Impossible requirerments?

[Dragster Racer]

1600 sq ft
Shop is used for welding, grinding, daily driver and race car work. Even the farm tractor with chains now and then. Every automotove fluid gets on it including some methanol spills now and then.
I used a seal and cure when the floor was poured. Looked decent for 4 years or so. Now it looks, not decent. I am not as quick and diligent about cleanups as I should be. And it seems that the race car likes to leak ATF whenever I don't expect it, and I don't notice it for a week or two.
I don't want to do the entire floor all at once, as there is no place for all the equipment.
This is no show garage. It's all work. Just would be nice for the floor to clean up better. Grinding the floor is something I am not interested in. Cost is a serious consideration.
Impossible?

 

[rburke65]

When you find this floor, let me know!

 

[JimVonBaden]

Sounds like you need clear clean concrete. Anything else will not hold up to your demands no matter what money you have to do it.

Jim

 

[Charles (in GA)]

The fluids you have allowed to leak onto the floor have soaked into it, and will come back to haunt you when you try to finish the floor.

I have an unfinished, sealncure floor and am paranoid about stuff spilling on it. I keep drip pans or layers of cardboard under everything, in the hopes that someday I will get to finish the floor with a 100% solids/epoxy/urethane/something.

Charles

 

[zebopman]

You should check out the polyurea coatings. It is a spray on product that's pretty tuff. It's used for all types of industrial costing and spray on truck bed liners. You could also acid wash and stain the floor as well.

 

[cubfarm 1]

1/8 inch diamond tread floor plate. Stitch weld the seams together. Wall to wall coverage and hard to damage.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Chains are no go for any floor including bare concrete. Put down rubber mats or recycled belting for chain use.

Here is another race team we helped. Our material was good enough for them.

http://legacyindustrial.blogspot.com/2012/11/legacy-industrial-teams-up-with.html?m=1

 

[Dragster Racer]

Chains are no go for any floor including bare concrete. Put down rubber mats or recycled belting for chain use.

Here is another race team we helped. Our material was good enough for them.

http://legacyindustrial.blogspot.com/2012/11/legacy-industrial-teams-up-with.html?m=1

Good thought on the chains. That is a huge building and beautiful floor in that shop! Not sure that is in the budget.....what is the price per sq ft?
I have really liked the clear coatings, and that may be easier to do part of the shop at a time.
My experience with epoxy was at the large cabinet factory I worked for at one time. It seemed like we were constantly having areas repaired, and liquids on the surface were dangerous slippery. Looks are way down the list of importance for me. Clean up and protection much higher.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

send me an email your name, address, square footage.
We will reply with a proposal.

Our ultimate clear system, with softskid blended into the top coat is a very durable floor. here is a link to another gj members floor we helped with, up your alley.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138832

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[Dragster Racer]

Done deal. Do you have to expoxy under it? If you only want the protection, can you simply use the top coat?

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Yes. The urethane is very thin and needs a good base of epoxy to sit on.
There is a delamination risk without the epoxy.

Of course, there are success stories out there but I would not recommend it.

 

[Dragster Racer]

Are there viable less expensive alternatives that still offer some of the same levels of protection? Unfortunately for the floor, it isn't a high priority. It would just be nice to have easier and better cleanup.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

In our world the next best product is HD6600.
Link: http://legacyindustrial.net/cart/hd6600-concrete-sealer-interior-p-257.html

Excellent product for the right application.

Unfortunately, less expensive means:less performance.



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[phred]

Im in the same boat. Garage build starting in late spring and still trying to decide on a floor finish. The floor will have a hard life. Heavy trucks, mud, grinding, welding chemicals etc. My current garage is unsealed concrete and it is badly stained even though I am diligent about keeping drip pans and putting old dry down.
My most recent plan is to have the slab polished then waxed. I would then just wax it every fall.
I'm afraid I'd trash an epoxy coating with the heavy stuff that gets dropped and dragged around or worse hot steel and slag dropping on the floor.

 

[Dragster Racer]

In our world the next best product is HD6600.
Link: http://legacyindustrial.net/cart/hd6600-concrete-sealer-interior-p-257.html

Excellent product for the right application.

Unfortunately, less expensive means:less performance.



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Prep for a floor that has had use and is in use? As soon as I hear grinding I start thinking my floor looks ok. LOL.

 

[Dragster Racer]

Im in the same boat. Garage build starting in late spring and still trying to decide on a floor finish. The floor will have a hard life. Heavy trucks, mud, grinding, welding chemicals etc. My current garage is unsealed concrete and it is badly stained even though I am diligent about keeping drip pans and putting old dry down.
My most recent plan is to have the slab polished then waxed. I would then just wax it every fall.
I'm afraid I'd trash an epoxy coating with the heavy stuff that gets dropped and dragged around or worse hot steel and slag dropping on the floor.

That is my deal. About the time I scared my nice looking, expensive floor, I would cry. My shop is certainly no show place. It is somewhere that things get done....and spilled and dropped and.....

 

[Milton Shaw]

For the chains you might look into horse stall mats at some place like Tractor Supply. They would protect the floor from about anything that went over them. Welding would not be good on them as they should burn with a lot of smoke.