Garage floor

[R!zz0]

I was thinking of coating my garage floor with an epoxy. While i'm at it, i was thinking that it would be pretty cool to have a Calgary Flames logo pasted in the middle of my garage floor. I don't know how to make that happen. Any ideas?

[AndyL]

Fairly easily...

Use one of the base / clear products, put the base down, follow directions but it's usually 72hrs between coats - have someone paint the logo with a compatible epoxy based paint, then clear over (again remembering - need to allow cure / not allow too much cure)

But think long and hard about it - how often do NHL logo's change

[Tik-Tok]

Don't those coatings typically start peeling after only a couple of years with our climate/road salt?

[AndyL]

Depends on the product...

Typically the base/clear products do better; but are a crapton more expensive... 99% is proper surface prep, and planning (some products have specific temperature ranges and humidity needs). The stuff you find at home depot etc - isn't going to stand up, might get a year or two out of it...

AndyL might be doing a bunch of research and getting a bunch of training on this topic for some reason or another

[R!zz0]

Thanks for the reply. The flaming c has been there since day one and hard to imagine them changing it.

How much am i looking at for something like that Andy? I bought the quickrete epoxy from lowes hopefully that will last for a while.

[AndyL]

Honestly, I'm trying to wrap my head around the local garage coating companies pricing... I've gotten quotes from 800-9400$ for a 20x24 garage floor- there's been almost no consistency in product, coats, application, or preparation methods...

I know the product I'm going to do my own garage floor in - is well over the price of the lowest quote... (and that doesn't include the muriatic acid, or any other prep products)

[DENZILDON]

Originally posted by AndyL
Depends on the product...

Typically the base/clear products do better; but are a crapton more expensive... 99% is proper surface prep, and planning (some products have specific temperature ranges and humidity needs). The stuff you find at home depot etc - isn't going to stand up, might get a year or two out of it...

AndyL might be doing a bunch of research and getting a bunch of training on this topic for some reason or another

+1

Surface Prep is the make or break of epoxy paint.

Call these guys

http://www.ippnet.com/calgary.html

They have products that the local home depot/lowes/Rona doesn't have.

[gstone]

Epoxy yellows with UV exposure, it's a tough coating otherwise. Rizzo, I'll pm you with better options. I'm a concrete coatings formulation chemist, but won't advertise the company to adhere to the spirit of beyond.

[gstone]

Originally posted by AndyL
Honestly, I'm trying to wrap my head around the local garage coating companies pricing... I've gotten quotes from 800-9400$ for a 20x24 garage floor- there's been almost no consistency in product, coats, application, or preparation methods...

I know the product I'm going to do my own garage floor in - is well over the price of the lowest quote... (and that doesn't include the muriatic acid, or any other prep products)

That's a huge price range. If you're a DIY'er and the slab is is great condition, you can coat it for $200-$400 with a really good coating (edit: the most stable and robust coating available from a manufacturer in Canada) . If there are low points or delamination on the slab, tack on another $150 or so to properly repair it. What sort of prep is needed? Is it dust and oil free?

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[Sugarphreak]

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[gstone]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
I'd love to do a black and white checker floor in my new garage... it is just shy of 900 sq/ft; so scared to ask the price haha

If you're artistic enough, and good with some painters tape, and have 3 free days off from work, the cost of materials would be about $450 for a coating that will last ~12 years.

[cidley69]

Looking for an industrial grade epoxy to do garage floor. I want to diy the install.

Anyone know where to buy this?

[FraserB]

Acklands has it. Friend did his floor with it himself.

Proper prep is the biggest thing you need to worry about.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
I'd love to do a black and white checker floor in my new garage... it is just shy of 900 sq/ft; so scared to ask the price haha

If you want a coloured pattern, something like Racedeck is probably the easiest way to go. Not the cheapest - my garage is about the same sqft as yours and after researching different flooring options I decided I'd better just learn to love concrete.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by BerserkerCatSplat

after researching different flooring options I decided I'd better just learn to love concrete.

Fancy floors are for people who don't actually work on their cars anyways. No matter how good the coating, you'll end up scraping and scratching it anyways, then it'll look ugly as hell.

[thinmyster]

Race deck flooring. Probably what I'll end up doing.

[bjstare]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Fancy floors are for people who don't actually work on their cars anyways. No matter how good the coating, you'll end up scraping and scratching it anyways, then it'll look ugly as hell.

Well, that's just not true. If you spend enough, you can get a tough one. My dad's had his epoxy garage floor for a while now - going on ten years - and we both do lots of work in there. When you clean it, it looks like new. It was not cheap at all though.

[HomespunLobster]

Any recommendations on which product to use (brand and where to get it)

[Rat Fink]

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[Maxx Mazda]

Steer clear of the race deck. Biggest regret about the garage. It's durable, but remember any oil or fluids that you get on it will leak underneath and could sit there for years. Also, on a sunny day with the doors open, the floor will actually warp and start to lift as it expands and contracts in different places.