Dajugganautx
Active member
Hey guys,
I am starting to work on my garage floor and just cant seem to decide what I want to do.
For whatever reason, it looks like the previous owner of my house etched the concrete but did not put down any type of coating. On top of that, it was not spread uniformly across the whole surface. This left me with a garage floor that dusts terribly.
My initial idea was to Grind the floor down to remove all the loose material and make a relatively flat uniform top across the whole surface then lay down a densifier and sealer.
However some research tells me that densifiers even with a sealer does not 100% dustproof a floor. If this is true then my other option is to use a topical coat such as a acrylic sealer or even epoxy.
After seeing the acrylic sealer on the floor of a facility I work at, I wasn't too impressed on how easy it is to scratch. They use some stuff called Vocomp-25 which is water based. I am not sure how much more superior other formulas are. I wouldn't mind applying a epoxy, especially for the protection from fluids/cleanup and how nice it looks. However never really had any experience with a top tier epoxy floor. Only a few friends home depot bought kits which were meh.
I will be doing a bit of welding and small amounts a metal work. It will also house a Mini sprint dirt race car where it will be torn down often. Other than that just your typical beer-driven weekend stuff.
I appreciate the advice.
I am starting to work on my garage floor and just cant seem to decide what I want to do.
For whatever reason, it looks like the previous owner of my house etched the concrete but did not put down any type of coating. On top of that, it was not spread uniformly across the whole surface. This left me with a garage floor that dusts terribly.
My initial idea was to Grind the floor down to remove all the loose material and make a relatively flat uniform top across the whole surface then lay down a densifier and sealer.
However some research tells me that densifiers even with a sealer does not 100% dustproof a floor. If this is true then my other option is to use a topical coat such as a acrylic sealer or even epoxy.
After seeing the acrylic sealer on the floor of a facility I work at, I wasn't too impressed on how easy it is to scratch. They use some stuff called Vocomp-25 which is water based. I am not sure how much more superior other formulas are. I wouldn't mind applying a epoxy, especially for the protection from fluids/cleanup and how nice it looks. However never really had any experience with a top tier epoxy floor. Only a few friends home depot bought kits which were meh.
I will be doing a bit of welding and small amounts a metal work. It will also house a Mini sprint dirt race car where it will be torn down often. Other than that just your typical beer-driven weekend stuff.
I appreciate the advice.
