Flooring options

[redhorse]

Hi,

Just moved in to the new home and I am in the process of doing the garage. All my garages in the past have been with concrete stain and I wanted to do something that looked really, really nice. I studied the modular floors for a while and heard some disheartening things about buckling and zipping free when tires are turned. I have also studied the epoxies and it appears U-Coat-it provides the best product in that line. I like the website with the dense flake high gloss. It looks like marble. I have a contractor coming over next week to show off his product. He says he makes it himself and it is acrylic. Not sure about that one. From what I have read the acrylic should go over the epoxy and not used soley on it's on. Plus "making his own" sounds a little odd as well. Anyone out there have an opinion on which way I should go? epoxy, stain, acrylic or modular.

 

[ka41]

Try the search button on epoxy floors and you will get a ton of info. I did and I am still trying to decide.

 

[AlphaGarage]

No doubt U-coat-it has the best epoxy floor marketing, but best coating? Not so much. Consider that right off the bat they're primary product is only 41% solids. That means that a full 59% of the stuff you pay for will evaporate into thin air after the stuff's dried. So a coating 6 mils thick when you put it down is less than 2.5 mils when dried.

Do a search and you'll find a few posts from people who've removed and recoated with another product.