Epoxy Garage floor coatings

I grabbed the kit from Home Depot and did it myself and that’s been about three years ago and it’s holding up good. Does not have that professional glossy shine but serves its purpose, think the kit was around $130.

It holds up very well but over time the portions exposed to sunlight will turn an uglier sort of yellowish brown color. It annoys me only because I’m OCD about strange things.

Your going to be quoted anywhere from 25-50/ ft.

Honestly do your research. If you are a DIY oriented person you can do a 20x20 garage in a day for about 2k and it looks like you paid some one to do it.

Checkout "Shop Nation" on YouTube. He has a really good step by step video along with a comparison of a couple products.

Bought the kit from Home Depot and did an enclosed carport game room. It came out fine and seems to be holding up a year later.

My issue was being able to fully clean the floor in an already-finished room. Water was out of the question, so I ended up running a wire wheel over everything and then mopping over and over.

The coverage area listed on the box was pretty accurate. I was just under the square footage and bought an extra kit to be safe. Ended up using exactly however much they said I needed.

I did buy extra metal flakes and put those down liberally. A lot of them flaked off during the first couple of weeks. I guess that’s normal but it took me by surprise.

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Your going to be quoted anywhere from 25-50/ ft.

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So you’re saying it’s between $10,000 and $20,000 to have someone do a 20x20 garage floor? Holy crap! Are you serious?

Go to the Garage Journal forum, they have an entire sub-forum dedicated to flooring. Especially if you are interested in DIYing a floor coating of higher quality than you can buy at a big box store the place is a trove of information. They also offer a lot of insight into pro installation and big box epoxy floors as well. Depending on your wants/needs and budget you may find something like RaceDeck fits your needs better. Companies also announce their sales there sometimes too.


ETA while it may be obvious preparation is a MASSIVE part of success for any type of floor coating, do NOT skimp on time and materials for this step!

Most of the companies that do this typically use better quality products that what you would find at Home Depot or Lowes.

Most professional installers will use an epoxy or polyaspartic base coat with full flake and then polyaspartic clear coat

I recently installed a similar system from Versatile Building Products at my new house and have been very happy with it so far
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At my previous house, I used Rustoleum “Professional” epoxy (with a solvent base) and went over it with a clear coat epoxy from Rustoleum and it held up pretty well . I put it down in 2016 and in 2022 when I sold my house it was still in good shape. The product I used at my new house was much better quality IMO

Used kits from Sears in 2007 in a 2 bay shop and it's fine.
Did prep scrubbing it twice with TSP and a stiff push broom.
Did a 2 foot border in dark grey and the rest of the floor in lighter grey without using sprinkles.

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This seems way off. I think it's more like $7-$10/SF.

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It is, i must have missed a 0 in backing into the $/ft.

It should be $4.

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How are these different coatings when wet? We slipping and sliding or is there some grip?

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Full flake that you see in professionals jobs will provide good grip. You can also add silica to the clear coat to provide extra traction