suggestions on garage flooring
 

When I bought my house the garage floor was painted grey. It was awesome. The first thing I did when I most in was park my car in the garage. Upon exiting the garage the pant under my tires came up. Come the find out..the arse who did my garage floor didnt prepare the floor correctly.

How do I get all this nasty peeling paint up? I am thinking some muratic acid and a pressure washer right?

After I get the paint off the floor how should I cover it? I don't want to spend a billion dollars so that rubber interlocking tile is out. I think it is a about $1k for my 20'X20' garage.

How about those sticky tiles? can you drive on them with a car? Will they stick to concrete?
I am open for suggestions. I want my garage floor to look nice.

Thanks

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http://www.racedeck.com/index.htm

I thinkI'm going with that. After I looked into some other stuff (price vs. work vs. portability) it seems like a decent deal...

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I called Racedeck quess how much?
$1400 for a 20'X20' area.

There must be a way to do it for like $300 to $400 bucks. Granted it wornt be as nice but I dont think I want to spent the price of a new set of FLP's on my floor. But, if you have the cash that looks like the best way to go.

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I had the same situation in a warehouse. The paint was kinda peeling up. We ended up using a device with carbide blades in it that was at a local rent shop. If you need me to I can ask the guy who did it for the details and the name of the machine. BTY it did a great job of removing the paint and roughing up the floor just enough to make the paint stick like stink on s**t.
Dale

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Will porcelain or ceramic tile stand up to a SUV parked on it?

This is getting pretty interesting, lets keep this discussion & ideas going...

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Will those home depot stick on tiles stick to concrete? If so that looks like the best solution at .59 cents each.

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There is actually a glue that you put down on the floor to stick the tiles too. It is like a paste that you spread. The stuff is design to work with concret, wood, mason board, etc.

As for tile or ceramic holding up. It MIGHT handle the rubber tire contact, but if you used a jack or jack stand, I would think that it would crack or chip or something.

Even with the commercial tile I would probably use wood or something under the jack stands to keep edges from gouging the tile.

Another thing with the commercial stuff is you can wax/buff it to a nice shine. I initially figured it would be very slippery when it is wet, but my friend has had no problems. I don't recommend trying a high speed panic stop into your garage though.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />

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Friend of mine had his whole garage floor done with that "commercial" type tile from places like Home Depot. He did his in red and white, and it looks nice. The tile isn't too expensive, here is a link to it: http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?CNTTYPE=NAVIGATION&CNTKEY=market%2fpg_z ip_code.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@0367946964.1048704507 @@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadchlil hghfcgelceffdfgidgmm.0&DRC=4&catOID=100009760 I was going to paint my floor, but you have to do a ton of prep work. And if I don't get it perfect, I am going to end up with an 860 sq ft peeling mess. So I think I may eventually do the tile myself. Plus if you mess one up, you could just pull that one up and replace it.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Humanoid:
<strong> Will those home depot stick on tiles stick to concrete? If so that looks like the best solution at .59 cents each. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you are refering to the vinyl self adhesive stuff, nope. I had some on my gun cleaning bench until gunscrubber got on it. Any water or chemical destroys the adhesive and it curls up like a potatoe chip. BIG mess for a whole garage...

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I am going to lay some tile in my garage. My GF and I just laid ceramic tile troughout most of our house ( about 2000 square feet worth ) As long as you lay the mortar right, it'll be tough as nails.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by slpgddmt:
<strong> I am going to lay some tile in my garage. My GF and I just laid ceramic tile troughout most of our house ( about 2000 square feet worth ) As long as you lay the mortar right, it'll be tough as nails. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Since it is the garage we are talking about, I am going to spread about 5 coats of sealer after I give at least 24hrs to dry.

It will be nice and clean.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by MilDot:
<strong> Will porcelain or ceramic tile stand up to a SUV parked on it?

This is getting pretty interesting, lets keep this discussion & ideas going... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I would not use porcelain, its more expensive and weaker than ceramic. You can always lay slate, but each 12x12 square is about 4-6 bux that will add up, then you will have to machine it to give it a shine and smoothness. Because when you buy it from a hardware store, it looks like a flat rock.

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So you think that ceramic tile will stand up to jackstands and dropped tools?

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by MilDot:
<strong> So you think that ceramic tile will stand up to jackstands and dropped tools? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jackstands, Im sure. As far as dropped tools, it might chip depending on how heavy and sharp the tool is.

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just got denied a permit to pour in a new concrete floor with an elongated drain, instead of just the center whole ( im not gonna say what i pay in taxes ) buch of <img border="0" alt="[bullshit]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bs.gif" /> if you ask me

do those rubber tiles have little circles on them?

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Oh boy, Ceramic tiles, dont drop your sledge (or anything heavy) on that! Changing tiles is so much fun! I did ceramic tile about 6 years ago, and I've been sorry ever since! Just clean it right (remove the old paint and etch the concrete with acid) and put on several coats of hi performance epoxy designed for garages. It will last a long time if you keep it clean. Looks sharp!

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nice epoxy paint is the best way to go. lay it on in coats as thick as you want it.. you can go from 60-80mils to a hand troweled 1/4" thick.

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If the plasticizers in your tires take it up,
so will liquid paint stripper. Forget the jelly
kind, get the liquid and a $12 bug sprayer and
just keep wetting it down until it all blisters
up real nice, then pressure wash it off. You'll
trash the bug sprayer almost certainly.

Epoxy floor paint is the way to go. Need good
prep, the paint strippers often have some silicone
in them to promote release. Etch after you do the
pressure washing with some muriatic acid and the
surface should have some decent bite. The Home
Depot kind of stores should have exactly what
you want, ask Homer for garage floor paint.