Good flooring for heavy use/welding.

[cruzzer]

I have a one bay garage and have been looking at race deck but I'm Leary as I do a good bit of welding. I have an arc, mug and oxy/fuel set up and do use these on occasion. When they are used I may be welding for days. I'm not sure what flooring would hold up. I went with simple paint last go around and it's burnt up, scraped etc. I have a 13x13 area off the side I'm renovating for regular work on the dirt bikes and smaller projects. I'm thinking race deck in that area. It's heated and quiet. But the main one bay?? Vtc? Paint or ?? Also should go without saying the cheaper the better.
Thanks,,
Steve

 

[Angelfire]

Porcelain.

 

[rsanter]

Polish the concrete

Bob

 

[bdamico]

meh. search for porcelain. all the answers there

 

[Cryptic1911]

really the only options are porcelain or bare concrete. If you don't do a ton you can do epoxy or racedeck, but there really is nothing that is burn proof

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Stay away from any polymer based products.

 

[KPSquared]

Just throw a cheap sealer on and have at it. If you weld a ton, you're going to destroy pretty much anything except bare concrete. . .

 

[cruzzer]

Thanks, that's what I thought. I'll leave the nice flooring in the othe room and the area where I'll be doing the welding and junk Ill just paint again. Rarely does it see any vehicles parked in it, well, sometimes my little trailer and the dirt bikes. I may get stall liners from tractor supply or the local farm store for when I'm not welding. They can be moved out to work then back to cover up the burn marks.