Garage Floors: To Epoxy, or To Tile.....That is the Question
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Actually with the U-Coat, it comes out to $0.62/sq ft. after shipping. I'm probably going this route and if I want tile later on, I'll go with some race deck and lay it over the epoxy
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Did a search for the vct tile and the cheapest I could find it for is $2.20 a square foot. For an average size garage that is about 800-900. Please tell me where you found it for .60c a tile. Tia.
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Your floor looks kinda dull in some spots and shiny in others. What's up with that? Did you stretch the paint?
I was on my hands & knees scraping every last little bit off the old floor before deciding to put the epoxy over top of it. That's not a normal viewpoint & you can't notice it from most other angles.
Even with the new epoxy coating over the old, it's still not peeling up or blistering anywhere.
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Did a search for the vct tile and the cheapest I could find it for is $2.20 a square foot. For an average size garage that is about 800-900. Please tell me where you found it for .60c a tile. Tia.
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Yeah, that's how you do it, That's exactly what we used on a race trailer here at school and it's awesome stuff.
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I really like my epoxy. After 10 years the only place where I am missing any epoxy is where I am missing concrete from dropping something really heavy. The epoxy bond is stronger than the internal bond of the concrete.
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If you epoxy, look into adding "grip" to it. One airport I worked at had straight epoxy floors. They are super slick when wet. Another airport I worked at had epoxy painted floors with "sand" in them for traction (I'm not sure what exactly you use) and they were much safer. YOu may want to leave the "car area" smooth for jacks etc and add "grip" to the area between cars and the path to the door.
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I just ordered the U-COAT IT system and it comes with everything I need except the Muratic Acid. It includes the "grip" material which is pretty much just sand. I think I'll apply it all around so that I don't run the risk of slipping on any part of the garage.
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Race Deck is badass stuff. This is Xsta Z 28's floor.
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<a href="https://ls1tech.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB3&Number=88045& amp;page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7& ;fpart=1" target="_blank">Here is the post about the race deck.
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<a href="https://ls1tech.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB3&Number=88045& amp;page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7& ;fpart=1" target="_blank">Here is the post about the race deck.
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