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My garage floor looked like a war zone for a year after I moved in
The concrete was all stained and flaky, and I just lived with it. Last month I finally rented a floor grinder from the local rental place for a weekend. It was a beast to handle, but after about six hours of work and a couple bags of concrete patch, I put down a two-part epoxy kit. The before and after is crazy. It went from this gross, pitted gray mess to this smooth, shiny surface that looks like a pro did it. I can roll my tool chest around without it catching on anything now. The whole project cost me around $300 for the rental and materials. Has anyone else done a floor like this and found a good way to keep it from getting slippery when it's wet?
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jake_chen1mo agoMost Upvoted
Ever notice how many home projects start with just putting up with something ugly for way too long? You see it all the time, people living with a busted step or a bad paint job for years before they finally get a free weekend and fix it in a day. That grit in the epoxy is a solid move, basically the same stuff they put on those non-slip strips for stairs.
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drew_jenkins5410d ago
My uncle's deck got dangerously slick until he mixed that exact sand into the spar urethane. @jake_chen is right, it's the same basic idea as those adhesive strips but way cleaner looking. The key is to spread it super thin so it doesn't feel like sandpaper underfoot. I used 60 grit silica sand on my garage floor epoxy and it's held up for three winters now. What kind of grit did you end up using for your project?
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angelamason1mo ago
Sprinkle some fine grit sand into the wet epoxy topcoat for extra grip. It blends right in and doesn't ruin the look at all. That trick saved me from taking a spill a few times.
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