Prometheus
Perfectionist in Rehab
Hi guys,
This summer my dad and I are going to redo his garage, and I am looking at different flooring options. The garage is about 30 years old with just bare concrete. The garage is 22x22.5 feet (comes out to almost 500 sqft), and I initially though about going to go with a product called epoxycoat, but after reading many responses on Garage Journal that it should really be done with two coats, $500 for the floor seemed steep. At Home Depot today (while we were looking for cabinets) I decided to cruise through the paint section and found a 2.5 car garage Rustoleum kit for $99. The professional is supposedly better and lasts longer because it is solvent based, but we don't really do anything insane in his garage, just park the cars, do some wood working, maybe *a little* grinding, but we usually do that outside anyway.
The concrete isn't in excellent condition, there are some decent size cracks (maybe 3/16 wide) and some large divots (3 inches around adn 3/4 inch deep). I was planning on using concrete joint sealer on these the make the floor level-ish before applying the epoxy, but is this the best option? Are there better alternatives? Also, should this be done after or before all the degreasing and acid etching? I would think after, but I honestly don't know.
So, I just was looking for input on this option. He (and I) live in Northern Michigan, so winters are pretty nuts with snow and a ton of ice and sand on the roads, so that might be kind of harsh, but I'm not sure. If we went the Rustoleum route, I would almost surely tell him to buy two kits and we would do two coats. Regardless of what the directions in the kit say, we will probably do overkill on the prep. I understand that the Behr degresser is pretty good, so we would probably use that as well as etch the concrete just because it is so old.
I mostly just want the garage to look decent, have the floor look clean, and have it last for a while (hopefully for 10-15 years) before having to do this all over again. As far as I can tell, I think the kit available at Home Depot would fit the bill, but I would really appreciate your input. Thanks in advance.
This summer my dad and I are going to redo his garage, and I am looking at different flooring options. The garage is about 30 years old with just bare concrete. The garage is 22x22.5 feet (comes out to almost 500 sqft), and I initially though about going to go with a product called epoxycoat, but after reading many responses on Garage Journal that it should really be done with two coats, $500 for the floor seemed steep. At Home Depot today (while we were looking for cabinets) I decided to cruise through the paint section and found a 2.5 car garage Rustoleum kit for $99. The professional is supposedly better and lasts longer because it is solvent based, but we don't really do anything insane in his garage, just park the cars, do some wood working, maybe *a little* grinding, but we usually do that outside anyway.
The concrete isn't in excellent condition, there are some decent size cracks (maybe 3/16 wide) and some large divots (3 inches around adn 3/4 inch deep). I was planning on using concrete joint sealer on these the make the floor level-ish before applying the epoxy, but is this the best option? Are there better alternatives? Also, should this be done after or before all the degreasing and acid etching? I would think after, but I honestly don't know.
So, I just was looking for input on this option. He (and I) live in Northern Michigan, so winters are pretty nuts with snow and a ton of ice and sand on the roads, so that might be kind of harsh, but I'm not sure. If we went the Rustoleum route, I would almost surely tell him to buy two kits and we would do two coats. Regardless of what the directions in the kit say, we will probably do overkill on the prep. I understand that the Behr degresser is pretty good, so we would probably use that as well as etch the concrete just because it is so old.
I mostly just want the garage to look decent, have the floor look clean, and have it last for a while (hopefully for 10-15 years) before having to do this all over again. As far as I can tell, I think the kit available at Home Depot would fit the bill, but I would really appreciate your input. Thanks in advance.
