New garage floor

[Rocket150]

I recently finished building a 30x40 garage. The concrete is new and has not been sealed. I’m looking for a recommendation on a floor coating. I also have snowmobiles and am afraid of chewing up the concrete. The rollers that go under the skis are great but also a headache. Will the race deck hold up? What have others used to save the floor from carbides. Any cheap alternatives to the race deck?

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Source some used belting, lay this down where the sleds will go in and out.

 

[Garage Flooring]

I recently finished building a 30x40 garage. The concrete is new and has not been sealed. I’m looking for a recommendation on a floor coating. I also have snowmobiles and am afraid of chewing up the concrete. The rollers that go under the skis are great but also a headache. Will the race deck hold up? What have others used to save the floor from carbides. Any cheap alternatives to the race deck?

Holding up and looking great are two different things. A good coating will work. A good tile will work. We have both BUT BOTH are going to sustain damage from the blades. Tile will be aesthetic and easy(er) to repair.

IMHO you just need to put something under the blades.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi,
No coating is scratch proof especially with carbide on the snowmobile tracks will affect it.

What we have recommended for people to use is to coat the floor with either our SPGX one part polyurea, or our www.armorcladepoxy.com 100% solids system, and then in the area where you pull the machines in/out just overlay that with some of our overstock solid PVC Supratile Interlocking tiles as runners. While the tiles may get scratched up a bit they will outlive the snow machines and can be easily pulled up and tossed at any time. We sell the overstock at $1.00/sq ft and would have something in stock for this application.

We use the same system for protecting concrete and coated floors from fire trucks that have carbide chains on them in the winter. After the chains are removed they just pick up and put aside the tiles for the next season.

 

[joes169]

I would highly suggest you revisit the different wheel options available for the skis. THey're going to be less of a PITA than dealing with PVC tiles above the floor all winter. Unless, of course, you have a drive through garage, then the tiles might actually work.

 

[OptionalStop]

Tractor Supply sells horse stall mats, I'm going to have the same problem once my shop is finished and I'm thinking a 10' x 8' mat in front of the garage door to pull the sleds in and then install the wheels once inside if I need to move them around for work or maintenance.

 

[DJF3]

I have a question regarding the tiles. How susceptible are they to moving? For example, If I lay down two strips for the skis to ride on, will they push out as I come into the garage? What holds them to the cement other than frictions? I have carbide ski runners only, nothing in the track.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Friction holds them down generally, but some applications may require spot adhesive which we carry.