Comments on: Tutorial: How To Seal Your Garage Floor

By: Kevin g

Kevin g — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:55:36 +0000

John,

Thanks for the follow-up. As soon as the sheet-rock work is done I’ll get right on it.

By: John P.

John P. — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:41:22 +0000

Oh, almost forgot. My first garage floor was done 5 years ago, and with lesser quality sealant. That is the one that has taken unbelievable abuse and still looks good. I’ve got a metal shop in my garage and even that hasn’t affected the floor. :-)

John

By: John P.

John P. — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:40:00 +0000

Kevin,

This is the second garage that I’ve done with this technique – both in Texas. So, I can tell you that it holds up well to temperature extremes on the high end. Also, remember that inside your garage the temperature is much, much cooler than outside and the floor rarely has exposure to direct sunlight.

I don’t think you should be worried about the epoxy separating from the cement. The slab is porous enough, and after the acid etching there is nothing standing between the epoxy and those pores. It’s on there for good!

I used to worry specifically about the hot tires from my sports car sitting on the epoxy and pulling it up. Especially if I was to turn the wheels inside the garage. But I’ve now done that literally hundreds of times and to no effect. This is why I only recommend the 2 part epoxy kits, and would never use floor paint (which wouldn’t hold up to this kind of abuse.)

Hope that helps, but I can recommend you do this without any hesitation. You are going to absolutely love your new garage floor! I promise!

John P.

By: Kevin g

Kevin g — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:41:29 +0000

I’m considering doing this to my garage but I’m concerned about the epoxy eventually separating from the cement and what it will look like over time.

How long ago did you do this application and does it still look as nice as when you first did it? Also, what part of the country do you live in? I’m curious to know how it holds up to temperature extremes.

Thanks for the write-up.

By: axel

axel — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:18:21 +0000

Oh, when doing a job like this you really need to use the “sprinkles” since they add traction, the epoxy alone will be very slippery without the sprinkles, the sprinkles also help the floor look good because they hide any imperfections….basically, don’t skip the sprinkles, if you do you will have to start over with the epoxy since the sprinkles must be applied to wet epoxy

By: axel

axel — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:13:41 +0000

You can keep dirt out with the door open if your driveway is clean and you wet it down with a hose, by keeping it damp any dust will stay trapped in the water, by doing this one should be able to have the main door at least 1/3 open which will really help cut down on fumes and help keep the temperature down as well, also, do the area by the main door first so it has the most time to dry, if you start in the morning before the wind picks up and you keep the driveway damp you should have no problem keeping dirt/dust/debris out of you epoxy and you will hang on to those much needed brain cells

By: LV Lizard

LV Lizard — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:31:21 +0000

Just to reiterate, protection is essential. In my experience the build up of fumes is immense so I’d suggest wearing a respirator and doing it with the garage door open if possible.

By: Terehoff

Terehoff — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:53:23 +0000

Great idea! It’s so simple!

By: Ben Pei

Ben Pei — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:27:12 +0000

Haha thats nice.. Quite surprised by the difference in result!

By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:06:58 +0000

Ah..yep! You and Mark would definitely get along GREAT! The very. first. thing. he does when we move into a new house is ‘fix up’ the garage and I’m not kidding – when we moved into this house ….the house looked like CRAP and the garage looked IMMACULATE!!!! LOL!