thoughts on epoxy garage floor

[ChipBeck]

Ok...I get that, but I think the epoxy floor will be outlived by me and I'm gonna bet by a factor of 5:1. I'm 56. I figure I have 30 summers left or so. The floor would need to be fixed every 5-6 years. LOL

FBA,

My Premire Garage floor is now 8 years old and it looks brand new. I can assure you it does not wear out every 5-6 years. My Cobra and CJ-5 leaked every fluid a vehicle can leak and it would sit on that floor for months and then wipe up without a trace. If Premire is a type of epoxy it is certainly not run of the mill. Based upon my actual experience a Premire garage floor will outlive you and me combined. A couple hundred Forum members have been in my garage in the last couple years and almost everyone comments positively on the brand new appearance of my garage floor.

Many of our members have installed a Premire floor and I have yet to hear a single negative comment.

Chip

 

[ChipBeck]

Chip's car was a Kirkham, not Shelby.

This is correct. As Kirkham has built all of Shelby's aluminum Cobras for some time now, all Kirkham Cobras are listed in the Shelby registry. The serial # before my Cobra and the serial # after mine were both sold to Shelby and completed by them. Mine was finished by Kirkham. It resides in Europe now as I sold it a few years ago.

Chip

 

[FBA]

FBA,

My Premire Garage floor is now 8 years old and it looks brand new. I can assure you it does not wear out every 5-6 years. My Cobra and CJ-5 leaked every fluid a vehicle can leak and it would sit on that floor for months and then wipe up without a trace. If Premire is a type of epoxy it is certainly not run of the mill. Based upon my actual experience a Premire garage floor will outlive you and me combined. A couple hundred Forum members have been in my garage in the last couple years and almost everyone comments positively on the brand new appearance of my garage floor.

Many of our members have installed a Premire floor and I have yet to hear a single negative comment.

Chip

Actually, when I posted that, I didn't know anything about what premier floors were made from. Regular epoxy floors, which is what I was referring to - are generally poor quality and don't last. It seems from what I read about premier garage flooring, that it is an epoxy based product, but quite different from other simple epoxy floor paints.

 

[ChipBeck]

Actually, when I posted that, I didn't know anything about what premier floors were made from. Regular epoxy floors, which is what I was referring to - are generally poor quality and don't last. It seems from what I read about premier garage flooring, that it is an epoxy based product, but quite different from other simple epoxy floor paints.

Yes, I really think you would like it. It was a 4 step process. First they came in and ground and polished the concrete so they had a perfectly clean and smooth surface to start with. Then they spread the base color coat which is pretty thick. While that was still tacky, they spread a coat of 3 different color chips on it. When dry, they blew off and swept up all of the loose chips and then applied a clear coat that was pretty thick too. The resulting finish has a texture that is non slip when wet and even with oil on it it's not real slippery. The stuff is super hard and steel kick stands of heavy motorcycles and jack stands don't appear to dent or scratch it at all. It's expensive but it works so well and has held up so well for 8 years now I would definitely use it again if I buy a new home. All the best.

Chip

 

[jaxgt]

I did a premier floor in my home garage about 7 yrs ago. For whatever reason, mine didn't hold up as well as Chip's. I rarely actually have a car in mine. I suspect some of it may also be operator dependent, in terms of how well they apply the material, or climate dependent (very humid where I live).
Conversely, I did polished concrete in my shop and it is really cool looking. I prefer that, but its a matter of taste.

 

[dbk]

I think no matter what surface you go with, in the end, it ultimately really depends on the competence of the crew doing it. If the surface isn't prepared properly, any finish can end up being a mess. Depending on the look you're going for, for a residential use application, you can make a case for just about any finish. My parent's old house had an epoxy floor in a 3 car garage that held up very well through 10 Michigan winters (and then they moved; not because the epoxy went bad). The epoxy is definitely less slick than a high-shine polished concrete.

 

[GTdrummer]

I think no matter what surface you go with, in the end, it ultimately really depends on the competence of the crew doing it. If the surface isn't prepared properly, any finish can end up being a mess. Depending on the look you're going for, for a residential use application, you can make a case for just about any finish. My parent's old house had an epoxy floor in a 3 car garage that held up very well through 10 Michigan winters (and then they moved; not because the epoxy went bad). The epoxy is definitely less slick than a high-shine polished concrete.

I heard the move had something to do with their son.