garage floor...epoxy paint or tile it?

^^^looks great! I agree with the 'museum' look as well as the car has to look great on it!

 

Looks great. I'm assuming you don't roll a jack around on it or mess with fluids with that mirror surface and white grout. Bet the cars look fantastic on it.

 

Thanks!
No, I haven't rolled a jack on it yet but I was able to change several tires with the traditional Ferrari jacks, and the small oil leaks are very easy to wipe off, so I am super happy with it so far.

 

Epoxy here. Great look and works well for a working garage - floor jacks, etc. Tile floors look amazing but would be concerned about various fluids on them.

 

I would love to do the polished concrete in my "daily driver" garage. My concern is that since I've been cursed with living near Chicago, someone would take a huge spill the first time the snow melts in it.

 

If you choose tile use a porcelain tile not ceramic. Less absorbent.

 

I’m partial to white floors (easier to find dropped washers, etc.) and used epoxy with a polyurethane topcoat in my workshop. I think ceramic should be fine as well; it has its advantages.
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I have tile in the parking area of the garage.
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Here what I did @ my two houses.
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These weren't done by the same company were they? I dont want to point out an issue, but the single car is starting to yellow on the apron. Do you know what chemical they used?

Still looks sharp though.

S.

 

Epoxy by its nature will yellow when exposed to the sun.

 

My garage is exactly the same as this. The red chair with wheels I mean!

Superb job my friend.

 

These garages, you could fit my house in some of them

 

At my previous house 10+ yrs ago, I was told by the installer that he would not guarantee the color of the epoxy if I insisted on putting it on the apron just outside the garage door. Fast forward several yrs & sure enough...........he was right. It did indeed fade.

Had my new house garage done with epoxy last month. Had the apron done again.
I'd rather have a slightly faded epoxy apron than an epoxy floor, a concrete apron and then a blacktop drive. As long as you know going in, I didn't really care.
But that's just me

 

The fading is one of the reasons why polyaspartic topcoats are the way to go. -or sometimes even full polyaspartic base and top coat if a return to service time is important. They cost more, but will never yellow wince they're UV stable. In the past 5 years the coating industry has made some great advances for applications like this.

We give people the choice on whether to coat the apron. In 95% of the garages its fine. But we try to avoid it when its a really classic house, and the garage floor has a 'loud' colour. (Harley Davidson colours, or Toronto Maple Leaf blue) Who wants a bright orange or blue stripe at their garage door, when its a natural stone facade.

The way to get around the apron coating, while still protecting it, is to possibly do a solid colour of epoxy, or a paint. Black to match the driveway is a safe choice.

 

Two different Companies. One in Southern Cal and the other in Florida (The Yellow Apron).

 

As I mentioned, I used both tile and epoxy in my garage. The tiled section is on the lower half of the photo; the yellow car is on the epoxy section. I used epoxy in the workshop on the theory that it could take more wear and tear. On reflection, that probably wasn’tba valid reason.
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I understand that a number of high-end manufacturers, like Lamborghini and Ferrari, specify tile for their dealer workshops. One advantage of tile is that, if you drop a hammer and chip or crack a tile, you can replace just the one tile. If I go forward with a new garage, I will probably use all tile.
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Thanks, Solid Stae. We have the same good taste!

Best,

Andy

 

I live near the water, and I had a moisture test done before installation of my 100% solids epoxy floor in 400 sq feet in my personal garage. Looked amazing until huricame sandy and the water table shifted and I not have 5-10 PSI of hydrostatic pressure. Its making a huge mess. Anyone thinking of doing epoxy, do yourself a favor and install a moisture barrier. If I did that, I think I would be OK.

Now I am looking at a total removal of old epoxy, a re grind, shot blast and re application.

I may just tile it as I am a little bitten by this hassle. After I did my floor I installed the full gladiator system. It works for me and I had it all cleaned up and how I wanted it.

Not looking forward to the mess.

I would be happy to answer any questions to help the member avoid this and Il will post pictures when I get home.

The product that looks to be the best way to protect against this is called Sanitred (same company as Perma Seal) I have not used it but if I do install another floor system, this will be the moisture barrier base.

 

All flooring is an issue with excessive moisture. My shop had a top coat vapor barrier installed - very expensive ($14K on 8000 SQ FT).

 

Good reminder, JsF721.

 

We used large (60cm x 60cm) tile in the parking area. They have so far held up quite well and still look new.
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So after reviewing a few products at SEMA, I have decided to go with SwissTrax in my garage. I will be gray with an Orange border to match my Viper. It is a detached garage with a man cave above it and I will post some pics when I get it done.

 

I think you might get bored with a bright border. Might want to consider something plain. Just a thought.