New Garage Floor Coating

[KevinC]

This might have qualified for the "photos" forum, but I am so pleased with the outcome, I just had to share...

After completely overhauling my garage in anticipation of my "new" 113 three months ago, I was a little dismayed by the appearence of the floor. Low and behold, the local Home Depot just started doing applications of Rustoleum "Epoxyshield" garage floor coatings. $2.50 per sq ft installed!

Kevin

PS Sorry the car is a little fuzzy...new camera, too!  

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Boca Raton, FL
1967 230 SL Automatic
670 Light Ivory
113 Bronze/Brown MB Tex

[Cees Klumper]

What a steal ...

I am not only jealous of your new garage floor but also of the location it is in (I lived in Boca for about 4 years ...)

Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

[rwmastel]

If anyone has applied this type of concrete floor covering themselves, I would like to hear about your products, techniques, and results.

Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420

[TA250SL]

I have never applied an epoxy floor coating, but here is a company that sells kits for the do-it-yourself crowd.

www.ucoatit.com

It would be a nice project when you're not working on your pagoda.

Tom
1967 250SL
Los Angeles

[graphic66]

I applied the 2 part epoxy finish to my shop floor. It is about 6000 sq.ft. and was old concrete. I had a friend who does it for a living every day get me started. First you must rent a shot blaster from a cement type supplier. I used a place called Keystone supply. The machine shoots steel shot at the floor under high velocity and recovers it and filters out the dust. It is expensive to rent and a very slow process. The small unit is 8" wide and 110 volts. You must also buy the shot. It took me from 5:00pm Friday until Monday at 9:00am working every waking hour to do the blasting. It is a dusty dirty job. You hook a shop vac to the blaster to catch the dust. Rent the shop vac too, as I burned two of them up, cheapo units. You end up with a perfectly clean rough surface ready for epoxy. Everthing must be dry or it will not stick water is the enemy. If you don't bead blast it the epoxy will start peeling up after a while. I have seen the reults of not taking that step and it does peel off under traffic. I used Sherwin williams epoxy. The people at the store are very knowledgeable. You must use special rollers and a fiberglass or metal roller pan as the epoxy melts plastic and eats the nap off regular rollers. Drywall mud buckets do work to mix in. Charcoal filter respirators are a must as the fumes are real intoxicating. Do not get the paint on anything you don't want it on. If you get it on you and it dries you will be wearing it a long time. Add volcanic sand if you wish a non skid surface. I used this at the entrance ways and it really works. Two coats are an absolute must, you will not get away with one coat. The product I used required a sweating in period of one hour. This means you must mix the 2 parts, I used a drill and paint mixer, then let is set one hour before applying. My floor is about 9 years old and is used heavily under forklift and commercial traffic and it has held up incredible. Two friends tried it without blasting the floor and both floors peeled after use. It is a real involved job but worth the time. The epoxy can be tinted in many colors. I used an aqua green and it looks way better tha the old standard grey. One of my friends used a bright blue and that looks way cool, except for the peeling.

[KevinC]

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Not that I have Home Depot stock or anything (wish I did 10 years ago!) but here's what you get for the "installed" price: Floor is roughed/cleaned with an abrasive wheel on what looks like a buffing machine. It has an attached vacuum bag so no dust. They roll on a primer/adhesive, let it dry then apply the epoxy mixture with a large squeegee. As the coating sets up the specs are applied to give some skid-resistance. About 5 hours from when they arrived to when they left.

Kevin

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Boca Raton, FL
1967 230 SL Automatic
670 Light Ivory
113 Bronze/Brown MB Tex