hobiecatter
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Hello all,
I have been lurking here for a while and learning lots of stuff.
I've read all about the 100% solids epoxy and how Superior it is to the other water based products. I am aware of how much thinner it is after applied.
Unfortunately my situation is that I need to pick something less superior. We are moving into a house that is about 6 years old. 2 1/2 car garage with no previous coatings on it. Still in really good condition from what I remember. We will have a small window to get all of the work done we need to do before moving in. The first thing on my list is putting down epoxy in the garage, but I only have a couple of days to do it (prep and paint). But the main problem is we are on a budget and cannot afford to get epoxy-coat, or any of the "real deals". I have tried to convince the wife, but we both agree that we do not need a show quality floor, just need something nice and cheaper and that will last a few years. If I decide to replace with solid epoxies later, I always have that option.
My father-in-law will be helping me lay it down and he has put down a few water based epoxy floors in the past. Of course he has no knowledge of the all solid epoxies, so he thinks the water based are just fine as he's had good experience with them. One of which he prepped the floor real good first and it still has not had any chipping or any problems after about 8 years. So he and my wife are convinced that water based will be fine for us. After some arm twisting, I had to agree to save the money and extra time applying and put it to wards some other resources.
Mind you, I know the best thing to do would be to wait until we can afford it and do it the right way, but this is the best time to do it since the house will be vacant for a week and I can get this all done before we move in if I move now. Also, I really don't use my garage for much other than parking in and occasional light work. I won't be doing anything in there that will be distressful on the paint other than occasional wet tire etc.
So my question is, what is the next best thing? Home Depot and Lowe's have a few different choices to pick from, but if you had to do a water based, which one would you pick? My father-in-law said when he did the one 8 years ago, they mixed it for him at the store by the gallon, so I guess he really only used paint without any epoxy??? So I probably want to at least steer clear of that I assume?
any opinions on which is the next best?
Thanks for your help.
I have been lurking here for a while and learning lots of stuff.
I've read all about the 100% solids epoxy and how Superior it is to the other water based products. I am aware of how much thinner it is after applied.
Unfortunately my situation is that I need to pick something less superior. We are moving into a house that is about 6 years old. 2 1/2 car garage with no previous coatings on it. Still in really good condition from what I remember. We will have a small window to get all of the work done we need to do before moving in. The first thing on my list is putting down epoxy in the garage, but I only have a couple of days to do it (prep and paint). But the main problem is we are on a budget and cannot afford to get epoxy-coat, or any of the "real deals". I have tried to convince the wife, but we both agree that we do not need a show quality floor, just need something nice and cheaper and that will last a few years. If I decide to replace with solid epoxies later, I always have that option.
My father-in-law will be helping me lay it down and he has put down a few water based epoxy floors in the past. Of course he has no knowledge of the all solid epoxies, so he thinks the water based are just fine as he's had good experience with them. One of which he prepped the floor real good first and it still has not had any chipping or any problems after about 8 years. So he and my wife are convinced that water based will be fine for us. After some arm twisting, I had to agree to save the money and extra time applying and put it to wards some other resources.
Mind you, I know the best thing to do would be to wait until we can afford it and do it the right way, but this is the best time to do it since the house will be vacant for a week and I can get this all done before we move in if I move now. Also, I really don't use my garage for much other than parking in and occasional light work. I won't be doing anything in there that will be distressful on the paint other than occasional wet tire etc.
So my question is, what is the next best thing? Home Depot and Lowe's have a few different choices to pick from, but if you had to do a water based, which one would you pick? My father-in-law said when he did the one 8 years ago, they mixed it for him at the store by the gallon, so I guess he really only used paint without any epoxy??? So I probably want to at least steer clear of that I assume?
any opinions on which is the next best?
Thanks for your help.
