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Great thread, I'm getting a lot of ideas. Question for you guys: We just moved into a new small house with a 2 car. My floor looks like it was used for a work area; I have stains and misc. weird material build up on the whole thing. I'm a little dissappointed but at this point it is what it is.
Do any of you have any experience on surface treatments, like sanding or polishing, or acid washing, that will remove stains and other discolorations? I'll probably get in touch with a local company and see what options they might suggest for an estimate.
I'd prefer plain concrete, to be honest, just not with the stains. If they won't come out, I'll probably look at those $2-$3 a square foot plastic tile options, but I've never used those before and not sure if I'd like them or not. This picture was taken just in front of the New Age Bold Cabinets I just put in last week; and shows a few of the stains and discoloration I'm talking about. The rest of the garage floor is similarly disfigured:
Great thread, I'm getting a lot of ideas. Question for you guys: We just moved into a new small house with a 2 car. My floor looks like it was used for a work area; I have stains and misc. weird material build up on the whole thing. I'm a little dissappointed but at this point it is what it is.
Do any of you have any experience on surface treatments, like sanding or polishing, or acid washing, that will remove stains and other discolorations? I'll probably get in touch with a local company and see what options they might suggest for an estimate.
I'd prefer plain concrete, to be honest, just not with the stains. If they won't come out, I'll probably look at those $2-$3 a square foot plastic tile options, but I've never used those before and not sure if I'd like them or not. This picture was taken just in front of the New Age Bold Cabinets I just put in last week; and shows a few of the stains and discoloration I'm talking about. The rest of the garage floor is similarly disfigured:
With polishing, a large majority of topical stains/paint ect are removed. Depending on the polishing company and how well they understand the media, your floor looks prime for a cut and polish. Depending on how much aggregate will show is anyone's guess. Mine was polished to a 800-1100 Grit.
Great thread, I'm getting a lot of ideas. Question for you guys: We just moved into a new small house with a 2 car. My floor looks like it was used for a work area; I have stains and misc. weird material build up on the whole thing. I'm a little dissappointed but at this point it is what it is.
Do any of you have any experience on surface treatments, like sanding or polishing, or acid washing, that will remove stains and other discolorations? I'll probably get in touch with a local company and see what options they might suggest for an estimate.
I'd prefer plain concrete, to be honest, just not with the stains. If they won't come out, I'll probably look at those $2-$3 a square foot plastic tile options, but I've never used those before and not sure if I'd like them or not. This picture was taken just in front of the New Age Bold Cabinets I just put in last week; and shows a few of the stains and discoloration I'm talking about. The rest of the garage floor is similarly disfigured:
i would rent a power washer and use some degreaser. Im sure you’ll get more options from the rest of the forum
I moved and as much as I wanted to do porcelain tiles the cost was way too much, so I had a professional “Polyaspartic” coating installation on the concrete floor which is supposed to be superior to epoxy and polyurethane. I used a reputable installer that did a great job and guarantees it for 10 years, let’s hope that it holds up to our Canadian winters. If I recall the cost was under $5 per sq ft. One winter so far and it looks as good as new, I’m very satisfied.
I went with the metallic epoxy. I get lots of compliments. I had this professionally done. It was about $10/sq. ft. if i recall correctly. Lifetime guarantee.
If you have a black car and you're trying to keep the dust down, get an air purifier. I've added them all over my house and put one in the garage. You can get them on Amazon at a good discount and even at half-price on the Winix refurbished page. Winix are top-rated and you can get aftermarket filters for a good price.
Here the link to their refurbished page You have to check back every day for them to show up Refurb page
If you have a black car and you're trying to keep the dust down, get an air purifier. I've added them all over my house and put one in the garage. You can get them on Amazon at a good discount and even at half-price on the Winix refurbished page. Winix are top-rated and you can get aftermarket filters for a good price.
Here the link to their refurbished page You have to check back every day for them to show up Refurb page
wow! brilliant! dust is a real problem for me and my black .1s in the garage. drives me nuts!
have had air purifiers all over my house for many years (Winix...5 of them from amazon). never occurred to me to have one in the garage to mitigate dust.
wow! brilliant! dust is a real problem for me and my black .1s in the garage. drives me nuts!
have had air purifiers all over my house for many years (Winix...5 of them from amazon). never occurred to me to have one in the garage to mitigate dust.
just ordered #6. thank you!
It made a big difference in my garage. My 991.1 GTS is dark blue metallic.
I'm also thinking of sealing the edges of my garage doors. If anyone here has advice I'm all ears.
I'm looking to install garage tiles in my double garage. Costco has a hell of a deal on them, and I'm trying to decide on whether I should go with vented or solid? I live in Canada, and although my mustang is parked and stored under its cover all winter, the other side of the garage is used for my daily driver (CX9). In the winter snow, sand, salt, and debris come into the garage and collect on the concrete floor. Come spring I need to sweep this mess out, which is like setting off a dust bomb.
I've read mixed options online about which tile is better for snowy climates. I understand that vented tiles allow the water to drain away, but at the same time, it will collect all that sand, salt, and garbage my winter driver brings into the garage each day. Which will require me to lift the tiles come spring... or at the very least shop vac what I can from the vents in the tile. On the other hand, solid tiles won't collect the sand and grim under the tile but will require sweeping come spring, which might make cleaning up a little easier...
I was hoping that installing vented tiles that it MIGHT cut down on the dust that seems to be prevalent in my garage all summer long. I can't get away from it. Was hoping the dust would fall into the vents and perhaps limit the fallout on my black car. But if it means every spring I have a nightmare of a job lifting and cleaning the collection of street grim, it might not be worth the trade-off?
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