Can this be used on an Epoxy Floor?

[cowboyjosh]

Saw this product and I am a bit interested in it. I like to keep a tidy clean garage floor and end up mopping it or washing it down a couple times a week to get rid of dust and tire tracks from my cars. Will this clear mat affect the epoxy finish? Will it cause the epoxy clear coat to yellow or cause any other damage? Your thoughts and opinions are appreciated. If anyone else has any ideas of what I could put down to help keep the floor pristine under the car tires that won't screw up the epoxy, I'd appreciate.
http://www.griotsgarage.com/product/in+your+garage/garage+flooring/clear+grooved+garage+floor+mat.do

 

[Hammerdown]

Not sure what it's made of, couldn't find any product details fact sheet. Like all rubber mat I think if fluids got underneath it it would stain your epoxy finish. I don't think it should cause any yellowing if your epoxy has a UV stable urethane top coat, but can't say for sure. It looks pricey, and you would need two of them for a typical garage, so the cost is like $600+. You could re-coat your epoxy finish with a high quality urethane a couple of times for that cost!

 

[haugy]

Isn't this what the epoxy is for? Easy cleaning, durable, etc? Mine I can sweep out in about 10 minutes (1200 sq/ft), and all I use is a dust mop.

 

[cowboyjosh]

Yes indeed thats what epoxy is for, however I don't like dusty tire marks on the floor, nor do I like Armor All type spots that are a PITA to clean up from the floor. Like I said Im a clean freak and garage floor gets cleaned probably 3-4 times per week.

In all honesty, Epoxy and garage floor finishing is a love hate thing for me. I love the way it looks, I hate keeping it clean, and I would have rather kept the floor the original concrete, however the garage floor was 2 different concrete pours. After the initial pour, they had to take up several sections of concrete because the city wouldn't pass the caisson that goes down 25 foot to hold up the bonus room over the garage, because the engineer called for the caisson to go down 18 feet, but the city wanted 25. Needless to say I never liked the floor having 2 different looks from the 2 different pours, because everytime someone would walk into the garage there would be a question why the floor looked different, hence the epoxy finish.