Product Recommendation help

[jlump9]

Hey Everyone,

I've been doing a lot of research of the best garage floor coating. Between reading here & all garage floors. I want to make sure I'm going down the best path and choosing the best product & what vendor has the best price/discount currently!

I am in the Southeast, garage is 670sqft and will be used solely for parking two cars. My biggest desire is the longevity of the coating. It seems polyurea is the best bet for my use case (not as durable but longer lasting than epoxy). I know rustoleum RockShield is frowned upon, but for the use case is it a bad option? I've looked into epoxy-coat, garage floorings polyurea, armorpoxy, and nohr-s.

Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks

 

[FJ4FUN]

For a legit "industrial strength" coatings, checkout Wolverine Coatings' systems:

Partial Flake - 3 Layer System
Full Flake - Chip Floor
Solid Color - Ceramic System

 

[Garage Flooring]

Hey Everyone,

I've been doing a lot of research of the best garage floor coating. Between reading here & all garage floors. I want to make sure I'm going down the best path and choosing the best product & what vendor has the best price/discount currently!

I am in the Southeast, garage is 670sqft and will be used solely for parking two cars. My biggest desire is the longevity of the coating. It seems polyurea is the best bet for my use case (not as durable but longer lasting than epoxy). I know rustoleum RockShield is frowned upon, but for the use case is it a bad option? I've looked into epoxy-coat, garage floorings polyurea, armorpoxy, and nohr-s.

Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks

Polyurea is definitely going to be your best choice. We have some great kits https://www.garageflooringllc.com/polyurea-garage-floor-coating-kits/ as does Legacy and Armorpoxy

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi, we carry both Polyureas, Polyaspartics and epoxies. A 100% solids epoxy system would be the thickest and the most resistant to chipping and damage, but more and more people are using polys as the prices have come down a lot over the years. A full broadcast (even thicker but more expensive) would be a top choice too if in the budget.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Nohr-S® Polyurea for the win! Good luck.

 

[haugy]

I have a Polyurea now. I've had a full solids epoxy in my last shop. My polyurea can't handle jackstands. Dug right into it with a vehicle that was only on jackstands for about 20 minutes. My epoxy I could drop an axle and drag it with only some scratching.

Poly was easier to apply. So if you don't plan to do any real wrenching, that would work.

 

[kselfri]

If you go with pigmented / colored polyurea, I suggest 2 coats of color. Many promoted kits have a base coat and clear coat, but after doing this, I had some areas where the color coat thinned out due to absorbing into the more porous areas of the concrete. It will look OK when first backroll it, but then seeps in over 15 minutes, when you're too far away to re-backroll it. So, that's why I recommend 2 color coats instead of color + clear. You would get a more consistent look.

If you're doing flakes, then obviously you'd still do a clear topcoat over the flake.