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Old May 1, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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Default Garage Floors

Looking for comments on garage floor finishes.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 10:04 PM
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I was going to go with racedeck style tiles but since my garage is small, once the car was in you'd barely see them. Plus they were kind of expensive. I decided on this from MAM. I think it looks good, is easily cleaned(vacuum or broom), and is comfortable as all hell when working under the car. Plus it keeps my tootsies nice and warm when I detail the car in the winter barefoot.

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Old May 1, 2009 | 10:18 PM
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commerical flooring. 4 coats sealer and then buff!
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Old May 2, 2009 | 05:43 AM
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Not Home depot or Lowes and do any one of several floors such as epoxy or polyurethane top coats with or w/o grit ( you can go from a very fine anti-slip to very coarse). Look up Rustoleum INDUSTRIAL finishes. You need just prep the floor mechanically (with a grit blaster made for doing floors - can be rented) or easier and cheaper - acid etch (sold by Rustoleum). I had sold industrial paints in the past (many years ago) and if done correctly these floors would last 50 years in a consumer environment. It done w/o grit it will look like glass and virtually industructable. I has some of my warehouses done a few years ago and they look just awesome.
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