<div dir="auto">I can say the consumer stuff, Rustoleum epoxy, is likely only good for light use or a man cave. I coated a 3 car new garage after six months of seasoning and just doing the acid (citric) wash prep, it lasted for the five years we were in the house, but had two issues: 1) hot racing tires would pull up quarter size areas, never had an issue with regular tires. 2) high shear, like like sliding a transmission, would think the coating. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 10:57 AM <<a href="mailto:eric@megageek.com">eric@megageek.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Last year I was looking
into this. I had a professional service (with a TON of great recommendations,
some from people I know well.) Give me a price.</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I was only going
to do half of my garage, so the total surface they would do was 25X 50'.</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Any color, add
in, or 'effect' that I wanted. 2 day project. They would fix
all cracks and low spots and prep day one. Then finish day 2. I
forgot how long the cure time was, but it wasn't a big deal (maybe a day
or three.)</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Total price was
$6000. I didn't think that was too bad. Note, they will come
back and fix any issues (chips and such) for free for a year or so after.</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I'm still considering
it. Now that you sparked this discussion, I'll see what the wisdom
here has to say.</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Moose</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">From:
</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">Jeff
Scarbrough <<a href="mailto:fishplate@gmail.com" target="_blank">fishplate@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<br><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Date:
</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">07/07/2024
10:01 AM</span>
<br><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Subject:
</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">[Shop-talk]
Garage Floor Treatment</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:12pt">Good morning, all! I'm looking
into coating my garage floor in some fashion. The garage is about
15 years old, and I'm tired of stirring up dust every time I touch the
floor with a broom.</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:12pt">The floor has some minor cracks, a couple
of gouges (thanks, framing crew!), and a bit of oil staining, but it's
generally in good shape, except for the dust.</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:12pt">My original plan was to pay (lots of,
probably) good money to have a professional service grind the surface and
apply a proper epoxy product to the floor. But yesterday, a friend
mentioned solvent-based sealers (specifically xylene). He said I
could apply it myself with proper PPE and occupy the space the next day. </span>
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<br><span style="font-size:12pt">So, what's the current real-world opinion
on garage floors? Anyone who can relate what worked for them in the
savage environment we revel in as shop talkers?</span>
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