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Originally Posted by BJ007

Well,

I am going to revive this thing with my experience. I have completed the prep work up to this point and all I have left to do is actually apply the epoxy. We recently moved to a 30 year old house with a garage floor in decent shape. Plenty of little paint spills, a few cracks, some oil spots from previous vehicles, etc. It is roughly 22'x22', and I plan on using the same stuff as MaThGr82 - the gray Rust-O-Leum Epoxy Shield. I have 2 kits and have opted for the clearcoat as well. Here is the process...

1. Clean everything out of the garage!
2. Sweep out corners and cracks, using leaf blower to get out all of the dust.
3. Use Behr degreaser (1 gal) to hit entire floor, applied heavily on oil spots, stains, etc. Applied with garden style sprayer, scrubbed with stiff bristle brush.
4. Rinse and squeegee floor twice.
5. Use Behr acid etch on entire floor, going especially heavy on stained areas. Rinse and squeegee.
6. Use Behr acid etch on entire floor, rinse and squeegee twice.
7. Use citrus cleaner included with Rust-O-Leum kits, rinse twice.

I know the etching and the use of the citrus cleaner may seem like overkill, but at this point I do not want to have any regrets about the floor prep, especially after reading 7 pages and thinking about this project for several months! I will be applying the epoxy tomorrow morning and will try to take pictures along the way. One last sweep of the floor and we're off and running!

It's not overkill. This project is all about the prep work. I am having tire pull issues with my Epoxy Shield floor, but it has held up about as well as I expected it too in the 3-4 years since I've done it. I see a recoat in the future. Double thick.