[dalola]

I did my garage last summer with WonderPaint, and facilitated getting Jim(WonderPaint Co-owner) to the 'Fling last summer. It's a great product, and thought others might benefit from learning more about it, as it is relatively unknown in the residential market.

Some brief facts. It is like a paint, in the way it applies, but not truly a paint. It is a cement coating. As Larry mentioned, it has 3-4 lbs. of Portland cement mixed with each gallon of coating. Unlike epoxy, it allows moisture vapor to escape from the underneath, but is totally waterproof on top. It is environmentally friendly, not hazardous to apply, and uses water clean up. It does require multiple steps to apply properly, and is somewhat labor intensive, even though all the steps are fairly easy. First and foremost, CLEAN! Like any paint job, prep is key! Jim has a lot of great stuff to get your concrete clean. Next, use a special hydroflouric acid generating etcher. (Hydroflouric acid is the only known acid to etch silica, but is highly toxic and quite lethal. WonderPaint has an amazing product to accomplish this safely and effectively.) Next is a coat of primer, then 3-4 coats of the actual coating, then a sealer, then an optional alaphatic urethane. So, it's not a quick solution. If you don't mind putting some effort into it, I feel it's the best concrete coating available today.

As I first mentioned, I did my garage last summer, and it's held up perfectly so far, under heavy usage. I have a "working" garage, and have no visible wear or damage thus far. Steel jack wheels, a portable lift, every fluid imaginable, winter road salt, you name it. No problems.

Here's a pic from last summer. I can post more if anyone is interested. Also, I believe Ed(DV) used this in his new shop up in Michigan. Got any pix, Ed??

Anyone who would like more info is welcome to contact me, of call Jim from the WonderPaint website. He is an extremely knowledgable and helpful guy.

Hopefully, some will find this info useful!
~Dave
937-349-2029