You’ve probably noticed, if you’ve been looking at all the different Quikrete garage floor solutions, that there are quite a few options, and that it’s not always easy to tell which one will be the best idea in the case of your garage floors. Everyone has a slightly different situation, so sometimes it’s hard to pick using only generic information. We’ll take a look at the various options in this article, and hopefully you will come away with a better idea of what each thing does.
High Gloss Sealer
If your garage floor already has a coating, then this may be your best option, though it can also go straight onto the concrete garage floor as well. You can even use it on slate, pavers, masonry, bricks, or aggregate. When used on top of Quikrete garage floor paint, you’ll get a nice, deep shine, and further protection against chemicals. Put straight onto the concrete garage floor, you’ll gain some protection from cracking and staining, but nothing like what you would get from epoxy garage floor paint. It’s cheaper, though, at only half the price as epoxy, and it is also easier to install as it doesn’t need to be mixed. If your only need is to add shine to the garage floor and get a bit of protection, then this may work for you. Otherwise, you will probably want to continue reading.
Etching Stain By Quikrete
I’ll tell you right up front: stain does not, in any way, protect concrete. The only purpose of a stain treatment is to add color. Quikrete will tell you to seal the concrete after staining, using their Quikrete Garage Floor Stain Sealer. All of that being said, stain is pretty cool looking, gives your concrete a really interesting and unique color, and this product only actually needs one coat, which makes applying it very quick. Compared to other garage flooring solutions, staining is expensive, there’s no doubt, and that doesn’t even include sealant, which won’t give you the same protection as epoxy paint. If you want your concrete to have an old world, earthy type look, then this is the only way to go. Keep in mind, though, that treated concrete cannot be stained, so don’t try to put down a sealant and then stain it. You have to strip all the way down to the raw concrete first.
Quikrete Clear Epoxy Coating
Although this product can be used on the garage, it is primarily intended to be used on indoor concrete. However, if you decide to stain the concrete, this is still going to be your best protection, indoor or outdoor. It provides a fairly low gloss look, and decent protection against chemicals and the elements. It’s a lot more expensive than the Quikrete garage floor high gloss sealer, though, so unless you have stained your concrete, that will be your better option.
Quikrete Epoxy Garage Floor Coating
This is the big daddy. If you want the best protection for your garage floor and a really nice color coating, then this is the only way to go. The kit even comes with cleaner and color flakes, and is very reasonably priced. Of all of the Quikrete garage floor solutions, this should be the one you use unless you have a specific reason to use something else. It’s worth mentioning that the epoxy garage floor coating is the hardest to install, but it’s also the most durable and comprehensive.
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