Epoxy Garage Floor Kits (any advice?)

[cebeu]

Now I'm going to bore you f****** to tears with constant updates on this project! (I'm kidding). Thought I'd share the following in-case any of you might benefit.

After added reserach I landed on the following products from http://www.epoxy-coat.com/ Selected them after re-re-re-viewing various product specs and at the end of the day, liked what their product brought to bear re: epoxy % of volume & type, thickness spec (9.7 mils), performance/strength (12.8 KPSI <--serious spec), lifetime warranty, cost per sq/ft. and all inclusive install materials.

Went with "main-stream" versus anything exotic and selected gray base coat with black, white and granite flakes 1/4" (or standard size) and an additional 3lbs of flake for what is considered "medium" coverage. Anti-slip is included by default and I also added the optional UV protection chemicals just-to-be safe (I'm up high, UV is pretty intense at times).

Net cost: ~$570.00 which also includes shipping. Not bad when compared to the off-the-shelf stuff.

Have 12 hours of prep work done already with almost all trim-out completed, I'm doing quality work on that aspect as well, no short-comings (shit looks good!). Plan to apply white concrete stain on the one side-wall tonite after I finish the last bit of caulking, paint all "hanging" silver/steel bracketry with white Rustoleum spray and start the white primer coat on the three sheet-rock walls & ceiling. Hope to have the final wall paint in-place by Saturday night and then will do the flooring next Thur thru Sunday as planned.

Having a good time on this project so-far but...a lot of work. One thing I've learned already, you have to set aside that interior "perfectionist mind-set" when trimming-out a garage. If not...fuck...you'll turn something like this into a 3-month ordeal because "there is always one more thing to do..." and my garage is not old and beat-up to begin with.

Pics to follow late next week.

PS - Worked until ~mid-night last night, the lady is on-the-road on a bus trip so...pounded a 6-pack, worked hard, didn't shower when I crashed-out (ughh), woke-up to piss this morning and found a 1" x 1" piece of drywall stuck to my face...hopefully that's as bad as this gets!

[Ranger]

woke-up to piss this morning and found a 1" x 1" piece of drywall stuck to my face...hopefully that's as bad as this gets!

Ok, then! I think if you were prepping your garage floor and found drywall stuck to your face this morning after a six pack, you might want to check the rest of your house, it sounds like you may have tackled another project accidentally!

[cowboykjohnson]

Ok, then! I think if you were prepping your garage floor and found drywall stuck to your face this morning after a six pack, you might want to check the rest of your house, it sounds like you may have tackled another project accidentally!

+1

[cebeu]

Still have ~2 days of cure time with the epoxy floor then final trim-out to do (rubber edging, stain touch-up, lighting, etc.) but this project is 98% complete, went well, as planned and I like the end-result. Only regret, I should have went with red/black/white flake on gray base versus what I chose, granite/black/white flake but...minor. Only mistake, I had some painter's tape 'pull off' some of my trimmed-out primer on the ceiling, pissed me off due to re-work. The floor work was easy for a rookie (me), and that's what I was concerned about.

I'm still no photographer but... before, after and a few close-ups of what is done so far.

BEFORE:


AFTER:


CLOSE-UPS:

[XJ]

If only I would have had the time/money/weather to do something like that before moving in to the house, the garage was the first thing to fill up and the "temporary" metal shelves are still loaded with ammo.

[Daniel_187]

Looks really good. good job

[Irving]

Weird, the "after" shot makes it look smaller.

[DOC]

Looks nice a clean. Too clean your going to have to fix that with some oil, blood and classic car.