Off topic, Question on Epoxy coating for garage floors-professional cost
11-16-2005, 01:03 PM
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Off topic, Question on Epoxy coating for garage floors-professional cost
I have been wanting to coat my garage floor for some time. I was going to go the Dupont kit route that sells in most home improvement stores for around $150 for 2 plus car. I have a customer that does just Epoxy for industries, etc. They do side work and would do my garage. They would sandblast the floor, Epoxy it, put a pattern in it and then seal it. They claim the Dupont kits don't last due to not being a real Epoxy and there is no top coat to seal. They want $2400 to do my garage which is 610sf. Does that sound reasonable or insane?
11-16-2005, 01:26 PM
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I got a pile of quotes for mine - that sounds high.
The guys who shot-blast are usually more expensive than those who acid-etch, but they tend to be religious about the dangers of acid-washing.
IIRC, my quotes were about $1.60-$3.00/s.f. for two coats. I ended up paying $1315 for my 3-car garage which is 710 s.f. That's for two coats of 60% solids epoxy.
If doing it again, I would probably pay the extra $.30-.40/sf for 100% solids material - it gives a much greater film thickness and would cover the texture of the concrete better.
Make sure they do a really good job filling the expansion joints with very good, stable caulk. That's the only failure I've had (14 months), where the epoxy has cracked on a couple of the caulk lines.
IIRC, my quotes were about $1.60-$3.00/s.f. for two coats. I ended up paying $1315 for my 3-car garage which is 710 s.f. That's for two coats of 60% solids epoxy.
If doing it again, I would probably pay the extra $.30-.40/sf for 100% solids material - it gives a much greater film thickness and would cover the texture of the concrete better.
Make sure they do a really good job filling the expansion joints with very good, stable caulk. That's the only failure I've had (14 months), where the epoxy has cracked on a couple of the caulk lines.
11-16-2005, 01:29 PM
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Re: I about dropped when she told me the price, but wasn't sure what to
expect. I will have to hunt around to see what it would run. I am not sure I know anyone who does this for residential. She tried to tell me it would normally run me around $4k to $6k for my garage. The Dupont Epoxy runs under $200, I thought maybe it would run $1000.
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11-16-2005, 01:49 PM
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nelims seems more in line, I have a quote from a good painter to do mine at $800 for 780 sq ft
that would be power washing, acid etching/prep, and expoy (the best of Sherwin Williams industrial 2 part epoxy).
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