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Old 01-06-2018, 11:20 AM
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What do you guys do for garage flooring? Going to sort our garage out this spring and just trying to work out what to do for the floor. We have a concrete floor at the moment but when we bring in wet cars and especially cars with snow on them the garage gets wet and not very nice. Just looking for ideas as to what to do with the floor.
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Epoxy coating is very nice, but expensive......
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Only one long term solution. Race Deck. Anything you paint onto concrete will come up. I've been involved in this since 1966, and tried everything available.

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Only one long term solution. Race Deck. Anything you paint onto concrete will come up. I've been involved in this since 1966, and tried everything available.

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+1. Race Deck is great. The prep with epoxy coatings is crazy for the average homeowner.
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+1. Race Deck is great. The prep with epoxy coatings is crazy for the average homeowner.

​​​​​​I'm in the UK race deck might be a little hard to get but there are alternatives that are sold here. I'll look into it.
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What do you guys do for garage flooring? Going to sort our garage out this spring and just trying to work out what to do for the floor. We have a concrete floor at the moment but when we bring in wet cars and especially cars with snow on them the garage gets wet and not very nice. Just looking for ideas as to what to do with the floor.

I did a race deck floor thirteen years ago in one of my garages and it is holding up fine. I placed gardener's felt on the concrete prior to placing the race deck to minimize the noise of the plastic against the concrete.
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I did a race deck floor thirteen years ago in one of my garages and it is holding up fine. I placed gardener's felt on the concrete prior to placing the race deck to minimize the noise of the plastic against the concrete.
That is about how long mine has been down. The only caution for those installing is to make sure you leave sufficient clearance around the edges. It expands much more than you would expect as temperatures go up.

Since I live in the south where bugs are a problem, I dusted boric acid powder on the floor prior to putting mine down. Seems to have worked, no bugs.
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Only one long term solution. Race Deck. Anything you paint onto concrete will come up. I've been involved in this since 1966, and tried everything available.

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What about all the snow/salt and water? Does it stay on top or seeps through the boards onto concrete? Really curious as well, I'm garage remodel and was looking at this product!
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What do you guys do for garage flooring? Going to sort our garage out this spring and just trying to work out what to do for the floor. We have a concrete floor at the moment but when we bring in wet cars and especially cars with snow on them the garage gets wet and not very nice. Just looking for ideas as to what to do with the floor.
I did my own epoxy coat. Had to power wash first and then the kit had an acid wash that you brushed first and let dry. Then you mixed and rolled 1/4 of garage at a time. Cleaning took an hours worth of work over a week. and the. Rolling epoxy was another couple of hours in one day. Took 24 hour to totally cure. Hard as a rock and wonderful to clean. Total cost was 200-300 for epoxy kit plus 50 to rent power washer.
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Buyer beware for "U Coat It" -
I had their installer come and do my 3 car garage with their products, after 4 or 5 tries it's still an awful mess.
Their lifetime warranty only seems to cover the length of time that you are satisfied, after that - it's up.
In full disclosure, they will refund your money but then you're left with a garage floor that comes up in chunks, it can't be undone.
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