Is Garage Floor Coating Worth It? (Epoxy vs. Polyaspartic)

Should you epoxy or polyaspartic coat your garage floors for an ultra clean and professional look? In this video I show you the entire process of hiring professionals to finish my garage flooring, and watch til the end to see how much it cost me. (This video is NOT sponsored.)

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[rockcandyepoxyproducts]

As a guy whose company does dozens of these every year, this crew did a beautiful job and paid excellent attention to detail. Excellent work

[HENSLEYDMB]

The thick spots usually happen around the vertical walls as the polyaspartic is running down the vertical and pools on the edges if it was put on too thick. If they used a really high solids polyaspartic, 95-100 solids, it will dry eventually but if it was a polyaspartic lower than 85% it probably will not cure leaving it soft. Polyaspartic should be flexible but stiff, not soft where you can push into it.

[JBolt]

I have a split level home so the garage is technically in the house. When I bought it the garage floor was terrible and had oil and everything else embedded. I fabricate, weld, grind, and spend a lot of time in the garage myself, so explored coatings for a long time. The internet commandos swear that poly coatings are terrible and their "friends" that do professional work would NEVER use it over epoxy. I had much different experiences actually speaking with professional coating companies. My garage floor is almost identical to yours and I've had it for several years. I used to be extremely careful avoiding grinder sparks, welding, etc., but after a couple years kinda stopped. I have dropped several very heavy pointy objects on it and it just dents-- never cracks. Overall, I am glad I chose the poly for my garage/workshop and didn't listen to the internet. Good chip color choice on yours-- EXCEPT if you drop a small stainless or black screw! Now THAT can be terrible-- ask me how I know.

[Deanmartell]

I own a company in the Midwest i do about 110 floors a year . I highly recommend downloading the tech data or pdf file before you start any coating project

[ROBB_DEEP]

This is my DREAM!!!! As a Man, the garage has become my sanctuary…..and I want floors like this! $3, 600 isn’t that bad, compared to dull traditional plane concrete floors lol. I love it! I fell in love with those type of floors after I saw Jimmy Chang (Freshly Charged) get his done about a year or so ago. 600 sq ft - 3 car garage is also a DREAM as well!!! 😍🥰😍🥰

[AudioJanitor]

THAT is not a bad price at all.
For all that work!

[HENSLEYDMB]

So as a company that does hundreds of installs a year.. the softness in the topcoat is NOT normal. That happens when polyaspartic is left too thick and it will not cure properly or possibly at all depending on the polyaspartic used.

[ericjackson]

Great Video! Thanks for all the detail, very informative - agree its the best video I have seen on coating the garage floor!

[askdad]

Great Informational Video. I think you did right thing to go with pro as it will be cheapest for longer time after all.. The price sounds high but after see so much work done and time spent the price is pretty good deal as long as you need it.

[alanschmanke]

Those guys did an amazing job! As you said, attention to detail, thoroughness, neat, etc. Maybe doing a video on them had something to do with all that, but even if the "normal" job gets half the attention, still so good. Very informative video to use as a comparison when shopping for an epoxy floor.

[francisparent]

Really nice job and video. Appreciate the way you do it and the crews seems like you told really carefulness.. big thumbs up

[AudioJanitor]

Great, unique topic B!
Bet you this one does really well

[efthimios]

Got a quote $7200 for 8400 so feet polyaslartic ..$6500 of I do it within a few months a lot of money but considering the sanding and floor prep needed big difference in amateur vs pro

[jdean]

Thanks for sharing this. I too have been looking into coating my garage. I have not heard of WISE and glad you recommend them. FYI...I live about a mile down the road from you.

[JoeLarge]

Great editing Ben along with b roll stuff that shows some details. Nice work.

[vegasminimansion]

Best video I have seen on coating the garage floor! Thanks for sharing.

[ThisIsTechToday]

I’ve been wanting this done myself, but I need furniture more lol

[Aviation_Racing]

That softness is not normal. This is because they mixed it incorrectly.

[brandocommando]

I wish i had an update on how the floor is turning out. My personal experience epoxy is a better primer to concrete, but polyaspartic is good against UV rays.
But on a full epoxy system, they are highly recommended to finish with a polyurethane with a UV blocker as a final coat, or a polyaspartic. Never use epoxy as a final coating, they will scratch and yellow.

[idonomuch]

Looks great! Set mine up for next week. Why not do the little baby step with the stem walls?