garage floor epoxy

[cad1081]

thinking of having my garage floor epoxied. Does the contactor or the home owner remove contents of garage ?

[VApeople]

thinking of having my garage floor epoxied. Does the contactor or the home owner remove contents of garage ?

If you pay the contractor enough money, I bet they will remove the contents of your garage, clean it thoroughly, and fix a nice dinner for you.

On the other hand, if you remove all of the stuff in your garage and clean it yourself, like we did, the contractor will probably charge less.

[bcsnave]

If you pay the contractor enough money, I bet they will remove the contents of your garage, clean it thoroughly, and fix a nice dinner for you.

On the other hand, if you remove all of the stuff in your garage and clean it yourself, like we did, the contractor will probably charge less.

Or have a driveway party and invite us all over and fix us a nice dinner and we might lend a hand

[villagetinker]

OP, you will need to ask the contractor, this varies. If you have a lot of stuff, you may want to discuss having the project done in 2 or more steps with the stuff moved to one side, the other side cleaned and coated, then move the stuff to the coated side, and do the other side, and finally moving the stuff to final location.

The other item you will need to discuss in making sure the floor will not be slippery when it is wet. I prefer to have shark grip or equal friction additive in the final coat of the floor. I have seen people report that just having the "flakes" is enough to keep the floor from being slippery, not sure I believe this.

[TommyT]

We rented a small U-Haul, parked it in the drive, filled with garage stuff. We didn't have that much stuff. When the garage was finished, replaced the garage items and returned the truck.... VERY EASY ..

In our village, we could park the truck for three days. Floor took seven days to dry so we just moved the truck around in the drive....

[NoMo50]

The other item you will need to discuss in making sure the floor will not be slippery when it is wet. I prefer to have shark grip or equal friction additive in the final coat of the floor. I have seen people report that just having the "flakes" is enough to keep the floor from being slippery, not sure I believe this.

Your point is certainly valid, but I believe it may have to do with the volume of color flake added. A buddy had his floor epoxied, and he wanted a very light addition of color flakes. When wet, his floor can be extremely slick in spots with little color flake. We had our floor done the day after we closed on the house, so the garage was completely empty. I specified a heavy dosing of color flakes, and I like the look. Plus, my floor is never slick, as the high percentage of flake gives it plenty of bite.

Another point for people to remember is that any water that gets on the floor (like from a car coming in from the rain) will stay there for days unless you mop it up. Water is no longer absorbed by the concrete. Even with that, I love an epoxy garage floor. It looks great, and maintenance is a breeze.