Grarage Floor options, Got the oil leaks fixed! Options

[porschecb]

Got to get rid of the oil soaked carpets! Looking at COSTO.COM interlocking floor panels $2.06 per square! Your thoughts?

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[John]

Those all look nice for a car storage garage, I have a hard time believing that ANY of those would survive in my garages. With the welding, plasma cutting, grinding, cutting sparks, they would be bad looking in no time.

I don't think the coating or plastic tile exist that would stand up to molten steel or tiny fireballs as they drop on the floor. Most factories that I visit that do heavy welding/fabrication of any sort leave bare concrete or use a simple sealer that is re-applied every so often.

I mainly try to keep any vehicle parked in my garages leak free. Then I don't have to worry about the oil stains that don't want to come out. When there is a spill, it is cleaned up right away.

If you are trying for something durable to park cars on and do light work, I would recommend a heavy duty (multi-layer epoxy based) coating that is professionally applied. This way you have some sort of warranty against a lifting/peeling problem.

Good luck.

[chris914]

Those all look nice for a car storage garage, I have a hard time believing that ANY of those would survive in my garages. With the welding, plasma cutting, grinding, cutting sparks, they would be bad looking in no time.

I don't think the coating or plastic tile exist that would stand up to molten steel or tiny fireballs as they drop on the floor. Most factories that I visit that do heavy welding/fabrication of any sort leave bare concrete or use a simple sealer that is re-applied every so often.

I agree.

I mainly try to keep any vehicle parked in my garages leak free. Then I don't have to worry about the oil stains that don't want to come out. When there is a spill, it is cleaned up right away.

If you are trying for something durable to park cars on and do light work, I would recommend a heavy duty (multi-layer epoxy based) coating that is professionally applied. This way you have some sort of warranty against a lifting/peeling problem.

Good luck.

I spent months looking at different floors and their costs.

Every floor coating that I have seen put on a concert floor has peeled, except for a new concert just laid down. Concert is very porous. My floor was 35 years old, with oil stains and such, so I opted for the tiles.

If I had a new concert floor I would just put a really good sealer on it and forget about it.

Don’t forget epoxy is a plastic it will burn and melt.