Garage floor coatings.

[BLAIR]

Im sure this has been covered here in the past, but does anyone have any experience with them? The good, the bad, the ugly? Any specific brands awesome?

THANKS :thumbup:

[JustinG]

so ya bought a house?

[Evan]

i did lots of research on garage floor coatings. which is why I bought racedeck.


garagejournal.com has all you ever wanted to know.

[Dave]

I coated my garage floor with whatever was at Lowe's (Quikrete?). Did it by the book once the concrete had cured and 6 months later there's places where it's peeling up and flaking. I'm not unhappy considering what I paid, but I wish I had put it on thicker.

[BLAIR]

My main concern is how it will hold up. Cause I know there will be lots of work going down in the garage and I want it to withstand jacks, jackstands, dropped heavy parts etc etc. Thanks evan for the link. Ill take a look at that.

[JustinG]

i really want to refinish my garage floor, since its so rough/unlevel in places. Found some "auto leveling" concrete your supposed to be able to use on preexisting concrete, but its pricey....

[BLAIR]

evan. how does racedeck hold up to working on cars like using jacks and jackstands and working on heavy metal parts on floor?

[Gs dewd]

Have you looked into that U-coat it shit? It's supposed to be some good stuff. You can even get it with flakes and stuff in it.

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[Evan]

evan. how does racedeck hold up to working on cars like using jacks and jackstands and working on heavy metal parts on floor?

I just got mine so I havent installed it yet, but everything I have read says it holds up fine with jacks and jackstands.
I actually bought MotoFloor which is the same as Racedeck with different branding (made by snaplock).
Bigfloors.com is the retail arm of Snaplock, the parent company of RaceDeck, MotoFloor, GarageDeck, etc and has the best prices I have found. they have motofloor for about $2 / sq ft.

another option I looked at was garage mats
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cheaper than racedeck, but i had heard of problems with wrinkles and bunching in the summer when it expands.

Have you looked into that U-coat it shit? It's supposed to be some good stuff. You can even get it with flakes and stuff in it.

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just like Carrol Shelby uses Zmax... :vomit:
seriously though i do remember reading that stuff is decent. i didnt pay much attention to the coatings after seeing how unreliable they can be, but garagejournal has all the info on whats good and whats not it if you want to go that route.

[.RJ]

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They did a neighbor's garage, floor and cabinets. Its probably expensive, but may be worth the $$ up front to have professionals prep and coat the floor to avoid problems later? Unless its new concrete.

[BLAIR]

the garage is brand new, so no issues with old concrete. and 35x30 to make it even better :thumbup:

[Dave]

dude, you could get 5 cars in there...

[.RJ]

the garage is brand new, so no issues with old concrete. and 35x30 to make it even better :thumbup:

Nice, where'd you buy?

[BLAIR]

manassas

[G.Irish]

Blair I think you are now required to start a project garage thread.

[BLAIR]

thats the plan. I want to make the garage bad ass. Its huge and drywalled. I want to do nice lighting and cabinets and a work bench etc etc. Already got plenty bad ass cars for it with my roomate and I.

Here is a sneak peak. Ill post more once closing is all done and its 100 percent mine.

[.RJ]

Damn, nice. How much?

[xvxax]

Any issues with fluids seeping through those tiles, or am I missing something?

[BLAIR]

Damn, nice. How much?

starts with a 3..ends with a number under 26

[Steve85]

I've been using a special mix of coolant, oil, diff fluid and kitty litter. Water beads on it now...

Congrats on the house!