Light gray or white epoxy floor?

[NewShockerGuy]

Some might remember my review / garage make over a while back in August using Legacy's products.. just awesome!

I did a light gray floor with flakes... Dark gray lower wall, fireworks stripe and white upper walls/ceiling. Came out awesome.

Moving into the new house on the 1st of June and I have about a two week period to get everyting done in the garage (floor mainly, I can take my time painting the walls and hanging stuff..etc.) before my tool chest gets delievered....

I am doing exactly the same to the walls as far as colors goes.

I am hung on either doing a white floor or doing light gray again.

Something about white just screams awesome to me.. I would still throw flakes in and do a urethane top coats...

Anyone have pictures of just their white floor? I've tried searching pics and see a lot of the light gray which is why I went with it before. I was going to try black but didn't feel like having it felt smaller than what it is (21x21' I believe), plus dropping a bolt forget about it.

I'm not concerned with cleaning honestly. I can mop it no problem, that doesn't bother me in the least. I want the cleanest look this time I think.

What the garage looked like before I put all the shelves and cabinets in.. Just for reference.

Thanks,
-Nigel

 

[1967marti]

I would go with light grey. Even though the clear coat will not stain easy i think that over time the light grey will look better for longer.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Off-White and Beige attached.
This was off the scanner so it's not perfect.
View attachment Chip Samples.pdf

 

[Ultimate Floors by Rhino]

http://rhinoliningsindustrial.com/gfGy6S44anlz/1272494383Hangar Floor.pdf

While its not a garage floor it is white and will give you an idea what it looks like.

 

[mysta2]

I vote white, or at least really close to it. The more light the better, and your' dark lower strip is sucking up a lot of light already (looks great though)

If you want to see pictures, google things like "Hanger floor", and "[insert sportscar/bike brand] team garage", but in most pictures you can hardly tell what color the floor really is. Try swinging by a few of your' local major automotive service shops, any shop, or industrial center that cares about function over form will have a very light and shiny color on the floor.

 

[haugy]

I vote white with very light gray flakes to cover up the minor blemishes over time.

I love white, but with what I do, I knew light gray would be better.

 

[Hottrod]

Have a look at Andy's awesome garage -I'm going for white myself!

 

[gobble]

Bringing up an old thread. Anyone else do white or off white? I was thinking about using that as a base with this color done heavy or to rejection.

 

[pauloman]

epoxies all yellow in UV and just over time. Not pure white for long. They way they get those glossy white aircraft hanger floors with Lear jets in the movies etc. is an epoxy base base and then a white LPU (two part acrylic polyurethane or polyester polyurethane) on top of the epoxy.

 

[gobble]

An off-white would yellow to the point that it later looks bad? Even if covered with a polyurethane clear?

 

[pauloman]

no - a cream colored floor will not show the yellowing. Ditto for dark colors. Trick too is that if you use paint chips in the coating, use cream and not white...

I have also had folks just use the epoxy and then latex or enamel over it then an optional clear coat to protect that. Case in point was owner of a very large furniture company here in NH. wife had to have the garage floor exactly match the walls....

Gobble - note that 99% of clear coat topcoats do not have any UV blockers in them (it adds too much to the price). there are a few - like auto clear coat. I just tested another one this past week. base epoxy yellowed that same under, zero, one or two coats of this product (which is a decent water based clear concrete sealer)

 

[NotQuik]

Bumping an old thread...

Anybody have pics of white epoxy coat with chips?

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Here is a link to an off-white project.
http://legacyindustrial.blogspot.com/2013/04/garage-epoxy-flooring-project.html

 

[NotQuik]

That looks great...is that a hint of tan in there to make it off white?

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

It's actually a hint of light gray to make it off-white.
The flakes make you think it's tan.

 

[Armorpoxy]

All true epoxies alone are not uv tolerant and yellowing would be noticeable on a white or off whie epoxy floor even if topcoated. If you want a white floor and want to use flecks you need to put down a coat of our white non yellowing Armorultra topcoat, broadcast onto at, then apply the clear. While more expensive its the only correct way to do it. If no flecks then just use the color matched topcoat as the final coat.

White hangar floors always have as the final layer a white topcoat to prevent yellowing.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

We have plenty of off-white floors out there. Unless in the sun constantly, they do fine. The floor we linked to is in Central Florida and still looks great two years later.

Yes, a pigmented urethane will eliminate ambering but also adds cost and time.

 

[BellyUpFish]

Hey Scotty-

Any pics of a solid white floor with no flakes?

 

[Bordeauxman]

After reading through a number of threads, I'm a bit lost which way to head for a cement floor coating. Here is the criteria...

* New construction this spring
* 2 bay garage, with some (medium duty) mechanical work being performed (change axle shafts, etc.)
* 1 additional separate bay for a work shop
* Located in NY state so subjected to temperature range from sub zero to 90 deg+
* snow and ice melt possible (from vehicles)

I've heard that the POLYUREA products are "the best" but that application can be a little more difficult - even for "professional installers." Should I focus more on an epoxy type coating? What is recommended for non-skid?

Thank you in advance for your help. Jeremy

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

The major advantage with the pap is less labor.

DIY will save more $$$ through an epoxy tri-coat vs pap .

Performance is relatively the same.