[Shop-talk] Epoxy garage floor coatings

[john Mitchell]

I decided to do an epoxy floor in my garage and it's been a total 
nightmare.   The guy painting my house said he could do it and had done 
others before.  I prepared the floor by grinding down to bare concrete 
with a diamond pad on a floor machine rented from Home Depot.  I let the 
painter choose the product.  He bought Rustoleum Rock Solid which said 
there would be enough for a 2.5 car garage. My garage is a basic 2 car 
22' by 24' with a little cut off for a chimney.  He used the kit and 
there is no way it was going to be enough as it only coated 3/4s of the 
garage and thinly at that. He went and bought another single kit to 
finish and of course it didn't match the first color.  He let it dry a 
few day and sanded the floor to level the decorative chips in the paint 
and used another 2.5 size kit to top coat it.  the color is a tan and 
gray area rose through the paint basically ruining the looks of the 
paint. I can't really blame him as he followed all the directions 
carefully.  I think Rustoleum will reimburse him for all the paint I 
hope.  At this point, I want to grind it all back off and start with 
another product.  Anyone had any recent experience with garage floor 
coatings?  Thanks very much,  John Mitchell  Shelton, CT