Garage Flooring Questions

[Snip's]

Hi all.... My first post since joining a few years ago...

I want to dress up my floor in my 2 car garage....
My house was built in the early 40's, so the concrete garage floor has been exposed to many years of engine oil drip....
I'm afraid painting the floor will not be a good option due to my concerns that I'll never be able to get the surface adhesion that paint will require....
The garage floor in one bay has a 18" x 18" floor grate thats slightly recessed with sloped concrete for water drainage....

I think my only flooring option is to go with some sort of interlocking plastic tile.... Something like a RaceDeck type of product or alternate...
I'm not sure if the floor grate is going to be a problem? Can I go over the grate or should I trim around it with the plastic floor tile, and will the sloped concrete around the grate create a problem?

I have a floor jack rated at 3 tons capacity..... Will the plastic interlocking floor tile be damaged by the floor jack lifting my vehicles?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and suggestions...

Cheers!
Chuck

 

[Shea]

Hi all.... My first post since joining a few years ago...

I want to dress up my floor in my 2 car garage....
My house was built in the early 40's, so the concrete garage floor has been exposed to many years of engine oil drip....
I'm afraid painting the floor will not be a good option due to my concerns that I'll never be able to get the surface adhesion that paint will require....
The garage floor in one bay has a 18" x 18" floor grate thats slightly recessed with sloped concrete for water drainage....

I think my only flooring option is to go with some sort of interlocking plastic tile.... Something like a RaceDeck type of product or alternate...
I'm not sure if the floor grate is going to be a problem? Can I go over the grate or should I trim around it with the plastic floor tile, and will the sloped concrete around the grate create a problem?

I have a floor jack rated at 3 tons capacity..... Will the plastic interlocking floor tile be damaged by the floor jack lifting my vehicles?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and suggestions...

Cheers!
Chuck

Hi Chuck. Can you post a picture of the grate? Does a large section of the floor slightly slope towards the drain or does it slope close to it? If it's a slight slope of a large section of the floor then it's typically not a problem. How much area of the grate that the tile can come in contact with will determine if a lot of weight can be placed on the tile or not over the grate.

Floor jacks are not a problem as long as you place some 1/4" - 3/8" plywood under the jack first. Though interlocking tiles can withstand quite a bit of weight per square inch, a round steel jack wheel has very little area that comes in contact with the tile and can cause it to dent when jacking up a vehicle.

 

[Armorpoxy]

You might want to take a look at our www.supratile.com industrial grade pvc interlocking tiles. They can be trimmed around drains and such. We park 80,000 lb fire trucks on them so your usage is not an issue.

 

[Snip's]

Hi Chuck. Can you post a picture of the grate? Does a large section of the floor slightly slope towards the drain or does it slope close to it? If it's a slight slope of a large section of the floor then it's typically not a problem. How much area of the grate that the tile can come in contact with will determine if a lot of weight can be placed on the tile or not over the grate.

Floor jacks are not a problem as long as you place some 1/4" - 3/8" plywood under the jack first. Though interlocking tiles can withstand quite a bit of weight per square inch, a round steel jack wheel has very little area that comes in contact with the tile and can cause it to dent when jacking up a vehicle.

Hi Shea..
Thanks for responding...
Here is a picture of the floor grate and next to it is a plumbing "Clean out"...
The concrete floor slopes very gradually to the grate..

What you are looking at is vintage 80 year old concrete.... Warts and all....

 

[Sumboodie]

Pressure wash it, scrub any oil spots well, paint. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am.

 

[Snip's]

Sumboodie....​

You think scrubbing the ancient oil spots will be enough to get paint to stick? My fear is I'll be putting a lot of work into painting the floor, just to have the tires lift the paint on short order, because of the absorbed oil that's leached into the concrete... Pretty much all paint instructions call for proper prep for good adhesion. I'm not sure what proper prep is for old oil spots? I realize I need to remove the surface oil, but I'm not sure how deep I need to go with trying to remove the embedded oil.

Has anyone been successful painting over a concrete surface with oil that's been absorbed, and not having the paint delaminate?

I've been experimenting with a test spot using Goof Off, and it seems to be good at removing some of the oil just below the top surface of the concrete..... Not sure if there is something else I should be trying?

But first I need to clear out the space so I can get to the floor I guess...

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi
Take a look at our www.supratile.com. Where the grays is just drill som 1/2” holes and any water will run right through. These tiles are solid and not plastic and industrial grade and flexible so can’t crack.

 

[Garage Flooring]

Hi all.... My first post since joining a few years ago...

I want to dress up my floor in my 2 car garage....
My house was built in the early 40's, so the concrete garage floor has been exposed to many years of engine oil drip....
I'm afraid painting the floor will not be a good option due to my concerns that I'll never be able to get the surface adhesion that paint will require....
The garage floor in one bay has a 18" x 18" floor grate thats slightly recessed with sloped concrete for water drainage....

I think my only flooring option is to go with some sort of interlocking plastic tile.... Something like a RaceDeck type of product or alternate...
I'm not sure if the floor grate is going to be a problem? Can I go over the grate or should I trim around it with the plastic floor tile, and will the sloped concrete around the grate create a problem?

I have a floor jack rated at 3 tons capacity..... Will the plastic interlocking floor tile be damaged by the floor jack lifting my vehicles?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and suggestions...

Cheers!
Chuck

If this was my floor I would do garage floor tiles. We have vented tiles that you can use over the drain.

The other option would be to clean it real well, prep it and do a 3 coat polyurea system

 

[Snip's]

I've focused on making more space, organizing storage and painting the walls this summer. My plan is to address the floor towards the end of the garage revamp. That way If I happen to spill paint I'm not damaging new flooring. I'm resigned to the fact that the raw concrete will never be pristine. I'll either cover it up with tile or maybe consider the acid etch / stain treatment.

 

[Rabbit929]

I work in a French fry plant. The one cleaner I like is smokehouse cleaner.

Stuffs ********. Will etch concrete, turn it white, and kill the ocean if you dumped 5 gallons into the pacific.

It’s ********, don’t get it on your skin, but put some in a pump sprayer and spray it liberally. Agitate with a push broom. Add some more at 15-30min intervals. When you decide to rinse, build a burm wit silicon and **** it up with a cheap wet vac till it’s clean. 2-3 coats of paint after it dries overnight. Epoxy would be better.

Seems most concrete cleaners are watered down for safety, that smokehouse degreaser is not.
Not not get it on your skin. But if you want something that works that’s the stuff.

If you have time, dump 3-4 bags of floor dry around in the midst of summer before hand. Sweep it around every so often, let it **** up everything then clean.

If you want epoxy to stick perfectly, bead blasting is the way to go.

 

[roc_on_the_rocks]

Hi
Take a look at our www.supratile.com. Where the grays is just drill som 1/2” holes and any water will run right through. These tiles are solid and not plastic and industrial grade and flexible so can’t crack.

Wouldn't that create a mold farm under the tiles?
Water from wet cars from rain or snow.

I'm not bashing your product, it's an honest question. My garage floor is 53yo and I too plan to improve it.

 

[RaceDeck1]

Hello
RaceDeck's patented full-suspension understructure allows air, moisture and liquids to flow freely to drains or out the door on pitched garage.

 

[Crowbarman55]

Racedeck would be perfect for your floor. A freeflow tile over the drain is what I did. You will never have a perfect finish look on your concrete without a lot of extra work... With the tiles you just empty out the garage, sweep or blow it out, then lay down the tile. Install stuff back in garage and boom, done. Or you can do just a section at a time over a day or two. But one day for your size is more then doable.
Todd

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi
Unlike plastic tiles our industrial grade PVC www.Supratile.com tiles have tight virtually watertight joints that don’t allow water to pass through. If you put a piece of paper towel under a Supratile joint and pour water on the joint the paper towel will stay dry. We have never had a report of mold growing under our tiles.

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Thank you.