Poly floor and engine hoist

[thoyer]

Finishing up my garage. Had a polyerua floor put down in December with full flake coverage. It looks great and has held up well with all of the finish construction happening.

Never having had any experience with this type of floor (I know it is supposed to be very hard and durable) I'd be interested in hearing from others about their experiences with the floor and any possible damage.

My concern, maybe unwarranted, is rolling my engine hoist around with the steel wheels and a big block Chevy hanging on it............

Tom

 

[benwah]

Polyurea is softer than epoxy, generally speaking. If you were to pour a resin casting, it reacts more like a polyurethane bushing than a hockey puck if that makes sense.

Personally I'd throw down a 4x8 sheet of OSB to park the lift on if it's going to be parked for a while with a SBC hanging from it. If you're just rolling it around you *shouldn't * have an issue.

 

[racerex]

I’ve been using a few 4x8 sheets of Masonite/hardboard when moving my project car around while it’s sitting on metal caster wheel dollies. I’ve also used the Masonite under my gantry crane......for engine/trans removal and lifting the body off the frame. My body dolly and engine stand are both on polyurethane casters, so no issues with them damaging the floor.

 

[thoyer]

My understanding was that Polyurea is harder then epoxy - maybe I'm wrong?

So then I should follow the same precautions when rolling my floor jacks around too as they have steel wheels??

Tom