Black993

My good friend used this stuff. Very easy to do and it looks great (plus its not slippery). I just rolled mine with garage floor paint and it sucks. Slippery, peeling, etc. This was before I knew any better.

I must say though, I do like the look of the Vinyl

jhummel68

I used a U Coat It product on my garage floor about three years ago and it still looks great - sorry no pics available. When my house was built the builder put a sealer on the floor that was not going to work long term. It also possed a problem when preping the floor for paint as the acid could not get to the concrete. I used an orbital buffer with a 36 grit sanding disc from Home Depot to etch the floor as best I could. The stuff I got from U coat it was the basic medium grey and had them send the aluminum oxide for the nonslip quality. The only thing I would have done differently is add the available clear coat. My floor has zero lifting or peeling anywhere. My floor jack with steel wheels has not done anything to the floor. It is not cheap but it does work. Did it myself. Not hard to apply.

www.ucoatit.com

Steve 96C4S

Thanks for this great info. So... I just called UCoat it, but I won't be coating it myself, I'll be paying some other person to do it. They said it would cost at the most, $3.50 a sq ft to install it. Ouch, that's $1540. They'd send some guys here to acid etch it, prep it, 2 base coats of U Coat it, a urethane coat and then a decorative flake coat. Dang, that would be SWEET! He recommended for my grey house, shell white interior garage walls, wife's Black car, my silver 993 ... Medium Grey to hide the dirt the best with a granite fleck to furthur hide the dirt. Oh mother of g*d that would be nice... Now, should I really spend this much on my garage floor? Heck no. Could I get it done for alot less with someone else? Yes, with a cheaper product. Is it worth the difference to just ... go for it? Live for today? Screw the money, full steam ahead?

Am I crazy? Possibly.

Tiles? Epoxy? I'm right back at square one, totally confused. I called and left yet another message with my original painter dude that said for the $450 or so he'd epoxy the floor. Waiting to hear back. Will he ever call back? Who knows.

Steve R

jhummel68

I'm not sure which product the person at U Coat It was talking about or what they were charging to prep and apply the finish but I saw $.44 to $1.49 sq/ft. They must be charging an arm and a leg for putting the stuff down. You may be able to get the painter you find to put this down for much less. I don't have my receipt in front of me but I think it was $220 - $250 for materials.

Here is the link I used. Look under " Residential Floors"

http://www.ucoatit.com/pgs/main.htm

Smiles

That is a great idea, Jeff. It looks more sophisticated, costs less, and won't melt when grinding or welding. Now I have to figure out how to get all the junk in my garage off the floor. And what to do with existing oil spots.

Matt

Steve 96C4S

Thanks, that's actually the link I went to. I called them up too and they quoted me on the high side just to be sure, totally installed price for a 20 X 22 garage to be $1540. Gulp. IThe walls and ceiling and doors have just been painted white today and it looks a million times better than before. I can't wait till it's all done. It would have been nice to have the floor done this same weekend but that's the breaks. It's amazing the difference in how bright a garage can be when it's painted white vs the brownish drywall color from before.