Best do it yourself epoxy

[HelisandHarleys]

We are moving into a new home and figure it's a great time to epoxy the floor while the garage is empty. I'm looking at Armorclad. Anyone have experience or can recommend a good epoxy kit?

Also the garage floor is painted with flecks currently. What's the best way to prep the floor?

 

[Garage Flooring]

We are moving into a new home and figure it's a great time to epoxy the floor while the garage is empty. I'm looking at Armorclad. Anyone have experience or can recommend a good epoxy kit?

Also the garage floor is painted with flecks currently. What's the best way to prep the floor?

Mine of course

In all seriousness there are a ton of great products on the market and a lot of it comes down to surface prep and how you use the floor. I would highly suggest starting by renting a Diamabrush coatings removal tool and using it to grind your floor and remove the existing coating.

Then we need to have a look at how experienced and handy you are and the end result you want coupled with how you use your garage.

Another thing that will factor into this is where you are in the country.

 

[MagicMarker]

Check out my thread on Budget Rustoleum epoxy.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298129

I'm hoping for the best, but expecting some failure.

 

[HelisandHarleys]

Mine of course

In all seriousness there are a ton of great products on the market and a lot of it comes down to surface prep and how you use the floor. I would highly suggest starting by renting a Diamabrush coatings removal tool and using it to grind your floor and remove the existing coating.

Then we need to have a look at how experienced and handy you are and the end result you want coupled with how you use your garage.

Another thing that will factor into this is where you are in the country.

Im in Kansas. The garage sees a lot of heavy use as we often have a project car and do all of our own maintenance on our daily drivers, the newest of which is a 2003 Chevy and the oldest a '97 Beemer, as well as our boat.

As far as finished product, function is priority as it's not a show garage. We are quite handy and want it to look nice, but I'm not going to get bent out of shape over a few imperfections because it was my first time doing this kind of application. I'm also not interested in something that takes days to prep and apply. I will have 2 days to do the work, then it will have a week or so til the movers show up with stuff.

We have race deck in our current garage. This time around I want something I can actually get clean.

 

[Garage Flooring]

Im in Kansas. The garage sees a lot of heavy use as we often have a project car and do all of our own maintenance on our daily drivers, the newest of which is a 2003 Chevy and the oldest a '97 Beemer, as well as our boat.

As far as finished product, function is priority as it's not a show garage. We are quite handy and want it to look nice, but I'm not going to get bent out of shape over a few imperfections because it was my first time doing this kind of application. I'm also not interested in something that takes days to prep and apply. I will have 2 days to do the work, then it will have a week or so til the movers show up with stuff.

We have race deck in our current garage. This time around I want something I can actually get clean.

OK, a product like Rust Bullet is a good fit in that it does not require prep and you could do the install in a day or two. You will need to keep stuff off it for three days after that. You are not going to want to rush it as rushing leads to issues.

If total time off the floor is your main issue, you may want to talk to Scotty at Legacy as his single component polyurea product may be a good fit for this application.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Thanks for the plug LLC . Lol.

No matter what you do, prep it proper and follow the instructions.


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[Garage Flooring]

No matter what you do, prep it proper and follow the instructions.


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And if your not sure ask....

 

[froman6]

I'm in the process of using Sherwin Williams Tile Clad (black) and have been very happy with it's application so far and the cost. I like the fact that even in hot temps I have up to 4hs of working time. I haven't parked on it yet so I can speak to it's durability just yet.

 

[CWBullock]

Water based epoxy is easy to apply and has a longer pot life that reduces the worry of getting it applied as quickly as other epoxy products require. Well, epoxy master will do good.