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Choosing Your Quikrete Garage Floor

If you’ve been perusing the various Quikrete garage floor solutions, then you have likely noticed that there is no lack of options, and it’s sometimes hard to tell which will be best for your garage floors. Everyone’s situation is a little different, after all. In this article, we will look at the options so that you can see which would be best for your particular situation.

Quikrete High Gloss Sealer

This product is great for use on garage floors that are already in place, though it can be used straight on the concrete as well. It can even be used on masonry, slate, brick, pavers, or aggregate. Used over Quikrete garage floor epoxy, it will lend your floor a deep shine and give it even more protection from chemical stains. Used straight on your concrete garage floor, it will provide moderate protection from staining and cracking, but will not as comprehensive or as durable as epoxy garage floor paint. It costs only half as much as an epoxy paint kit, though, and is easier to install since it does not require mixing. If all you need is something to make the garage floor look shiny and offer a modicum of protection, than this might be it. Otherwise, read on.

Etching Stain

First off, stain does not provide any protection. It is only used to give the concrete color. In fact, Quikrete states that their stain must be sealed with their Quikrete Garage Floor Stain Sealer. That being said, stain is pretty neat in that it does give a the concrete a very interesting and unusual color, and this particular product is a one coat affair, making it far simpler to apply than epoxy garage floor paint. Compared to their other garage flooring solutions, Quikrete’s stain is pretty pricey, and even after you add the sealant you’re not getting as much protection as with epoxy paint. Use this product only if all you want is an old world looking earth-tone color on your concrete. This cannot be used on concrete that already has any other type of treatment on it. Treated concrete will have to be stripped.

Clear Epoxy Coating By Quikrete

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.

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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