Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I did a HUGE amount of research before choosing the Rustoleum line of products to coat my garage floor. One very important thing to make sure of is to order this "professional" floor kit and not the other one. It must say 'professional'. My house is 15 years old and had many oil and paint stains from previous owners. I have always wanted to have my garage floor done so I decided to do it in this house. (Note: I painted my floor when temps were in the high 60's Charlotte NC in October). I ordered this kit and my mom and I tackled the project in about a week. I pressure washed the floor, used 2 different brands of degreaser and an etcher and filled in the cracks in the concrete (the cracks did not show as a matte appearance after I painted like some reviews state) before even thinking about painting. The squeegee I bought was a life saver even though it kept falling off the stick I was using (buy one that screws on maybe). When the floor was finally up to my standards we followed the directions to a "T" (I also watched about 10 youtube videos.) My mom was not excited whatsoever to do this project. She did not see the point of painting a garage floor. Once we started rolling the paint however her whole attitude changed and she was in love. I went with Dunes tan even though I am more of a gray person because it matches the brick colonial traditional style of the home better. Anyways, back to painting. This paint is THICK. I did the cutting and my mom did the rolling because I thought it would be easier on her back that way. We switched quarter of the way thru however and jeez what an arm workout both stages are (cutting and rolling). You really have one shot to do this so it is so important to take your time and get even coverage. We did a section per instructions, stopped and I would throw the chips up in the air because I am a perfectionist and wanted perfect chip coverage as well. (Note: I ordered a LOT of extra chips because my husband has bad knees and I wanted the floor to be as safe as possible). My mom saw how much 'fun' I was having throwing the chips and asked to try. I reluctantly handed her the bowl. Her first throw into the air the chips came crashing down into this ugly, hugely noticeable blob of chips. My heart stopped. My perfect pattern was ruined! But I say this because here is a tip: if this happens you can paint over the bad spot while it is all still wet. Yes, you will get an extra texturized spot and the chips will stick to the roller but it will come out just fine. But I didn't know you could do this and so just decided to up the amount of chips I was using to blend in with the bad spot. Continuing on we got one full side of the garage done before starting the other side. I went to reach in for more chips and THEY WERE GONE. I was only halfway done with the garage so I made a panic run to home depot where the angels had dropped off more chips (I didn't think they would be in stock!) I bought up 8 more bags of chips and flew back home. Backing up a bit I had filled in the cracks around the garage with quick-crete, painted my bricks to make them spider web proof, and also used a special ($8 per tube and i needed 6 tubes so expensive!) tube of self-leveling caulk for the gap in between the 2 slabs in my 2 car garage. The caulk is worth getting rid of that dirt catching rut in between the concrete! This had completely dried before we started painting. We finished painting the rest of the garage with no issues and let it dry for 72 hours. After that time period we rolled on the high gloss top coat which is not necessary but again with safety and slipping I deemed it worth the extra money and effort. The high gloss coat was really hard to get even and I was constantly on my hands and knees trying to change the light cast to see if we had missed any spots. I added all of the anti skid sand as well and the end result is stunning. It is a showroom floor that you would find in a car museum. I love my garage floor and people gasp every time they see it. About parking cars and people having issues with hot tire peel. I did not allow a single tire to touch my floor for 3 months. I finally let my husband start parking his 2 door small car in the garage just about a week ago since it is getting colder and I don't want him to slip outside or have to scrape ice of his window every morning) and so far there has been no issues with peeling. However with bringing a rainy wet car into the garage this created a huge problem. My father in law was walking through the garage in leather corporate type work shoes and went flying across the floor from a tire puddle like it was an ice rink. Luckily he is a ninja so he did not fall on his butt but stayed mostly upright during his journey. (which happened in slow motion and was hilarious). So much for all of my extra steps in making it skid proof. I have never slipped with shoes on or barefoot but I guess it just depends on the type of shoe. Overall I love this floor! See attached photos of the process!