You’ve finally decided you want to beautify your garage floor in Orlando using a DIY floor coating kit. What could possibly go wrong? The kit gives you all of the easy-to-follow instructions and it is less expensive than hiring a professional to do it. However, before you attempt this project yourself, you need to mull over the following reasons why it might not be such a good idea.

• Personal Health and Safety: Most DIY floor coating kits recommend acid etching to prepare your garage floor in Orlando before applying the floor coating. You actually need to apply acid to the floor which could give off toxic vapors and burn you if splattered. You’ll need to purchase and wear a respirator so you don’t inhale these fumes. Likewise, you will need to cover all exposed skin so you don’t incur any burns which can scar.

• Observance of Local Environmental Regulations: What are you going to do with all of the slurry which you have to remove from the floor after the acid etching? You shouldn’t just pour it into the sewer because of its toxicity. By doing so, you would be in violation of the local, state, and EPA Clean Water Act. Hiring a professional garage floor coating company to apply the coating to your garage floor in Orlando is a better option They know how to legally dispose of any residue that has to come off the floor before coating it.

• Improving the Resale Value of Your Home: Will your level of expertise and DIY kit produce garage floor coating that will increase the value of your home? There are many factors that go into a garage floor coating application such as a superior and high solid epoxy, proper floor preparation, precise consistency of the epoxy, and favorable temperature, dew point, and humidity conditions during the application of the epoxy. You don’t want your floor coating to appear as if it were an amateur job.

Our best advice to you is to hire a professional garage floor coating company who is   experienced and knows how to address all issues so you have a beautiful garage floor.

We at Garage Design Works have been the leaders in garage floor coatings in Orange County, Florida since 2004. Our expertise, superior epoxy product, and industrial grade floor grinding equipment mean you ‘ll have a floor you can use for years to come. Give us a call today at 407-447-8890. Let your garage floor in Orlando be the best in your neighborhood.