New garage-floor covering....
I also used the Rustoleum Rock Solid 2 part product. I wanted something on my 25 year old bare concrete (with stains) floor before doing my engine swap with everything known to man spilled on it. Which was totally the case.
After a year and a half, and the environmental disaster that was the /6 removal and clean up of the car body pre 408, I would rate this product "OK+" for cost vs performance.
It is reeeeeally nice and glossy at the start, but does not stay that way under moderate use - starts to dull slightly.
Far from bullet proof - lots of minor scratches from dragging jacks and other tools across it. It has also picked up a few stains - most noticeably from a short length of 2x2 laying flat as a tire stop.
One area in particular where Hot Peel is becoming an issue, where the LR tire of my wife's Tucson winds up.
It does certainly clean up well. I frequently give my garage floor a scrub to remove road grime, the odd fluid spills etc. Other than the decline of the gloss already mentioned, I certainly enjoy being able to work on my car in my slippers, or lay under it in my everyday clothes as easy as laying on the hardwood in the kitchen.
I didnt use any sharkbite or their clearcoat nor did I use their prescribed crackfiller as those little add-ons drive up the cost exponentially. It does have the little color chips which add some texture but it can be slippery as hell if wet with the wrong shoes on.
As mentioned in earlier posts, prep is everything. I scrubbed, degreased, and etched the concrete till I thought my arms were going to fall off, but still have the one area of hot peel. I'll see how things go after I take the Duster out to play. Those tires will come home a bit warmer then my wife's do, count on that!
My biggest pet peeve with this product is the contradictory - cover their *** every conceivable way - written by lawyers instructions. Examples: The box says 250 sq.ft. coverage per kit. BULLSHIT. I got 180 sq.ft. per kit and had to wring out the brush and roller just to get that, with the odd thin spot. I found that just cutting in the edges with a 2" brush at a semi-generous rate used product that I would end up needing to finish the main floor.
If I had to do my 3 car garage again (508 sq.ft.), I would evaluate based on 4 kits - double their recommended coverage.
The instructions were not helpful - stressing the importance of surface prep to ensure proper adhesion, which is great but as the surface becomes more porous their "advertised" coverage plummets. Heads you lose, tails you lose.
Also I had color inconsistencies in 2 of the 3 batches with the silly "mix it all in the one bag" method. Sure, you can keep kneading it and kneading it to get good mixing, but then you are cutting into the working time.
As I said, the instructions kind of suck. I did my floor in 2 applications and the second pour did turn out better with what I learned from the first pour. While expensive, it would be nice to practise on someone else's floor with their product, to really figure it out before blowing big dough on your own.
Like I said, it's Ok. Expected more for the price ($600) which I now know wasnt enough product to do it really right.
I will say that I still have the snazziest garage floor on the block a year and a half in.
A bit of a rant - hopefully this is helpful.
I've also posted lots of action shots in the "what are you doing to your car" thread.
I also used the Rustoleum Rock Solid 2 part product. I wanted something on my 25 year old bare concrete (with stains) floor before doing my engine swap with everything known to man spilled on it. Which was totally the case.
After a year and a half, and the environmental disaster that was the /6 removal and clean up of the car body pre 408, I would rate this product "OK+" for cost vs performance.
It is reeeeeally nice and glossy at the start, but does not stay that way under moderate use - starts to dull slightly.
Far from bullet proof - lots of minor scratches from dragging jacks and other tools across it. It has also picked up a few stains - most noticeably from a short length of 2x2 laying flat as a tire stop.
One area in particular where Hot Peel is becoming an issue, where the LR tire of my wife's Tucson winds up.
It does certainly clean up well. I frequently give my garage floor a scrub to remove road grime, the odd fluid spills etc. Other than the decline of the gloss already mentioned, I certainly enjoy being able to work on my car in my slippers, or lay under it in my everyday clothes as easy as laying on the hardwood in the kitchen.
I didnt use any sharkbite or their clearcoat nor did I use their prescribed crackfiller as those little add-ons drive up the cost exponentially. It does have the little color chips which add some texture but it can be slippery as hell if wet with the wrong shoes on.
As mentioned in earlier posts, prep is everything. I scrubbed, degreased, and etched the concrete till I thought my arms were going to fall off, but still have the one area of hot peel. I'll see how things go after I take the Duster out to play. Those tires will come home a bit warmer then my wife's do, count on that!
My biggest pet peeve with this product is the contradictory - cover their *** every conceivable way - written by lawyers instructions. Examples: The box says 250 sq.ft. coverage per kit. BULLSHIT. I got 180 sq.ft. per kit and had to wring out the brush and roller just to get that, with the odd thin spot. I found that just cutting in the edges with a 2" brush at a semi-generous rate used product that I would end up needing to finish the main floor.
If I had to do my 3 car garage again (508 sq.ft.), I would evaluate based on 4 kits - double their recommended coverage.
The instructions were not helpful - stressing the importance of surface prep to ensure proper adhesion, which is great but as the surface becomes more porous their "advertised" coverage plummets. Heads you lose, tails you lose.
Also I had color inconsistencies in 2 of the 3 batches with the silly "mix it all in the one bag" method. Sure, you can keep kneading it and kneading it to get good mixing, but then you are cutting into the working time.
As I said, the instructions kind of suck. I did my floor in 2 applications and the second pour did turn out better with what I learned from the first pour. While expensive, it would be nice to practise on someone else's floor with their product, to really figure it out before blowing big dough on your own.
Like I said, it's Ok. Expected more for the price ($600) which I now know wasnt enough product to do it really right.
I will say that I still have the snazziest garage floor on the block a year and a half in.
A bit of a rant - hopefully this is helpful.
I've also posted lots of action shots in the "what are you doing to your car" thread.
