Epoxy flooring question

[rt014]

Greetings all - Just in planning mode for building a garage.

Ahead of that project, I have an outdoor (covered) porch with a painted concrete floor. I'm exploring putting an Epoxy floor down for longer durability. The porch is covered with minimal snow/rain blow in, but gets down to -20F sometimes in winter.

I'm assuming I'll have to sand off all the paint and prep, etc. Would Epoxy work for this purpose? The main thing that goes on out on the porch is ping pong

Apologize if this is a greenbean question covered ad nauseum...but I did a quick search and didn't hit pay dirt. I do plan to become an active member as my garage plans and requirements come together.

Thanks

 

[benwah]

No problem, yes it is recommended to grind off the old coating that is currently on the porch.

Epoxy itself will not hold up Outdoors because UV exposure makes it chalk and fade. The solution to this is to apply a pigmented polyurethane or polyurea top coat.

In all honesty if you wanted to do this the easy way, I would grind the old coating off and apply two coats of a two-component pigmented polyurea. You could always broadcast some aluminum oxide in your final coat and back-roll to get some slip resistance, because it will become a bit slick if covered in ice.

 

[rt014]

Epoxy itself will not hold up Outdoors because UV exposure makes it chalk and fade.

You could always broadcast some aluminum oxide in your final coat and back-roll to get some slip resistance, because it will become a bit slick if covered in ice.

Thanks. By the way, it is more of a 'screened in' porch, so limited sun exposure and the only snow that gets in is wind driven through the screens. Never gets ice either, but I don't want it to get too slick if it gets wet.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi,
Since this area gets limited sun/weather an epoxy system like our www.armorcladepoxy.com should work fine. We have thousands of this product applied to screened in porches and similar areas.