Shop Flooring

[Scott B.]

Radiant concrete with epoxy coating, non slip additive and flecks. Most everything in the shop is castered and we are constantly moving stuff around. Easy to vac or mop and pretty bulletproof.

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I remember you posting about your flooring a while ago!   Its what I think I would like to use on my flooring.   Just cost!!

JMB

JMB

We did the initial application on the floor shown in the photo, which is our production shop, last December. At the same time we re-did the concrete floor in our spray shop (which had been done 8 years ago and abused since), and both floors are doing very well.

Applying an epoxy coating on a concrete floor is basically an advanced diy level application. Its easy to do, but the prep is the key to long term performance.

If you or anyone here is considering this finish, I would be happy to start a thread showing the prep and finish steps. We did photograph the process but I have not had the time (or any requests) to share the process info anywhere.

The products are pricy, but you cant compromise. I have seen coatings like this fail and it is miserable. You can do this yourself.

yeah da be mint!

I want my work shop floor BANG ON I MEAN BANG ON flat and level ill be doing it my self  or ill be monitoring who ever does the concrete floor for me.    Now if I was to apply this epoxy could it affect the flatness of the floor?!

JMB

Are you pouring a new slab or working an existing one? If you are pouring a new slab, it is important that the concrete guy doesn't burnish the floor. It needs to have some "tooth" to it. Also, make sure that they kerf cut the floor. Mine is split into quadrants, which helps the concrete not to crack, and also makes the floor finishing easier. After we finished our floor, I put a color matched sikaflex in the kerfs and flecked them to blend them in. That makes it so you never have to suck dust out of the kerfs with a vac.

One of the advantages to chemical prep on a floor is that you can assess flatness during the prep stage (based on where water gathers during rinsing) and address as needed. The epoxy is not a terribly thick product, and I would not consider to have an effect on the flatness of your floor, in either direction. If you had valleys in your floor, you would want to do some troweling to level it prior to finish application. I have not seen a concrete floor yet that was dead nuts flat. But usually they are within a tolerable range.

It will be a brand new building so a new slab   size about  150sqaure meters

JMB

Thats exciting, keep us posted.

 

[jmbfestool]

Radiant concrete with epoxy coating, non slip additive and flecks. Most everything in the shop is castered and we are constantly moving stuff around. Easy to vac or mop and pretty bulletproof.

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I remember you posting about your flooring a while ago!   Its what I think I would like to use on my flooring.   Just cost!!

JMB

JMB

We did the initial application on the floor shown in the photo, which is our production shop, last December. At the same time we re-did the concrete floor in our spray shop (which had been done 8 years ago and abused since), and both floors are doing very well.

Applying an epoxy coating on a concrete floor is basically an advanced diy level application. Its easy to do, but the prep is the key to long term performance.

If you or anyone here is considering this finish, I would be happy to start a thread showing the prep and finish steps. We did photograph the process but I have not had the time (or any requests) to share the process info anywhere.

The products are pricy, but you cant compromise. I have seen coatings like this fail and it is miserable. You can do this yourself.

yeah da be mint!

I want my work shop floor BANG ON I MEAN BANG ON flat and level ill be doing it my self  or ill be monitoring who ever does the concrete floor for me.    Now if I was to apply this epoxy could it affect the flatness of the floor?!

JMB

Are you pouring a new slab or working an existing one? If you are pouring a new slab, it is important that the concrete guy doesn't burnish the floor. It needs to have some "tooth" to it. Also, make sure that they kerf cut the floor. Mine is split into quadrants, which helps the concrete not to crack, and also makes the floor finishing easier. After we finished our floor, I put a color matched sikaflex in the kerfs and flecked them to blend them in. That makes it so you never have to suck dust out of the kerfs with a vac.

One of the advantages to chemical prep on a floor is that you can assess flatness during the prep stage (based on where water gathers during rinsing) and address as needed. The epoxy is not a terribly thick product, and I would not consider to have an effect on the flatness of your floor, in either direction. If you had valleys in your floor, you would want to do some troweling to level it prior to finish application. I have not seen a concrete floor yet that was dead nuts flat. But usually they are within a tolerable range.

It will be a brand new building so a new slab   size about  150sqaure meters

JMB

Thats exciting, keep us posted.

lol I will do for sure!   but I wont be starting it this year I think maybe but I doubt it.   As soon a I can get rid of all the work I have ongoing and get my house finished and my parents jobs done ill be building it!  

Just every time I see im coming to the end of the jobs  a nice new job comes up which I cant turn down.  I turn down or pass on normal jobs all the time just nice special jobs I cant dont wanna miss out!

JMB

 

[fritter63]

If you or anyone here is considering this finish, I would be happy to start a thread showing the prep and finish steps.

Please do. Been planning to both my garage and shop like this.

 

[Deansocial]

I think shotblasting the floor is the most important step and a deep clean if its old

Thats interesting. I usually do it the other way around. If the concrete is new, we do chemical prep. If it is old, we do mechanical prep.

The deep clean is in addition to shotblasting if it has been used as a garage with alot of oil etc. i dont know loads about it to be honest i just asked the guys doing a factory we were refurbing about it and thats what they told me. They did 3 samples, 1 like yours a 2-3mm epoxy coating. 1 that was 6mm with grit and 1 was about 10-15mm thick for driving the wagons on and very grippy for an oily enviroment

 

[joraft]

... If you or anyone here is considering this finish, I would be happy to start a thread showing the prep and finish steps. We did photograph the process but I have not had the time (or any requests) to share the process info anywhere.

Scott, I would appreciate such a thread.

I have already purchased the materials, but my shop floor already has some kind of coating and I'm not sure how far I need to go in prepping it. I did order a primer but I don't know if that will bond well to the existing coating without roughing it up some.