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Idahobound
What is the best. What to look out for. Looking at Rust oleum Rock Solid. Right now
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  • Smitty500mag
    Putting a finish on a garage floor will have you repeating this line many times over the years...What the hell was I thinking? Especially a garage floor that gets heavy use.
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  • Idahobound
    Smitty500mag wrote:
    Putting a finish on a garage floor will have you repeating this line many times over the years...What the hell was I thinking? Especially a garage floor that gets heavy use.

    Why is that?
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  • NeoBlackdog
    Idahobound wrote:
    Smitty500mag wrote:
    Putting a finish on a garage floor will have you repeating this line many times over the years...What the hell was I thinking? Especially a garage floor that gets heavy use.

    Why is that?
    Because it's hard to find a decent finish that will hold up to hard use.
    Slick finished and sealed concrete is tough to beat.
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  • nmyers
    I'm guessing that most paint products will eventually peel.

    What do Costco & BJ's do to their floors? It looks like they are polished with some abrasive.

    Neal
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  • spasmcreek
    wife took me along to pickup someting at a friends giant new house about 30 miles away.....walked up to a large porch facing west along the whole house...looked like rough plank wood decking but on closer look it was imprinted concrete with a wood color stain...big central area had 20' plus high ceiling with a walkway all around and windowed dormers? south end had a 4 car garage regular concrete....some things done with concrete and rock i had never seen before...turned out hubby had a company that built bridges.....so house was easy
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  • Junkballer
    A "colored stain" that soaks into concrete (looks like paint but soaks in) has held up for me 15+ yrs so far, it too will show some signs of wear but nothing like paint but touch-ups are easy, paint is dangerous & very slippery when wet.....soaked in stain is not ;). Available most anywhere even Lowes and Home Depot sells it.
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  • babun
    All my garage floors and work shops have had unfinished floors.
    If you USE the garage and you finish it , be prepared to re-finish it often.

    My buddy built a nice workshop with a concrete floor and put one of those fancy epoxy coatings on it. Picked out a color that had little "chips" or flakes in it.

    Worst thing he ever did. Almost impossible to find dropped little springs or hardware.
    :(
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  • KenK/84Bravo
    I have about 8-10 2 gallon buckets of Rustoleum Rock Solid, in order to treat re-coat/refurbish my deck.

    I am waiting for it to stop raining. (And) I am trying to decide whether to further strip/clean my deck by sandblasting or Pressure washing.

    I plan on ripping my deck off and completely rebuilding it (correctly) in the next couple years, (So) Getting a couple more years out of the existing deck, will be adequate.


    All the reviews I have been able to find on the Rock Solid, seem to be positive. Good luck on your decision Sir.
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  • Cornflk1
    Try this company : Watcofloors.com. They specialize in industrial floor coverings.
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  • wpageabc
    Not finishing concrete in a garage is a problem. It will scale off.

    Regular concrete seal is fine to keep the dust and finish bests.
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  • Smitty500mag
    spasmcreek wrote:
    ...looked like rough plank wood decking but on closer look it was imprinted concrete...

    The form work they used to pour the basement walls for our house imprinted the concrete to look like concrete bricks instead of a smooth surface. I like the look. You can see a little of it in this picture.

    XONvwjh.jpg
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  • wpageabc
    Agree, some of the new stamps and other techniques look cool...
    Smitty500mag wrote:
    spasmcreek wrote:
    ...looked like rough plank wood decking but on closer look it was imprinted concrete...

    The form work they used to pour the basement walls for our house imprinted the concrete to look like concrete bricks instead of a smooth surface. I like the look. You can see a little of it in this picture.

    XONvwjh.jpg
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  • jimdeere
    We just poured a 20? by 20? slab for a picnic shelter. The concrete finisher used this :
    https://www.concretesealerreview.com/super-diamond-clear-sealer-review/
    It ain?t cheap but a gallon goes a long way. Used by itself or as a sealer before finish coat.
    I pulled my old Toyota truck under our shelter and forgot about the oil leak. Moved the truck and wiped the oil up with a paper towel.
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  • chiefr
    If you park you car and it leaks oil, brake fluid, Trans fluid, or gas, it is going to eventually exfoliate or dissolve the paint. Tires will mar as well. Been there done that and my advice is don't do it.
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  • Wild Turkey
    Some years ago the plant manager where I was working maintenance decided to paint the floor at the loading dock area with epoxy.

    I got to etch the floor with muratic acid ( after heavy degreasing ) and then apply the epoxy carefully following instructions, including cure time.

    In less than a month the fork truck tires had totally ripped up the entire surface.

    Epoxy had no "give" and the epoxy bond couldn't stand up to the stress.

    My new shop I just used a good sealer.
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  • Mr. Perfect
    Idahobound wrote:
    What is the best. What to look out for. Looking at Rust oleum Rock Solid. Right now

    I've used the Rustoleum two part epoxy with good success. You definitely want to top coat it with the clear coat. It won't last forever with regular use, but it's really no big trick to rent a concrete grinder and reapply after about 10 years. On older concrete you will want to prep the surface well with acid and a concrete grinder like they recommend.
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