Need advice....

[silvermonte]

I used the epoxy coating from Menards in my garage, same stuff you can get at Lowes. I cleaned the crap out of the floor with muratic acid, and then scrubbed and scrubbed with clean water. I then did two coats of clear on top of the paint with the silicone sand in it. Holds up really well, except to welding and dragging heavy things across it that would gouge it. Ive yet to find any chemical or car fluid that has stained it or hurt the floor in any way. I went with a white floor to make the garage brighter and I love how easy it is to clean, I put some simple green in about 2 gallons of water and wipe the place up and it will be clean enough you can walk on it with your bare feet and they will stay clean.

I have a shop that is 28x36 and it only has a gravel floor at the moment. What Im going to do in there when I get cement, is do half the floor in epoxy and then leave the rest without epoxy, maybe just some normal paint that way when it starts looking like crap I can just repaint. Ill use that area for the heavy fab work and when thats done ill just move my cars to the epoxy area for final assembly. I just like that I can get down on the floor and slide around and then get back up and know I will still be perfectly clean. If your car has a leak or you spill something on the floor while working on it a little carb cleaner and a rag and it wipes right up.