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		By: Shea		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 20:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-top-coat-options/comment-page-3/#comment-134961&quot;&gt;Jeremy&lt;/a&gt;.

Hi Jeremy. Assuming the coating is still in good shape, you can apply an equivalent or higher-quality clear coat with an anti-slip media mixed in. &lt;a href=&quot;https://allgaragefloors.com/anti-slip-floor-coatings/&quot; title=&quot;How to Use Anti-Slip Additives for Garage Floor Coatings&quot;&gt;This article here&lt;/a&gt; discusses how to use anti-slip media. It would require that you first degrease and then rough up the current coating with 120-grit sandpaper to prep for the additional coat. Garage floor coating companies can do this for you or you can do it yourself.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-top-coat-options/comment-page-3/#comment-134961">Jeremy</a>.</p>
<p>Hi Jeremy. Assuming the coating is still in good shape, you can apply an equivalent or higher-quality clear coat with an anti-slip media mixed in. <a href="https://allgaragefloors.com/anti-slip-floor-coatings/" title="How to Use Anti-Slip Additives for Garage Floor Coatings">This article here</a> discusses how to use anti-slip media. It would require that you first degrease and then rough up the current coating with 120-grit sandpaper to prep for the additional coat. Garage floor coating companies can do this for you or you can do it yourself.</p>
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		By: Shea		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 20:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-top-coat-options/comment-page-2/#comment-134960&quot;&gt;Cristy&lt;/a&gt;.

Hi Christy. Hopefully, Tom can back to you. In the meantime, Rust-Oleum has created a new product that you can use on their garage floor paints (not coatings). It&#039;s called Rust-Oleum Clear Finish Topcoat. You can find it &lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/3CSHbbS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow sponsored  ugc&quot;&gt;here on Amazon&lt;/a&gt;. Some home improvement centers are beginning to carry it as well. It&#039;s a water-based acrylic clear coat with a gloss finish that is compatible with paint (not coatings). It won&#039;t make the paint color glossy, but the finish of the clear coat is. We do not recommend the garage floor paint or the clear topcoat if this is for a garage with vehicle traffic. It&#039;s not a long-lasting flooring solution and you will experience hot tire pickup (peeling) where the car tires sit. It does not matter what the marketing on the can says - it will happen. If it&#039;s for foot traffic only, then this combination will work fine. &lt;a href=&quot;https://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-clear-coat-mistakes/&quot; title=&quot;Don’t Buy a Clear Coat Until You Read This First&quot;&gt;This article hear&lt;/a&gt; discusses applying clear coats to paint. In addition, &lt;a href=&quot;https://allgaragefloors.com/is-it-paint-or-epoxy/&quot; title=&quot;Epoxy Paint or Epoxy Coating; Do you Know the Difference?&quot;&gt;this article here&lt;/a&gt; discusses the differences in paint vs coatings so that you get a better idea of what you are purchasing. I hope the additional information helps.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-top-coat-options/comment-page-2/#comment-134960">Cristy</a>.</p>
<p>Hi Christy. Hopefully, Tom can back to you. In the meantime, Rust-Oleum has created a new product that you can use on their garage floor paints (not coatings). It&#8217;s called Rust-Oleum Clear Finish Topcoat. You can find it <a href="https://amzn.to/3CSHbbS" rel="nofollow sponsored  ugc">here on Amazon</a>. Some home improvement centers are beginning to carry it as well. It&#8217;s a water-based acrylic clear coat with a gloss finish that is compatible with paint (not coatings). It won&#8217;t make the paint color glossy, but the finish of the clear coat is. We do not recommend the garage floor paint or the clear topcoat if this is for a garage with vehicle traffic. It&#8217;s not a long-lasting flooring solution and you will experience hot tire pickup (peeling) where the car tires sit. It does not matter what the marketing on the can says &#8211; it will happen. If it&#8217;s for foot traffic only, then this combination will work fine. <a href="https://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-clear-coat-mistakes/" title="Don’t Buy a Clear Coat Until You Read This First">This article hear</a> discusses applying clear coats to paint. In addition, <a href="https://allgaragefloors.com/is-it-paint-or-epoxy/" title="Epoxy Paint or Epoxy Coating; Do you Know the Difference?">this article here</a> discusses the differences in paint vs coatings so that you get a better idea of what you are purchasing. I hope the additional information helps.</p>
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		By: Jeremy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi . . . I had a local handy-man do a garage floor for me in our new home in 2014.   It&#039;s always been incredibly slippery when wet.   He has moved away, and I cannot reach him to understand what type of coatings he&#039;s used.   Is there anything I can do or have done to reduce the slippery surface?  This is especially difficult because I have no idea what whas used originally (in 2014).   I know he rented a machine to etch the concrete, used a color-tinted layer with flakes thown on and covered with a clear, gloss top coat.   Any ideas about what I can add as a solution to our slippery garage floor?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi . . . I had a local handy-man do a garage floor for me in our new home in 2014.   It&#8217;s always been incredibly slippery when wet.   He has moved away, and I cannot reach him to understand what type of coatings he&#8217;s used.   Is there anything I can do or have done to reduce the slippery surface?  This is especially difficult because I have no idea what whas used originally (in 2014).   I know he rented a machine to etch the concrete, used a color-tinted layer with flakes thown on and covered with a clear, gloss top coat.   Any ideas about what I can add as a solution to our slippery garage floor?</p>
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		By: Cristy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-top-coat-options/comment-page-2/#comment-117064&quot;&gt;Tom&lt;/a&gt;.

Tom, did you find a solution to this? We just purchased the same paint+primer and was surprised at the dull finish as well. Looking for a top sealer.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-top-coat-options/comment-page-2/#comment-117064">Tom</a>.</p>
<p>Tom, did you find a solution to this? We just purchased the same paint+primer and was surprised at the dull finish as well. Looking for a top sealer.</p>
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		By: Shea		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 22:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-top-coat-options/comment-page-2/#comment-134716&quot;&gt;Jim Pianowski&lt;/a&gt;.

Hello Jim and thanks for the kudos. I think you are overthinking this. A 40 mesh fine grit anti-slip additive will work well in a polyaspartic or polyurea top coat. It&#039;s a fairly standard application that the pros incorporate into their floors. If you were applying it in a 100% solids epoxy, then you would have issues of it sinking below the surface before the epoxy cured enough. And yes, you can apply polyurethane over polyaspartic, but it is not recommended. Most polyaspartic coatings perform slightly better than polyurethane.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-top-coat-options/comment-page-2/#comment-134716">Jim Pianowski</a>.</p>
<p>Hello Jim and thanks for the kudos. I think you are overthinking this. A 40 mesh fine grit anti-slip additive will work well in a polyaspartic or polyurea top coat. It&#8217;s a fairly standard application that the pros incorporate into their floors. If you were applying it in a 100% solids epoxy, then you would have issues of it sinking below the surface before the epoxy cured enough. And yes, you can apply polyurethane over polyaspartic, but it is not recommended. Most polyaspartic coatings perform slightly better than polyurethane.</p>
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		By: Jim Pianowski		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fantastic web site. Thanks for your work. A quick question. From everything I read, I think I would like to proceed with my sealed floor as per the following and with your blessing.... a high quality epoxy as a base coat...broadcast the flakes of choice, a UV Stabilized PolyAspartic then a top coat of UV Stabilized Polyurethane with an aggregate , 40 mesh, stirred in and applied. My logic is the Polyurethane will be a thinner coat and allow the aggregate to be closer to the surface and create the anti slip top coat I desired and still be a glossy finish. 
My question is...can I put Polyurethane over Polyaspartic? Your comments please....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fantastic web site. Thanks for your work. A quick question. From everything I read, I think I would like to proceed with my sealed floor as per the following and with your blessing&#8230;. a high quality epoxy as a base coat&#8230;broadcast the flakes of choice, a UV Stabilized PolyAspartic then a top coat of UV Stabilized Polyurethane with an aggregate , 40 mesh, stirred in and applied. My logic is the Polyurethane will be a thinner coat and allow the aggregate to be closer to the surface and create the anti slip top coat I desired and still be a glossy finish.<br />
My question is&#8230;can I put Polyurethane over Polyaspartic? Your comments please&#8230;.</p>
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