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FWIW, at my CA house the previous owner had installed ordinary asphalt kitchen tile to convert the garage to a rec-room. When I began parking cars including the Pantera in there, I found that spilled automotive fluids do not react well to kitchen tiles, however nice they look. I wound up stripping all the tiles off and simply epoxy-painting the underlying concrete.

All existing oil spills had to be thoroughly removed or the paint (probably tile cement, too) won't stick. Also found that pulling into the garage with hot tires, the hot rubber and the car's weight tends to bond the rubber to most smooth floor paints. So the next time you pull out, the tires rip out patches of cheaper, poorly bonded paint. Using premium paint and adding grit fixes that.  I also personally don't slip around as much.

Note- if you regularly use a pressure washer, it's a good idea to also replace the baseboard surrounds with something tall and equally waterproof, and seal them to the floor with RTV or similar. Otherwise, I found that drywall will soak up water and you'll wind up replacing the inner walls, too!

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