Want to do an epoxy garage floor

[Slythy]

So I'm buying my first house here and i get it end of this month. I dont have to move in instantly so Im planning on doing some work to it.

I have a 2 car garage that i would like to fill in the cracks and potentially even fill in the seams if thats ok. Not sure how that would effect expansion etc. whats the best product for this and wont effect the epoxy.

My next question is what epoxy is reasonably priced, not crazy difficult to install and make look great and last. I know its one of those things that you can pick 2 out of the 3 haha.

Anything else i should look at?

Thanks for all the help.

 

[Garage Flooring]

So I'm buying my first house here and i get it end of this month. I dont have to move in instantly so Im planning on doing some work to it.

I have a 2 car garage that i would like to fill in the cracks and potentially even fill in the seams if thats ok. Not sure how that would effect expansion etc. whats the best product for this and wont effect the epoxy.

My next question is what epoxy is reasonably priced, not crazy difficult to install and make look great and last. I know its one of those things that you can pick 2 out of the 3 haha.

Anything else i should look at?

Thanks for all the help.

You will find a lot of very helpful people here, vendors and customers alike. In my experience we all think our product is the best so I will try and give you some more general guidelines.

Preparation is key. Definitely grind the floor, or at least acid etch it. Grinding definitely preferred.

Use a good crack filler. We have two types. I like the gel type. You put it in, let it tack and slice it off. Just make sure you don't have any voids.

We have a similar product for joints.

I would suggest a high solids to 100% solids epoxy. I like the high solids because it is still the same resin with a little solvent added to the hardener side and that makes it easier to apply.

Use a primer and a good top coat. We have garage floor epoxy kits with those components built in. http://www.garageflooringllc.com/garage-floor-epoxy-kits/

A couple of projects:

http://www.garageflooringllc.com/2015/08/21/kyles-garage-floor-epoxy-review-photos/

http://www.garageflooringllc.com/2015/07/31/i-love-my-epoxy-garage-floor-from-garageflooringllc/

 

[tinmanwpk]

It doesn't pay to "cheap out" on your floor products after all of the hard prep work. Buy a quality product from one of the vendors here.

 

[Slythy]

It doesn't pay to "cheap out" on your floor products after all of the hard prep work. Buy a quality product from one of the vendors here.

I wanted a price/performance kind of deal. Which brand/product is going to be the nicest for the money here? I dont want to cheap out, but i prob wont be able to sand the floor ill be able to etch it tho.

 

[frank001]

I wanted a price/performance kind of deal. Which brand/product is going to be the nicest for the money here? I dont want to cheap out, but i prob wont be able to sand the floor ill be able to etch it tho.

This is what I did:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=284998&highlight=frank001

After a year and a half, still looking good.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Here are a few gj member floors:

Legacy Industrial Epoxy Project

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...share_tid=335034&share_fid=20318&share_type=t

400 SQFT Gloss White Legacy Industrial Epoxy

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...share_tid=331519&share_fid=20318&share_type=t
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[Armorpoxy]

Hi
We have two excellent options. Our www.armorcladepoxy.com 3 layer 100% solids epoxy sysetm runs about $1.25/sq ft, or our SPGX one part coating runs about 45 cents/sq ft.

https://store.armorpoxy.com/mm5/mer...=A&Product_Code=SPGX-GAL&Category_Code=AULTRA

Thank you.