Epoxy Floor Coating Cost

foggy1111 · Mar 2, 2013

I'm in the process of building a new home. Will have some basement and garage that I would like to have epoxy coated. About 2500 square feet total. Based on NEW, clean, concrete that is well cured.....what kind of (square foot) price should I expect to pay for a good quality epoxy floor coating?

I dont need a government spec job....but I do want good quality. Any pro's out there with sound advice?

don45640 · Mar 2, 2013

'Do a search, Foggy. There is a good discussion on this site with many comments.Preparation is everything,or 90% at least. Search it,you'll be glad you did.
don-ohio :^)

Bird · Mar 2, 2013

I'm certainly no pro and there's been some discussion of this topic in other threads with some saying there are better products than what I used on my garage floor, and I don't doubt that, but . . . I'm very happy so far with the Rust-Oleum EPOXYShield 2-Gallon Gray High-Gloss 2-Part Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Kit that I used on my garage floor; sure wish I'd applied it to my shop floor before I got so much stuff in the way in there. Since they show $107 for a product that covers 500 sg. ft., I reckon that would be $535 plus tax and labor for 2,500 sq. ft.

Bird · Mar 2, 2013

Instead of typing the response above, I should have just referred you to this thread.:laughing:

foggy1111 · Mar 2, 2013

I did try to search....and got lots of funny stuff. I have trouble searching this site.....as compared to the past. I used to be able to find everything easily in time gone by.....now?....not so much.

Thanks for the tip Bird. Will give it a look.

BuzzardA91 · Mar 2, 2013

Use a google search, way easier and better results.

epoxy+floor site:tractorbynet.com

foggy1111 · Mar 3, 2013

Yeah....well if you read the question.....I was not asking about how to apply epoxy....I was asking what folks CHARGE to professionally apply epoxy. (And I did spend some time searching.....without much of a result regarding a price.)

So there.

don45640 · Mar 3, 2013

foggy1111 said:
Yeah....well if you read the question.....I was not asking about how to apply epoxy....I was asking what folks CHARGE to professionally apply epoxy.

Well, I can answer that......TOO MUCH! LOL! Better do your research on a quality contractor to apply it. We had a bunch of epoxy applied here at a gov't installation,and the quality of work was mediocre at best. don-ohio ^)

BuzzardA91 · Mar 3, 2013

foggy1111 said:
I did try to search....and got lots of funny stuff. I have trouble searching this site.....as compared to the past. I used to be able to find everything easily in time gone by.....now?....not so much.

Thanks for the tip Bird. Will give it a look.

I was just trying to help with a better way to search site. I have no idea how much it would cost but was curious myself. I would like to do my garage and maybe basement. I know the pro jobs are expensive but a way better product then you can buy at HD. Although I am sure the HD product would be fine for me. But if it was reasonable in price why not?

It's like tractor shopping......for $1,400 more and can go up to 5 more hp, well for $2,000 I can go up +7 hp, well what about HST, remotes, **** I only want to buy this thing once, who knows I may need 3 remotes someday, oh yeah may as well upgrade the tires and bucket, and maybe a cab would be nice, if have cab may as well get a radio, heater and AC.....

Before you know it your $16,000 budget is over $50,000 :confused3:

Guess the HD self applied epoxy is going to have to do for me.

Deere Dude · Mar 3, 2013

foggy1111 said:
I'm in the process of building a new home. Will have some basement and garage that I would like to have epoxy coated. About 2500 square feet total. Based on NEW, clean, concrete that is well cured.....what kind of (square foot) price should I expect to pay for a good quality epoxy floor coating?

I dont need a government spec job....but I do want good quality. Any pro's out there with sound advice?

I used 2 part epoxy on my new etched and dried properly 2 car garage. It was one gallon paint and 1 gallon epoxy. I forget the brand, but mix them and roll it on. Guaranteed one coat. After I got done and waited a couple days it looked a little light in areas and a little streaky in others area. It covered in one coat but it wasn't a nice uniform color throughout. I squawked to the company number on the side of the can and they sent me a check to buy 2 more gallons to cover it properly. After the second coat all was fine.

Since that time I did a big garage and it turned out the same way with what I would consider bad coverage, but the owner said it was fine so I left it at that. The stuff wasn't cheap either. It is just something to think about when a contractor puts a coat on and then he might have to put another coat on to take care of streaks. Maybe before hiring someone, check out a previous job someplace.