[InnovativeConcreteCoatings]

Originally Posted by Dusty_Star

This is a follow-up question to those that have coated garage/patio floors: in post #10 kitnhead said that the coated floor was very slippery when wet. I followed the link provided by post #10 bobeaston and the Liquid Floors site said 'slip resistant'. Are coated floors more or less slippery or does it depend on which coating is used? I presume some of the floors (like patio) would frequently be wet. Thanks in advance, any advice you have would be appreciated.

It truly depends on the coating, we offer slip resistant concrete coatings. check us out, we do lots of Garages, patios, lanai's, Driveways.

[rpalumberi]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

I've never seen a coated garage flour in Mass. I assume there is a reason to do this in Fla rather than just appearance? Thanks

all we can say about it is we like it more than we thought we would - in addition to housing our vehicles, its like my basement area that we had up north but so much nicer, its also how we 1st walk into our home generally

we used HD Hand Designs Corp, thought they did a really nice job to epoxy seal our garage floor

good luck

[IADCathy]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

I've never seen a coated garage flour in Mass. I assume there is a reason to do this in Fla rather than just appearance? Thanks

Cement "dusts", plus washing a coated floor is easier than washing concrete as concrete absorbs water.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by IADCathy

Cement "dusts", plus washing a coated floor is easier than washing concrete as concrete absorbs water.

My bare concrete garage floor does not "dust". I don't wash it, I just sweep it with a broom.

[Driller703]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

I've never seen a coated garage flour in Mass. I assume there is a reason to do this in Fla rather than just appearance? Thanks

Mass would have been a great place to seal the floor. Any oil drips, spills, dirty, salty snow dropping off the car all winter, it all cleans right off. Otherwise, over the years, the unsealed cement just soaks it up, and it’s not coming out.

[laboutj]

I epoxied my floor in Mass about 5 years ago. Still looks like the day I finished it and that's with it being coated with road salt and sand during the winter. All I do is rinse it down and use a giant squeegee to push the water out. The house we purchased in the villages has an epoxy floor and I plan on doing it over again. Whatever was used was a fairly cheap product, the clear coat has yellowed badly.

[DaleDivine]

[QUOTE=rogerk;2139921]

Originally Posted by kitnhead

Properly done the coated garage floor and driveway are NOT slippery when wet. Too many people do their own or use a contractor who doesn't know what he's doing.

Yep, the guy here that did mine did not know what he was doing and did not apply an epoxy.
Any kind of rubber left on the floor just melted into the paint.

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

I've never seen a coated garage flour in Mass. I assume there is a reason to do this in Fla rather than just appearance? Thanks

Probably depends on whether or not it's self rising flour.

[DaleDivine]

I had my garage floor done in Virginia and loved it.
Should have gotten a different contractor here. But it was done before I knew about ToTV..

[rmd2]

I had my garage painted and they also used heavy shard to make sure it was not slippery. My garage floor was so smooth that when a little water got on it I slipped (it was like GLASS) and almost fell on the concrete. I was lucky I didn't get really hurt.

[mhonard]

Originally Posted by pokeefe45@aol.com

I too, have come from Massachusetts, and if I ever move back, I'm starting a service to epoxy garage floors. Had mine done here in TV and it's now a heck of a lot cleaner looking than it ever was. Easier to keep clean, and dirt doesn't seem to build up at all. Looks as good as the day it was painted. Had mine done in grey, with black speckles. I'm in Polo Ridge-happy to show anyone who is thinking about doing it.

All coatings I tried up north can not withstand the salt/warm tires

[laboutj]

Originally Posted by mhonard

All coatings I tried up north can not withstand the salt/warm tires

The one that I used in Mass does withstand the salt and warm tires. I'm actually thinking about doing garage floors in the villages. Going to re-do mine here as whatever was used when it was put down has now yellowed and it doesn't look good at all.

[Retoline]

Originally Posted by pokeefe45@aol.com

I too, have come from Massachusetts, and if I ever move back, I'm starting a service to epoxy garage floors. Had mine done here in TV and it's now a heck of a lot cleaner looking than it ever was. Easier to keep clean, and dirt doesn't seem to build up at all. Looks as good as the day it was painted. Had mine done in grey, with black speckles. I'm in Polo Ridge-happy to show anyone who is thinking about doing it.

Who did your garage floor?

[Freehiker]

Looks nice, money to burn

[Michael G.]

I was told when we had our Lani and patio coated not to use mats with rubber backing.
Have anyone been told the same.
The reason rubber will stick to the surface over time.