Epoxy-Sheild Floor Installed this weekend - Page 8

862sik · 03-08-07, 02:18

i did this to my garage, and if i park a car with a hot tire on it it comes right off if it sits on it.

i let it cure for 2 weeks, and prepped and everything...donno what happend. it looks great though

i used a high speed floor buffer with a cleaner pad to clean the crap off of it with oils, then used the supplied cleanser and used as directed.

i let it sit and dry adn put a piece of plastic over the cement after 2 days to see if any moisture would come up. then i applied the stuff.

BJ007 · 03-09-07, 08:54

Not sure what happened there... Should work out ok for you. Did you acid etch and make sure there was no dust settling on the floor before you rolled it down? It just sounds like there was something on your floor that is preventing the adhesion of the epoxy to the concrete.

armoredsaint · 03-15-07, 10:31

Does living in warm climates versus people like myself in the north affect the long term durability?

862sik · 03-15-07, 11:33

yea you can literally eat off the floor, i dont know what happend, i followed the directions. its durable as heck against like oils and stuff but iono why my hot tires just suck it up?

BJ007 · 03-19-07, 12:40

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Originally Posted by armoredsaintt

Does living in warm climates versus people like myself in the north affect the long term durability?

Maybe only in terms of the moisture content of the concrete. But if you do the test and it doesn't look like you get moisture, you are probably good to go. Just be careful in the winter - the salt and pooling water that drips off the cars can't be a good thing for the floor long term... Keep the squeegee that you used from cleaning the floor and use it to sweep away puddled water in the winter.

I used to live in Chicago but never got the chance to try this on my garage floor there, or else we'd have a good comparison! I'd say go for it.

MaThGr82 · 03-25-07, 03:32

Glad to see this is still providing good info. I just cleaned the garage last weekend and it still looks good as new. Again, I live in Phoenix, so I suppose the warm weather might help?

BJ007 · 03-26-07, 10:59

New Update...

3 weeks later we are still looking good. I would definitely recommend the clear coat for the top as well. I moved some heavy stuff on a dolly this week and it didn't even mark the floor. At the advice of a friend, I made cardboard runners out of a bunch of boxes we had from moving. We park on those now and will for the next few weeks.

Quik89si · 04-22-07, 09:56

Where is the clear-coat for the Rust-Oleum epoxy kit found? I cruised Lowe's today and just saw the kits - gray and tan.

MaThGr82 · 04-22-07, 10:01

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Originally Posted by Quik89si

Where is the clear-coat for the Rust-Oleum epoxy kit found? I cruised Lowe's today and just saw the kits - gray and tan.

That is all that is needed.

Quik89si · 04-23-07, 08:13

So the clear-coat comes in the standard kit? From BJ007's posts above, it sounds like he "opted" for the clear-coat rather than using something that was included in the kit.

BJ007 · 04-24-07, 06:40

The clear coat is an extra product that you can purchase. So, for a 2 car garage, I used 2 kits of the grey water based epoxy and 1 kit of the Rustoleum EpoxyShield clear coat. So 3 boxes total. Go to HD and check it out, it will make perfect sense then.

Update - Still going strong. Can't believe it has already been what, 7 weeks? I used the cardboard runners I made for quite some time and recently threw them out. Just requires a little mopping once in a while and looks great.

An idea that someone may or may not want to use... You can lay down a vinyl logo/stickers on top of the base coat, then lay the clear down on top of it. Just an idea in my head. If you plan on selling your house soon it wouldn't be a great idea, but if you are a die hard fan of a certain car, that would be pretty sweet. Wish I would have done that, but hindsight is 20/20.

MaThGr82 · 09-23-07, 11:12

I have been meaning to take some photo's of the garage to show how this is holding up after two years, but I am afraid of how you all will laugh at the mess I have created in my garage.

The bottom line though, the garage floor is really holding up well. I only mop it down every other month or so and it is really nice still. There are a couple of scratches from dragging a ping pong table across the floor one night.