garage floor
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From: Miramar Beach FL
garage floor
i have been trying to locate bright red epoxy floor paint for my garage and cannot. I know I have seen pics of garages on the forum with the red paint. anyone know where it can be purchased?
Burning Brakes
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I just finished mine with the Bahr paint line from Home Depot. It is an epoxy base that can be tinted to whatever color you like. It was easy to do, but took some time due to the number of steps. First you de-grease the floor, then etch it with acid, then prime it, and finally the top coat. It took the weeekend, but turned out great. Only hint: DO NOT skip any steps. Follow the instructions to the letter (to avoid peeling).
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Don't just go by the sample color chart. They can make up other colors. When they first mixed my color, I wasn't quite happy with it, so we "played" with the color until it was to my liking! Bright red should not be a problem!
Burning Brakes
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The instructions on this system say yes. The acid etching should do a good job of roughing up the surface. You just have to make sure there is no flaking old paint. Also, I have never seen a primer like I used in this application. It was pretty "watery" but dried really "sticky". As I was walking on it to put the final coat down, my shoes would stick to the floor like I had lots of gum stuck on my shoes. As another aside, I had Home Depot mix in some "anti-slip" powder that made the top coat have a gritty, sandy texture.
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Originally Posted by lowprofiling
i have been trying to locate bright red epoxy floor paint for my garage and cannot. I know I have seen pics of garages on the forum with the red paint. anyone know where it can be purchased?
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Originally Posted by Gonzo
Can you put the epoxy paint over existing floor paint????
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Originally Posted by BSiegPaint
Don't do it. Even though the epoxy itself may not react with the coating that exists on the floor now, the performance of your topcoat will only be as good as the performance of the bottom coat. If there is no bond between the surface and the topcoat epoxy, there is no performance. And acid etching is for bare concrete only. Best bet is to rent a power washer and blast off the coating that's on there now, then prep and paint per the instructions on the product you buy. And know that products have changed significantly in the past few years due to governmental regulations on Volatile Organic Compounds, or solvents, in the paints. Products you used five or ten years ago are NOT available now, even though the product name and label may be the same. What's in the bucket is totally different now. What you are doing here is the best thing. Find out what everyone else is using and is happy with, and get that. For my input, I am doing a floor coating test on garages around my area, and I'm finding the Sherwin-Williams Tile Clad II Epoxy is showing no hot tire pick-up after a year. Do not use the Valspar material from Home Depot. You likely will be disappointed. Any top quality name brand two-part epoxy should do a good job for you.
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Originally Posted by BSiegPaint
Don't do it. Even though the epoxy itself may not react with the coating that exists on the floor now, the performance of your topcoat will only be as good as the performance of the bottom coat. If there is no bond between the surface and the topcoat epoxy, there is no performance. And acid etching is for bare concrete only. Best bet is to rent a power washer and blast off the coating that's on there now, then prep and paint per the instructions on the product you buy. And know that products have changed significantly in the past few years due to governmental regulations on Volatile Organic Compounds, or solvents, in the paints. Products you used five or ten years ago are NOT available now, even though the product name and label may be the same. What's in the bucket is totally different now. What you are doing here is the best thing. Find out what everyone else is using and is happy with, and get that. For my input, I am doing a floor coating test on garages around my area, and I'm finding the Sherwin-Williams Tile Clad II Epoxy is showing no hot tire pick-up after a year. Do not use the Valspar material from Home Depot. You likely will be disappointed. Any top quality name brand two-part epoxy should do a good job for you.
I really don't want to go thru that painting process again, I did it a few years ago and it came up under all the tires
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UCoat it has bright red. It's a little more expensive than some of the others, but it has a limited lifetime warranty.
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From: Miramar Beach FL
thanks for the info. I will check out sherwin, and ucoatit. by the way anyone considering the stick down tile from Home Depot....spend the extra time and paint the floor. My tile looked great for about a month then started coming up. It was so cheap though I kept an extra box around and simply replaced them as they came up, but after about 6 months the white started to look very dingy.
I had some samples of race dek sent to me and it seems it would be very slippery if wet, but would be interested in hearing otherwise if anyone has it. It's also VERY expensive.
As far as painting over the old floor. There are 2 coats on my floor now from the original owner. the first coat is a pain in the butt to get up and I'm having to rent a sand blaster as I have already tried a floor sander and a power washer. however the second coat that was put just before i bought the house is coming right up. I would not suggest painting over the old. Bare concrete, acid wash, and epoxy is the way to go.
I had some samples of race dek sent to me and it seems it would be very slippery if wet, but would be interested in hearing otherwise if anyone has it. It's also VERY expensive.
As far as painting over the old floor. There are 2 coats on my floor now from the original owner. the first coat is a pain in the butt to get up and I'm having to rent a sand blaster as I have already tried a floor sander and a power washer. however the second coat that was put just before i bought the house is coming right up. I would not suggest painting over the old. Bare concrete, acid wash, and epoxy is the way to go.
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Originally Posted by lowprofiling
thanks for the info. I will check out sherwin, and ucoatit. by the way anyone considering the stick down tile from Home Depot....spend the extra time and paint the floor. My tile looked great for about a month then started coming up. It was so cheap though I kept an extra box around and simply replaced them as they came up, but after about 6 months the white started to look very dingy.
I had some samples of race dek sent to me and it seems it would be very slippery if wet, but would be interested in hearing otherwise if anyone has it. It's also VERY expensive.
As far as painting over the old floor. There are 2 coats on my floor now from the original owner. the first coat is a pain in the butt to get up and I'm having to rent a sand blaster as I have already tried a floor sander and a power washer. however the second coat that was put just before i bought the house is coming right up. I would not suggest painting over the old. Bare concrete, acid wash, and epoxy is the way to go.
I had some samples of race dek sent to me and it seems it would be very slippery if wet, but would be interested in hearing otherwise if anyone has it. It's also VERY expensive.
As far as painting over the old floor. There are 2 coats on my floor now from the original owner. the first coat is a pain in the butt to get up and I'm having to rent a sand blaster as I have already tried a floor sander and a power washer. however the second coat that was put just before i bought the house is coming right up. I would not suggest painting over the old. Bare concrete, acid wash, and epoxy is the way to go.
I'm having a painter, do my cieling and walls today actually, something I would have done myself
. So that will leave me with a flooring choice. Does anyone know of any other racedeck like product thats not as expensive????
I like the patterns, and the fact I can take it with me, but it is alot of $$$$$$$
Thanks, hope you don't mind me adding to your thread, I appreciate the advice on the paint floor I have
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I bought the race deck for my garage yestrday and it should be in by the end ofthe week. I will not put it down for another 2 weeks. I have to get my lift installed first then the floor will go down. But I will let you know how I like it then.
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Let us know how the installation goes. I just became a reseller of the Racedeck Flooring. As soon as I get everything up and running, I will put it out there for as cheap as possible. Everything should be in place by mid next week. More to come...
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Originally Posted by 4-ACES
Can you paint new epoxy over old epoxy after it is etched or can you just rough it up with a sander and paint away?
Remove any of the dust from sanding with a vacuum.
Racer
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From: San Diego CA
Originally Posted by BSiegPaint
I'm finding the Sherwin-Williams Tile Clad II Epoxy is showing no hot tire pick-up after a year. Do not use the Valspar material from Home Depot. You likely will be disappointed. Any top quality name brand two-part epoxy should do a good job for you.
As others have also said, do not skimp on the prep work. Degrease and etch the floor. And I let my floor dry THREE FULL WEEKS (my babies sat outside for 21 nights!!!) before a car laid a tire on it. The instructions called for only 7 days drying time, but I had heard from others it is wise to wait longer...
Good luck.
Svelte.
