How to Epoxy Coat a Garage Floor | This Old House

This Old House host Kevin O'Connor assists epoxy-coating expert Doug Fasching in creating a good-looking, hardwearing, stain-resistant garage floor. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Epoxy Coat a Garage Floor:
- two-part garage-floor epoxy with color flakes []
- biodegradable degreaser [], for cleaning oily stains from garage floor
- acid [], used to acid-etch concrete floor surface
- chemical-resistant rubber boots [], rubber gloves [] and eye goggles [], required when acid-etching the floor
Tools for How to Epoxy Coat a Garage Floor:
- garden hose [], used to rinse floor clean during surface-prep process
- plastic sprinkling can [], used to apply acid
- long-handled scrub brush [], for cleaning floor
- 3-inch paintbrush [], used to cut in epoxy around floor perimeter
- paint roller [] and extension poles [], used to epoxy garage floor
- wet/dry vacuum [], for cleaning floor
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