I wanted a slick looking floor like they have in the dealerships. My friends said it's not regular paint-it's an epoxy. I bought Behr's paint/epoxy-acrylic stuff at Home Depot. I'm not impressed. I can scratch throught it w/ a key even after I followed all the instructions. It seems no better than regular paint. Am I expecting too much? Anyone had any experience w/ what I have used? Should I have used something else or am I expecting too much? What has worked well for you? Any experience w/ the Behr product?

I did my basement floor with heavy duty concrete paint 3 years ago. I was instructed to etch the floor with hydrochloric acid to rough the surface and remove loose cement particles. Its holding up real good, and dont just scratch off. I plan on doing my garage with the same stuff, but adding sand to the paint for non-slip reasons and maybe a polyurathane sealant.

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i used the behr epoxy.. etched the floor before painting it. looked good for about a week. now it is peeling up in certain places pretty badly ... dont know if i did something wrong or of the product just stinks.. it may have been a little too cold for painting when i applied the second coat. may take another shot at it next month...

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I have used the best stuff I could find for commerical buildings I have built (Jiffy Lube type)and all of them chip in short order. From our experience the best is to use color in the concrete when it is wet, followed by the best 2 part, epoxy sealer/paint of the same color. The chips don't show as much. My business partner builds dealerships, and he ain't found the maintaince free stuff, either. If the dealership floors are slick and clean, they have been just repainted.

For old concrete, used lanolium tile or sheet goods.

I seriously doubt that those guys who have slick, spotless black and white checkered floors, work on cars there.

Charles Ruse

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You might check out a company called Garon, they make total floor solutions, almost anything you would want to do to a concrete floor. They have a web site: www.garonproducts.com (http://www.garonproducts.com) They also have a catalog @ 1-800-631-5380. I pretty sure they sell all kinds of commerical floor systems.. Good luck

also search the archives this has come up before. For this job I'd stay away from home depot and the like go to a paint store and ask the guys who work with paint only
My .02

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PhilMullaly Member562 72camino TPI proj

i have done several garage floors and always had trouble with the paint lifting where the tires made contact. the last floor i did i used a concrete stain that i purchased from sherwin williams and it works great. no more lifting, comes in 20 plus colors and sells for around $20 a gallon. this can not be applied over existing paint. surfaces must be prepped and etched.

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hairy
66ss396 marina blue A.C.E.S #124

You MUST use a paint especially made for garage floors. I believe that they are epoxy format paint. Garage floor paints must be formulated for high temperature. If you don't use the right paint, the first time you drive into your pristine garage with warmed up tires, you're going to lift up the paint.

Good luck

I work in a power plant, rough on floors. They had some new concrete poured a couple years ago and used a three step paint deal. Worked great on new concrete, actually wore through without peeling or chipping. When we tried to repaint, it lasted about a month, peels and chips like crazy. If I get a chance at the end of the week, I'll see if I can find the specs for the original paint process. It's probably expensive, but it really worked well. Check back on this post, Friday or Saturday.

A friend of mine used the floor paint offered by Griots Garage and it is still holding up today. Here is a link to there website.
http://www.griotsgarage.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/products_on_line_fs.htm?L+mystore+hiof8458+9614428 80

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A friend of mine used the floor paint offered by Griots Garage and it is still holding up today. Here is a link to there website.
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Now this stuff sounds really good. Buy *way* more expensive than your Home Depot brand. For a 24x40 3-car garage, I'm looking at ~$350.00....whew. But I guess you get what you pay for. And I definately **don't** want peeling and chipping. I'd rather just leave it as pure concrete if thats the case!

Great topic; I really need to do something to my new floor here soon.....