Cracking and pitting garage floor

[FarmerPete]

See the picture below for an idea of what's going on. I live in Michigan, and we do park in the garage all winter. House was built in the 60's, and I'm assuming the garage floor is from about then. I'm not interested in ripping anything out. I'm just curious if there is any product that would either fix the floor a bit or help it from deteriorating even more. Thoughts?

 

[shaun oriold1]

meh, doesnt seem too bad to me. Carve out the crack and fill it up with a crack filler. A decent grinding will cure most of the spalling, but patch up any major spaots, and coat it with a decent epoxy. Problem solved.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

I am with Shaun.
Here is a link to a floor poured in the early 1960's, a customer's floor.
http://legacyindustrial.blogspot.com/2011/10/legacy-industrial-garage-floor-coatings.html

 

[FarmerPete]

I'm more interested in fixing the concrete than putting down epoxy. Part of my problem is that I don't think I can empty the entire garage overnight, so I can't do too much serious floor stuff. I was tempted to do some of that self leveling stuff. I don't know how that does with cracks and whatnot. I'm also not sure how I'd handle the drain in the floor. I'm also guessing that it would require emptying the garage as well. :-( Boo. Why do I have so much stuff.

 

[shaun oriold1]

If you're planning on doing some soft of self levelling stuff, you're probably going to have to move a lot of stuff anyway. A total self levelling will probably require removing everything already, so throwing down some epoxy at the same time is smart....

You can chase the cracks, and patch without totally removing everything. Just make sure you're clearing junk from around the crack as it will be dusty. If you fix the spalling and cracking, its going to look like you patched holes in a wall, and didnt bother to paint -Kind of ghetto, but totally usable.

**** it up, coat the floor, and be happy. 1 weekend of inconvenience, for years of awesome floor!

Shaun.