Epoxy vs Racedeck

[jw3571]

My garage is getting closer to completion and i still can't decide on Epoxy vs Racedeck. The garage will house both of my cars that I drive on a regular basis. I live where there is snow so there will be melting snow. I have a floor drain installed. The garage will also be used to wash my cars in. I love how the Racedeck looks but am concerned about all the grit and grime that will get in the nooks and crannies of the RD. I would be getting the Freeflow if I go RD. With epoxy i'm worried about lifting. Epoxy is probably easier to keep clean. What are people's thoughts?

Thanks

 

[shaun oriold1]

You're going to get pro Rd responses from fans of RD, and fans of epoxy are going to say epoxy is better. Its been covered a bunch of times already, and it really just comes down to what you want.

I do epoxy as my business, so I'm partial to that. You can always put tiles overtop of epoxy, and I sometimes do that for guys who store snowmobiles, or tractors part of the year, but want the look, and finish of epoxy.

 

[jw3571]

That's what I was thinking as well. Do the epoxy and then down the road do RD if I want to.

 

[Notgrownup]

I went with acid etch stain and clear epoxy.

 

[Slowbra]

I had the sale dilemma. Last house had epoxy. Looked great for a whole, but I experienced hot tire puck-up. For the new house I bought acid stain samples to see how it looked... Just didn't really dig it. Ended up with this...

Dealing with RaceDeck was a great experience. If you like the look, don't hesitate. Wish I would have went this route when I first built the house. I searched threads like this and drove myself nuts for about a year.

 

[TONE]

I had Race Deck for around 12 years. Bought it that long ago and I really loved it.

However, I needed a change and went with a professionally installed epoxy floor. I love it. So easy to clean and personally, I was done with the diamond plate look.

Race Deck is a great product for sure, so is a nice epoxy floor.

 

[rsanter]

In order of my preference

Polish concrete, acid stain and then a sealer or clear

Epoxy coated

Race deck

Bob