Definitely a topic I'm really interested in, I think there's no right answer. Personally, I've disliked the epoxy coatings because they don't hold up well to "moderate abuse". If you go a coating route, its recommended you clean the concrete with a diluted muratic acid wash (be careful to ventilate well) and allow to dry for a week or two. This etches the concrete for accepting a coating.
There's a company in Los Vegas that sells a spray on coating for concrete, looks awesome, kind of a natural concrete look, and I want to go and take a class on it. Water blasting also really cleans up concrete pretty well. If its a water/sand blaster mix, its suppose to leave a sugar cube like finish.
I like the idea of the tiled plastic floors, but for a working garage I don't think it would work real well.
I've also tried the concrete "resurfacer" stuff they sell at home depot. Didn't work for me very well.
I occasionally work on flipping houses, so what to do with distressed concrete comes up a lot!
Last edited by Paul Bell; Wed May 11 2016 10:47 PM.
