Long story short. I epoxied our garage before we moved in. Once we move in, there would never be a chance to do this since crap would be all over!
I was going to go with some industry stuff that was ordered via Lowes. But apparently they kept screwing it up! I mean literally 3-weeks later, it was still the wrong stuff or we don't know where it is, etc...I gave up, as we needed to move our stuff in, and ended up using off the shelf Lowe's stuff.
I figured this would be okay since I don't do a lot of wrenching in the garage. Time will tell!
The stuff I originally wanted was like $500 for a 2 car garage (not water based). The stuff I ended up with was like $150 for a 2 car garage (water based). So we'll see how this goes! I actually did a lot of reading on epoxing floors prior to doing this. Couple of notes:
-don't use the "anti-slip" stuff they sell at lowe's/homedepot; that stuff is basically glass! If you slip or eat it into the ground, it will tear up your knees, elbows, etc!
-I ended up getting something called "Shark grip" which is more like a talcum powder finish. Still has the grip for when the floor is wet, but supposedly won't tear you up. (I have nothing to report as I have not slipped yet :biggrin: and I hope I won't!)
-once the 2 components are mixed together for the epoxy, it hardens fast if the weather is warm! I did half a garage, then mixed the other 2 gallons to do the other side
-it says you can walk on it after 12-hrs and park a hot car after 72-hrs; we waited a week to do anything, so time will tell how it will look and hold up.
shameless plug: I'm in the San Francisco bay area if anyone is doing this, i have some of that shark powder left (I think i might have used like 1/5th of it!) and wants to trade me a beer or something for it!