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I sealed the concrete, and got some new conveyor belting , 1/2' thick or so to lay in work area of lathe. I also have some floor mats out of Caterpillar D10 Tractor floors that I use.
Why did you seal the concrete? To protect the floor for function or aesthetic?
 
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Why did you seal the concrete? To protect the floor for function or aesthetic?
I sealed the floor to make spills easier to clean up, Dust control & to hopefully prevent moisture from coming up through the floor. My wife & I built the shop back in 2014, and the regret I have is not putting a minimum of a vapour barrier (poly) and what I figure would have been nicer would have been Blue SM Styrofoam, 1" better 2". A thermal break would have been better than the 50 degree earth.
 
Yup, dust control is key for me. My first garage shop had unsealed concrete floor. Within a few years there was much grinding of concrete by chips underfoot and concrete dust everywhere. New shop had concrete epoxied after deep HCL etch before any machines were brought in. A little spendy, but twenty years later the floor is still mostly holding up.

Also put vapor barrier under concrete, and radiant heat. Love it!
 
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