Anyone on here covered their garage floor with that epoxy/paint? Thinking about doing it and wondered if it was worth the investment?
Pros/Cons?
It really looks nice and clean...wondered about drawbacks?
I don't know of any drawbacks besides the cost. I think it was about $130 for me to do a 3 car garage (3 kits).
Here are the directions I had on the other post.
I use the RustOleum kits you can buy at Lowes/Home Depot. 1 kit can do a 1 car garage. This is the second garage that I've used the kits. The first time I went with gray and this time I went with tan. I think I prefer the gray but that's personal preference.
#1 Both times I did it the floors were pretty new so there were no big stains. The kit includes a mixture that you put on the floor before applying the paint.
#2 After using the cleaning mixture fill in al your expansion joints/cracks. This is something I didn't do the first time and it was the one area where I had slight problems. If you don't fill in those cracks then salt/sand get in the cracks and the paint is more likely to come up.
#3 I use a paint roller with a 3-4 foot extension and then just rollit on. Each kit contains one big bag of the sprinkles. I break that bag into 4 ziplocs.
#4 For each stall I then break it up into 4 sections that I work with one at a time. I paint a section and then scatter one of the 4 ziplocs. Then I move onto section #2 and do the same until I'm finished with that stall. Expansion joints can be a good marker of how to break each stall into 4 sections.
#5 Let it dry. I don't think I walked on it for at least a day and I didn't park on it for 3-4 days. The directions will tell you how long to wait.
Another thing that I just remembered. I put painters tape along all the drywall as well as where the garage door ends, so that you have a straight line.
As far as other kits, there may be better/other ones out there but these have worked good for me and the paint still looks good.
Here are a few pics after 3 years. I also show how I filled in the cracks.
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