mikeb9550 said:
What size garage do you have? I was thinking about using this product in the spring and have a 20 x 26 garage. I probably also would want to do 2 coats instead of having to sand it later. Just like paint, I have yet to see a true one coat coverage.
Also, what kind of prep did you do? In the overview section, it looks easy but when you read about prep in another area it sounds so much more involved. Did you acid etch? I have fairly new concrete and wondered if it was needed?
I have a 22x34 size garage. One coat should have been alright. You just have to be overly generous when applying the paint. There are areas that came out really well especially towards the end when I knew I had more paint left.
As far as preparation, just like the rest here on this site, it took a lot more time and effort to prep the floor. Here's what I did for preparation:
Swept clean all debris and use a power blower to blow all the dust. Pressure washed it and manually scrubbed some areas that has oil stains using Simple Green and one of those Purple degreaser. I then rented a floor buffer from Home Depot and scrubbed the entire garage with the same degreaser for about 3 hours. I used close to 3 gallons of degreaser. Then rinsed the floor thouroughly. Then etched with muriatic acid and more manual scrubbing. Then rinse thouroughly again. While I was rinsing the acid, I had 2 hoses with just running water on my driveway because I didn't want any streaks on the driveway when I get done with this project. Also as a courtesy to my neighbors where the wash acid will run by their driveway. Then I went to every square inch of the floor to see if I missed any paint or gum and scraped it. I also used a wire wheel brush and attached it to a power drill and used it in areas that has stains that did not come off. I applied acid one more time because it looked like some areas did not come out as rough as some areas. Rinse again and pressure wash thouroughly. I waited 2 days to make sure that the floor is completely dry.
Just give you a background of my garage, I had restored 2 cars and on my 3rd one. I did some minor painting and also used Por 15 that dripped on the floor. That is why I did more work in preparation.
