Epoxy floor paint?

SE R Madness · 07-24-2005, 08:57 PM

Have anyone done this to their Garage floor yet? I'm about to do this in about a week or two.
Picture swould be nice and what colors did you pick?

STRATTON · 07-24-2005, 08:59 PM

i painted my jobs shop floor. sweep it. power wash it. then throw on 2 thick coats. should be good to go.

Peanuthead · 07-24-2005, 11:03 PM

Make sure that the floor is clean and you etch the floor with acid. Nissan Performance Mag. has a great write up on it.

SE R Madness · 07-25-2005, 07:02 AM

they sell a kit that comes with the acid.. floor should look good when i'm done with it.

Doug_O · 07-25-2005, 12:40 PM

Here is some info for ya:

http://www.sr20forum.com/showthread....+floor+pai nt

Doug

SE R Madness · 07-25-2005, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninety-Nine SE-L

I've done a little research myself. I'm going with a full epoxy coating as soon as I can rip up this damn carpet.

Sams Club sells this stuff at a good price, I think. It's ~$70 for 250sq feet (you'll prolly need 2 for a 2 car. Go to www.samsclub.com and put in the keyword epoxy.

Get Rust-Oleum® EpoxyShield Garage Floor Coating Kit it's comes in the 2 1/2 floor kit.. and it's $99.

damon · 07-25-2005, 11:47 PM

I had mine professionally done. They stripped my floor, washed it then rolled the coating. After that they sprinkled light flakes to it. Said and done $875. Lifetime guarentee. Not the home depot kit that flakes and peels.

SE R Madness · 07-26-2005, 10:16 PM

Damn, I will tell your straight up I don't have money to spend like that. at least not on my garage floor.

paNX2K&SE-R · 07-27-2005, 12:22 PM

We bought our house last august and I did the floor shortly thereafter. The house and therefore garage floor was built in '61 so there were some decent cracks. I bought tubs of the concrete resurfacer stuff and patched over the cracks and pitted areas of the floor before I epoxied. It has held up just fine and there are no signs of any new cracking.

Preparation of the floor is very important on older surfaces. I started out with sweeping and then hosing it out. I followed that with a good TSP and intense brushing. After that I used muriatic acid to etch and prep for the epoxy. It worked great but took a week to do everything properly including drying time.

I used the house brand floor kit at Lowes and it worked fantastic. It was about $15 less than the rustoleum brand.

Good Luck!!!

1810 · 07-27-2005, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by damon

I had mine professionally done. They stripped my floor, washed it then rolled the coating. After that they sprinkled light flakes to it. Said and done $875. Lifetime guarentee. Not the home depot kit that flakes and peels.

give me companies that do it. i have an old house too that has little cracks here and there.

thanks

Rockwood · 07-27-2005, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 1810

give me companies that do it. i have an old house too that has little cracks here and there.

thanks

yeah, im looking in SD too.

omarmipi · 07-27-2005, 09:58 PM

What about brand new garages? My house is going to be finished in November and I am going to do some preventative maintenance... Epoxy floor, seal grout, blah blah. I'm guessing that it is going to be clean after a spray down. Then what? Does the acid etching materials come with the rustoleum kit?

Peanuthead · 07-27-2005, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by omarmipi

What about brand new garages? My house is going to be finished in November and I am going to do some preventative maintenance... Epoxy floor, seal grout, blah blah. I'm guessing that it is going to be clean after a spray down. Then what? Does the acid etching materials come with the rustoleum kit?

Make sure that they DON'T apply sealer to the concrete. It will make your refinishing efforts a lot harder because you have to strip the floor first, etc. It's a big pain from what I hear.

R0b_ · 07-28-2005, 04:17 AM

you still need to etch it with the muriatic acid (use a respirator!).

The company that makes that stuff is actually right there in Marietta or somewhere in your neighborhood, you *might* be able to snag it cheaper direct (if they'll sell it to you).

damon · 07-28-2005, 11:55 AM

$875 was a decent price. I have a new house with a three stall garage. I went to the annual home and garden show and got the show discount. Thats the best way to get deals for your house. They honor those prices sometimes a month after the show. I was told that older homes can cost quite a bit due to older concrete and crackes. They also have to clean the floor, and older homes have nasty garage floors.

Rockwood · 07-28-2005, 02:59 PM

the problem with using muriatic acid with the new garage is the driveway is colored and has already been sealed.

any ideas?

SE R Madness · 07-28-2005, 06:41 PM

Rob_ Where is the place I would give them a call or head over there to see if I can get that.