67pete300
Well-known member
So I read and read and agonized and flip-flopped. Very close to buying Motofloor tiles, switched back to epoxy. Almost ordered Epoxy-Guard. Finally just paid a contractor to install a full-broadcast polyaspartic polyurea floor. It was very expensive. But it is done. And I am very happy with it. Here are some of the things that influenced my decision (ranked roughly from most important to least.)
1. The contractor could get the job done before the moving truck came with my household goods and the garage filled up with stuff. I could not. I'm pretty sure the probability of actually installing a DIY floor dropped precipitously once the "stuff" came.
2. My wife was on board with it (the contractor and $$.) We have a new house budget that we are burning through so although the floor ate the whole garage budget (which was to have covered storage etc.) we had the money available.
3. I really, really didn't want to mess around with acid etching the floor. Sure plenty of people have done it successfully, but it sounds plenty messy and unpleasant. Plus my floor was pretty stained. Renting a floor grinder and diamond stones didn't sound like any walk in the park either.
4. My DIY skills are pretty basic and conducting some risk management, even if I could get the probability of success to an acceptable level, the consequences of screwing it up were pretty severe. The contractor guarantees the floor for 10 years.
5. I like the hard plastic tiles like Racedeck, but ultimately I was pretty sure I would like an epoxy type floor better. My wife talked me out of the Motofloor buy. A big reason I was leaning towards the tiles were the lack of any prep required (see #3 and 4.)
6. The polyaspartic is UV stable (unlike many of the DIY epoxy solutions-I know there are some that are better than others.)
So fault me if you will for whatever reason, one fact remains: I used to just be a guy looking at pictures and stories of other guy's floors and agonizing over what to do. Now I am a guy with a very, very nice garage floor and can worry about finishing the garage trim, getting my new Craftsman storage set up, installing some lighting and outlets, and all the other projects.
Oh yeah, I also cheated and had the painters paint the interior of the garage. They were doing the rest of the house and only wanted $300 more for the garage so I couldn't pass up that deal.
1. The contractor could get the job done before the moving truck came with my household goods and the garage filled up with stuff. I could not. I'm pretty sure the probability of actually installing a DIY floor dropped precipitously once the "stuff" came.
2. My wife was on board with it (the contractor and $$.) We have a new house budget that we are burning through so although the floor ate the whole garage budget (which was to have covered storage etc.) we had the money available.
3. I really, really didn't want to mess around with acid etching the floor. Sure plenty of people have done it successfully, but it sounds plenty messy and unpleasant. Plus my floor was pretty stained. Renting a floor grinder and diamond stones didn't sound like any walk in the park either.
4. My DIY skills are pretty basic and conducting some risk management, even if I could get the probability of success to an acceptable level, the consequences of screwing it up were pretty severe. The contractor guarantees the floor for 10 years.
5. I like the hard plastic tiles like Racedeck, but ultimately I was pretty sure I would like an epoxy type floor better. My wife talked me out of the Motofloor buy. A big reason I was leaning towards the tiles were the lack of any prep required (see #3 and 4.)
6. The polyaspartic is UV stable (unlike many of the DIY epoxy solutions-I know there are some that are better than others.)
So fault me if you will for whatever reason, one fact remains: I used to just be a guy looking at pictures and stories of other guy's floors and agonizing over what to do. Now I am a guy with a very, very nice garage floor and can worry about finishing the garage trim, getting my new Craftsman storage set up, installing some lighting and outlets, and all the other projects.
Oh yeah, I also cheated and had the painters paint the interior of the garage. They were doing the rest of the house and only wanted $300 more for the garage so I couldn't pass up that deal.