Help deciding on epoxy product

[JDMesa]

Hi All,

I've been reading through many threads and have a few products in mind, but I need some help deciding on which product would be best for my application. I have a basement garage that is about 1500 square feet and was built in the early 1960s. Right now the floor is just bare concrete and water does not bead up. There is only a small crack near the garage door and the concrete feels very smooth overall. The garage will be used for car work, tig welding, and woodworking. I plan on cleaning and acid etching the floor for prep. I also have a fireplace in the garage that I would like to use during the winter months to heat up the place, is there anything I need to worry about with the fireplace affecting the coating? I have the following products in mind: SW ArmorSeal 1000 HS, ArmorClad 100% Solids, and TrueLock. What do you guys think would work best here in terms of durability? I also had legacyindustrial's deltadye concrete stain and their HD6525MMA sealer in mind as another option, but I'm leaning more towards the epoxy flake look.

Thanks!

 

[Garage Flooring]

Hi All,

I've been reading through many threads and have a few products in mind, but I need some help deciding on which product would be best for my application. I have a basement garage that is about 1500 square feet and was built in the early 1960s. Right now the floor is just bare concrete and water does not bead up. There is only a small crack near the garage door and the concrete feels very smooth overall. The garage will be used for car work, tig welding, and woodworking. I plan on cleaning and acid etching the floor for prep. I also have a fireplace in the garage that I would like to use during the winter months to heat up the place, is there anything I need to worry about with the fireplace affecting the coating? I have the following products in mind: SW ArmorSeal 1000 HS, ArmorClad 100% Solids, and TrueLock. What do you guys think would work best here in terms of durability? I also had legacyindustrial's deltadye concrete stain and their HD6525MMA sealer in mind as another option, but I'm leaning more towards the epoxy flake look.

Thanks!

Given that this is a basement application, a key decision factor is going to be moisture. I would test for moisture (coming up) before making a decision.

 

[Wileel]

I would be concerned with moisture as well, but when it come to product selection I'm a broken record.
What kind of look are you wanting? Its an odd question to some, but to others like me the aesthetic was as important as general durability...

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Hi All,

I've been reading through many threads and have a few products in mind, but I need some help deciding on which product would be best for my application. I have a basement garage that is about 1500 square feet and was built in the early 1960s. Right now the floor is just bare concrete and water does not bead up. There is only a small crack near the garage door and the concrete feels very smooth overall. The garage will be used for car work, tig welding, and woodworking. I plan on cleaning and acid etching the floor for prep. I also have a fireplace in the garage that I would like to use during the winter months to heat up the place, is there anything I need to worry about with the fireplace affecting the coating? I have the following products in mind: SW ArmorSeal 1000 HS, ArmorClad 100% Solids, and TrueLock. What do you guys think would work best here in terms of durability? I also had legacyindustrial's deltadye concrete stain and their HD6525MMA sealer in mind as another option, but I'm leaning more towards the epoxy flake look.

Thanks!

HD6525MMA would be an excellent choice for breathability.
Your other options would be a dice-roll for a peely floor without remediating the moisture.

 

[katilicous]

That sounds like an awesome space. I want a 1500 sq ft underground with a fireplace I can drive into. If it does have moisture problems after you test it, there are a lot of flowing vapor barriers you can apply before you do any epoxy, but do you want flake when you are doing all that work with the missing screws and welding splatter? Dye and sealer are a lot easier to patch bc dyes take to the concrete in such a random way that some weld splatter and wood scratches aren't that obvious. Patching epoxy is obvious.

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[ard]

HD6525MMA would be an excellent choice for breathability.
Your other options would be a dice-roll for a peely floor without remediating the moisture.

Did op HAVE a moisture issue???

 

[JDMesa]

Given that this is a basement application, a key decision factor is going to be moisture. I would test for moisture (coming up) before making a decision.

HD6525MMA would be an excellent choice for breathability.
Your other options would be a dice-roll for a peely floor without remediating the moisture.

Did op HAVE a moisture issue???

I put down a piece of plastic about 2' x 2' and taped the edges to test for moisture. the way the basement is set up is that 2 of the outer walls are open to the air and not buried with the other 2 completely underground. With that in mind I put the piece of plastic near the corner of the 2 walls that are surrounded by dirt, as I figured this would be the spot where I could see the most moisture. I put the plastic down last week and checked it regularly until yesterday with no signs of water collected on the underside of the plastic. Is there another way to test for moisture? I can put down a few more pieces this week in multiple spots as well just to double check.

 

[ard]

I put down a piece of plastic about 2' x 2' and taped the edges to test for moisture. the way the basement is set up is that 2 of the outer walls are open to the air and not buried with the other 2 completely underground. With that in mind I put the piece of plastic near the corner of the 2 walls that are surrounded by dirt, as I figured this would be the spot where I could see the most moisture. I put the plastic down last week and checked it regularly until yesterday with no signs of water collected on the underside of the plastic. Is there another way to test for moisture? I can put down a few more pieces this week in multiple spots as well just to double check.

Where are you located? In Arizona, the jury is still out. In Houston, you're golden.

 

[JDMesa]

Where are you located? In Arizona, the jury is still out. In Houston, you're golden.

Located in upstate South Carolina

 

[Garage Flooring]

I put down a piece of plastic about 2' x 2' and taped the edges to test for moisture. the way the basement is set up is that 2 of the outer walls are open to the air and not buried with the other 2 completely underground. With that in mind I put the piece of plastic near the corner of the 2 walls that are surrounded by dirt, as I figured this would be the spot where I could see the most moisture. I put the plastic down last week and checked it regularly until yesterday with no signs of water collected on the underside of the plastic. Is there another way to test for moisture? I can put down a few more pieces this week in multiple spots as well just to double check.

You may want to do a calcium chloride test just to be safe

 

[Armorpoxy]

We offer a special pigmented Spartacote Moisture Barrier Epoxy that you can fleck into. This gives you the protection you may need and avoids the extra cost of barrier epoxy hitch is normally clear and then an epoxy system over that.

See https://armorpoxy.com/products/spartacote-vapor-barrier-epoxy-clear-tintable-2-gal/

After applying and flicking onto it it gets topcoated.