Epoxy Garage Floor Kits (any advice?)

[cebeu]

Driving myself nucking-futs planning & re-planning this project, a spin-loop I'm usually pretty good about avoiding. In any event, refinishing the garage top-to-bottom, paint, storage, work area(s), etc. I'm going with "bright white and flat" paint on the walls with as much washability/durability as I can find, I have one wall that is poored concrete that I am going to stain white and then there is the floor... Was going to do the traditional epoxy gray/silver with flakes and probably still will but...looking at some of the products on the market I'm now spinning myself into indecision...

Some questions for those of you that have done your own garage floor;

1. Have you found off-the-shelf do-it-yourself kits to be of reasonable quality (durable) and affording the "look" desired (i.e. met your expectations)? Better off if I go to a pro for this job?

2. Was thinking Home Depot's off-the-shelf Behr product, maybe Rustoleum but...seeing some good products on the web as well, any mfgr or products you fella's would recommend (or avoid)? Do I stay away from these "kits" that I find at the big box stores?

3. Did you go traditional base color and flake or did you do something a bit more exotic in color/flake or other?

Will take any comments / advice I can get as I'm doing the prep work this week and plan to do the Epoxy floor next Thur thru Sunday. Thx

I really like this product in the first pic but...will probably end-up with something like the 2nd pic if I go off-the-shelf.

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PIC 2:

[Daniel_187]

+1on info I want to do this in the basement to get rid of the shitty (Lanoloyem) I can't spell.

[Hoosier]

I'm in for info too, going to do this to both my basement and garage floors this year.

I did this to my house in Florida just as I was preparing to move out. It looked like #2 in the picture there. I used the ultra-citrus smelling stuff to lift up oil stains in advance, be forewarned your entire house will smell like a orange grove exploded. It was easy enough to put down and get the flakes on. They were large and I put them down with spacing roughly like picture #2. I do prefer the look of #1 there, however.

Will be interested in hearing your experiences. I have no idea how well the garage I did held up, wish I did.

H.

[Ranger]

I ended up deciding to get the interlocking rubber squares instead for my garage (basement is finished), because I liked the durability and the look. An offroad buddy of mine did that in his garage with the white and black checkerboard look and it was pretty cool to watch him wash out after a big overhaul and just squeegee the grease and oil away.

[Hoosier]

I ended up deciding to get the interlocking rubber squares instead for my garage (basement is finished), because I liked the durability and the look. An offroad buddy of mine did that in his garage with the white and black checkerboard look and it was pretty cool to watch him wash out after a big overhaul and just squeegee the grease and oil away.

What is this product called, what are pictures of it?

H.

[DeusExMachina]

I have a kit from UCoatIt that I have yet to use, but I bought it because it was the highest reviewed and recommended by a bunch of people.

I have WAY too many projects, hope I can get to it this summer.

[Ranger]

What is this product called, what are pictures of it?

H.

They are called garage tiles. If you google that you'll get quite a few hits.

[DOC]

The darker one will hide dirt better. But as far as durable your guess is as good as mine.

[cebeu]

Some excellent input received here gentlemen, thank you greatly. Before and after pics will follow in a few weeks.

[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!