Epoxy care ....

[workhurts]

So, you go through all the right prep and then you get the epoxy down nice and good. Are there preventative steps to take to ensure a long last floor? Any major no-nos?

Anything to reduce the chance of tire pick up? Yes, the floor should be resistant to this kind of stuff but what can you do to stack the odds more in your favor?

Does parking a car in one spot for a year cause any damage?

Are their rubberized parking mats you could park each wheel on? Maybe a rubber mat with some insulation in it ... what's that plastic stuff you put your casserole on to keep it from burning a hole through a table.

Yes, I understand the point of the epoxy is so that you do have a more ruggedized floor that you can easily wipe liquids off of and clean easier but I'd like to help it out a little.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Coat of wax is not a bad idea.

 

[workhurts]

What kind of wax? Would that make the floor more or less slick? Could always throw some saw dust on it and turn it into a disco.

 

[pauls_workshop]

I put just plain old johnson's floor wax on my basement workshop floor. It dulled down the gloss completely and made it flat, but adds another layer of protection from scrapes/scuffs/scratches. For my shop, this is just fine. There are better waxes than this with some poly in them or other ingredients. This is what I had around so I used it ! Friction is controlled by your grip added or flecks if you used them. The wax I used isn't really slick so didn't change friction much. A real slick wax though might reduce the friction. Test and see. Rub your fingers across the uncoated floor and next to it a small coated area when dry and see if the coated area is easier to run your finger across or about the same force required. - Paul

 

[Shea]

Does parking a car in one spot for a year cause any damage?

If the car sits there for an entire year without being moved then you do run a risk of having brownish black tire marks where the car has sat. Tires have plasticizers that leach out of the tire over a period of time and can penetrate the upper levels of a coating if given enough time to do so. Polyurethane topcoats have more cross linking than epoxy and are less susceptible, but it can happen. Your best bet is to place something under the tires like carpet remnants or etc.

For a car that moves in and out of the garage but parks in the same spot, you will be fine if just clean your floor on a regular basis.