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Title: New garage concrete floor protection.
Post by: hondaracer2oo4 on November 30, 2016, 10:55:38 AM
I just had my 28x40 new garage floor poured two weeks ago. I am wondering about any expierence with concrete protection against mostly road salts and oils. Not interested in going the epoxy route or anything. I am in New England so we have road salts that will be dropping on the floor and my mechanical hobbies so oil splatter at times and weld slag etc. I had looked at the legacy international silax seal. Also looked at concrete sealers USA ps101 product. I would like to spend around 250. Ghost shield I looked at which looks like the best quality but it would be $600.
Title: Re: New garage concrete floor protection.
Post by: slimjim on November 30, 2016, 11:09:57 AM
Come on Honda, you are a young man, invest in the best product you can buy and enjoy it for many years to come, you did it with your boiler and install, give you new garage the same treatment!
Title: Re: New garage concrete floor protection.
Post by: hondaracer2oo4 on November 30, 2016, 11:27:27 AM
Haha, your right. I shouldn't be so dumb.
Title: Re: New garage concrete floor protection.
Post by: coolidge on November 30, 2016, 12:57:44 PM
Polyurea would work great, but at around $10 soft would be pricey.

Haven't done anything to mine since being built.
Title: Re: New garage concrete floor protection.
Post by: hondaracer2oo4 on November 30, 2016, 01:14:04 PM
Yeah the poly urea looks nice but is pricey. I really don't mind the look of power trolled concrete, just don't want the salt to screw it up and don't want it to be all oil stained badly(I don't have anything that leaks, just oil change splatter etc).
Title: Re: New garage concrete floor protection.
Post by: coolidge on November 30, 2016, 07:07:45 PM
Tire chains on my tractor are the only thing leaving any marks.
Title: Re: New garage concrete floor protection.
Post by: hondaracer2oo4 on November 30, 2016, 08:04:16 PM
I plan to buy a horse stall rubber mat to park the tractor on so the chains don't chew up the concrete. Do you have a lot of salt that you get on your cars from winter driving? How about oil drops on the concrete? Please forgive my ignorance about concrete floors, I've never owned a garage.
Title: Re: New garage concrete floor protection.
Post by: coolidge on December 05, 2016, 12:24:17 PM
First off its not big enough, never is.     Salt, calcium chloride, leave a stain, but after a few days its gone, same with oil, speedy dry it
Title: Re: New garage concrete floor protection.
Post by: BIG AL on December 05, 2016, 03:06:17 PM
only thing that ever damaged our concrete floor in the shop was battery acid , etched into the concrete. otherwise anything else will come off pretty easy. never sealed it with anything. We usually keep a piece of cardboard around for oil changes or leaky tractors.