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Epoxy Floor Durability
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Wanna Ride
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No. I replaced all the casters in my garage with poly, or rubber coated casters and sometimes it still leaves scuff marks. Anything with a hard caster is going to make a mess.
Floor jacks are great big NO-NO. After covering my floor with epoxy, I carry the floorjack and the bike jack to where I need them, and lay them on a thick piece of conveyor belt.
Floor jacks are great big NO-NO. After covering my floor with epoxy, I carry the floorjack and the bike jack to where I need them, and lay them on a thick piece of conveyor belt.
AlphaGarage
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Depends on the epoxy. Some will have no issues, others will scratch.
Wanna Ride
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No issues?Depends on the epoxy. Some will have no issues, others will scratch.
I respectfully disagree. Dragging a 50+ pound floorjack with steel casters around WILL damage any surface.
Drag it around an uncoated, concrete floor and it scratches that too.
No. I replaced all the casters in my garage with poly, or rubber coated casters and sometimes it still leaves scuff marks. Anything with a hard caster is going to make a mess.
Floor jacks are great big NO-NO. After covering my floor with epoxy, I carry the floorjack and the bike jack to where I need them, and lay them on a thick piece of conveyor belt.
Thanks for the info that is what I was thinking I would have to do but hoping that I didn't.
Gary
Depends on the epoxy. Some will have no issues, others will scratch.
What type would that be and is it SUPER expensive?
Thanks,
Gary
abstamaria
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After we installed an epoxy floor some years ago, I decided I would not treat it differently from the cement garage floor I had in my old garage. I rolled jacks around and set up axle stands on it directly. Will it scratch, yes. If the stands have sharp corners, it can cut into the epoxy too. A dropped hammer might chip it. Even chairs moved around by someone sitting in them leave fine scratches.
The good thing is that I can wet sand the epoxy and most of the scratches come out. The deep ones remain. The chips I fill in with paint then wet sand. The floor is due for a major sanding shortly; I am not sure if I can recover the old gloss.
A solution: I have a large jack made in Europe that came with a rubber O-ring in a groove cut into each caster. When the unloaded jack rolls on the floor, only the rubber rings contact the floor. When the jack is loaded, the rings compress and the metal casters take the weight.
The verdict is that epoxy is as durable as most surfaces. A viable alternative seems to be porcelein or ceramic tile.
Andres
The good thing is that I can wet sand the epoxy and most of the scratches come out. The deep ones remain. The chips I fill in with paint then wet sand. The floor is due for a major sanding shortly; I am not sure if I can recover the old gloss.
A solution: I have a large jack made in Europe that came with a rubber O-ring in a groove cut into each caster. When the unloaded jack rolls on the floor, only the rubber rings contact the floor. When the jack is loaded, the rings compress and the metal casters take the weight.
The verdict is that epoxy is as durable as most surfaces. A viable alternative seems to be porcelein or ceramic tile.
Andres
After we installed an epoxy floor some years ago, I decided I would not treat it differently from the cement garage floor I had in my old garage. I rolled jacks around and set up axle stands on it directly. Will it scratch, yes. If the stands have sharp corners, it can cut into the epoxy too. A dropped hammer might chip it. Even chairs moved around by someone sitting in them leave fine scratches.
The good thing is that I can wet sand the epoxy and most of the scratches come out. The deep ones remain. The chips I fill in with paint then wet sand. The floor is due for a major sanding shortly; I am not sure if I can recover the old gloss.
A solution: I have a large jack made in Europe that came with a rubber O-ring in a groove cut into each caster. When the unloaded jack rolls on the floor, only the rubber rings contact the floor. When the jack is loaded, the rings compress and the metal casters take the weight.
The verdict is that epoxy is as durable as most surfaces. A viable alternative seems to be porcelein or ceramic tile.
Andres
Thank you sir for the info
Gary
tcianci
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My epoxy floor is from STONHARD (a division of RPM, the parent company of Rustoleum). I have been dragging office chairs, svivel stools and floor jacks over it for more than 10 yrs now. It has its share of scuff and scratches but I can't remember ever scratching it with the jacks or the chairs. It's a garage right? Don't sweat the inevitable... you're going to "break it in" at some point. Kinda like getting the first ding on the new ride...it's gonna happen, you know it and somehow life goes on. There are some unrealistic expectations out there about exactly what epoxy is and its limitations. Properly installed, it's a great floor finish that affords easy clean up, good looks and chemical resistance. It's NOT indestructable and anyone who is led to believe that it is has been mis informed