Ben. Moore floor coating

[quartercup]

Had a garage floor coating system installed by my builder (12/12). Sub used Benj. Moore product--epoxy, chips, then clear coat. Am experiencing staining where the vehicles are parked. Nothing removes them. Appears that the clear coat has been burned. Listened to some baloney about performance tires being the cause (I have none). Anybody have a majic solution that removes anything? Floor not bothered by the typical garage material: gas, brake fluid, coolant, oil etc. Phoenix location, so there is new meaning to the idea: hot tires.

 

[Shea]

Here's an article that covers how to remove tire marks from epoxy floors. Not all marks will come out however. It depends on the quality of the coating.

 

[amberjack1234]

As a new person here and I haven't even applied my floor coating yet I was concerned about this issue. Just as soon as the pollen stops blanketing everything in yellow I am going to put down some kind of Epoxy product. I am still looking. Thank you for posting this article.

 

[NitroShark]

To help prevent this.....

1) Use a 100% solids product.

2) put down a primer by the same

3) put down a coating system of at least 20 DFT


Your better coating systems will at least follow the above.


Shawn

 

[floorcoatingsguru]

The staining you are referring to is called plasticizer migration. Tire manufacturers use plasticizers in the tire manufacturing process. It helps keep the tires flexible over the life of the tire. Those plasticizers in the tire are reducing intermolecular forces in the polymers. Since the intermolecular forces are reduced, the molecules in the tire next to your floor will actually want to bond with the molecules in the floor coating (epoxy or urethane). I have found that Michelin, Goodyear, and Toyo tires are the worse. Two solutions other than those mentioned are: 1. Use a clear polyaspartic coating over the pigmented or flake/quartz floor. Plasticizers tend to react with the pigment in coatings. Putting a clear coat over the floor helps to reduce the likelihood of staining. High solids Polyaspartic chemistry is the best I've found to withstand it. 2. If you leave the car parked for long periods of time consider parking on carpet squares "remnant" or fabric parking mats. Good luck.