RaceDeck Floor Tiles

[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.

[patrickt]

Jeez, if the whole problem surrounding what you really want is where you park your Cobra for a few days, just ask one of your neighbors if you could borrow their garage for a week in exchange for a delicious dinner for two, all expense paid by you, at the restaurant of their choice. That seems like an easy solution.

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Jeez, if the whole problem surrounding what you really want is where you park your Cobra for a few days, just ask one of your neighbors if you could borrow their garage for a week in exchange for a delicious dinner for two, all expense paid by you, at the restaurant of their choice. That seems like an easy solution.

Yup, then just rent a little U-Haul trailer or similar for a few days, back it up to the garage and load it with everything else that is on the floor.

Hate to see you compromise and end up with something that you have to deal with every day and regret it!

[RodKnock]

I agree with Patrick amd Bernica. Rent a garage and a couple of those portable storage pods and get the garage floor finish you want. Don't settle.

Not too long ago, I bought and installed 4'x6'x3/4" horse stall mats, not for my garage though, which can obviously withstand a huge beating. And they're about $40-50 per mat. But I'm not sure how they would do with casters supporting heavy loads. And they're not very pretty. However, they're excellent, last forever and do the job that they were intended to do for me.

Rubber Mat, Black, 4 ft. x 6 ft. x 3/4 in. - For Life Out Here

[patrickt]

We did the exact same thing for one of my weight-lifting kids in the workout room. He drops some pretty heavy free weights on the down motion and we didn't want it damaging the flooring beneath it. I think it can withstand almost anything.

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

I agree with Patrick amd Bernica. Rent a garage and a couple of those portable storage pods and get the garage floor finish you want. Don't settle.
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