Sealing the floor in a machine shop

[marrt]

I just built an extension on my shop that will hold a couple milling machines, lathes and related equipment. As you know, there's a tendency to get a lot of oil on the floor from these machines. So, I'd like to seal the floor to make clean up easier and avoid the eyesore of oil spots around all the machines (plus keep the concrete dust down). Also, I need something that I can repair myself ideally. Just moving the machines in will tear up any finish a bit. Any recommendations.

 

[SolarColumbia]

Perhaps a penetrating sealer would be good. Some if them are oil resistant.

 

[benwah]

Do you want a topical sealer, or a penetrating sealer?

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi,
You could us an epoxy system like our www.armorcladepoxy.com with the Military Grade topcoat, we sell this to machine shops regularly.

Alternately Ghostshield penetrating sealer helps to prevent oils and fluids from getting 'in' to a concrete floor.

 

[GRivera]

In my case densifier and Ghostshield 8505 easily stains with petroleum products

 

[marrt]

Sorry for disappearing on this thread...got side tracked.

Ideally, I'd like a penetrating sealer. However, I'm suspicious any will work sufficiently. Maybe something like Armorpoxy is better. I had a "professional" company grind and seal another floor. I was shocked to see them using a product from Home Depot (they were not cheap and came hightly recommended). I was mainly trying to keep the concrete dust down in that room and it works well enough for that and is cheap and easy to recoat. However, it does not work with oil.