http://www.racedeck.com/

 

Awesome stuff Cory, thanks. Definitely going to be spending some time on that site.

 

It's a little expensive, but thats what I want to do to my future garage.

 

Ucoat it is an AWESOME product.


ucoatit.com


i used it on my fraternity's basement floor. the automotive finish. smells to all hell when you put it on, but that was in a poorly ventilated basement. garage would work well.

the stuff is awesome, especially if you start off with a good concrete (unlike the floor i did which had 80 years of beer and god knows what else in it) i pressure washed and acid etched before i laid down the 3 coats.

flake came with it.

it was easy and turned out very nice.

 

I'm not a fan of racedeck flooring, has a hollow sound when walking on it. They honeycomb pattern underneath also makes it more likely to poke a hole in it.

 

Hmmm, makes sense Jeff.

Another thing I was concerned about with any type of tile flooring, are the cracks between each square. Any type of oil/liquid spill would possibly go right through them?

 

Anyone have experience with using a rolling jack on RaceDeck?

I like the idea, I could cut tile to work around the lift so I would not have to move it, but if it squashes flat the first time I jack a car to swap tires...

I was also thinking about racedeck or something like it only where the cars sit, and indoor/ourdoor cartpet in between the cars along the edges.

 

I love epoxy coatings on garage floors! but I may have to go with race deck or similar tiling when I do my floor this summer.

Before putting down any kind of floor coating make sure you do a moisture check!!! Take a clear piece of viny drop cloth and tape a couple foot by couple foot square down somewhere on your garage floor. Duct tape it down on all sides so not much, if any, air can get out. Then wait a couple weeks. If you get any moisture build up underneath the vinyl chances are a moisture barrier wasn't used underneath the pour on your garage when it was built. If you have moisture seeping up through the concrete it's going to limit your choices as far as coatings that you can use. Also keep in mind that a lot of what is called "epoxy" these days isn't when it comes to floor coatings.

From what I understand the racedeck tiles are designed specifically so that liquids can escape through them and run out under the floor. I don't know how much I buy that as I think unless you pushed a lot of liquid through it would just sit there.

If my floor ends up dry when its time to do it, I'd rather do the epoxy personally, but the tiles make a nice back up

 

My real issue is how to handle the foundation at the bottom of the walls. My garage is unfinished and I will be insulating / sheetrocking it as well. I'd like for the walls to run all the way down to the floor (with some kind of trim of course), but the foundation juts out a few inches from the wall (just like O-Turn's, only it's only about a foot high).

Anyone deal with anything similar? Did you use spacers on the studs or something to mount the sheetrock? Any other options?

Since the stuff is coarse I wouldn't be able to epoxy it and have it look nice.

 

[QUOTE=Gilly_S2KFreak,Mar 8 2010, 07:45 PM] i used it on my fraternity's basement floor. the automotive finish.