4 Post Lift Installed - How to Epoxy Floors ?

[IMAGINETHAT]

Hello all,

Perhaps someone has been through this and could provide some insight. I currently have a 4 post lift installed and would like to epoxy the floors. My floors have seen a good amount of DIY work so they will need some etching or grinding and I will have to hire out the work.

So here's my question, what is the best way of going about this? I can buy the castor set and move the lift to another space in the garage but ultimately think I will have to have the work done in two separate stages so to speak; where the lift isn't, move the lift, and where the lift was.

Any thoughts or insight is appreciated. Thanks!

Here is a photo for reference:
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[Shea]

Best thing to do is leave the lift where it is. A good floor coating company will tape off the base plates and work around it without issue. More people have damaged their new floor coating by gouging the surface with the sharp edge of a base plate when moving a lift back in.

 

[IMAGINETHAT]

Best thing to do is leave the lift where it is. A good floor coating company will tape off the base plates and work around it without issue. More people have damaged their new floor coating by gouging the surface with the sharp edge of a base plate when moving a lift back in.

Hi Shea - thank you for your input, I may end up doing that but thought if I ever move (or move the lift) there will be 4 patches of exposed concrete where the base plates were.

 

[69project]

I would empty out the garage and then have the floor done and then move everything back in. Since your vehicles do not look like the kind you just want to park on the street I would rent some secure storage units for a month while the work gets done. If you don't want to do epoxy then I would look at something like Racedeck tiles. They can design around the 4 posts and you can have extra tiles to fill in the 4 holes should you ever move.

 

[IMAGINETHAT]

I would empty out the garage and then have the floor done and then move everything back in. Since your vehicles do not look like the kind you just want to park on the street I would rent some secure storage units for a month while the work gets done. If you don't want to do epoxy then I would look at something like Racedeck tiles. They can design around the 4 posts and you can have extra tiles to fill in the 4 holes should you ever move.

Thank you for the input. Good idea with renting a storage space. I'm not sure am up to disassembling the lift and having it re-installed though.

I thought about the snap together tiles (Swisstrax is actually local to me) but I don't like the clacking sound and the buckling when the garage heats up.

 

[das_V8]

I am in the same situation (and same style lift) and have been trying to figure this out. I have the casters, however, my driveway has a decent slope to it. I may end up rigging up some straps to prevent it from flying down the driveway and into the street and set it down in the driveway. Lots of weather planning and planets aligning to make it all happen.

 

[IMAGINETHAT]

I am in the same situation (and same style lift) and have been trying to figure this out. I have the casters, however, my driveway has a decent slope to it. I may end up rigging up some straps to prevent it from flying down the driveway and into the street and set it down in the driveway. Lots of weather planning and planets aligning to make it all happen.

Thank you for the post. Would you believe that my driveway is short, sloped, and has a wedge curb at the bottom; so I really don't have the option of moving the lift into the driveway, that and the HOA would go nuts.

Keep me up to date as to how your situation progresses and best of luck !

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Have been coating around posts, water heaters, tanks, racks, etc... for years. Leave it and go around the obstructions as close as possible.


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[Armorpoxy]

We would suggest going around the lifts or obstructions. What are the actual chances that you would move the lift...

A suggestion to not leave out those wonderful cars is to use our one-day SPGX full broadcast kits. If you did that and saved the flecks, you could always patch any spots easily in the future. Also you can put your stuff back inside the same day!

https://armorpoxy.com/products/spgx-polyurea-full-broadcast-kit/

 

[Firering]

It might be too late but check out my thread for my project. I prepped my 3 car floor in stages and had everything ready for my Armorpoxy and then moved my lift to one side and did all 3 steps and let cure for 1 week and then rolled the lift to the finished side and then completed the 3 step on the other side. You'll see the lift pads I used and haven't had any marks in the Armorpoxy. This material is great!!!

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=206610

 

[IMAGINETHAT]

It might be too late but check out my thread for my project. I prepped my 3 car floor in stages and had everything ready for my Armorpoxy and then moved my lift to one side and did all 3 steps and let cure for 1 week and then rolled the lift to the finished side and then completed the 3 step on the other side. You'll see the lift pads I used and haven't had any marks in the Armorpoxy. This material is great!!!

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=206610

Thanks for your input and linking your thread! Also, great idea with the Racedeck tile for the base plate padding.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Glad you are happy!