Garage Floor Coating

[Inspector1]

Has anyone painted or sealed their garage floor ?

I've been checking into ucoat....

http://www.ucoatit.com/

Any other suggestions would be welcome.. TIA


I1:)

[princess]

Be VERY careful! The prince has worked where they used coating on the floor & it made it "slicker than snot on a door knob" (as my daddy used to say)

I suppose it would depend on what you get ON the floor. A shop would have oil, solvents, coolant..... Our garage would be more likely to have saw dust & electronic debrie now. After sweeping we actually use the shopvac on it!:)

[Wardsweb]

Floor sealers are great for ease of cleaning. I went a little different route. My garage is carpeted. Granted I don't use my garage for cars. It is a work shop. To clean it, I open the garage door, and break out the leaf blower. :D

[Inspector1]

I agree with the aid in keeping it clean.. I use a hose and squeegee quite often.. With a 25 cf deep freeze and 20 cf fridge I try and keep as clean as possible, I sure don't want to risk contaminating my Garage with food stuff..ha ha

The sealer w/fleks would also make it more appealing to stand on while having a cold one!.. Bruhahaha..

Plus an added resale value for @500 bucks..

As for slickness. They have a texture/grit additive that you can put in the mix as well..

I1:)

[hondacuraworld]

Exactly how spotlessly clean does the floor have to be to be able to paint it?

[Inspector1]

You need to try and remove oil and stains as much as possible for paint/sealer to bond properly...
I don't know if you looked at the link I posted, but after cleaning you need to etch floor with muratic acid also.....

I1:)

[Walt43]

When my garage floor was new 6 years ago I covered it with an epoxy covering from http://www.epoxysystems.com/products.htm, and I think it was product 100 & 105. Back then you couldn't buy the kits in Home Depot like you can now. The covering I put down is impervious to any chemicals, but apparently the moisture in the concrete is seeping up and causing the covering to come up in spots. I think if I could do it again I would use a concrete stain instead of a coating.

If you do go with an epoxy coating, I read you're supposed to wax the floor where your car tires sit to prevent the coating from being pulled up by the tires. I also broke alot of the covering up in my workbench area simply by dropping tools and other assorted objects on the floor.