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I've had 2 neighbors go the epoxy route and both after about 4 years were not happy. Fading and deterioration is their complaint.
I decided to go the Race Deck flooring method and after 20 years the floor still looks great. Cost is about the same and you can save by doing it yourself. https://racedeck.com/
I've had 2 neighbors go the epoxy route and both after about 4 years were not happy. Fading and deterioration is their complaint.
I decided to go the Race Deck flooring method and after 20 years the floor still looks great. Cost is about the same and you can save by doing it yourself. https://racedeck.com/
Do you mean DIY racedeck costs the same as a professionally done epoxy/polyurea?
I did a DIY epoxy floor in our house back in WV. Worst thing ever. I can't tell how many times I did the horizontal flop on that floor. I even added sand for traction and that didn't help. I scraped it all up and that took longer than applying it.
Out of the two choices- the polyurea.
Epoxy just doesn't have the durability/longevity that polyurea does.
But, if you want the best "all-around" garage floor...
RaceDeck or any of the other similar products. Not only is it a DIY product, you can take it with you if you move!!!
The RaceDeck and similar flooring is not exactly what I'm looking for but I can see how those might be good options.
I'm looking more for a smooth coating that is slip proof. I think that we can get that with polyurea but I was interested in hearing from those who have that in their garage. I just like the clean look of it.
I put epoxy down in one bay and had a pro do another. The floor I coated is flaking in areas that I didn’t prep well enough and coat thick enough. The floor the pro did is perfect after about ten years. He used something a little different and flaked it with chips of plastic and sprinkled traction additive over it. It does have some traction, almost like a matte finish, while my side is more shiny but a bit slippery. It’s a light tan color and I like it. Will likely get the one side coated again.
I just had an epoxy floor put in in my newly enclosed back porch. Of course I made sure it would not slippery as I am using it as a game room (albeit very small area). I like it so much I am having my front porch epoxied as well to match.
I have worked in multiple manufacturing plants and lab facilities where they tried to paint/coat concrete floors and it never works out well. Basically you convert a zero-maintenance flooring to a high-maintenance flooring. The fundamental problem is that concrete is porous and absorbs water, which will later come out. If the concrete's not painted there's no problem, but if it is, that water's got to go somewhere and what it does is it lifts off the paint/coating. Painted concrete floors just add another layer of constant maintenance - along with going round touching up the paint on the walls where people have banged fork trucks or hand carts into them, now the maintenance staff have to go round and repaint/touch up the floor paint which will promptly come up in a new location. In a home garage, of course, YOU are the maintenance staff.
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