iannis
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Pfff, the hell you say.
You just stack it over in the far corner of the yard and let vines grow on it. in 50 years it'll be someone else's problem.
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Pfff, the hell you say.
You just stack it over in the far corner of the yard and let vines grow on it. in 50 years it'll be someone else's problem.
Lanx
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maybe i'll just paint it with portland cement and see how it looks, time to buy some portland, i have a gallon of cement bonder actually, i have no idea why.
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Cukernaut
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If you don’t mind an unfinished look but want it sealed euco diamondhard is good shit. I did a 12,000 square foot warehouse with it and it’s flawless.
I have some stuff using sherwin Williams treadplex and use for light cart and foot trafffic haven’t tested in a garage with tires.
Crone
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Come on Lanx, you know why! Amazon addict!
ver_21
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You could clean, stain, and seal it or just clean and seal it with something like siloxane--that would block water and maybe some other liquids from penetrating, and it wouldn't make the surface slick.
I think there are urethane coatings that might work better than epoxy.
Lanx
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Lanx
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so i have to do this seal thing? just repainting w/ portland is a no go?, man might as well take my chance w/ that rustoleum epoxy... but none of my neighbors have it
ver_21
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It helps, and siloxane is really easy to apply. Concrete and mortar and stuff like that is really porous. I'm not sure if siloxane would help with some typical garage spills like oil.
I'm not sure about the epoxy. My mom had her garage done with it, and it started peeling less than a couple of years after--and scraping that stuff off would be a pita. I wonder if the stuff would work better with those weird black and white flake inclusions you're supposed to add. I'm not sure if those are for traction or what.
Lanx
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youtube video says it helps to distract from the cracks that will appear
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ver_21
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Interesting. Garages tend to see a lot of temperature change and moisture. I wonder if those cracks and/or flakes become weaknesses.
Kiroy
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That pic he has on the right, my last house had that same looking stuff on the garage floor (was there when I bought) and it was perfect when I moved in and looked the same when I moved out 5 years later. Not sure if the person did it themselves with lowes shit or some professionals did it right with higher quality stuff, but it was a near bulletproof coat of something or other that looked nice. I plan to put it on my new garage floor eventually but i'll have an outfit come do a job like that.
Kiroy
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it's not paint it's a coat of epoxy and essentially changes the makeup of the floor. It turns the atmosphere of a garage from garage like to room like. If you're a person that hangs out in a garage, has a TV / sound system for when fiddle fucking around and generally keep things neat and tidy out their, this stuff is great.
Vinen
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Kiroy
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and since the floor is now sealed fuel and oil will wipe/soak right up w/o stains
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Crone
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All of which in total probably costs less than your Mercedes but that's the American way!