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I sealed my shop's concrete with a hospital (clean room) grade sealer, but even light traffic wears it off in less than 12 months.
I looked into various epoxy coatings a couple of years ago. I found one manufacturer that offered a ton of different options. Due to the fact I have a 10,000 pound fork lift that gets some pretty regular use on the floor - they did not recommend any of the epoxies. What the did have was large 'rubber' pieces you could expoy/adhere to the floor. This is kind of like large industrial tile. I didn't even price that out, as it didn't appeal to me.
I have found the comments concerning vehicle use wearing off epoxies as good information, as I was considering it in the garage - maybe not now...
Jason
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Is sealing a garage floor really a must or not?
What "bad" things will happen if a guy doesn't seal his floor?
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Oil and rust stains.
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For us in the northern parts of the world, seasonal temperature swings are another factor.
Contrary to what most people think, concrete is not a water barrier, in fact, in conducts water quite nicely.
If you have a fairly large bare concrete floor that is sheltered from the weather like a shoop floor, come the dry air of winter, the concrete floor will act like a wick drawing the water up from the ground and giving it off to the air above the slab. This will add copious amounts of unwanted rust to any exposed metal in that shop.
Best of luck.
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Murf, our ground water level is high here and by Building Code plastic vapor barrier is required under concrete in most if not all building for that reason.
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Kenneth, the same thing is required up here.
That's not to say the vapour barrier isn't compromised, or that the concrete can't absorb moisture from snow or rain or the earth that butts up against the exposed perimiter of the slab.
Or for that matter, the moisture that the concrete itself is merely trapping like a big sponge from more humid times such as a humid summer, or rainy fall.
Best of luck.
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A typical vapor barrier in just sheet plastic. By its very nature of being in rolls it's already "compromised" when it goes down as there is no sealing of the overlapping joints. I have removed concrete slabs (patios, driveways, sidewalks) that when broken and sitting on ground awaiting pickup actaully were weeping stored ground/surface water. I tell people who are dead-set on using reinforcing wire mesh that it is useless. Reason being that the first time the concrete cracks, water or moisture will corrode the mesh weakening it eventually leading to failure.
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