Garage floor coatings

[Chuck W.]

I put VCT (Vinyl Composite Tile) in over five years ago. It takes some effort to keep it looking good, but I enjoy it. I even bought a high speed buffer off of Craigslist.

[nieuwhzn]

Be careful with too smooth floors, leaking liquids will immediately cause a slip hazard. Don't try to paint the concrete, the paint won't stick for long and the floor will look horrible in no time. Maybe it is worth looking into staining your concrete, there seem to be some safe water based stains that would could give some interesting results. I have no experience with them, but since they are water based it could be that they won't work on an oil stained floor.
Easiest option is to just slosh a couple of buckets with Dawn soap on the floor, let soak in for 15 minutes and then use the power washer. Repeat a couple of times.

[schnellman]

[QUOTE=Chuck W.;341716]I put VCT (Vinyl Composite Tile) in over five years ago. It takes some effort to keep it looking good, but I enjoy it. I even bought a high speed buffer off of Craigslist.

I'm thinking of doing the same thing. And, I guess my years in the Army make me think that your spit-shined floor is really cool. I'm thinking of using red and gray to match my Guards Red Box. Buying the buffer seems a bit anal retentive -- exactly the kind of thing I would do.

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by schnellman

I'm thinking of doing the same thing. And, I guess my years in the Army make me think that your spit-shined floor is really cool. I'm thinking of using red and gray to match my Guards Red Box. Buying the buffer seems a bit anal retentive -- exactly the kind of thing I would do.

After 35+ years of spit shinning boots and using Basso, It was a natural thing for me to do too.

The below link is to The Garage Journal Board forum. Tons of great ideas and postings;

Flooring - The Garage Journal Board

And Guards Red Porsches look great on these floors.