Garage floor advice
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From: Long Island (New York)
At our prevous house, I had Armstrong tile installed in Sept. 1988 and sold the house in March 1992. It was a black marble-like design (alternating direction) that looked fabulous to the day we sold the house. I just mopped it a couple of times each winter. It was indeed slippery when wet. Installed in a one-car garage, the cost was $1300 (in 1988) -- quite pricey.
When we moved to our current house, I painted the garage floor with Sears heavy duty garage floor paint in August 1992 and again in October 1998. It held up extremely well. No blistering or peeling, it just wears out gradully under the tires (and we use our garage for constant in-and-out). I repainted this last summer with Sears garage floor paint, except, it turns out, this time, the paint was latex-based instead of oil-based and hasn't held up well at all. I went back to Sears and demanded my money back, and got it. Turns out, they do make the oil-based, but they don't sell it in NY. I tried to buy some in NH while visiting at Thanksgiving time, but they were out of stock and not likely to re-stock until spring. I'll try again next time we're there.
If you can get the Sears garage floor paint in oil-based mixture, I would highly recommend it.
When we moved to our current house, I painted the garage floor with Sears heavy duty garage floor paint in August 1992 and again in October 1998. It held up extremely well. No blistering or peeling, it just wears out gradully under the tires (and we use our garage for constant in-and-out). I repainted this last summer with Sears garage floor paint, except, it turns out, this time, the paint was latex-based instead of oil-based and hasn't held up well at all. I went back to Sears and demanded my money back, and got it. Turns out, they do make the oil-based, but they don't sell it in NY. I tried to buy some in NH while visiting at Thanksgiving time, but they were out of stock and not likely to re-stock until spring. I'll try again next time we're there.
If you can get the Sears garage floor paint in oil-based mixture, I would highly recommend it.
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Other questions about Race Deck-type materials: Do they drain or puddle from a wet car or hosing out the garage? Corollary question: Do they get all funky/moldy underneath? How do they stand up to things like floor jacks, etc.? They look trick, but I'm trying to find out in advance what I'm in for.
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From: Indianapolis
go epoxy...
For parking only the plastic flooring is great. Looks sharp and keeps dust on the floor out of sight.
However, turn a wheel or do heavy lifting and it gets outta whack. I've gone to Porter Paints Industrial Floor epoxy. Two part epoxy requires a respirator ($20/Lowes) and an acid etch prep for the concrete floor. It holds up to hot tires (never peeled) and to cold snow/ice.
Despite the extra effort to install, it is the most durable high quality finish you can put on the floor... short of the granite cited above ;-) Now if I could find a way to drive my cars and NOT get them dirtly, that would be nirvana....
However, turn a wheel or do heavy lifting and it gets outta whack. I've gone to Porter Paints Industrial Floor epoxy. Two part epoxy requires a respirator ($20/Lowes) and an acid etch prep for the concrete floor. It holds up to hot tires (never peeled) and to cold snow/ice.
Despite the extra effort to install, it is the most durable high quality finish you can put on the floor... short of the granite cited above ;-) Now if I could find a way to drive my cars and NOT get them dirtly, that would be nirvana....
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From: NYC/NJ
Originally Posted by arenared
Other questions about Race Deck-type materials: Do they drain or puddle from a wet car or hosing out the garage? Corollary question: Do they get all funky/moldy underneath? How do they stand up to things like floor jacks, etc.? They look trick, but I'm trying to find out in advance what I'm in for.
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