How old is your garage flooring?

[river1]

like the title says how old is your garage flooring?
how has it held up?
type of usage, show garage, daily work, or hobby?
brand?
would you use it again?
photos?

mine was put down in May 1994 so it is almost 17 years old

it has held up well to my hot rod hobby usage

i'm building a hot rod and have done a couple of engine swaps, ****** removals, along with other automotive maintenance jobs

i used Groits Garage floor paint in the original grey

i would definitely use it again.

pics are from a few years ago but it still looks like this when i mop it, and of one of my projects that i've done on it.

later jim

later jim

 

[tcianci]

My garage is 32 years old. I coated it in 2000 with Stonhard epoxy. I think our garages see about the same amount of work. I have really beat this floor but it always comes back for more, It's scratched now in places and covered in nearly every product and paint I have worked with in the past 10 years but when I do clean it, it looks fine again. I am fortunate to have not experienced any delamination or peeling of the product at all.

 

[Dragster Racer]

This is a thread I can get into. That garage floor paint has held up beautifully.

 

[jimchris]

I used epoxy about 6-7 years ago in my shop and main garage. Where the foot traffic is it still looks good but where the autos drive the most it has worn off. I also used epoxy in the Viper garage about 3 years ago and still looks new but that car seldom gets used. I would say for a low use show garage epoxy works work well. In my wifes garage I would guess her car has rolled across that floor about 15000 times in 7 years and just wore it off. I'm thinking about race deck in her garage now.

 

[shoot summ]

I think mine is about 20 years old, looks like ****, has certainly skewed my opinion of paint...

 

[FFPL]

I think mine is about 20 years old, looks like ****, has certainly skewed my opinion of paint...

perfect. think that's called patina

 

[mikeyr]

Mine is 8 or 10 years old and yes, I would buy Racedeck again.

Done 2 cars on it, pulled many a motor and gearbox and it just seems to hold up and look great. I have had to replace a few tiles that I melted with welding or plasma, a few others where I dropped heavy metal items with sharp corners that gouged them but overall the floor still looks great. I find that is one advantage of the Racedeck, when a area gets to looking pretty bad you can fix it easily unlike epoxy. Yeah, a disadvantage in my old garage was that I had to put welding blankets down before welding to protect the floor, I fixed that in my new garage by leaving a plain concrete section where I do most of my welding. I both really liked and hated the all white tiles under the lift, nice for light reflection but sure got dirty quick, one clutch job and the tiles looked black.

Not bought any new tiles, just moved the damaged ones under the lathe where they can't be seen and took a nice one from under the lathe. I also find that the diamond plate helps a lot when I use the lathe or mill with cutting fluid by making it no so slippery around it.

A friend used to make fun of my Racedeck and how I thought about it in advance when working, he got epoxy on his new garage and guess what, he now also thinks "how much will this damage my floor" so I think its the same anytime you cover your bare concrete.

 

[Jack Olsen]

Exactly three years old. But it's held up to a fair amount of work -- including a lot of welding and an engine swap.

When I put it in (early 2008):

Yesterday:

 

[Crissy]

Exactly three years old. But it's held up to a fair amount of work -- including a lot of welding and an engine swap.

When I put it in (early 2008):

Yesterday:

WOW! Just awesome.