Dazed and confused!!!

[wildmark]

I have started my garage renovation and I want to order flooring right away but I am very confused. There is a huge amount of options and I've spent a lot of time going thru everything and the more I look the more confused I get so I was hoping to list out what I need and perhaps some of the vendors or members could give me simple options/advise?

800sft, I live in Florida and I am going to hire a sander to take off the top layer of concrete.

I want a similar finish to what they have on the floor at Home depot, clear simple sealant, nothing fancy. I am going to be working on my cars but nothing heavy just simple stuff, brakes, fluids etc.

Please let me know what you would suggest.

Thank you in advance.

Mark
PS I will be documenting and posting the progress.

 

[Garage Flooring]

I have started my garage renovation and I want to order flooring right away but I am very confused. There is a huge amount of options and I've spent a lot of time going thru everything and the more I look the more confused I get so I was hoping to list out what I need and perhaps some of the vendors or members could give me simple options/advise?

800sft, I live in Florida and I am going to hire a sander to take off the top layer of concrete.

I want a similar finish to what they have on the floor at Home depot, clear simple sealant, nothing fancy. I am going to be working on my cars but nothing heavy just simple stuff, brakes, fluids etc.

Please let me know what you would suggest.

Thank you in advance.

Mark
PS I will be documenting and posting the progress.

Grind & Polish

This is what you generally see at the box stores. Concrete is densified and polished with a successively finer grit.

If Power Troweled


If your floor is already power troweled you could talk to Legacy Industrial about a HD40 application. I can't give you details on it but they could

Clear Polyurea

https://www.garageflooringllc.com/2018/07/26/clear-polyurea-applications/

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Wildmark, welcome fellow Floridian!

The surface you are referring to is not sealed it is heavily burnished or polished.
The surfaces at big-box stores are NOT chemical resistant or stain resistant.

Here are a few options from our stable...

http://www.legacyindustrial.net/products/nohr-coatings/nohr-s-polyurea-coating-garage-clear-kit.html

http://www.legacyindustrial.net/products/hellfire-coating/hellfire-concrete-coating.html

Good luck.

 

[wildmark]

Wildmark, welcome fellow Floridian!

The surface you are referring to is not sealed it is heavily burnished or polished.
The surfaces at big-box stores are NOT chemical resistant or stain resistant.

Here are a few options from our stable...

http://www.legacyindustrial.net/products/nohr-coatings/nohr-s-polyurea-coating-garage-clear-kit.html

http://www.legacyindustrial.net/products/hellfire-coating/hellfire-concrete-coating.html

Good luck.

On the Hellfire, do you have to have the color? I would prefer clear?

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

On the Hellfire, do you have to have the color? I would prefer clear?

Yes, have to use it pigmented.
The pigment is the secret sauce, makes it tough. Heavy with metallic additives.


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[Armorpoxy]

Hi
If you are looking for the 'polished concrete' look, our SPGX one part polyurea mimics that very well.