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Floor color ? Tan or silver/gray

What color to epoxy my floor.

  • Gray/silver

    Votes: 19 65.5%
  • Tan/beige

    Votes: 10 34.5%
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bagged89s10

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This is my house color.
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Should I do tan or silver/gray epoxy?
I already have a rustoleum professional silver/gray kit that I bought and never opened a few years ago which I can use.

Gray floor, beige walls, wood cabinets, red toolboxes.

Too many decisions.
 

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benwah

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You may want to check the shelf life of the kit you previously bought, it may be expired by now FYI.

Color choice it ultimately up to you, I am a fan of gray floors and white floors.
 

mel80

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to give you a perspective.. this is what tan color will look like...

i just did my over the weekend.. and just put down the clear coat last evening...after letting the base epoxy cure for 24hrs..

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bagged89s10

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You may want to check the shelf life of the kit you previously bought, it may be expired by now FYI.

Color choice it ultimately up to you, I am a fan of gray floors and white floors.

Yes true on that it might be bad. Thats another reason I'm toying with different color options.
 
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bagged89s10

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to give you a perspective.. this is what tan color will look like...

i just did my over the weekend.. and just put down the clear coat last evening...after letting the base epoxy cure for 24hrs..

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Good job on the floor!
 

mel80

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i hope it last.. i spent.. half a day preping the darn concrete..
 
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bagged89s10

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So I got 2 rustoleum tan solvent based kits so I can do 2 coats. Just debating wether I will need to clear over it or not.
 

mel80

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suggest you to spend the extra $$ on the clear coat.. i did it .. and i think its well worth the money... suggest you do 2 coat of epoxy... i had to do 2 .. as some area of the concrete was more porous and the color turn out lighter on the 1st coat.. 2nd coat helped it
 
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bagged89s10

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suggest you to spend the extra $$ on the clear coat.. i did it .. and i think its well worth the money... suggest you do 2 coat of epoxy... i had to do 2 .. as some area of the concrete was more porous and the color turn out lighter on the 1st coat.. 2nd coat helped it

I'm definitely doing 2 coats. The garage is 60 years old and I had to cut and repour a 10" section by the garage door because it was cracked. Did that 5 years ago and it's been solid. I'm sure one coat would end up being uneven and blotchy.

Do I add anti skid to just the clear or both clear and base? I don't want an ice rink in there.
 

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You can do either actually.

After last base coat is rolled out, broadcast anti-skid randomly on floor while still wet. Then, mix anti-skid into clear and roll out for a more uniform skid resistant area.

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Just mix anti-skid into clear and roll.

Some industrial manufacturing floors will go like this:

Primer (broadcast silica sand randomly)
Intermediate (broadcast silica sand to refusal)
Finish coat (if epoxy, no silica sand. If polyurethane, mix 2-4 oz/per gallon of silica sand and roll on)

Those are usually in places where they wash down the floors daily or where the floor is wet constantly.
 
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My old house in CT was the same color as yours. I went with grey (no flecks) strictly for utility of seeing things and cleaning up.
 

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