Garage Floor Paint

DNasty777 said
If you're going through the trouble of coating it, DO IT RIGHT!!! I went through this with my parents garage two years ago, my father has a tight grip on his wallet and wanted to skimp on a few things. Do the prep work RIGHT!!! Get quality EPOXY!!! The concrete at my fathers was pitted and cracked, he didn't want to pay to get it grinded and re-topped, so I prepped it best I could. He also only wanted to use the Rustoleum product. After one weekend of prepping and painting, it held up for all of 6 months.

DO IT RIGHT!

Rustoleum was what I used on my floor. yep prep is key,that might be why it only lasted 6 months for you if you couldn't get the deep stuff out. one area on mine did not like it when I put the first coat down on mine and I had to use the muratic acid/water cleanup on that area to make it grab hold solidly. mil range was less than high solids epoxy, but I really have not seen much difference in the rustoluem product Vs the High dollar stuff we put on a friends garage floor at 5 times the price. Yeah the mill thickness was higher and it might have a little better hardness on the high dollar stuff, but if you dragged a block across the floor or spilled "purple PVC primer on the floor would stain or scratch and epoxy primer painting overspray sticks just as good on the big dollar stuff just like rustoleum.

Rustoleum is a mid range epoxy coating for sure, but done correctly it will last a long time.
mine has been on for over 10 years and now it is in need of a little touch up from spills during painting the car and where overspray from the epoxy primer and paint settled and dragging heads and engine blocks around. overall it's been an excellent coating ... plus another 60$ kit with flakes should overcoat the 20'x40' sections I want to redo using the kit and muratic acid to clean the coatings before repaint since it's just a topcoat and not going to soak into the pores of the concrete but just to cover the spills and scratches and it does bond well to itself.

I really wanted to grind and polish mine then use a sealer(clear) to give it an awesome look similar to terrazo flooring, but I couldn't find a company to do it for a reasonable price. they heard 1200 sq ft and the price went through the roof to do it.