[blipshift]

Originally Posted by Trak Ratt

I etched, washed, etched and air dried for a week.

Bottom line; if you actually intend to work in the space, aren't as OCD as Jazz, meticulous as Kurt or have a score of minions just seal it and get on with your life.

^this!

[Vicegrip]

Originally Posted by cmartin

Good info all, thanks for the insight.



That's where I might end up but I'll try and get some samples of some of the above. I still have some time, floor isnt poured yet but I dont want this to drap on.



I wonder if this is more an issue with the concrete or the paint? If the floor wasnt pained would it still chip? Too much water, wrong mix? I dunno concrete, just curious.

Drop a good sized chunk for front susp and you will spall almost any concrete surface. I did just that to DR while stripping some 911 bits for Bill Jay's 914 race build and felt bad about it ever since. In the home shop I knocked out a good chunk o floor with a wheel flange and have chipped it from dropped roll bar tubes and the like. dropped hammers, screwdrivers and the like don't bother it.
The high build 1/8 inch + thick kind of high build 100% solids pro stuff can take a hard hit. I have seen rotors fall on the floor from 4 feet and not spall the surface. One down side to the high build stuff is slag burns down into it. the Thin stuff seems to resist this by passing the heat into the concrete without itself burning noticeably. It can and does get dinged up after time which is where being re-coat-able is important. Coated floor is far less work in the long run. Concrete is never "clean" but coated floors sweep and or mop right up. Lay on your back on raw concrete and you will come up dirty. Once coated you can wash up fluid spills completely. Even sealed concrete is not fully sealed and race deck type flooring while easy to install is the worst when you spill something as it runs under the matting. Now you have to pull up the matting to get the spill and have to wash the matting too.

Got the bux? Hire a pro and have a pro non glossy floor installed.

[Trak Ratt]

Originally Posted by cmartin

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I wonder if this is more an issue with the concrete or the paint? If the floor wasnt pained would it still chip? Too much water, wrong mix? I dunno concrete, just curious.

Chips is my demises, Kurt was 1st but there have been so many more I'd be hard pressed to even find his mark. Most here don't actually work in their "shops" so more important to get something your tyres don't pull up. The actual covering I used works just fine, but like others have said all will chip. And over time look like hell. Search back over the years and you will get the same questions and answers.















I've had a lot of fun over the years at Kurt's expense but it was only one of many. And as inevitable as your daughter dating someone just like you

[Nerfbar]

" And as inevitable as your daughter dating someone just like you"

You mean to say there's another one of you?

[BlackTalon]

shudder

[mlytle]

bumping old thread. i am going to do the pro install of epoxy coating on the new floor in my shop.

looking for recommendations (good or bad) on local companies that do this work.

thanks!

[ChaosRogue]

I'm looking too. Good info on this thread so far, but I'd be interested in any updates you guys have.

Thanks!

[BikePump]

Ditto. Doing the barn floor soon

[dnwong]

Ditto. Time to get a group by going? Although I am also considering a DIY kit from my research on the garage journal.

[JmuRiz]

Originally Posted by Eplebnista

...I also have three gallons of Legacy Industrial acrylic sealant that I am thinking I am not going to use. I've kind of upgraded my expectations about appearance of the floor since I bought the sealant.

Wish i was paying attention a year ago when you posted this. I'm thinking sealer would be best for me...as there will be a lot of hot-tire turning on my floor (afraid of tire pickup) and I like the look of a concrete floor.