RaceDeck Floor Tiles

[Bernica]

This is another option...

Concrete Diamond Polishing and Concrete Polished Concrete Flooring Systems Phoenix 1-855-376-9966 By Desert Coatings Arizona 602-272-0430

[patrickt]

I like a low lustre gray. The high lustre stuff always looks like there's a puddle of something on the floor. This is what I put on my floor, and my GoJaks roll over a plain painted concrete floor just great.

[DanEC]

Back to the RaceDeck - I've inquired about them and car dollies on 3 forums and received a fair amount of feedback. Trying to put it all together the following seems to best represent reality:

A car on dollies and left parked on RaceDeck will probably result in slight depreessions in the flooring over time. When the time comes to move the car, it will take a lot of effort to get those 16 wheels turned and up and out of the slight depressions. Once out and moving, it will probably roll pretty good, although I've had one or two responses that the diamond pattern can interfere with the dollies rolling over the top. Considering how difficult it can sometimes be to get all 16 casters pointed in roughly the same direction, that sounds plausible.

I have Harbor Freight crank up dollies with steel wheels. On concrete I have been pretty happy with them. Given plenty of room it will move and spin with out any great effort - getting it to move in the exact direction you want it to can sometimes take a little tugging and corrective effort.

I move the car over next to a wall in the garage to park it. It's a little tight trying to get between the car and the wall but it may be plausible to crank the dollies down when in position to put the weight on the tires instead of the dollies - thereby avoiding dimples. Then it's a simple matter to crank them up a couple notches to roll the car out. I just need to figure out whether I want to go through this effort, just to get a nice floor.

Epoxy or polished concrete would be my preference but the 3 or 4 days I would have to move everything else just won't work.

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by DanEC

Epoxy or polished concrete would be my preference but the 3 or 4 days I would have to move everything else just won't work.

Do you have access to an enclosed trailer that you could move the car and everything into for a few days? Just a thought.

Just so you are aware, there is another product out there called Ardex that goes down very thin, self-levels and polishes. Pretty strong stuff too.

ARDEX Americas | Polished Concrete Systems

I know you really prefer something smooth and I didn't see any smooth Race Deck product.

[Millsy]

It sounds like you have great cars so if its going to be a hassle, screw it. I have two garages and it wasnt worth the money or hassle to do the second garage, i was going to epoxy it myself but it wasnt worth the hassle of moving everything etc etc. My garage floor doesnt get anywhere the attention from people as my toys do. If i were to do it over i think i would of spent the money elsewhere.

[streetrod1927]

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by streetrod1927

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[streetrod1927]

I used tiles I purchased from Garage Flooring LLC. Justin, the owner was easy to work with and I got a good price. I have used my quick jacks to move my cobra and my son's Mustang Cobra. No problems. //http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=192

[TheExtreme]

I'm thinking the floor looks fine, as is.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by TheExtreme

I'm thinking the floor looks fine, as is.

Well that settles it then.

[TheExtreme]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Well that settles it then.

I thought so.

[olddog]

Does the racedeck impact acoustics, as in deaden sound and stop echoes?

I have a finished 36 x 50 garage. Every year at Christmas time I clean it up for a couple parties of ~ 50 people. Noise is an issue with a bare concrete floor. I could carpet it, but that would defeat the easy clean up when kids spill things.

Also would cleaning the racedeck with a power washer:
be safe on the racedeck?
dry in a reasonable time?
be clean enough to eat in the room?

[DanEC]

RaceDeck has a reputation for being sort of clackety when walking on it. They recommend putting down something like landscape fabric or Tyvek to dampen it but you would need to find someone who has done this to find out how effective it is. Powerwashing would not hurt it I'm certain. It has channels underneath to allow water to drain and water vapor to escape but I suspect drying would be a lengthy process - especially if your floor is fairly flat and not sloped to drain. I probably wouldn't do it.