Garage Floor Material - TuffDeck - Anyone seen it?

Acuracer · 03-21-02, 02:23

As far as covering the garage floor, we know the problems with paint and the best alternative seems to be the full mats from Sam's Club. I stumbled on these over at the Cobra Club forum and have not heard of anyone mentioning these before.

Anyone seen these? They certainly look viable.

www.tuffdeck.com

Redcar GUY · 03-21-02, 02:58

I really like the look of it!

But I dont think that it would work for me.... I wash in the garage and I dont think that it would'nt work out to good.

Acuracer · 03-26-02, 02:02

KIWI Tile - basically the same stuff I think.

Kiwi Tile site

gmblack3 · 03-27-02, 08:29

So the epoxy paint they sell at Home deot for my garage is not any good? I know that you have to degrease, acid etch, primer and apply the one coat epoxy. Then you need to let it cure for 7-8 days before you drive anything on it.

Any other epoxys that are better out there?

dbackfan · 03-27-02, 10:04

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Originally posted by gmblack3
So the epoxy paint they sell at Home deot for my garage is not any good? I know that you have to degrease, acid etch, primer and apply the one coat epoxy. Then you need to let it cure for 7-8 days before you drive anything on it.

Any other epoxys that are better out there?

I used to have an epoxy coat from Home Depot on my garage floor. It held up decent for about 3 years, but it tended to dull and stain.

I now have a polyurethane based floor coat (same stuff they use in airport hangars and auto dealer garages) and it is far superior. No staining and I just use a dust mop on it and a wet mop about once a month. I love it.

BradE · 03-27-02, 01:12

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So the epoxy paint they sell at Home deot for my garage is not any good?

Not really, most of it is junk. Even if you acid etch it will still probably lift under hot tires. I tried a couple different ones and they all sucked. Finally a friend of mine who is a contractor did my garage floor with some professional stuff and they got the floor spotless first (Acid etching, sanding and even grinding in some places). It's holding up great with no problems, not even with hot tires.

Acuracer · 03-27-02, 03:41

I saw this link and some recommendations from the Cobra Club gang. Not sure if it is better but it is all in the preparation - something that we should all understand. The best wax on swirls only makes the swirls shine more!

www.ucoatit.com

KIWI and tuffdeck is about $3 per square foot so it ain't cheap.

banzaitoyota · 03-28-02, 03:31

This is the stuff!!!!!!, and if you are anal-retentive about all things in life you can pour your floor as a perfectly level surface plate!!!!

http://www.precisionepoxy.com/index.htm

buldog · 03-28-02, 04:34

I emailed this company for price info.

"We price per square foot. We are competitive with Epoxy
and Granite Chip/Paint applications. Our product iswarrantied for 10 years and willprobably last 20 or more years.
It can be replaced 1 square footat a time and it can be taken with you - if you move. Our durability and realiability make
pricing an unfair advantage for our products. Dividing the number of trouble free years into the price attests to that. 2 car garages/400 sq.ft. are approx. $3.25 /sq.ft. 500 and over sq.feet is $2.99/sq.ft. Install is priced .25 to .39 depending on the time to install based per sq.ft."

KingCobra · 03-29-02, 04:47

Well I solved it with cheap commercial floor tile, like in a school or a store. Prep the floor well, this was a brand new garage, but I still etched it, covered it with latex, then used an indoor / outdoor adhesive. I also carefully filled the stress seam and any chips with floor leveler.

I do have to be carefull, and I've put pads under thing that might dent it. This picture is older, 3 or 4 years, but if I cleanup up the workshop, and gave the floor a good mopping and quickie wax it wouldn't look much different.

Total cost for an very oversized one car garage, under 200 bucks. and I have a fair amount of tile leftover.

Hopefully I can edit this proprly and eliminate the pic, and point you to my Website !!

http://www.knudsons.com/kevins_garage.htm

Jngrbrdman · 03-29-02, 04:52

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Originally posted by KingCobra
Well I solved it with cheap commercial floor tile, like in a school or a store. Prep the floor well, this was a brand new garage, but I still etched it, covered it with latex, then used an indoor / outdoor adhesive. I also carefully filled the stress seam and any chips with floor leveler.

I do have to be carefull, and I've put pads under thing that might dent it. This picture is older, 3 or 4 years, but if I cleanup up the workshop, and gave the floor a good mopping and quickie wax it wouldn't look much different.

Total cost for an very oversized one car garage, under 200 bucks. and I have a fair amount of tile leftover.

That's a nice car you have there.

Is that the 427 without the side pipes yet or the 289? SteveMoriarty (sp?) has a Cobra too. I'm in the process of building one.

KingCobra · 03-29-02, 05:12

I wish, it's just a 350. Unfortunately I bought it many years ago, and have been too busy to get back to it. Doing things like building that garage, and other remodeling, along with working