the_cowman
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Back in 2009, I'd just bought a home and knowing I'd be doing a lot of dirty work in it and not wanting to stain up the concrete and hurt resale value I decided epoxy was the way to go. At the time the only option I knew of was the rustoleum kits that I've since read time and again are terrible wastes of money that one should never install.
Well I just ran across pictures of that installation taken just after it had cured and thought I'd post them for the general consumption of the internet...
So how did it hold up? Well the only place where any of it ever came up/chipped was a small spot where I had a forked tractor loader sitting on the ground and put it in gear before raising the bucket... scratched some of the coating off at that spot. There were also a few rust stains where metal items sat in moisture.
Here's a picture taken in 2014, 5 years later and showing how the floor was generally treated. All types of oils, gas, diesel, dirt, road salt, dropped tools, etc... I was definitely not nice to it.
A good cleaning with degreaser and a pressure washer and it looks just about as good as new.... wish I'd taken a picture before we moved but it really does still look good. The easy cleanup was probably the best benefit of it IMO.
So, there's a case study for you. Did I just get lucky? I prepped the **** out out of that floor, probably hit it 4 times with the pressure washer, etched it twice, let it dry for days, and ran a vaccum cleaner over it to get any dust before installation.
Well now I live at a new house, and I'm building a new workshop and contemplating what product I might want to use on the floor.... every source I have online including hear is screaming that rustoleum is junk... yet I had this good experience with it and it's significantly less expensive. As I price things out I'm probably spending at least 2x more on the more premium products and seriously wondering why I should spend the money when I had a previously good experience with the cheap stuff.
Well I just ran across pictures of that installation taken just after it had cured and thought I'd post them for the general consumption of the internet...
So how did it hold up? Well the only place where any of it ever came up/chipped was a small spot where I had a forked tractor loader sitting on the ground and put it in gear before raising the bucket... scratched some of the coating off at that spot. There were also a few rust stains where metal items sat in moisture.
Here's a picture taken in 2014, 5 years later and showing how the floor was generally treated. All types of oils, gas, diesel, dirt, road salt, dropped tools, etc... I was definitely not nice to it.
A good cleaning with degreaser and a pressure washer and it looks just about as good as new.... wish I'd taken a picture before we moved but it really does still look good. The easy cleanup was probably the best benefit of it IMO.
So, there's a case study for you. Did I just get lucky? I prepped the **** out out of that floor, probably hit it 4 times with the pressure washer, etched it twice, let it dry for days, and ran a vaccum cleaner over it to get any dust before installation.
Well now I live at a new house, and I'm building a new workshop and contemplating what product I might want to use on the floor.... every source I have online including hear is screaming that rustoleum is junk... yet I had this good experience with it and it's significantly less expensive. As I price things out I'm probably spending at least 2x more on the more premium products and seriously wondering why I should spend the money when I had a previously good experience with the cheap stuff.