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Default Shop floor epoxy coatings

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Rich Grise wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:42:36 -0700, stryped wrote:

I am building a small 30x30 garage /shop. The concrete has just been
poured. is an epoxy floor coating a good idea and what is a good type
out there that wont be staine dby the small oil leaks in my car?


I'd ask the local home handyman store people (Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.).
I'd also either get my car fixed or invest in a drip pan.


Epoxy floor coatings are a great idea for the guy selling them. For the
end user, they are expensive, slippery, and hard to repair (it's a shop,
and no floor coating is going to take all possible abuse, though a
"coating" of end grain wood about an inch and a half thick does pretty
well and is easily repaired.) A properly selected floor paint is none of
these things. All of them need 30 days cure, minimum, before use.

White will help with the light level in the shop.

Oil is going to stain pretty much anything if you are going to leave it
there from constant drips. Lay out a sheet of plastic and cover it with
oil-dri.

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