what part of the country do you live in? Do you always have snow? We painted our garage floor with the Rust-Oleum product (left out the speckles) about 10 years ago and it still looks great. This is the third garage floor we've painted with the product. We live on the west side in Washington state and do get quite a bit of rain; and about 2' of snow this winter. The water puddles and eventually dries.

You need to make sure the concrete is completely and thoroughly cleaned with TSP, rinsed well, and completely dry before painting. Also need to make sure the temperature is warm (check the instructions). We've had a couple of chips on the floor from heavy things falling. I contacted the company and they sent out a free patch kit!

We did our own rustoleum. It’s 18 months old and looks good so far. I googled a lot on proper prep. You have to really clean it and get as much of the oil out as you can. We rented a floor grinder from Home Depot which helped. Our floor was 50+ years old and the spot the prior owner always parked her car, I couldn’t completely get the oil out. That one spot has a small flake coming off and I’m sure it’s no coincidence. Overall it took maybe 2 days of work and wasn’t that bad. If you’re at all handy, go for it, you only have $150 of materials and some time to waste. There are some good sites with tips if you go this route....read up.

We live in PA and we get snow. I have no oil stains. I am looking to see if anyone has applied something that has withstood 5+ years...and again for feedback on the puddles that will no longer seep into the concrete....

At times we have 6+ inches of snow a few times a year.

Water stands on the rustoleum. Snow melt will hang out til evaporated.

We painted our 3-car garage floor over 10 years ago. The water puddles eventually dry up. When I bring the car in from having driven in the rain, the puddles are usually gone in a day or so. With the floors painted, the garage feels so much cleaner and the floor is easier to sweep.

Just be sure if/when you do paint, that the floor is very clean and the weather warm.

Looks llike your area uses a lot of salt. I see salt stains all over your floor. It may be that the snow when it melts and is full of that salt, will destroy anything you actually put on there and etch into the concrete. If you clean it and get it redone, you may want to find some cheap pieces of indoor outdoor carpet, or large pieces of cardboard, or some big rubber mats, to park your cars on during the winter months so all that salt doesnt destroy it again. In the spring, you can take them up and put them out in the driveway, and hose them down, and get them dry and roll up and put away until winter comes around again.

Yes..lots of salt in our area! Not sure if it's salt remenants or some sort of power created by the interaction of the salt with concrete.

1) what should I clean it with. Last year I used my hose and simple green....do they sell something?

2) I like your idea of parking in something...so long as its not a fire hazard! I'll google and see if something is sold.

Thinking using a product called Eco-Etch to clean and etch then some type of clear sealer and snow mats in the winter....thoughts on the sealer..don't want it to slippery..

This was a useful article when I started researching epoxy last week for our new garage: Not epoxy

Reside in Northern Illinois where salt is heavily used. Those I know with epoxy have experienced bonding issues - even when professionally applied.

Our garage floor is Race Deck. Easy to maintain and clean. During winter I occasionally use a rag mop. Installing is an easy DIY, tiles interlock.

it looks expensive. where do you get something like this. you have any trouble with mold growth underneath?

andrelaplume2 - Race Deck is available in different densities. Ours was something like $6 per sq. ft. when purchased on-line several years ago. Was less than professionally applied epoxy.

Because I sealed ours, not much moisture seeps thru. Only half the garage (1 car) gets used during winter. I flush with clean water in spring so no issue with mold.

I love my new driveway. I used Behr semi transparent stains to create faux flagstone & faux brick. I researched a long time. You can also use solid color stain, that will probably cover your discolorations better. I would chat with Behr reps and get more info or check out youtube videos. I was artsy with this but you can stain it 1 or 2 colors.

Cars on it all the time, has withstood rain. No fading. No sealer. Sealer was not recommended by Behr.

Spend some time reading on this site: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=20 and you will have a better knowledge on garage flooring options (actually maybe more than you want to know)

will do. another linked further up let me to this polyuro something or the other that's supposed to be even better than epoxy. I'm looking into that ..really all I want to do is clean up the floor and have it sealed so it doesn't continue to be a mess. thanks.

For a simple solution, maybe Behr Concrete Solid Stain. Comes in colors.

Properly prepared Interior or Exterior surfaces such as: Concrete, Masonry Walls, Basements, Patios, Sidewalks, Driveways*, Garage Floors*, Tennis Courts, Cement Blocks, Pillars and Brick. Not for use on surfaces subject to hydrostatic pressure.

https://www.behr.com/consumer/products/floor-coatings-sealers-and-prep/concrete-stains/behr-premium-solid-color-concrete-stain

My husband is just as fussy about our garage floor as you. We live in Canada and our car tracks in snow and salt daily. This winter he purchased an Auto Floor Guard that is like a big boot tray for a car. This protected our garage floor. We had to pull it out of the garage periodically to drain water out of it. Not a big deal. The point is, the floor underneath was pristine at the end of the winter. I thought it was a pretty weird purchase, but I have to admit I’m sold on this.

yup...I have been looking at those. but I think I should clean the floor and seal it. then I'll get one of the snow mat thingsfor winter use...or I could just clean it leave it go and try the mats. I was not sure if that was salt on the garage floor or efforesense so I thought it might be best to seal it.

Garage floor sealing could be better idea as you can see the picture below. However, I would recommend you to use acrylic sealer in this regard after fixing the cracks. Yes, it is also cheap.

In the same token, you can also consider garage flooring tiles if you have enough budget. Here https://carlifeguru.com/best-garage-floor-tiles you can also see various kinds of garage flooring tiles. See the ideas below:

Roll-Out Vinyl Flooring is also a quick option and I don't think you will need any expert's help in this flooring.

Floor painting, Epoxy and floor stain are also some options that you can consider.