Concrete floor covering?

[Dolomite_supafly]

I am having a garage built over the next month or so. Slab will be poured next week and it will be 4-6 weeks before the building goes up. And during that wait is a perfect time to go corner to corner. 

So so what is a good floor coating for concrete?

Durabilty is the highest priority and second is looks. Cost is not a big concern if it is a quality product. 

 

 

[DWARREN123]

Epoxy coatings if prepped right are some very good surface finishes.

[A.J. Holst]

Epoxy with proper prep is a virtual lifetime floor in residential applications.

It will chalk out (go from gloss to matte) over a few years due to uv exposure...

[gary_boom]

I have been using saw dust in varying amounts for the last 16 years

[TNWNGR]

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum-EpoxyShield-2-gal-Gray-2-Part-High-Gloss-Epoxy-Garage-Floor-Coating-Kit-251870/100671422;jsessionid=939C6CDFDFE48BE0D3AE52E91599D4D0

Pretty much any good available epoxy floor finish you can buy will work ant the above link shows how the price can significantly jump. I'd ask the contractor about having the concrete sealed then place a good garage floor matting down.

http://www.bigfloors.com/shop/garagetrac/?utm_source=Bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=%7BKeyWord%7D&utm_campaign=bigfloors

As with epoxy finishes there are a lot of different floor matts available to include the simple fix of laying some heavy duty tile and keeping a box of spare tiles.

[quedz]

Just food for thought...       

     http://www.concretenetwork.com/decorative-mix-design/durability.htm      

[Jeb48]

I have a couple of friends that had a coating put on that I would call terrazzo but that may not be the right name they put down a fairly thick coating of epoxy like material then sprinkle flakes of some kind on to give it a color and a pattern then after it drys they put a top coat. Seems to be very durable and easy to clean. Looks like an expensive kitchen floor when it is done. Makes a shop look very nice. One did on a new floor the other on an old floor after cleaning and patching. Not cheap.

[tmauto769]

You might want to research the cure times for the slab and the particular product you are using, that may not be enough time for the slab.

Also the actual construction of the garage on a newly applied product may not be a good idea either. IMO you might want to wait until after 

the garage is up. While I don't do epoxy or quartz flooring, I do commercial ceramic, lvt, vct, and carpet, I personally wouldn't put a product on that new of a slab.

Edited June 5, 2016 by tmauto769

[Hershmeister]

You might want to research the cure times for the slab and the particular product you are using, that may not be enough time for the slab.

Also the actual construction of the garage on a newly applied product may not be a good idea either. IMO you might want to wait until after 

the garage is up. While I don't do epoxy or quartz flooring, I do commercial ceramic, lvt, vct, and carpet, I personally wouldn't put a product on that new of a slab.

Excellent advice

[MudBugjr]

You want to wait 28 days after pour to install a coating. Stay very far away from the crap lowes and home depot sell unless you want to grind it up and start over in 6 months. The best floor I install is a polyaspartic 100% flake floor. Very easy to clean and will not scratch or de-laminate. You will also need to put a grinder on it to open up the pours so it will adhere correctly. Also better if you know for sure you are doing a coating like this you don't let the concrete guys burnish the floor to much and definitely not seal it. You can go with a good epoxy system but they do scratch a little and are not uv stable and can yellow a little by the door. 

[xsubsailor]

If you happen to have a lot of pennies laying around...

 

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[enfield]

Personally, I wouldn't paint a concrete floor.  It's been my experience that anything you paint will have to be re-painted.  You'll be turning a low-maintenance surface into a high-maintenance surface.  But, it's your floor.

[Trekbike]

You might want to research the cure times for the slab and the particular product you are using, that may not be enough time for the slab.

I personally wouldn't put a product on that new of a slab.

I highly agree. One of my family members had a detached garage put up over one winter and it took well past the summer for the moisture get completely out of the concrete. It seemed to want to sweat all summer.

[MudBugjr]

After 28 days do a moisture test and see if its right for a coating. Also can put plastic down before pour as well.

 

[raildog]

I used 5% silicone on My garage floor come in 5 gal bucks put it on with a mop

Edited June 6, 2016 by raildog