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Went with Rock Solid - New Garage Coating

luisv

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I just did my floor. I went with Rustoleum Rock Solid. I used the grey and added the fleck for a bit of non-slip. I think it is very good. I have not had it long so it is tough to give you a long term report but I can tell you that I moved vario heavy tool boxes, a compressor and an auto lift and the floor held up. Everything was moved in 24 hours after I finished. I had about an inch worth of material left on the paint in a bucket and it dried solid as a rock! The product is impressive.

Application was easy and straight forward. Everything went well and as they described it in the instructions. I watched a number of videos on-line. I did it to see any tips and tricks. One thing on the painting/application. As you go keep stirring/mixing the paint. This is to keep the color uniform. If not, you run the risk of a difference in the sections. Other than that, it's not a big deal to apply and just make sure you start with a very clean floor. My floor was coated already so I needed to test the paint on there to make sure it would hold up. If you are on concrete, you need to etch it first.

Here are the photos of mine.

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navin

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Since your floor was coated prior, what did you do to prep it? Just degreaser, or did you rough up the existing coating?
 

kumquat

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I just did 1/2 of mine. It had a 1/2 decent oil paint on it. In some places it had lifted so there were 'valleys'. Prep was:
- pressure wash to get dirt and other 'chunks'
- scrub with floor broom & Mr. Clean
- pressure wash
- run over it with concrete floor stripper from HD. Like a big flap wheel. It didn't remove a lot of paint, just loose stuff
- scrub with TSP
- pressure wash

The 1/2 I did was about 320 sq. ft. I bought a 500 sq. ft. package and used 1/2 of it with some to spare. I saw stuff on the interweb suggesting bad coverage. I can't complain but it will need another coat, maybe 1/2 the gallon I have left. I'll probably use (and waste a bit) 2 of the 500 sq ft packages on my 750 sq ft garage.

If it works, it's just about double paint, C$108 (US$85) per kit. Worth it if it works.

Picture here: http://s1328.photobucket.com/user/awm1949/media/IMG_1539_zpsdg1rn9zm.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
 
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