 | Larry Lara and wife Pam are Co-Owners of Premier Garage of Wichita, a firm that specializes in garage floor coatings, cabinets and organizers. Larry has had 32 years of firefighting, rescue experience and working directly with residential and commercial fire codes. Larry, Pam and their three children have been residents of Wichita since 1986. Larry can be contacted at (316) 448-0232, or you may send him an e-mail at wichita@premiergarage.com |
Home Improvement
2005-07-01 12:17:00
Oil stains on garage floor... yuk!
ANSWER: You might want to consider having your garage floor coated. It is a great way to preserve the surface and keep your cleaning to a minimum. It also makes your garage floor look great.A quality floor coating system will provide you with freedom from oil and grease stains, ease of maintenance and clean up, enhance lighting and eliminate that ugly, dirty feeling you get from raw concrete and provide years of durable, chemical and scratch resistant shine. Common stains on the garage floor caused by motor oil, transmission fluid, and coolant, rust, and tire marks can be wiped clean with a paper towel. Preparation and the product that you choose are the key ingredients to creating a garage flooring system that will last. The most common failure in coated concrete surfaces is hot tire peel, wherein the coating is literally lifted off of the concrete after becoming attached to a hot tire that has parked on the floor. The two most common causes of this failure stem from improper preparation/cleaning of the concrete before application, or the application of an inferior product. Most importantly, it must be said that the best surface preparation in the world will not last with an inferior coating material, as well as the best material made will not adhere to a poorly prepared surface.Preparation of the surface begins with acid etching or grinding, or a combination of both. Next, any open, cracks and/or larger surface blemishes and imperfections including expansion joints if applicable, are patched and repaired.Floor coatings can often be completed in one day by a qualified installer. Your garage is ready for your vehicles to move back within 24-hours. You will find that a garage floor coating will provide value-added, clean and usable floor space, and end up increasing the useable square footage of your home.
