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Old 09-18-2010, 11:26 AM
 
Location: Detroit's Marina District
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I want to epoxy-coat my garage floor. I'm looking for that ever-so-rare combination of affordablity, appearance, and quality. For that, which would be best, to purchase a DIY kit, or to have it professionally done?
It's a 3-car garage, if that helps. Thanks in advance!
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Old 09-18-2010, 07:31 PM
 
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Is it a new floor or does it already have oil stains and such?
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Old 09-18-2010, 09:25 PM
 
Location: Detroit's Marina District
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Is it a new floor or does it already have oil stains and such?
It's pretty beat-up. Oil stains, you name it, it's on that floor.
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Old 09-18-2010, 09:47 PM
 
Location: Destrehan, Louisiana
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I want to epoxy-coat my garage floor. I'm looking for that ever-so-rare combination of affordablity, appearance, and quality. For that, which would be best, to purchase a DIY kit, or to have it professionally done?
It's a 3-car garage, if that helps. Thanks in advance!

I did epoxy coating/concrete restoration for a few years. You need to find a local company that sells supplies to the industrial plants.

Forget the DIY kits because it will not last. You need a real good epoxy and the only place to find it is in a place that sells to plants. Sika is a good product, so is Dudick. Find a product that will hold up to driving on it, one that won't stick to the tires and release from the concrete.

Sika Industrial Flooring - Epoxy Coatings & Binders

Dudick

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Old 09-18-2010, 09:49 PM
 
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It's pretty beat-up. Oil stains, you name it, it's on that floor.
My opinion is that nothing you put on it, no matter how much prep, will stick.
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Old 09-19-2010, 08:57 PM
 
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I was thinking of doing it myself too. Looked into the kit from Home Depot. It seems like it does hold up well, unless you park cars on it... Costco has a kit that is supposed to be better, not water based. At this point I have too many other projects and have gotten used to the beaten up look in the garage. There is a forum, I guess garage journals, you can drive yourself crazy and spend more on the garage flooring than the flooring for the rest of the house.
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