Originally Posted by speedster911 (Post 9590349)

Finishing my new garage and considering an epoxy floor.

For everyone who has DIY epoxy floors - with the grinding/ sanding- what do you estimate your cost per square foot cost? .. with or with out beer:D

Living in CA , estimate I have received is $6.25 per sq foot. Guy claims he has been doing epoxy floors for 20 years. Said I should plan on redoing topcoat every 5 years.

This is a garage that I will roll floorjack on, drop tools, spill oil etc. Am I wasting my money should I just leave it as bare concrete ???

Originally Posted by pwd72s (Post 9590224)

Hey, I like my oil stained concrete floor!

Originally Posted by speedster911 (Post 9590597)

Great info- thanks everyone!!

Now to decide on color of floor!! any pros/ cons of dark floors ( Black or Red)? One thing leads to another - cannot make decision on cabinets until I make decision on floor color.

For concrete stain, are you topping it with urethane?

Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 9590843)

Looks great, you are quite the expert now.

Finishing up my garage floor should be a piece of cake for you but I can wait to see how you address the cracks and old oil stains from decades past.

When can you start? ;)

Originally Posted by aschen (Post 9590829)

I went into ADHD mode about this very subject several months ago. Its amazing how much info there is related to this. There are alot of armature (and professional) coatings gurus on the web. In the end I found it all a bit depressing, everything seemed compromised, and the best bet seemed to be your approach (primer, 100% solids, Urethane top). Though I recall some fancy very expensive urethane was advocated. Once I put everything into the shopping cart for my new to me 3 car garage I was @ around $1500 or so in materials. In the end I cheaped out since I was poor from just buying the house.

I got the rustoleum solvent based epoxy (have to order, not the same as crappy home depot version). I put on 3 coats and not top. It was about $600 all in I think. It turned out surprisingly nice and seems very tough. There has been no scratching or cracking with jack stands or dragging heavy objects. I park my lotus with 60 treadware tires and there has been no lift up.

We will see how it holds up. Im sure with all the work involved I should have used the better stuff. If it peels up eventually I'll go with tile or rubber.

Originally Posted by cabmando (Post 9591502)

Not gonna happen Sammy, Not ever again!! I told my wife "next time, we just take e old concrete and pour new.
On the serious side, oil stains are easy. Pour straight Purple Power on them and hit them with 4000 psi and 150 degree water.
The cracks also easy. Use Epoxy filler and V groove them. But you're still not getting me to do it again.
BTW Sammy, I parked an old 95 Subaru Legacy Wagon on my floor. That thing leaked like a Porsche. And my floor was originally poured in 1997 so it has some age and come cracks. I could post a pic of one that I know was poured too thin and needed a surface repair. Used a Sakrete product and Epoxy fill to feather the repair.

Originally Posted by daepp (Post 9590336)

Dropped screws - I can tell you - you get down on all fours and get your cheek about as close to the floor as possible and try - try - to see it from the side. It's amazing how hard those suckers are t find on flake epoxy floors..