Larkburger Boulder Colorado – Is That Garage Floor Paint?
Is that garage floor paint on the new Larkburger floor in Boulder? Heck No! Steve Conklin of One Day Floors of the Rockies doesn’t mess around with plain old garage floor paint or epoxies. His company only uses Kick Ass Polyaspartics the higest quality concrete floor coating in the land.
This is the second or third floor [...]
Vail Valley Garage Flooring Remediation
The photos featured here is failed epoxy garage flooring in Vail Valey Colorado. This is typical in cold climates. The problem is the excessive amount of moisture working it’s way through the concrete. Extreme moisture pressure or technically referred to as hydrostatic pressure pushes salts through the slab. When the salts meet epoxy coatings they break [...]
Garage Outfitters – Burlington Vermont Garage Flooring
Jake Loeffler of Garage Outfitters a Burlington Vermont Garage Flooring and concrete resurfacing company just completed this project for the Boys and Girls Club in Brandon.
Garage Outfitters specializes in Polyaspartic concrete coatings arguably the best concrete coating available on the market today. That is if the concrete is properly prepared prior to application. Jake only [...]
Garage Floors 1 – Minnesota Garage Flooring
Minnesota garage flooring company, Garage Floors 1 run by Joe Sheehan, was recently retained by the Oakdale Gun Club with specific requirements for their indoor/outdoor facility They required a duratable non yellowing coating to withstand harsh winters . Cracks in the concrete needed to be fixed and the surface needed to be non slip decorative.
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Resurfacing Garage Floors
Last summer I reported about my beautuful acid stained garage floor as you can see above. It can out beautiful and cost me very little. I sealed it with a urethane which enhanced the brown acid stain floor.
Well no more.
As the weather started getting colder this fall and we started using the garage everyday the [...]
One Day Floors Garage Floor
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Here’s a few photos of Joe Sheehans garage. Joe is owner of Garage Floor 1 and a One Day Floors partner along with his brother Jerry Sheehan and Doug Bannister founder of The Stamp Store and creator of enCOUNTER line of concrete countertop mixes.
Joe took his grage and turned it into [...]
Flooring As Seen On Russo & Steele Car Auctions
At one of the recent Russo & Steele Car Auctions in Monteray the feature was classic Ferrari & Lamborghini sports cars. I noticed that the flooring was RaceDeck garage flooring, the kind pictured here.
There is not a lot I can explain about RaceDeck other than they are the pioneer of interlocking modular garage floor [...]
PermaCrete Epoxy Warehouse Floor Coatings
Thanks to Greg Smith of PermaCrete for sponsoring this page.
In addition to being a manufacturer of “Green” concrete coatings for walls and floors PermaCrete epoxy warehouse floor coatings are one of their prime products.
As you can see by the above photo of the Charlotte Motor Speedway building, the epoxies come in lots of colors and [...]
Resurfacing Garage Floors – Westfield NJ – Case Study Step #6
The day after the concrete overlay (skim coat) was applied we applied 2 coats of a waterbased epoxy. Waterbased garage floor epoxy coating is more like a concrete floor paint.
2 coats were required for complete coverage. We were able to apply both coats in 1 day.
In hind site I would have applied 2 concrete overlay [...]
Resurfacing Garage Floors – Westfield New Jersey Case Study, Step #5
Seems like a lot of steps but really it’s only day 2. If you look at the photo below you’ll see the next step in my process is mixing the concrete overlay. I used 2 buckets which I mixed and used 1 at a time.
About 1 hour before I started mixing I primed the floor [...]
Resurfacing Garage Floors – Westfield NJ Case Study Step #4
Once all the cracks are fixed my next step was to tape the edges and garage apron. This is an important step for maintaining clean lines and creating a professional result.
I didn’t spray anything so I only need to apply tape along the wall, step to interior and along apron. The apron I planned to [...]
Resurfacing Garage Floors – Westfield NJ Case Study Step 3
When you fix cracks you want to fill the entire crack not just what you see. Cracks go right through the slab which is usually at least 4 inches. The crack should be filled with something that has some elasticity. Mortar will crack and crumble.
I like using epoxy waterproofer. It is elastic and flows well [...]
Resurfacing Garage Floors – Westfield New Jersey – Case Study, Step 2
The cracks in the floor sent up a red flag. The amount of cracks in the floor made me think that the builder didn’t properly excavate the ground underneath the concrete floor. I was wondering if they even put down gravel and tamped it down. Likely there is no vapor barrier.
My concern is that [...]
Resurfacing Garage Floors – Westfield NJ Case Study Step #1
This is a case study and step by step process for concrete resurfacing of a garage floor. This is a project I did at a new townhouse in a development in Westfield New Jersey.
My In Laws had just purchased this townhouse after 40 years in the same home. Really nice place, 3000 square feet on [...]
