Dura-Coat

rpeter · Dec 29, 2006

I am building a new pole barn 24 by 48 feet. I am looking at how to seal the concrete floor. I did a search and read some of the posts, however, I did not see anything about a product I am looking at. It is called dura-coat. The web site is ProtectYourSurface.com. Has anyone heard of and or used this product?

wolfe1 · Dec 29, 2006

Let it cure and put a water based sealer. If you have specific areas where the floor will see a more severe service, acids, solvents, impact, abrasion, ect., consider doing special things to that area. There are thousands of "paints" out there and they all fail. The Dura coat seems pretty expensive to.

texbaylea · Dec 31, 2006

I don't know if it is the same product but the name is the same. 35 years ago we built a house with red oak strip floors, stained then sealed with Dura Coat. Great stuff. About every 2-3 years I stripped the floor and resealed it and it looked like new. We had a Holiday party for my office one year and some jerk ground out his cigarette on the floor. I got down on the floor and cleaned it then took a steel wool pad and reapplied the Dura-Coat to a small area around the burn and you could not tell it was ever there.

I applied it originally with a commercial floor buffer with a polishing pad under the brush. Made a beautiful hard floor with a soft gloss not glassy like polyurethane.

Vernon

bamatoolmaker · Dec 31, 2006

When we built my shop the man that poured and finished the concrete added some sort of acrylic sealer.He had the truck driver add it to the batch before it was poured.That was 10 years ago and then it was about 70.00 a gal.I do not recall the brand name but your concrete co. will know what you are asking about.

wolfe1 · Jan 3, 2007

A ceramic tile is the best long term flooring. It should be disclosed that I sell industrial ceramic floor tiles.

Mike120 · Jan 4, 2007

I think sealing the floor depends on what you intend to use the barn for and what kind of finish you put on the concrete. If it is for animals you probably need a "broom" finish so it's not slick.

rpeter · Jan 4, 2007

One half will be used as a place to store the tractor with implements and the other half as a workshop. I am just looking to keep the oil, etc. stains from soaking in.

I will ask the people that are doing the concrete about adding a sealer to the mix. I did not know that could be done.

Thanks guys!!