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Greetings, all. This is my first post to the forum, but I have been onboard reading and gathering much useful information for some time now.
I am in the process of building my dream garage, oh, and dream house, on a dream piece of land I purchased 15 years ago. The entire bottom level of the 40 X 40 “house” is garage/workshop (the living quarters are above) for restoring old cars, rebuilding an antique aircraft, maintaining and repairing equipment, and various other projects….). It has a 12 ft ceiling, as it will have a lift in the centre bay. I am also starting to break ground on a 28 X 34 ft addition (2-plus bay garage with hobby workshop in the loft) which will be where the daily drivers are parked, as the 40 X 40 is strictly a working shop. As everyone here knows, you can’t have enough garage space!
My question is regarding a penetrating sealer for my garage floors – existing and about to be built. As I said, the 40 X 40 is a working garage which will be subject to automotive lubricants, brake fluid, solvents and much abuse from rolling shop equipment, welding, grinding and dropping of tools and parts. You know, a regular, working-guy’s shop. The parking garage will be subject to the same automotive fluids plus lots of salt-laden snow and water – from both vehicles and dripping surfboards and wet-suits.
I am not, nor ever will be, interested in a guchi-looking, glossy, metal-flake speckled show-room floor. The purpose of the sealer is strictly for protection of the concrete and ease of clean-up. When my 40 X 40 floor was poured, I had the contractor power-trowel it with a dry-shake surface hardener – Euclid’s Surflex: http://euclidchemical.com/fileshare/ProductFiles/TechData/Surflex.pdf
The result was a remarkably smooth and (hopefully) tough concrete surface that I am very happy with. I’ll likely do the same with the floor of the 28 X 34 addition.
My specific question is this. Can I use, and if so, should I use a penetrating sealer to further protect my floor, given that a surface hardener has already been applied when the floor was poured?
Here’s a photo of my place, for your interest:
I am in the process of building my dream garage, oh, and dream house, on a dream piece of land I purchased 15 years ago. The entire bottom level of the 40 X 40 “house” is garage/workshop (the living quarters are above) for restoring old cars, rebuilding an antique aircraft, maintaining and repairing equipment, and various other projects….). It has a 12 ft ceiling, as it will have a lift in the centre bay. I am also starting to break ground on a 28 X 34 ft addition (2-plus bay garage with hobby workshop in the loft) which will be where the daily drivers are parked, as the 40 X 40 is strictly a working shop. As everyone here knows, you can’t have enough garage space!
My question is regarding a penetrating sealer for my garage floors – existing and about to be built. As I said, the 40 X 40 is a working garage which will be subject to automotive lubricants, brake fluid, solvents and much abuse from rolling shop equipment, welding, grinding and dropping of tools and parts. You know, a regular, working-guy’s shop. The parking garage will be subject to the same automotive fluids plus lots of salt-laden snow and water – from both vehicles and dripping surfboards and wet-suits.
I am not, nor ever will be, interested in a guchi-looking, glossy, metal-flake speckled show-room floor. The purpose of the sealer is strictly for protection of the concrete and ease of clean-up. When my 40 X 40 floor was poured, I had the contractor power-trowel it with a dry-shake surface hardener – Euclid’s Surflex: http://euclidchemical.com/fileshare/ProductFiles/TechData/Surflex.pdf
The result was a remarkably smooth and (hopefully) tough concrete surface that I am very happy with. I’ll likely do the same with the floor of the 28 X 34 addition.
My specific question is this. Can I use, and if so, should I use a penetrating sealer to further protect my floor, given that a surface hardener has already been applied when the floor was poured?
Here’s a photo of my place, for your interest:
