and chemical spills. It going to be mainly recreational.

 

[FJ4FUN]

"beautiful non slippery finish, that will last very long time."....

This:

Wolverine double broadcast DecoFlake

;-)

 

[drukkosz]

Thank you FJ4FUN, I am just not feeling the flake floors. So do you guys think metallic epoxy is a bad idea?

 

[Toomanytools?]

Thank you FJ4FUN, I am just not feeling the flake floors. So do you guys think metallic epoxy is a bad idea?

Sounds like you have already decided and are trying to justify your choice. Metallic is just expensive as compared to other epoxy choices, seems to be $1.50-2.00 a square foot. If you are good with spending that on your floor just do it. My space is a workshop and I couldn't justify the cost of metallic for that space. You space is sounding more like recreational/entertaining so having the "pop" of metallic would maybe fit the bill. My case the savings is going towards more tools.

 

[FJ4FUN]

No, metallics are not a "bad idea" but they can be difficult to apply without some experience. If you're looking to achieve the wild, pronounced color variations "as seen on TV" (Youtube ;-) then some practice before hand will come in handy. Much of it has to do with the timing of, and how you choose to manipulate the media. As far as durability it is fine for most of your typical residential applications but for the semi-serious/serious workshop environments we still recommend our LiquaTile 1184 or 1143 base coat products.

 

[drukkosz]

Hello all,

Floor was grinded and have been blowing all the dust with a leaf blower. I am at the house only on the weekends at the moment so will take my time to properly clean it and get ready for epoxy.

Still have little dust on the floor so will continue to blow it and vacuum. Should I wash it too? if so what should I use?

Proper machine makes a difference. This is me with 90lb tl-9 and 11 hours of miserable work:





pros grinder over 600lb and it still took them over 7 hours




I decided on metallic epoxy. I have a friend that has done it before so he is familiar with it.

 

[PWC Repair]

I love the way that "pro" doesn't care about his hearing OR his lungs.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

I love the way that "pro" doesn't care about his hearing OR his lungs.

The big machines create so much dust so quickly it lays in clumps and is much less airborne. The fines get pulled into the vac-system. Our guys do the same thing here and there.

Yes, there is still some dust and the cumulative effect is NG for you.

 

[drukkosz]

That`s true, actually all the dust settle on the floor, I even offered them masks but they just looked me and said for what? haha and the grinder was actually very quiet, we were having a normal conversation when they were working. The little tl-9 was much much louder.

 

[PWC Repair]

When I was young, my mom used to be a medical transcriptionist. Back when this room full of people sat around with headphones and a foot control listening to micro cassettes of the doctors talking and typed it all out on computers. I remember her mentioning a man in his 30's with copd type symptoms. They had to tube and flush his lungs just so he could breathe. Turns out his lungs were half full of a concrete like substance.,......he was a drywaller since his teenage years!!

 

[Armorpoxy]

Minor residual dust won’t be an issue. Please contact us directly for a metallic flor quote. These are actually less money than full broadcast systems.