concrete question

FarmboyBill · #1 05/22/12, 06:33 PM

When I was working, I drove a forklift. The company would periodically coat the floors where we drove that woulde I guerss make the concrete last longer and be smoother and crack less. Anybody know what that was, and where It can be found

coolrunnin · #2 05/22/12, 08:10 PM

There are sealers but it really doesn't make it last longer. It makes the fork truck tires last longer those things are expensive.

greg_n_ga · #3 05/23/12, 10:31 AM

Epoxy. And it is pricey !! They make a grade other than "industrial" for home folk. Do a google for "concrete floor coatings".

Tinga · #4 05/23/12, 11:43 AM

A company that I'd suggest:
MAGNATILE™ Concrete Coatings, Garage Floor Epoxy Paint and Concrete Floor Sealers

I've talked in-depth with Eric at Magnet Paints. Not specifically about floor coatings, but their Monstaliner Bed coatings. Great GREAT company and customer service. TOP notch products and have been making paints in the USA for a while now.

watcher · #5 05/23/12, 01:07 PM

I spent a summer one time stripping and rewaxing the concrete floor in a warehouse (FYI, this included taking down and putting the huge shelf units back up). I'm not sure exactly what it was but everyone just called it wax.

FarmboyBill · #6 05/23/12, 01:19 PM

WELL GUYS, Tell me what YOU would do. The slab comes up to the door around 6in from the edge of the door. I used to know what that board was called that comprised the bottom of the doorway. If it has a slope to the front, Its DANG little. It Vs maybe 1in in the center of the slab, and center of the door. Its around 12 X 6 or 8.

Boy wants to, if the roof over it is bad, just build a new one with a 3ft overhang so as to keep most of the rain off the slab.
BUT if the roof can be saved with little cost as compared to building a new one, Then im back to the origional question