So I buy my first home a few yrs ago after the market starts coming back. It's a nice 3-bdrm 2-bath with an attached garage. Didn't think too much about the garage floor until early last spring when I noticed all the dried salt and dirt from the winter season.
Figured I'd save a few bucks and use one of those DIYselfers kits from the home center,--"What a mistake"! I'm such an idiot! Swept it out, scraped some old drywall mud out of the corner and washed the floor. Mixed the 2-parts together, painted it on and sprinkled those little green and white flakes on it - It looked great!
About 2 months later I start to see one little area by the door start coming off, then another and then another..... pretty soon it looked like my floor had leprosy. After doing some research online it says that I'm supposed to Diamond Grind- What the heck is that? Long story short -I'm not getting anywhere fast and my folks are coming in from Florida next month.. Now the race is on........!
I find a handful of epoxy companies on line and start my plunge into the world of coating knowledge, I tell you - there is a lot to learn!
I enter my email into a few sites and call a couple of companies,these guys must really be busy cause I only got 3 responses out of the 7, I went for initially. All three sales guys seemed knowledgeable about floor painting but the guy at Garage Floor Coating really stuck out. He took the time to explain the different types of concrete situations with moisture and effervescent problems- the powdery white stuff that grows on concrete. He also said not all coating systems are the same. I had a friend that had a floor done about 5 yrs ago and the doorway turned an ugly yellowish color
To my understanding that is from not having UV protected materials. The salesguy came out and took measurements and brought some pretty cool-lookin samples with. All their colors were "earth-tones" that matched with just about everything I had.
He was able to schedule me in a week.The guys came out a week later and were extremely professional, they taped off the inside door going into the house and all their machines were hooked up to these giant vacuum cleaners. They started one day and were done by the middle of the next day. They did suggest to stay off of it for a few days after the top coat went down, which wasn't so bad, as this was the best my floor had ever looked. Somedays I still don't want to park on it!
My overall experience with Garage Floor Coating was excellent from the start of the process with the salesguy to the installation team, to the follow up afterwards.
I recommend this company to friends neighbors and anyone who doesn't want to go through all of the hassles like I did trying to do it myself.
* Best of all- my parents think I'm pretty smart for calling in such a good company.
Thanks guys for all your help...........
Bob A. read more