Bored with epoxy idea..

[DatacomGuy]

It's time to finally tackle the floor of the garage in my new home (about a year old now).. I've done projects everywhere, but have left this to next to last for some odd reason.

I was thinking of going simple with the two-part Rustoleum epoxy.. My garage really doesn't get a lot of usage for projects. Little wood-working projects here and there, but nothing crazy. It's a 3-car garage, and the 3rd section is my home gym...

But I'm kind of bored with epoxy idea already.. but my budget is limited to the Rustoleum dollar figure for a 3-car garage..

Any suggestions for something different, or out of the box, or effective yet cheap?

 

[jskco]

May I ask how many square feet you are looking to cover and which Rustoleum product you were looking at. Where does that put you budget wise?

 

[DatacomGuy]

I have to remeasure tonight. I measured when I first bought the house then put the project on hold..

It's three car.. I'm going to estimate, for the sake of a quick reply, roughly 750sqft? 250sqft per stall?

And the third stall is tandem to the first one.. it's L-shaped. Quite unique, really.

I'm kind of hoping to do the floor for $300 or less.

 

[L84ARACE]

I'm in the same boat as you. I want to do something with my 700 sf garage floor but do not want to put 3 grand into it. I'm also looking for an outside the box idea, right now I am looking into stain.

 

[DatacomGuy]

Thought about stain as well..but heard it fades?

 

[jskco]

OK….

I sell epoxy, tiles mats etc. Almost everything but VCT. One guy on the forum told me he got VCT for .50/sf. (see post http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17448) I have not been impressed with the big name epoxy products but on that budget it may be all you can afford. Just make sure whatever product you go with you go outside of the box…

If as it appears you have a lot of experience with epoxy and that is the way you wish to go, you could use our EpoArmor II. It is not as flexible as our original Epoarmor and has a lower DFT. We have sold a ton of it into industrial applications and have not had a single failure. It just gets HOT and you need to apply it fast.

I added a coupon code of epo2. It may be used on EpoArmor II up on up to 5 different transactions and gives a 24% discount. As we ship for free this will be below my cost and is only valid on orders totaling $400 or more.

Now…. If you want to get away from epoxy you could either check into VCT or perhaps increase the budget a bit.

We have Daytona tiles for $1.96/sf delivered for a VERY short time
We have out JNK Diamond or Coin tile at around $3 a square foot
You can save over tile by going with the Standard ribbed BLT garage floor mat http://www.jnkproducts.com/floor_order_form.htm

We offer free samples of all mats and tile

remember google! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...esult&cd=1&q=rustoleum+epoxy+problems&spell=1

Hope that helps!

Justin Krauss
http://www.jnkproducts.com

 

[DatacomGuy]

Thanks for the help Justin.. Appreciate that.

 

[jskco]

Forgive my typing... Outside the box was supposed to say outside the big box retail stores.

 

[SC-Eric]

There are many ways to stain... BUT, the most common is either a waterbased acrylic stain or acid stain. These fade when the sealer is worn off and then they get dirty or abraded off.

Many companies use our BondTite 1101 clear over acid stained concrete to provide a durable protective coating. Restaurants may also use our AuraShine 3511 floor polish as a sacrificial layer.

Most companies simply put a floor polish over acid stained concrete which wears out quickly. It's not really that the stain fades as much as they don't seal it properly.

One option is to simply put a nice thick coat of clear on the floor. Our BondTite 1101 looks pretty nice all by itself... Here is a post with some pictures of the BondTite 1101 prior to overcoating with LiquaTile 1184:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=164375&postcount=31

You could also consider our simple solvent-based acrylic sealer AcryliSeal 3401 or our new waterbased Acrylic Sealer (which we have not named yet)...

No matter what you do... you get what you pay for.

 

[AlphaGarage]

We have a hardware store owner in the north east who also does a quite a bit of contracting. A little over a year ago he did a restaurant floor using a primer cost of BondTite 1101, then a coat of LiquaTile 1184, he put a coating of tinting over the 1184 before applying a final protective clear coat of 1101.

He just contacted me over the weekend for another order, he has a job for a new restaurant floor, about 2,500 sq ft. His clients saw the last job and want a similar effect for their new place. He says with the tint wash the floor has a nice aged, almost antique, patina. Not the bright sharp bold look that the solid color space has. I was concerned that there might be a bonding problem, but he cleared the use of it through Eric, and its held up fine.

Eric - do you know what he used? I can find out if you don't have the info. I'll also ask for some pictures to post. Of both jobs if he can get them.

 

[DatacomGuy]

Just to update, it is 1016sqft in the garage.

 

[Jaguar Fan]

... Many companies use our BondTite 1101 clear over acid stained concrete to provide a durable protective coating...

Is there any special prep after the acid staining process is complete before one would apply the BondTite 1101?