How To Install an Epoxy Garage Floor Coating

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Using the same products we install professionally everyday, we show how to properly install an industrial grade floor coating in a 2 car garage (approximately 400 square feet).
Intro 0:00-1:54
Floor Prep 1:54-6:19
Patching 6:19-8:40
Application Tools Needed 8:40-10:23
Mixing 10:23-11:03
Coat & Flake Application 11:03-13:33
Flake Prep 13:33-15:30
Top Coat Mixing 15:30-16:53
Top Coat Application 16:53-21:42
Tool Clean Up 21:42-22:05
Outro 22:05-23:13
Items Used To install the basecoat:
- Drill with mixing paddle
-Spiked Shoes
- 18" roller with 3/8" nap
- 5 Gallon mixing bucket
- 5 Quart mixing bucket
- Buckets or pails to stage flake
- 3" Chip brushes
- Denatured Alcohol (for cleanup)
- Rags
- Cardboard or tarp for mix station
- Latex Gloves
Items used to Install the top coat:
- Floor Scraper (For prep prior to coating)
- Leaf blower (For prep prior to Coating)
- Pole sander with 120 grit screen (For prep prior to coating)
- Shop Vac (For prep prior to coating)
- Drill with mixing paddle
- Spiked Shoes
- 18" roller with 3/8" nap
- 5 Gallon mixing bucket
- 5 Quart mixing bucket
- Flat floor squeegee
- 3" Chip brushes
- Denatured Alcohol (for cleanup)
- Rags
- Cardboard or tarp for mix station
- Latex Gloves
To order the floor coating materials please email trent@columbusepoxyflooring.com
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@soran1461 28 күн бұрын

From down under,great video,well explained Thank you .

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 28 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@jeffstone2585 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful job! I’m surprised they didn’t paint the garage walls first. That would drive me nuts to have a beautiful floor like that and unfinished walls.

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 2 ай бұрын

I agree. Our customers commonly have their walls painted when they do the floor. It really helps to freshen up the garage!

@lawncaretoamillion Ай бұрын

You want them to paint after. The paint will soak flake in

@2mustange 2 ай бұрын

Great video. I got my floors done a few years ago and they used polyaspartic for a base coat. Floor was done in 6-7 hours. Has held up so well. Just need to mop the floors to get them new again

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 2 ай бұрын

That's awesome! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying your floor, they definitely make the garage feel like an extension of the home. Polyaspartic floors are good floors too. Every contractor has their preference on what they use and why they use them.

@nickp3173 13 күн бұрын

Is the floor still mushy? Like if you pressed a spoon into it, would it put a dent into the floor then bounce back over time?

@2mustange 13 күн бұрын

@@nickp3173 not even a little bit. Polyaspartic should be physically hard

@nickp3173 13 күн бұрын

@@2mustange I watched another video of this fairly popular youtuber, and it was a few weeks after he finished the project.. it was still soft lol. Guess he didn't mix it correctly.

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 13 күн бұрын

@@nickp3173 No, once the coating is fully cured the surface is hard. It's almost like a very hard plastic shell on top of the concrete.

@rogerIndianKing 2 ай бұрын

How did the stem walls/perimeter go from white brick/cement to finished, to match the floor?

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 2 ай бұрын

Hello, I believe you're referring to the stem walls. Ill upload another video soon showing how we coated those. We're planning to add more products as well to make the process even easier

@cjgropper 2 ай бұрын

Best instructional videos on here for this application. After watching I’m inspired to DIY. Do you have any videos that show specifically how to address control joints? I want to honor the joint and leave it there but do I have to clean it out or grind into the crack ? Or do I just surface grind the floor and that’s good enough ? Most of the control joints don’t reach all the way to the wall,leaving about 2” of uncut concrete that tends to hairline crack. How do you suggest handling that ? If you are spreading the epoxy or top coat how do you stop it from filling the joint in ? Should I brush a little epoxy down on the inside of each edge of the control joint? Do you just toss flakes over the whole floor then scrape them out of the joint after drying? So many questions lol

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 2 ай бұрын

All good questions! Unfortunately the garage in this video didn't have control joints so we couldn't address them. I'd like to do a video in the future to discuss the joints more in depth. Do you have joints that were saw cut in the floor or were they troweled (shaped in a "v")?

@cjgropper 2 ай бұрын

@@columbusepoxyflooring7400 Thanks for getting back! They are saw cut joints

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 2 ай бұрын

@@cjgropper Saw cuts are a lot easier to address. When the concrete is installed the cuts will always be shy of the wall about 2-3 inches because the saw is too big to get any closer to the wall. It's okay to leave the joints this way or you can cut them closer to the wall using an angle grinder with a concrete cut wheel. To prep the joints you can run the angle grinder with the cut wheel down the joints to clean them out. If the joints aren't too dirty you can also simple clean them out using a screwdriver or 5in1 tool and follow up by vacuuming them out really well. When applying the basecoat use a chip brush to coat inside the joint a bit and remove any excess. Just throw the flake normally. After the basecoat is cured and you begin removing the excess flake, run a screwdriver down the joints to break off any loose flake and open the joints back up. Treat the topcoat the same way as the basecoat. Use a chip brush to coat inside the joints and remove any excess coating. Another great thing about the joints is they can be used to make the installation a bit easier as well. Use the joints as stopping points and coat each section separately so you can coat the floor in smaller sections rather than having to install the whole floor at once.

@cjgropper 2 ай бұрын

@@columbusepoxyflooring7400 Thank you sir!

@lorryarrington6679 2 ай бұрын

Hello. I have a new garage new home. How much to do my garage standard 2 car

@nickp3173 13 күн бұрын

Is there an adequate alternative to grinding the floor? I heard an acid wash can work. No idea how I would get the commercial grinder and vacuum home without a pickup truck at least. Also, I didn't see you scrape or sand the border walls. Was that done also?

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 13 күн бұрын

As professionals we never acid etch a floor. That being said I've seen many people acid etch the concrete and the floor has help up well. Generally most residential garages don't receive an excessive amount of traffic so acid etching combined with a high quality coating will hold up fine. If you acid etch though you want to make sure the solution has been neutralized very well so non of the acid is left over. We have a separate video on coating the stem wall here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLGRrKWLsr6qpYE.html

@jward9637 Ай бұрын

How do you know you have enough confetti to lay down? I have a 20x20 garage and I bough 5 of the small bags, but is that enough?

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 Ай бұрын

You generally need 16lbs per 100 square feet. So for 400 square feet you'd need 64lbs. The flake is sold in 40lb boxes though so you'd order a total of 80lbs of flake.

@OhioStateJK 2 ай бұрын

Can you recommend anyone in the Northern Kentucky area “Union KY”?

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 2 ай бұрын

For residential projects I'm not sure. You might reach out to "Your1dayfloor". I've heard decent things about them

@OhioStateJK 2 ай бұрын

@@columbusepoxyflooring7400 thank you.

@banjax80 7 күн бұрын

What preparation do you recommend for a brand new concrete garage floor? New construction and water cured for ten days and kept under 6mil poly the entire time to prevent oil and dirt from getting into the surface. Surface was power troweled to a smooth finish.

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 6 күн бұрын

For all new concrete pours you must wait at least 28 days for the concrete to cure out before applying a coating over the surface. Even with the concrete being new you will still have to prep the surface in order to open up the pores and allow the coating to soak in an adhere to the surface. We highly recommend you mechanically prepare the surface by diamond grinding if you can access the equipment to do so. You can also consider acid etching the concrete as well for a more DIY friendly option. Acid etching isn't the preferred method but I've seen the coating hold up well in a residential setting when a high quality coating is used.

@banjax80 6 күн бұрын

@@columbusepoxyflooring7400 thank you for the response. What high quality coating do you recommend? Looking to do an epoxy with heavy flakes for some slip resistance and an aspartic clear coat.

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 6 күн бұрын

@@banjax80 We can sell you the same material I used in our video. If you email me at trent@columbusepoxyflooring.com with your garage dimensions and maybe a couple photos of the floor I'd be happy to send you a quote on the materials you'd need.

@wayneeden98 Ай бұрын

Well, I'm studying these Garage floor videos, all of your 1,2,3 , car garages are OK, but I'm planning a much larger garage, my garage floor will be expensive, that's why I'm playing the lottery ,

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 Ай бұрын

Do you know how many square feet the garage is? Does the garage have control joints? If the garage has control joints you can break it up into smaller sections so it will be easier to install the coating.

@jamiewang4555 Ай бұрын

Where can I buy these materials?

@columbusepoxyflooring7400 Ай бұрын

Please reach out to me at trent@columbusepoxyflooring.com We're having to fix an issue with our site wo we have to take orders manually for the time being.