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Originally Posted by cobrajet

If you plan to work in your garage for hobbies, etc., consider a solid color floor. The flakes are nice to look at but if you drop small hardware on the floor, it can make it difficult to locate. I love my 'hangar' floor. Go with a white to brighten and reflect light, or a light gray.

This is great, unless you have a garage floor that gets hit with afternoon sun. The light safety sensors get reflection that requires shadowing them for proper garage door operation.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by drrichard

WRONG! Mine was epoxy painted in 2005 and still looks the same nearly 20 years later.

I do this stuff for a living, I'm not wrong. You're lucky.

[jimhoward]

Originally Posted by cobrajet

If you plan to work in your garage for hobbies, etc., consider a solid color floor. The flakes are nice to look at but if you drop small hardware on the floor, it can make it difficult to locate. I love my 'hangar' floor. Go with a white to brighten and reflect light, or a light gray.

Its a tradeoff. The flakes add some texture to the floor and hide stains, But they also hide dropped screws and other bits.

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Originally Posted by jimhoward

Its a tradeoff. The flakes add some texture to the floor and hide stains, But they also hide dropped screws and other bits.

I agree, it does take longer for them to apply the flakes on top of the initial coat. Then they let it dry, scrape, vacuum etc. But between that flaked texture and the silicon they sprinkle with the clear coat you end up with a shiny stunning floor and no one is slipping.

[TWruns]

Originally Posted by WickedMike

I want to have my garage floor sealed/ paint coated. My understanding is the best material is polyaspartic floor.
Looking for company that does this service to get estimates. Anyone have recommendations or conflicts?

I recommend Master Coatings. They use an epoxy base coat which adhers better than polyurea and it includes a vapor barrier. They then do a full broadcast of flakes so that there is complete coverage for better traction and a better look. Top coat is Polyaspartic which is the only top coat to consider. Lifetime warranty. Call them at 352-592-6263.

[JohnnyP]

I also used Innovative Concrete Coatings 1.5 years ago. Excellent installation and result: they stayed until 8 pm to finish the job because there was a skim coat of cement on the floor the at took 4 hours to remove (instead of the usual 2 hours). Surface is not slippery. Pictures of the work, at my house, is posted in this forum at:
Our Team Is At It Again!

Lesson learned: expensive, but you get what you pay for (and I received an excellent result).