Grinding a garage floor versus acid etching is a topic of much discussion when it comes to preparing concrete for epoxy or other garage floor coatings. Also known as profiling, it sometimes comes as a surprise to people when they find out that you just can’t paint or coat ... Read More
Tips for Filling Contraction and Expansion Joints
One of the more common questions about garage floors is how to fill contraction and expansion joints. In particular, many want to know if you can fill the joints in the garage floor before applying an epoxy coating. Others want to know if you can fill the joints before or ... Read More
Safe and Effective Alternatives to Acid Etching your Garage Floor
If you need to acid etch your garage floor, but are worried about the dangers of using muriatic acid, then do not fret. There are safer and effective alternatives to acid etching your concrete. Companies are now creating products that are environmentally safe to use, produce ... Read More
Perform Fast and Easy Crack Repairs with Xtreme Set 100
Having to do crack repairs for a garage floor is never fun. It slows things up and can even delay applying a coating to the concrete if you are trying to get the job completed in a weekend. The reason for the delay is that most crack repair products require 4-24 hours for ... Read More
Our Good Results With L3000 Densifier by Foundation Armor
Concrete densifiers can be an invaluable treatment for your garage floor when they are used correctly. They can harden the surface of your concrete, reduce dusting, and even slow down moisture intrusion. So when we found ourselves in the position to treat a garage floor for ... Read More
How to Check if your Garage Floor has a Sealer
Before you can apply a coating, paint, or sealer to your garage floor, the first thing you need to do is determine whether or not the concrete has previously been sealed. This helps to determine how you will need to prep your concrete, if at all, before application. Unless ... Read More
7 tips to prevent garage floor epoxy from peeling
By far, the biggest complaint that people hear about epoxy is that it peels up off the garage floor soon after application or within a year of it being installed. What many who are interested in epoxy garage flooring do not realize is that well over 99% of all these ... Read More
How to Level and Fix Low Spots on Your Garage Floor
We’ve all seem them. Those annoying puddles of water that collect in the low spots of your garage floor soon after you have pulled your car in from the rain or snow. Some are shallow enough that the water will evaporate in a few hours or so, but it seems the deeper ones ... Read More
