Concrete Floor Sealer or Paint...

[Grant H.]

I purchased my epoxy floor coating from GarageFlooring LLC in Grand Junction. The main guy there is Justin Kraus. He provides good advice and support. I currently don't have the flakes on my floor, but will be adding them soon. The current gloss finish seems to amplify the uneven concrete work in my garage and I'm hoping that adding the flakes will mask this look.

As someone else mentioned, even the gloss-only treatment didn't cause the floor to be unreasonably slick. The only time it's too slick is when I have snow packed on the soles of my shoes. I think it's worse than an ice rink in this situation.

Prepping your floor is absolutely key to a long-lasting floor. The modern solution is to use a floor polisher and a diamond grinding pad. This package can be rented from Home Depot. I used the diamond grinder AND muriatic acid--because I've seen people strip a floor gone bad and it looks like no fun.

Have fun with your project. I've done 4 garages so far. My current garage:

You obviously need more stuff...

LOL. I wish my garage was this empty.

[Irving]

You obviously need more stuff...

LOL. I wish my garage was this empty.

I believe that picture was taken the day the epoxy was laid down.

[Grant H.]

I believe that picture was taken the day the epoxy was laid down.

I would expect so.

I'm just annoyed with my garage currently, as it got completely trashed when I had to move my wife's parents estate here from OK.

Now we are slowly working through getting rid of stuff, so I can actually have my reloading bench back. It was a total cluster to clear a space for Opie to deliver my new safe.

[NFATrustGuy]

I believe that picture was taken the day the epoxy was laid down.

Exactly!

I've been able to maintain pretty well, but it comes and goes. I'm remodeling right now and will be moving on July 1, so it's in a perpetual state of flux these days. Sometimes boxes to be moved to storage... Sometimes a trim saw and 300' of base trim...