Looking to get my 3 car garage done with new garage flooring Arizona I've had 2 companies come out and both quoted the same price however two different products. One quoted a water-based epoxy top coat and the other a solid-based Polyaspartic top coat. From my research polyaspartic is a newer tech and higher gloss with UV resistance. seems to cost more generally but I was curious if we had any experts in here who can guide me in a direction.
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I, too, would be interested in thoughts on this as I need to have our garage floor redone.
The issue with both coatings is with age, they dull in color, change, or on hot days peel off onto your car tires.
I personally am more of a concrete fan. Esp if your garage gets the inevitable expansion/movement crack, can patch it up much easier than having to strip the coating to get down in th ere and fix and reapply.
@g-man posted:The issue with both coatings is with age, they dull in color, change, or on hot days peel off onto your car tires.
I personally am more of a concrete fan. Esp if your garage gets the inevitable expansion/movement crack, can patch it up much easier than having to strip the coating to get down in th ere and fix and reapply.
Great point, g-man.
Tile!
@flwino posted:Tile!
yea that'sw hat I did with a section of mine
only fear is something bad happens underneath and you dont see it.
We have to deal with temperature fluctuations, water, and road salt. The latter is probably the biggest concern regarding choice of flooring.
@haggis posted:We have to deal with temperature fluctuations, water, and road salt. The latter is probably the biggest concern regarding choice of flooring.
Agree however our temp is always about the same. When I lived in Rochester had a concrete garage with a nice drain, and could wash the car in the winter time. Got rid of salt. Yes garage was heated
@g-man posted:The issue with both coatings is with age, they dull in color, change, or on hot days peel off onto your car tires.
I personally am more of a concrete fan. Esp if your garage gets the inevitable expansion/movement crack polyaspartic Los Angeles, can patch it up much easier than having to strip the coating to get down in th ere and fix and reapply.
thank you so much for your suggestion
@flwino posted:Agree however our temp is always about the same. When I lived in Rochester had a concrete garage with a nice drain epoxy flooring franklin, and could wash the car in the winter time. Got rid of salt. Yes garage was heated
also thank you for your suggestion
I'm not a chemist or a technical expert but did spend 15 years in the epoxy business and dealt a little with polyaspartics too. Epoxy is not UV stable, so if your garage gets much direct sunlight then that portion of the floor will be prone to color change and (eventually) cracking. From what I recall, polyaspartics would generally be somewhat more brittle than epoxy but more resistant to UV degradation. Polyaspartics cure very fast which may or may not be a good thing.
Which one did you choose at the end?
We finally started building a garage. It turned out to be more complicated than I thought. I should say, the main issue we faced is the flooring. It is hard to choose a material that will be durable, looks good, and meets our budget. But I've recently looked through Luna Flooring review on this site and I guess we will end up buying tile. Anyway, thanks for the recommendations.
Use Guardian interlocking plastic panels
