Epoxy, Polyurea or Polyaspartic : Which is the BEST garage floor coating?

0:00 Intro
0:40 Using High Solids Epoxy Primer
1:10 Why we don't use polyurea primer.
1:42 Broadcasting vinyl chips
2:23 Cleaning up the excess chips
2:50 Mixing the polyaspartic urethane top coat
3:08 Applying polyaspartic top coat
4:10 Why we don't like to do one day garage floor systems.

We started these projects by grinding the old concrete. We had to remove old waterbased epoxy one garage floor and clear sealer on the other one.

Once the floors are cleaned up, we applied high solids epoxy primer to the entire garage floor. Then we broadcast vinyl chips into the wet epoxy.

We came back the next day to clean up all of the excess chips, and then we applied a coat of clear polyaspartic urethane.

Our concrete companies:

Contact me:
Tim Seay
c/o Decorative Concrete of Virginia
14719 Wards Rd.
Lynchburg, VA 24502

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[TimDCVA]

Epoxy vs. Polyurea : I forgot to tell you this one thing about garage floors...

[carloscortes]

Your method is better Tim! I had a few disasters with the one day system because 15 minutes is not enough time to do a good job for your customers. I fired my dealer who was more of a product pusher. Since switching to a dealer who is more of a resinous floor expert, I have had much better results. What they taught me was exactly the way you do your floors. 👍

[wayneious]

Your final segment from 4:00 till 4:44 really resonates with me. I feel a 2 days install really is where the professional install excels.

[James-dwym]

I am a painter and did my first Epoxy floor today. But no way as excellent as yours . I really would like to learn more and exactly like you. Great Video !

[tigerconcrete]

Love your videos Tim! I have a 1 day coating business and you're right. That slow cure polyaspartic top coat is the secret to a nice backrolled finish.

[frankie]

A couple of key points there were missed in the video. By the way, the quality of workmanship was pretty good. One major difference between epoxy and polyaspartic is that epoxy can handle much greater moisture Ingress loads which enter the garage from the soil below. It is critical to install a moisture barrier to prevent the Ingress of all moisture into the garage. This goal is achieved by installing a epoxy primer directly after the floor is ground and cleaned. The epoxy primer should be selected so that it has a very high moisture vapor barrier quality. This epoxy primer first coating will dry quickly. Second coding should be the high solids epoxy just as explained in this video, but it should also have a high moisture Vapor Barrier prevention content. The combination of the epoxy primer in the high-solids epoxy top coat will effectively prevent moisture Ingress into the garage space. Remember all concrete is porous and allows the penetration of moisture vapor into the garage space. Moisture is very bad for finished garages because it gets trapped behind the wall board in the walls and insulation allowing the growth of black mold, fungus and mildew. It is prevented by the epoxy primer and epoxy high-solids top coating. After the top coating of epoxy is installed than the vinyl chips can go down as described in the video. The third and final coating should be the polyaspartic. Owner should specify the quantity of material to go down on the floor and each coating because it affects the thickness of each coating. Ask the contractor for material specification sheets and read them completely as it will tell you how much product to put down per square footage so that you can achieve the target thickness you select for each coating. Do not leave quantities at the discretion of the contractor as it is likely they will give you a thin coating rather than a thicker more durable, wear resistant coating. Usually the thicker the coating, the stronger it is; however, it will cost you a few dollars more because more product will be used. But it is well worth it in my opinion. So this video missed a couple important items including the epoxy primer coating with moisture Vapor Barrier protection as well as the quantities of each product that goes onto the floor on a per square footage basis to achieve a certain Target thickness for each coating. And don't forget to specify aluminum oxide grit in the final polyaspartic coating to prevent a slipping hazard. Why? Because once the polyaspartic coating dries it will be extremely slick When wet without the inclusion of aluminum oxide Grit.

[kristenjunker]

We used the Rust-Oleum solvent based epoxy + the solvent based topcoat and it is still pristine after 14 years, so I was glad we did not have to hire anyone for the job.

[patmash]

Best garage floor finish I ever witnessed. Watched 50 or so videos.

[marylou]

Who knew a garage could look so beautiful?!

[sidl]

Most beautiful and economical flooring I have ever seen.

[god]

I work maintenance in a detention center. Thinking of recommending painting the cell floors with this stuff

[mitchelljasmann]

I use a poly coating for my job and rolling it out is definitely an arm workout

[drummerguy]

Woh, great work! Super informative. I’ll be watching closely for your course when it comes out!

[dadfixdit]

Thanks Tim! You and your crew do some incredibly clean work!

[FrogeniusW.G.]

Wow, the first video on epoxy/flooring with proper explanation!!
Very good job, the video *and* the flooring! ☆

[ladwigs]

I want to get our garage floor, done next summer, I will sand it, & get the pros to inspect & install

[raghaveshp]

Hi Tim! Thanks for your video. I have two contractors and they are giving difference price points. Both are using 100% solids epoxy. Contractor A: 2 coats of colored epoxy and then 2 coats of clear epoxy. Price: $5420 with coving. Contractor B: Initial Epoxy coating and then polyaspartic 80% solids urethane based. Price is $7280 with out coving. What am I missing here?

[dennispope]

I had my floor done with a 100% solids moisture vapor barrier, then 100% solids epoxy with full flake, then a polyaspartic top coat…
9 months later and it still smells strong. Have you ever heard of this? My installer said he’s been doing this for 20 years and has never seen or experienced it.

[supafeek]

Do you have a list of materials you used?

[bohiragoto]

Hi, Can you please suggest the details of the products:1. High Solid Epoxy primer and 2. Polyaspartic Coating; where to buy and and what else to look for while purchasing. I am planning to paint my Garage Floor with Epoxy base and using Polyaspartic (clear top) Coating, but finding it very difficult to purchase the items; especially, Polyaspartic is neither available in Home Depot nor in Lowe's. It would be very helpful if you could kindly share the product details. Thanks in advance