Concrete Floor paint

RichNJKubota · Oct 11, 2003

I've been thinking of painting the concrete floor of my garage with epoxy paint. I used epaoxy floor paint in a previous garage and it was very slippery when wet. I'd like to add a non-slip additive this time. Any ideas or advice? Here is what Home Depot sells: http://www.rustoleum.com/product.asp?frm_product_id=56&SBL=1

ronjhall · Oct 12, 2003

Rich
I have never tried any of these products.
I clicked on the Ad's at the bottom of this TBN page. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
The rubber pad looked good to me. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

jol1269 · Oct 12, 2003

if your need ing to add some type of grip agent just add some fine play sand stir in as you add it will color it as well and talk about grip i put it on a handi cap access ramp i built for my wifes grandmother after she came home hospitalized in a wheel chair no slip there and god be with you should you ever trip and fall on it ...........skin graffts come to mind lol

Junkman · Oct 12, 2003

When I had my boat, I would get ground walnut shells at the paint store and mix that into the paint.....

BXMMCC · Oct 13, 2003

Type Vexcon into your Google - they may have something easier to use compared to epoxy. (They're the folks that make the paint the highway department uses.)

Hambone · Oct 14, 2003

Hi Rich,
I used Sherwin Williams two part epoxy. Has held up great. I did not add any grip stuff, and yes, sometimes it is slippery.
If I were to do again I would you the same product but add the grip sand. I would actually ask the Sherwin Williams person, some materials may not be compatable with the epoxy.
Armorseal Heavy duty coatings comes in non skid formula.

http://www.sherwin-williams.com/apps/coatingsystems/content.asp?introcheck=select&System=1&ID=192&CID=17&KID=19&SysID=19#

em14 · Oct 14, 2003

I'm also looking at using Sherwin-Williams epoxy. This is an industrial floor finish. The tech guy told me not to mix the silica in with the epoxy but to have someone wearing something like a pair of old golf shoes follow after the sprayer has completed an area, making sure you to this soon after the application of the epoxy. Then toss the silica into the air over the wet epoxy. The formulation of the epoxy is such that it will "fill in" the holes left by the spikes on the golf shoes. He said that in their experince with the epoxy they found if you mixed the silica and then rolled the epoxy on it would leave streaks and ridges. At that time I was looking for info on floor finishes, but now I am close to the point where I need to nail things down. Within the next month to month and a half I expect to be at the point where I will need to do the floor. He also said that they do not recommend putting their product down until at least 28 days after pouring the concrete. I'm sure you will be done before I start but I'll let you know what the final decisions are and how it turns out.
Leo

em14 · Oct 14, 2003

Hambone,
The finsih you have in your Sherwin-Williams I think is different than the one they told me about ... In the next few days I'm going to check that out.
Leo

Will · Oct 14, 2003

I used a product made by U-CoatIt. You can find some more info on it in this thread. I'm very pleased with it. The garage looks great and is very easy to keep clean. I don't know how that product compares with the other brands you are considering. A big plus is that this brand of epoxy is water based - the primer coat gets absorbed into the concrete really well, so I think it should hold up a long time.

RichNJKubota · Oct 15, 2003

Your garage floor looks great. Just read over the U-CoatIt site and to do the base epoxy plus the flakes and urethane topcoat it's $1200 clams. Not in the budget this century. Just the epoxy basecoat is $600.
I can't wonder if the price is too high. I painted a basement floor many years ago with epoxy concrete paint and it cost something like $60 at Sears. There was no flake or topcoat - just 2 part grey epoxy concrete paint.
I'm going to keep looking around.
Thanks,
Rich