Epoxy Finished......

[regguy1]

Finished the Epoxy Floor This Week.

I Used the Supercoat that's sold at Sam's Club. Stone Gray / 4 kits for 780 SF.....I had some left over.

The Dog Said it passed Inspection !
Cleaned / Sanded / Washed / Acid Etched and Washed and Rinsed 3X:

 

[kkaldor]

Looks great! Can I ask how much the Supercoat costs at Sam's Club? Did it come as a kit?

 

[Big Boi]

Nice job, thats a lot of floor to cover for sure!

Looks great! Can I ask how much the Supercoat costs at Sam's Club? Did it come as a kit?

Yup, heres a link

 

[Mustanger]

Looks great. Hope you are as happy with your floor as I am with mine.

Cheers!!

 

[Ruddy]

Nice job! Like you waistcoat trim.

 

[regguy1]

Looks great. Hope you are as happy with your floor as I am with mine.

Cheers!!

How long did you wait before parking cars on the floor ?
Any trouble with tire pickup ?

 

[regguy1]

Looks great! Can I ask how much the Supercoat costs at Sam's Club? Did it come as a kit?

Link in Bigboi's post. I paid about 65.00 ea. for the kits and they charged for shipping. Total was about 340.00 for 4 kits

Extra Link:

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product.jsp?productId=138905&variance=Cobalt+Blue

 

[regguy1]

Looks great! Can I ask how much the Supercoat costs at Sam's Club? Did it come as a kit?

Here's the thread discussing this product started earlier this year:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55995

 

[Mustanger]

How long did you wait before parking cars on the floor ?
Any trouble with tire pickup ?

It was about two weeks. Had that luxury b/c we were moving.

No problem with tire pick up. Have a couple of places where the tire tread is visible – like a light stain - think it is due to the tire shine used on the tires.

 

[SUPERCOAT]

Great Job!!!

Your floor looks fantastic. I'm glad the dog agrees!

 

[NewShockerGuy]

How and what did you use to sand the floor before the etching?

Thanks,
-Nigel

 

[regguy1]

How and what did you use to sand the floor before the etching?

Thanks,
-Nigel

I didn't sand it, only in a few places where I patched cracks I used a belt sander

 

[robby5323]

Your floor looks great. I will be using this product on mine as well.

 

[saxman2u]

nice work! Did you use a clear coat?

 

[BRIANBB]

And, its been down for a year and a half. How is it holding up?

 

[regguy1]

I did use the clear coat that came in the kits. It's been down 31 months (since 06/2010) and has held up well.

 

[pauloman]

when comparing different epoxy flloors - costs etc. you need to compare water based epoxies to solvent based epoxies to solvent free epoxies. Also consider that the manufactures have to sell the cheapest, lowest end products to the box stores due to competition, power of the buying department of the box store, etc. Figure that the box stores double the price of what they pay for the products and you can see out cheap the product has to be to get into the stores.

more on this at www.epoxyproducts.com/epoxykits.html

 

[HotrodHR]

I did use the clear coat that came in the kits. It's been down 31 months (since 06/2010) and has held up well.

How about some pics when you first put it down and some pics of the floor now?

 

[regguy1]

How about some pics when you first put it down and some pics of the floor now?

There are more recent photos here and video of tool box review done a couple weeks ago: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140674

 

[Prepman]

Be sure in real hot weather, let your tires cool down before parking the car on your floor. I have recoated plenty of peeled up floors because of this. Great looking floor from a DIY guy!

 

[regguy1]

Be sure in real hot weather, let your tires cool down before parking the car on your floor. I have recoated plenty of peeled up floors because of this. Great looking floor from a DIY guy!

Thanks,
I drive right in all the time and I have no problem with tire pick up, I think the prep is key here. Good bond to the concrete

 

[AndrewnTX]

Looks very nice!

 

[Entourage]

Impressed by your results. I would like to know how much work is involved in sanding the floor. Also, did you use a primer before using the SuperCoat? Thanks a ton for your write-up.

 

[regguy1]

Impressed by your results. I would like to know how much work is involved in sanding the floor. Also, did you use a primer before using the SuperCoat? Thanks a ton for your write-up.

The floor was never sealed so I didn't need to sand it, we just acid etched it.
Supercoat doesen't need a primer, I asked their tech guy and he confirmed no primer needed.

 

[Dlarmand]

Nice job!!

 

[spoonhonda]

Love the garage! Inspiring actually!

Are your floors still holding up well? Have you ever jacked up a car on them with a normal floor jack?

 

[regguy1]

Love the garage! Inspiring actually!

Are your floors still holding up well? Have you ever jacked up a car on them with a normal floor jack?

Yes I haved jacked up cars many times, floor is holding up well (nearly 8 years now)

 

[hikonhui]

It is nice that you still follow up on your post and answer questions. I think supercoat seems to have the best value.

 

[aap71]

here's a gif of my garage floor getting epoxy applied: https://imgur.com/gallery/Ilgbxcd
21' x 23' garage
3 days start to finish
40 year old concrete slab with 3 not-bad cracks
pro install with grinder instead of just muriatic acid etch
sparse broadcast of 3 color flake
gloss top coat
$2,100 all in