Garage Floor Coating

[Bird]

I had intended to wait at least one more day before putting the washer & dryer back in place, but with rain in the forecast, I might have gotten the tires muddy on the two wheeled dolly moving them if I'd waited. And I intended to wait a week to let the paint cure really well before putting the car and pickup back in the garage. But with a possibility of severe thunderstorms and hail, I got ready to just drive both vehicles straight forward into the garage on short notice.

So here's a picture of what I hope is a good solution to the problem some have had with hot tires lifting paint.

 

[jwstewar]

Son-in-law said after hot tires stuck to some of the paint, his mother found some rubber strips to put under the tires, but he wasn't sure exactly what, or where she got them. I intend to let mine cure for a week or so before putting the car and pickup back in the garage. However . . . I've had one of those Pro Park precision parking guides for the car for quite some time and today I bought another one from The Container Store for the pickup. Then at Home Depot I bought 6 TrafficMaster Walk Off Mats (18" x 27" short nap carpet with non-slip backing) to put one under each of the other tires; $2.97 each. And I bought a 25" wide carpet runner, 13.5' long that will be in front of the washer & dryer; $2.97 a linear foot.

Unlike jwstewar, I do not have to move things around in the garage because we have a 21' x 25' shop/recreation room and an 8' x 12' garden tool storage building.

Sad part is, I have a 8x16 shed, 12x16 shed, and a 30x48 workshop/barn, and a huge basement, yet it seems as though everything ends up in the 24x24 garage. Most of the time it is my youngest daughter's ride-on toys but other times it has been building materials for when we finished the basement or trees that we bought but hadn't gotten planted and didn't want to blow over or even like at Christmas time, the bags of old wrapping paper tossed out the door, but don't want to throw out just in case a toy got mistakenly thrown away - usually only a few days until we decide we are safe and it is trash pickup day. Stupid things like that.

 

[Pixguy]

Looks great Bird!

 

[ray66v]

If you use cycloaliphatic 100% solids epoxy, you will not have problems with hot tire pick up.

It also costs about 3 times as much money as the HD stuff.

Epoxy Paint For Garage Floors Epoxy-Coat.com

Yes painted floors can be very dangerously slippery, when wet. However, if you apply it with the correct amount of anti-slip sand additive, and paint chips, you will not need to be concerned about slipping on it.

An acid etch is the minimum prep for painting concrete. Professionals recommend a light surface grinding. This is guaranteed to remove any surface coatings, and leaves the surface rough, allowing the paint to grip better.

It's the same difference as washing a car down with solvent and painting it, vs. sanding it down and painting it. The latter is going to give much better results.

 

[Bird]

That's something else I hadn't heard of, Ray. That website certainly makes it appear to be a very good way to go.

 

[charlz]

In Vegas I did both my in-laws and my garage with one of the early versions, it was a two-part epoxy paint you had to mix and use in a certain time. Worked great and still looks good. After about 16 years IIRC there are bare patches now where the tires sit in my in-laws garage but the rest held up well. Next time I go to Vegas I will have to look at their floor a little closer. My in-laws house was done before a car ever went in the garage and my garage was a few years old before I bought the house and coated it.

Here I used the Rustoleum product in my shop about 8 years ago. This was on a 30+ year old slab that had been poured in 4 parts and had varying surface textures/finish. Varying degrees of cleanliness as well, cleaned it as best I could. In some areas the coating still looks like it did the day I put it down. In some high traffic areas and where the bikes site it has flaked a little. Under the bikes it has been exposed to oil, gas, brake cleaner etc etc. It seems to be holding on the best where the floor finish was somewhat coarse, guess it got a better bond.

The Rustoleum product is definitely not as heavy duty as the original stuff but I would use it again. As for having some left over, I just kept putting coats down until it was all gone. Some floor parts might have 3 and some 2 but you can't tell after it dries.

 

[wingsfan]

I used th rustolium brand on our 24x24 garage floor. I put the paint chips in it.. Oil drips wipe right up and the floor is not slick at all. I recommend it.:thumbsup:

 

[SPIKER]

I just want to say stay away from the rustolium stain, it peals right up, (well prepped 2 month old concrete) the sealer on top softens up with any solvent brake fluid or gas. brake fluid and gas act like solvent on fresh paint. it scrapes off real easy and supposed to STAIN but acts like cheap paint.

also slippery as all get-out when wet.

Mark

 

[Bird]

I just want to say stay away from the rustolium stain, it peals right up, (well prepped 2 month old concrete) the sealer on top softens up with any solvent brake fluid or gas. brake fluid and gas act like solvent on fresh paint. it scrapes off real easy and supposed to STAIN but acts like cheap paint.

also slippery as all get-out when wet.

Mark

Mark, are you talking about the same stuff when you say "stain" or something else.

 

[wingsfan]

The rustolium I used was an epoxy. I'm happy with it.