Armorpoxy Floor coating.

[countrybumpkin]

Finally got around to doing the floor coating for my shop it’s only been sitting 3 years waiting for me to make a decision on which coating and also the time to do it.

I ended up going with Armorpoxy brand and there armor ultra kit, it’s a 3 coat process. So far I’m really pleased how it turned out, how ever it was a LOT of prep work for 1 person with it only being 1200 Sqft.

First was many power washings of the floor and scrubbings , I then lightly went over the entire floor with a 7” hand grinder with a diamond cup wheel. The shop had only been used to store my tools and shop equipment since it was built but I did find a couple of spots were some oil leaked out of a tote and a piece of shop equipment. After cleaning many times I still could not completely remove the stain , so I ended up using a 2 part oil spot primer over the area were the stains were just to be safe.


The next day I did the entire floor with the 2 part epoxy primer.




On the third day I put down the epoxy and color flakes. ( The lighting in the pic makes it look tan for some reason but it’s light gray.)


Fourth and final day was the 2 part military clear top coat.


This was after a couple days of dry time.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Floor has been down about 4 weeks now and I’ve finally started doing electrical work and started putting the white wall metal up. Should really start to brighten up inside.

 

[MAX28HST]

Looks very nice! Great job.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I build my drive shed in 2014 and was going to go with a fancy floor but the year got too late.

I have had major oil leaks and floor damage from moving equipment and skids around. Plus, so much dirt gets tracked in there, sometimes I think, what's the point?

Can it be scratched? Can one really clean up oil so the stuff will stick?

 

[countrybumpkin]

Yes it can be scratched by heavy equipment, nothing on the market is scratch proof. According to armorpoxy there are ways to get the floor into a usable condition to install a coating. If I were going to have heavy equipment with tracks and such I wouldn’t have done this type of coating. Also welding sparks and slag from cutting torches will put burnt spots in it.

 

[dstig1]

Finally got around to doing the floor coating for my shop it’s only been sitting 3 years waiting for me to make a decision on which coating and also the time to do it.

Looks real nice! I just want to know how you could possibly wait 3 years without using the shop? I couldn't wait 3 hrs after the basics were all done...

 

[Industrial Toys]

What is the cost per square foot, lets say per 100, or 500?

 

[goeduck]

That floor sure looks NICE.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Yeah, I think the last time I saw a floor like that, it had a couple of Mercedes cars parked on it.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Looks real nice! I just want to know how you could possibly wait 3 years without using the shop? I couldn't wait 3 hrs after the basics were all done...

Actually it went by pretty fast with all the other projects and stuff I had going on. I spent almost every day I wasn’t at work in my old shop for the last 15 years , so a little break the past 3 doing outdoor projects was nice.