Epoxy-Sheild Floor Installed this weekend - Page 3

MaThGr82 · 10-26-05, 08:19

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Originally Posted by PADZZ

One more thing. I'm thinking of filling in the joints w/ some concretete repair filler stuff. Just to make the whole garage seem smooth. Yay or nay? Hope that makes sense. Thanks.

I say yea...but remember, prep is everything.

Mike C · 10-27-05, 02:28

I say yeah! go ahead and fill them in, I did. It just makes it look seamless.

Tasty · 10-27-05, 07:20

I have this on my garage floor too, but I think that no matter what brand you use they all start to peel eventually. Mine has done so very minutely where the car sits, and rain and such drains onto the floor and then sits there. My father in law recently installed tile in his garage, and it looks great. Time to upgrade from a coating to a whole new floor!

Dean · 10-27-05, 07:31

Given the great preparation that you did on your bare concrete, I think that acid-etch staining would have been a better choice. The finish penetrates deeply and, by definition, can not chip. After nearly 1 year in my garage, it still looks new.

Dean

Tasty · 10-27-05, 07:37

And I would say that yours was professionally done judging by the cars in your garage, and the size of said garage. I tried acid etch stain in my living room, and it didn't hold up for crap. It has a lot to do with the concrete you are working with too. I just don't think ours was durable or smooth enough to last. Going back to carpet soon, especially with the new kiddos.

MaThGr82 · 10-27-05, 08:40

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Originally Posted by Dean

Given the great preparation that you did on your bare concrete, I think that acid-etch staining would have been a better choice.

I am still not sure if that was sarcastic or not.

Dean · 10-28-05, 04:26

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Originally Posted by MaThGr82

I am still not sure if that was sarcastic or not.

Not at all sarcastic. My garage slab was not nearly as clean as yours before it was acid stained professionally by an Increte installer.

Dean

Dean · 10-28-05, 04:34

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Originally Posted by Tasty

And I would say that yours was professionally done judging by the cars in your garage, and the size of said garage. I tried acid etch stain in my living room, and it didn't hold up for crap. It has a lot to do with the concrete you are working with too. I just don't think ours was durable or smooth enough to last. Going back to carpet soon, especially with the new kiddos.

Correct. Acid staining concrete is not a DIY job. I used a local "Increte" contractor. The clear coat solvents are really potent and not friendly to the human respiratory system.

Tasty · 10-28-05, 07:05

DIY is a relative term. Someone is always doing the DIY if you know what I mean. The stain I used is the same your contractor used. Stain-Crete by Increte. Sealed with the same stuff your contractor used, and prepped the very same way. My concrete just didn't hold up to the foot traffic and chair sliding action. The concrete itself started to pop up in chips in high traffic areas. The way to do it is to know you want it done when they are laying the slab and have the concrete prepped for it from the get go. I think 30 years down the line when carpet has been covering it was not the ideal situation. Your garage looks like a million bucks!

FrizzleFry · 10-29-05, 08:49

i've used rustoleum's product in two garages. the curent one's about 3 years into it and the only areas it's chipping is where we dropped a heavy piece of metal. It's a heavily used garage. We've got a project car. And we're constantly spilling fluids, roiling our 600lb table saw back and forth, etc. It is all about the prep. We acid etched and waited a really long *** time for it to completely dry. I have a humidity meter that I used on the ground to check from dryness. Didn't use the chips as we found out the hard way in our previous home the chips don't really give good grip so this time around we used sand.

Dean · 10-29-05, 10:29

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Originally Posted by Tasty

DIY is a relative term. Someone is always doing the DIY if you know what I mean. The stain I used is the same your contractor used. Stain-Crete by Increte. Sealed with the same stuff your contractor used, and prepped the very same way. My concrete just didn't hold up to the foot traffic and chair sliding action. The concrete itself started to pop up in chips in high traffic areas. The way to do it is to know you want it done when they are laying the slab and have the concrete prepped for it from the get go. I think 30 years down the line when carpet has been covering it was not the ideal situation. Your garage looks like a million bucks!

I agree, DIY is a relative term. There are some projects that really depend on experience and repetition. That fact that someone uses the same material (i.e. Stain-Crete) doesn't always amount to the same result.

For instance, I imagine that you would agree that DIY dentistry is a bad idea.

Most epoxy floors that I have seen, especially DIY jobs, always end up the same. Peeling and lifting. Some take a few months, some years. I think that the ideal garage floor finish has yet to be developed, but you should look at commercial applications for what really lasts.

Dean

Corey Bit Spank · 11-07-05, 05:20

Dean, approximately how much was your floor per square foot?

Nice cars, BTW.