USS

My biggest piece of advice is to make sure you clean the floor REALLY REALLY well and give it enough time to dry out. Other than that it is easy as hell

Oh yeah, post pics when you're done :P

Dr.Boost

I'm kinda impatient so it will take great self control to stop myself from ripping into it after it's cleaned. I have to take the water heater, water softener and utility sink out of the garage before I start which kinda sucks. I could probably just paint around them, but that would eat at me and I'd lose sleep over it.
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imburne

**** right there

Reddy

100% solid Cycloaliphatic

MikeJ-2009

And the product you used listed on the msds sheets say the percentage is "proprietry", so if it was 100% solid gold it would probably say so, if that's their claim to fame. A garage floor with 8" thick epoxy floors isn't any better than a 2 mil coat that stays stuck to the ground. What exactly is your point?

Dr.Boost

Cost me $80 more with the etcher/cleaner ---- and I still need to buy rollers. These kits come with 2 big *** bags of color chips each so I should have plenty of those.

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MustangC.

i used the rustoleum ---- in my shop, its peeled up ONLY in the spots where there was a super thick coating of oil/grease (used to be a rig truck repair shop) that i couldnt get off completely witht he degreaser/etcher. ther rest of the floor is still sticking 2 years later and let me tell you it gets beat the ---- up. boost if you prep the floor right (concrete should look brite white) you will never have a problem with the light duty use its going to get.

Reddy

I don't understand why your arguing. This thread was asking about experience with floor coatings. I've used the home Depot stuff and here's what it looks like today:

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It didn't take long to start peeling and I did all that prep work stuff that comes in the kit. Now I have to go rent a floor grinder to get that ---- off and recoat it with the epoxy-coat stuff. The epoxy-Coat stuff is just 100 times stronger and you can tell that after it hardens. It seems like the coating is stronger than the concrete, not to mention it looks better than the other types of floor coatings.

And yes a garage floor with a 2 mil thick layer is going to be stronger than a 2 mil coating made up of 1 mil of base and 1 mil of top coatings. So now you have a 1 mil layer thats exposed to traffic instead of a solid 2 mil layer. In my opinion, one thick coat is better than 2

I'm done arguring, he asked for experience. I've had experience with some coatings and between the 2 coatings I've used, which one would you be recomending? The floor above or this:

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con

Whitney, Ha I love it when noobs call you that :1 That ---- looks super nice, doesn't look like it has the little pecker track specs in it. I think I found my new floor coating

MustangC.

whitey youre comparing the basic floor paint that comes in a gallon can to an epoxy floor. were talking about the 2 stage ---- that needs to be mixed with acetone and ----. i guarantee my floor gets 100 time the beating yours gets and my stuff has held up pretty well thus far. of course your coating that costs 3-4 time as much is better, but its not a necessary ESPECIALLY for a home garage that gets minor use.