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A few of the threads on here mentioned polyaspartic concrete coatings. I read them and much more in my search for the right coating for our personal garage floor. So I thought that I would share our experience for the benefit of others who are looking for information.
Square footage: 7,700
Slab age: 10 years
Condition: Oil and grease stains, a few spalls, a few cracks and scrapes.
Use: storage, general workshop area (welding, vehicle maintenance, wood working, etc)
Product used: Spartacote Polyaspartic
Color: Light grey
Additives: Traction grit
Installed by: Professional installer
I'm not sure if it's acceptable to mention the installer on here, so I'll hold off on that for now. But they were outstanding. They went FAR above and beyond on our project. The results are incredible and meet or exceed my expectations in every regard.
We normally do EVERYthing ourselves, so hiring out for this speaks volumes about how much we trust the installer and how good of a job they did. We absolutely could not have achieved the quality that they did.
They cleaned and ground the floor. Giving special attention to stains. Filled in all cracks and spalls. Three coats were installed. Their work was outstanding.
My wife has a much better sense of smell than I do, and she said the smell inside the house was minimal, and completely gone after a day or so.
The floor has stood up to lots of traffic and use so far. Aside from vehicles, I've also placed equipment on it, and dragged a few heavy things across the floor. I try my best not to abuse the floor, but sometimes things happen.
A few notes about how we take care of the floor.
Every piece of equipment sits on top of 3/8" rubber flooring. Even floor jacks, trailer tongue jacks, the four post lift, shelving units, etc.
We use dollies to move things whenever possible rather than dragging.
For welding we lay down rubber flooring and cheap linoleum on top of that. We've done plenty of welding over this configuration. There are several scorch marks and a couple of small holes in the linoleum, but absolutely no damage to the polyaspartic coating in any way. The rubber and linoleum are rolled up and put away when not in use.
Cleaning the floor is incredibly easy. Things wipe up off of the coating with almost no effort.
For an initial sweep, we use 5' wide dry mops. We can sweep the entire floor in 10 minutes.
For a more thorough cleaning we use Pro HD Simple Green and a sponge roller mop. It takes an hour or two to do the entire floor, but it goes quickly and easily. Mostly because the coating is very easy to clean. Things just don't stick to it.
After a mopping, it looks like it was just installed.
I've had diesel fuel, synthetic oil and coolant sit on the floor for weeks at a time and wipe right up with no problems at all.
If you want more details on the coating, the installer, or the other products that I've mentioned, please feel free to ask. I would be happy to share them on here or in a private message/email.
We have another 3,400 square feet of concrete that we plan to have done by the same installer but with different colors and textures to match the decor for those spaces. I would recommend this installer and product to anyone without hesitation.
Now....on to the photos. Obviously, this is all just one corner of the garage, not the entire thing.
Below is the floor swept clean by us and ready for the installation to start:
The next photo is of the installers grinding the floor. You can see how much of a difference it made just having it properly cleaned and ground. It was even more dramatic in person.
The below photo is of a transition from the coated floor to a section of the floor that we asked them not to coat. We plan to get that section coated in a different color and texture at a later time. That provided the opportunity to show the transition from swept, to ground to coated.
Finally, this next photo is of the finished floor:
And this next photos is of the setup that we use for welding or doing other things that might damage the floor coating. For perspective, the linoleum is 8'x12'. The linoleum and rubber flooring roll up and get put away when not in use. And we can go bigger if needed.
Square footage: 7,700
Slab age: 10 years
Condition: Oil and grease stains, a few spalls, a few cracks and scrapes.
Use: storage, general workshop area (welding, vehicle maintenance, wood working, etc)
Product used: Spartacote Polyaspartic
Color: Light grey
Additives: Traction grit
Installed by: Professional installer
I'm not sure if it's acceptable to mention the installer on here, so I'll hold off on that for now. But they were outstanding. They went FAR above and beyond on our project. The results are incredible and meet or exceed my expectations in every regard.
We normally do EVERYthing ourselves, so hiring out for this speaks volumes about how much we trust the installer and how good of a job they did. We absolutely could not have achieved the quality that they did.
They cleaned and ground the floor. Giving special attention to stains. Filled in all cracks and spalls. Three coats were installed. Their work was outstanding.
My wife has a much better sense of smell than I do, and she said the smell inside the house was minimal, and completely gone after a day or so.
The floor has stood up to lots of traffic and use so far. Aside from vehicles, I've also placed equipment on it, and dragged a few heavy things across the floor. I try my best not to abuse the floor, but sometimes things happen.
A few notes about how we take care of the floor.
Every piece of equipment sits on top of 3/8" rubber flooring. Even floor jacks, trailer tongue jacks, the four post lift, shelving units, etc.
We use dollies to move things whenever possible rather than dragging.
For welding we lay down rubber flooring and cheap linoleum on top of that. We've done plenty of welding over this configuration. There are several scorch marks and a couple of small holes in the linoleum, but absolutely no damage to the polyaspartic coating in any way. The rubber and linoleum are rolled up and put away when not in use.
Cleaning the floor is incredibly easy. Things wipe up off of the coating with almost no effort.
For an initial sweep, we use 5' wide dry mops. We can sweep the entire floor in 10 minutes.
For a more thorough cleaning we use Pro HD Simple Green and a sponge roller mop. It takes an hour or two to do the entire floor, but it goes quickly and easily. Mostly because the coating is very easy to clean. Things just don't stick to it.
After a mopping, it looks like it was just installed.
I've had diesel fuel, synthetic oil and coolant sit on the floor for weeks at a time and wipe right up with no problems at all.
If you want more details on the coating, the installer, or the other products that I've mentioned, please feel free to ask. I would be happy to share them on here or in a private message/email.
We have another 3,400 square feet of concrete that we plan to have done by the same installer but with different colors and textures to match the decor for those spaces. I would recommend this installer and product to anyone without hesitation.
Now....on to the photos. Obviously, this is all just one corner of the garage, not the entire thing.
Below is the floor swept clean by us and ready for the installation to start:
The next photo is of the installers grinding the floor. You can see how much of a difference it made just having it properly cleaned and ground. It was even more dramatic in person.
The below photo is of a transition from the coated floor to a section of the floor that we asked them not to coat. We plan to get that section coated in a different color and texture at a later time. That provided the opportunity to show the transition from swept, to ground to coated.
Finally, this next photo is of the finished floor:
And this next photos is of the setup that we use for welding or doing other things that might damage the floor coating. For perspective, the linoleum is 8'x12'. The linoleum and rubber flooring roll up and get put away when not in use. And we can go bigger if needed.