Polyurea clear coat

[rhaase3737]

I recently put up a 30x40 garage. I’ve been looking at flooring options and I am nearing the end of my budget. I was originally looking at epoxy flooring but the prices are a lot higher than I expected. I was thinking about painting the floor with a regular gray concrete paint from Home Depot and then ordering a clear Polyurea coat to apply over it for the hardened protection and gloss look. I think I can do all this for under $1000. Vs almost $2,000 for an epoxy kit or full Polyurea kit. Anyone have any suggestions on if this will work okay?

 

[Shea]

There are a couple of reasons why you do not want to do this. You can look at it like building a house on a sand foundation.

The first is that your coating is only as strong as the weakest link. Concrete paint is not going to adhere and bond nearly as well as epoxy or a polyurea. As a result, your entire coating is subject to the pitfalls that paint is known for - primarily peeling and hot tire lift.

Second, concrete paint is a water-based product while polyurea is solvent-based. Applying the polyurea over the paint may result in softening of the concrete paint or even worse, the color bleeding and causing a real mess.

If your budget is the obstacle right now, I would recommend just applying a coat of clear polyurea for now. It will provide good protection and wear, plus you won't have to worry about it peeling or hot tire pick up. You can always come back later to apply a color coat and clear coat to get the look you want.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

There are a couple of reasons why you do not want to do this. You can look at it like building a house on a sand foundation.



The first is that your coating is only as strong as the weakest link. Concrete paint is not going to adhere and bond nearly as well as epoxy or a polyurea. As a result, your entire coating is subject to the pitfalls that paint is known for - primarily peeling and hot tire lift.



Second, concrete paint is a water-based product while polyurea is solvent-based. Applying the polyurea over the paint may result in softening of the concrete paint or even worse, the color bleeding and causing a real mess.



If your budget is the obstacle right now, I would recommend just applying a coat of clear polyurea for now. It will provide good protection and wear, plus you won't have to worry about it peeling or hot tire pick up. You can always come back later to apply a color coat and clear coat to get the look you want.

Excellent advice from Shea!!
Also...
Can add some color using our DeltaDye Concrete Stain without breaking the bank if you really like color.

https://www.legacyindustrial.net/products/concrete-stain-and-dye/deltadye-concrete-stain.html



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[Armorpoxy]

We would suggest just a single coat of our clear SPGX one part Polyurea which will give superb protection at far less than $1.00/sq ft.

 

[Garage Flooring]

I recently put up a 30x40 garage. I’ve been looking at flooring options and I am nearing the end of my budget. I was originally looking at epoxy flooring but the prices are a lot higher than I expected. I was thinking about painting the floor with a regular gray concrete paint from Home Depot and then ordering a clear Polyurea coat to apply over it for the hardened protection and gloss look. I think I can do all this for under $1000. Vs almost $2,000 for an epoxy kit or full Polyurea kit. Anyone have any suggestions on if this will work okay?

Depending on how you do this, a polyurea kit can be well under 2K after GJ discount and worth the investment.

https://www.garageflooringllc.com/polyurea-garage-floor-coating-kits/

 

[Chuck S.]

Having this done next week.
Approx $2,300 for my 3 car garage.

Having these guys do it. 15 yr warranty.
Devil is in the prep and materials.

https://garagefloorsdfw.com/epoxy-floors/classic/


My thought is ...I’m a do it yourselfer for 99% of most everything, but Not this.
I’ll do the rest of the the garage.
How much will you really “save” by doing it yourself..?

Get a good company if you plan to be there for a while.
Good luck w the project, send pics!!

 

[Chuck S.]

Having this done next week.
Approx $2,300 for my 3 car garage.

Having these guys do it. 15 yr warranty.
Devil is in the prep and materials.

https://garagefloorsdfw.com/epoxy-floors/classic/


My thought is ...I’m a do it yourselfer for 99% of most everything, but Not this.
I’ll do the rest of the the garage.
How much will you really “save” by doing it yourself..?

Get a good company if you plan to be there for a while.
Good luck w the project, send pics!!

 

[allinon72]

This is not an area where you want to cut corners. The time it takes to properly prep a floor is what the real investment is, and to throw all that away trying to save money is not worth it. I looked at just about every option when I wanted to do something about my screened in porch concrete, I went with Legacy polyurea and I'm glad I did. If that puts you out of your budget, you may consider another flooring option.

 

[dcg9381]

You can add pigment to the polyurea for a very nominal cost. If you're after the base-coat / clear coat thing, you can do the first coat pigmented, then clear it with the 2nd coat.