What to use for garage floor "paint"

Having just coated the floor of my new 26' x 44' shop I can give you some pointers on this. I spent literally months researching the pros and cons of paints and all the various epoxy coating systems on the market. Here's the short course on what I found:
Enamel paint: Goes on easy but no where near the durability of a true epoxy, can be re-top coated when needed, messy clean up = thinner mineral spirits, ect. It bonds ok to new cement. Probably need to add sand or chips for traction as it may be slick depending on how thickly applied.
Epoxy coating: Garage floor kits promoted by the home stores use an inferior epoxy resin (profit margin on those inexpensive kits). Industrial quality epoxy is much more expensive. Epoxies are a multi coat system: base coat, color chips if wanted, top coat, so are a lot more labor intensive. Epoxy goes on thick (around 4 mils) and doesn't spread far = need more product = $$. When exposed to sunlight epoxy can/will yellow over time unless you top coat with a clear mixed with UV blocker. Epoxy will be slick unless you do the chip thing or add sand in a top coat for traction. Ever try to find that little one of a kind screw or spring clip you just dropped among all the color chips on the floor (although they do look sweet). The biggest draw back of epoxy for me was that it really does not bond that well with cement. It kind of lays on top and hardens into a huge plastic sheet. That is why you will hear alot of stories about hot tire lifting of the coating and why your always told to acid etch the floor to provide the best bonding surface you can.

I settled on a new coating offered by a company called Progressive Epoxy Polymers (epoxyproducts.com). They have an industrial quality, water based, epoxy paint system (WaterBond) which has all the pros of epoxy but goes down like paint (1 or 2 coats) and cleans up with soap and water just like latex paint. I bought the recommended amount for one coat and actually had some left over after the second coat so a little goes a long way. What sold me was that it has a superior bond to cement than a thicker epoxy as it is thin enough that it works down into the pores and once dry is physically locked in place. Even with two coats it was still thin enough that it kept the texture of new cement and isn't slick. I've had mine down for over six months and it's holding up very well to the abuse of steel wheeled floor jacks/loaded engine stands. It isn't cheap because it uses industrial quality resins but for ease of application and clean up I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a quality epoxy floor coating with half the effort of a standard epoxy system. I have no affiliation with this company or product, just a happy and satisfied customer. Their web site is loaded with info if you want to do your own research. Hope this helps, Rapom.