best way to checker a garage/shop floor

[ToyFamily]

I think the cheapest would be the 12" lanolium (sp) squares from Home Depot but I doubt they'll be happy with weld spatter...any options ( dealer and $) :D pics would be awsome too

Nick

[pmurf1]

If you're talking about an epoxy system, they won't hold up to the welding spatter or hot droppings from a torch. We just did a multiple a/c and cooler install in a hot rod shop and the owner was going to do that too. No company would touch it and guarantee it for the same reasons. He ended up just sealing the concrete with a little color.

[PAToyota]

Whole thread on floor coatings here:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=300401&highlight=floor

Nothing is going to stand up to weld splatter. Use a welding blanket.

[ToyFamily]

thanks :D

[Kartracer55]

If you want a checkered floor, check out racedeck flooring. DOnt expect it to hold up to weld spatter though. Its made from this plasticy stuff.

Jim

[Gummi Bear]

The tiles y'all are talking about are called Vinyl Composition Tiles, or VCT for short. They look cool, and would work great in a parking area, but I wouldn't want them in a work area. If your floor isn't sealed, they'll pop up when the humidity rises, no matter how much epoxy you use to set them with. Keep that in mind.


Unfortunately they don't make the Asbestos version of these anymore, they could take a lot more abuse, but that whole 'asbestos isn't healthy for you to breathe' kinda killed it.

The only other way I could think of to make this effect, would be to stain the concrete. You can create 'squares' with shallow control joints in the slab, stain the individual squares, and fill the control joints with a self leveling floor caulk. This will last forever, but is labor intensive and kind of spendy.

I plan to just polish my floor (I'l hire a precision concrete contractor to do this, I can get 1/8-1/16" tolerance too, so no puddling and a perfectly level floor) and keep it mopped when I get some land in a couple of years.

[ToyFamily]

I was looking under garage organization and found this site
http://www.garagecreations.com/Auto%20Tile.html
I doubt they'll hold up to weld spatter either but maybe a welding blanket will suffice and they don't have to be perminant if they suck or we move. it still get up there for even a small garage....

also

http://www.swisstrax.com/diamondtrax.html

and a roll out mat covering
http://www.armorpoxy.com/html/armorcover.htm?OVRAW=garage%20flooring&OVKEY=flooring%20garage&OVMTC=standard

[brokebronco]

My daughter did mine in crayon.

And wall murals in her room. :mad3:

Anyone have any paint? :shaking:

[Just-fabricate-it]

If you are going to glue some kind of square vinyl type stuff down I'd probably rethink it if you are going to park anything on it long term that has independent suspension.

My son in law built a fancy garage for his sports cars and the tiles under the tires probably moved sideways about 1/4" in a period of a couple of years. Screwed it all up. The tiles that moved actually popped over the adjacent tiles.

Seems the tires really gripped the tiles and the settling suspension (after you pulled in and parked the car)spread out ever so little sideways and the weak spot was the glue that held the tiles to the concrete. It just took time for the problem to show up.