45 year old garage update - best order to do things?

[sns1938]

(photo will follow in a week when we move in).

Projects:
1) additional electrical outlets (possibly new circuits with a sub panel, need to see what exactly is there).
2) additional lighting, one set of slights for above the two car spaces, and one setup for my bench/exercise area
3) insulate the 2x4 walls, vapor barrier (which I read is just PE sheeting), sheet rock, mud, paint
4) epoxy the floor (a few long fine cracks, some staining and grime there now). so a grind (HD rental diamond grinder), some scrubbing with simple green

Most logical order:
1) electrical
2) insulate
3) vapor barrier
4) simple green scrub??
5) widen cracks so as to be able to get filler into them? Or will a good (legacy or armorpoxy or similar) epoxy hide them? (I cannot find good before and after photos for what what you can get away with).
6) grind with HD rental
7) epoxy install (following manufacturers instructions)
8) sheet rock, mud and paint?

Questions:
1) Is that the best order? Do I fill the cracks after scrubbing and before grinding?
2) I could maybe do the floor first, but i'm up against falling temperatures (Nor Cal, so not crazy cold temps).
3) Many epoxy brands have a separate version for California. Are these as good? I have an option to ship to a different state and bring back in my truck and install if it lasts longer etc.

I plan to be in this house 15 - 20 years, and only plan to do light wrenching in it. It would be completely unacceptable to have to grind off the epoxy and replace during my planned ownership.

Thanks, I will start a thread on this project once we move in and I have pictures.

 

[sns1938]

On the flooring part, I find nice videos and instructions like this one, but they didn't do a simple green scrub and didn't fill cracks. I'm just not sure of the appropriate order. And then there's the whole restricted sales of the ''good stuff'' to california. Is it an issue?

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi, we always recommend the floor be 'last' since it won't get damaged or paint splatter from work being done.

As for cracks, no liquid coating will fill them or make them go away, so they need to be filled with our Crack Repair Epoxy Putty, or something els prior to coating.

Thanks!

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Floor last, otherwise looking good. Gotta love a great plan!

 

[sns1938]

Hi, we always recommend the floor be 'last' since it won't get damaged or paint splatter from work being done.

As for cracks, no liquid coating will fill them or make them go away, so they need to be filled with our Crack Repair Epoxy Putty, or something els prior to coating.

Thanks!

Thanks. So do I scrub the floor with simple green and water blast first? I just dont get if I then fill cracks, grind back, then coat, or if it's grind, acid, fill cracks then coat etc.

As I'm up against falling temperatures, and the want to get electrical and sheet rock done first, I'm thinking I may scrub the floor and water blast it some time early on. Can I fill the cracks next, and then leave the Crack Repair Epoxy Putty exposed for six months, or is it best to just wait and do everything next spring?

Thanks.

 

[sns1938]

Any comment on California formula vs rest of US formula? I personally see one coating that is slightly less environmentally friendly, but lasts twice as long, as being better than having to grind off a coating after ten (five?) years to replace.

Thanks

 

[Armorpoxy]

We carry CA approved systems that use our 100% solids epoxy and perform great.

 

[sns1938]

We carry CA approved systems that use our 100% solids epoxy and perform great.

Thanks, so the non-CA ones aren't better? I really want this coating to stick well.

Thanks

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

They are not better. They lack all the good solvents that the good stuff has.
Have your product shipped to NV or AZ or consider Nohr-S Polyurea for your topcoat, we can ship it to all but 4 counties (Riverside, Orange, LA and SanBernadino) in CA.