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Welcome to Garage Floor Minneapolis
This blog is about everything finishing, protecting and maintaining Garage Floors in Minnesota.
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Recent Posts
- The Ultra Top Coat for Garage Floor Coatings
- What is a “Pop-out” in your Garage Floor?
- Epoxy Floors, Failure and Removal
- Floor Drains and Minnesota Garage Floor Coatings
- Joe’s Garage: A Unique Example of a Garage Done Right
- Installing Garage Floor Coatings with the “Prep Perfect System”
- Repairing Concrete Cracks in Minnesota
- How to Clean a G-F One Garage Floor Coating
- Case Study: One Rough piece of Spancrete in Minneapolis
- How Spancrete is Constructed – Why it Matters for Garage Coatings
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Garage Floor Coatings Archive
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The Ultra Top Coat for Garage Floor Coatings
Posted on October 18, 2010 | No CommentsQuestion: How thick is your garage floor top coat? We hear this question all the time. Answer: Every coating manufacture and blender has a recommendation for the thickness of the coating wear surface or D-F-T (Dried Film Thickness). This recommendation is minimal at best and is based on... -
What is a “Pop-out” in your Garage Floor?
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 1 CommentBy definition a “pop-out,” in concrete, is the breaking away of the concrete surface leaving a “shallow, conical, depression in the surface.” In Minnesota, it’s usually caused by freeze / thaw cycles, aggregate expansion (a stone in the concrete slab that may be close to... -
Epoxy Floors, Failure and Removal
Posted on October 12, 2010 | 1 CommentIn the past few years, we’ve experienced a sharp increase in the demand to remove failed epoxy garage floors in the metro area. After asking each and every one of our customers about why their previous floor failed – we got a variety of responses.... -
Floor Drains and Minnesota Garage Floor Coatings
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsThe History: This home was built in the early 90′s in an upscale development in Woodbury Minnesota. The garage floor was installed with a center floor drain. A handy and useful feature in any garage. Especially in Minnesota, where snow melts from vehicles in the... -
Joe’s Garage: A Unique Example of a Garage Done Right
Posted on October 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsHere’s the story: A pending kitchen remodel in 2003, forced us to move our kitchen temporarily into the garage. We built out the East Wall with a “pizza kitchen” with cabinets, refridgerator, microwave and sink. We also didn’t forget the stereo and TV. After eating... -
Case Study: One Rough piece of Spancrete in Minneapolis
Posted on October 6, 2010 | 2 CommentsHere’s one for the record books. This case study was designed to show you how we seal and coat a spancrete. Below are some pictures of the job. History: The home was built in Roseville Minnesota in the late 60′s on a lake. Underneathe the spancrete garage... -
Installing Concrete Coatings in Cold Weather
Posted on June 19, 2010 | No CommentsLike many Minnesotans, many of the city dwellers have a cabin up north. Here’s the story: a family had built a log style detached garage near their cabin about 100 miles north of Minneapolis. With Christmas on the way, the family wanted to have their...