Garage floor paint
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In my limited experience the paint is slightly less important than the prep. Even the slightest contaminant on the floor and the paint will lift off fairly easily leaving it looking a bit rough! If you really want to get a good finish you should acid etch the floor first then apply paint.
With really good prep you'll get away with cheaper paint, otherwise you'll get a better finish with the epoxy stuff.
Don't park a car on it for a couple of weeks, or if you do, make sure the tyres are on some card rather than touching the paint.
With really good prep you'll get away with cheaper paint, otherwise you'll get a better finish with the epoxy stuff.
Don't park a car on it for a couple of weeks, or if you do, make sure the tyres are on some card rather than touching the paint.
_dobbo_ said:
In my limited experience the paint is slightly less important than the prep. Even the slightest contaminant on the floor and the paint will lift off fairly easily leaving it looking a bit rough! If you really want to get a good finish you should acid etch the floor first then apply paint.
With really good prep you'll get away with cheaper paint, otherwise you'll get a better finish with the epoxy stuff.
Don't park a car on it for a couple of weeks, or if you do, make sure the tyres are on some card rather than touching the paint.
A lot of sense there......I went for a really good clean then sealed the floor with a concrete sealer although others just use a PVA mix. I used Johnstone floor paint and its been fine.With really good prep you'll get away with cheaper paint, otherwise you'll get a better finish with the epoxy stuff.
Don't park a car on it for a couple of weeks, or if you do, make sure the tyres are on some card rather than touching the paint.
Do you know, I just swept the floor and vacuumed the edges & corners and then slapped on a couple of coats of grey Wicks garage floor paint. Did it by pouring some into a paint tray and then using a soft nylon broom, probably the one I swept the floor with, to brush it on. That was before I bought my Griff over 10 years ago and it's still perfectly fine for me. It's a garage after all, depends what you want to do in there, I know some people have gym equipment, sofas and flat screen TVs - mine has got a couple of cars (one of which drips oil) my tools and a workshop area.
I have to do similar next month... is this overkill? http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/t/TORQD...
_dobbo_ said:
Sounds like you were lucky Rich! As with everything, when it comes to applying floor paint your personal experience will depend entirely on what state your floor is in when you start the job.
True, the house wasn't that old and the previous owner had never kept cars in there so it was clean'ish..._dobbo_ said:
Sounds like you were lucky Rich! As with everything, when it comes to applying floor paint your personal experience will depend entirely on what state your floor is in when you start the job.
True but I still reckon that acid etching is a little over the top... A good vacuuming first (almost unbelievable how much dust came up), a coat of sealant, and then bog standard Wickes garage floor paint did me good even over the oil patches.I did mine with two part epoxy that I found on ebay, gives a much better finish than garage floor paint and should last forever. Was about £40 for a single garage worth (two coats)
Preparation was key, swept and hoovered the garage several times and applied de-greaser to the worst oil stains which seems to have done the trick. I imagine I also used a sealant first but can't remember.
Ben
Preparation was key, swept and hoovered the garage several times and applied de-greaser to the worst oil stains which seems to have done the trick. I imagine I also used a sealant first but can't remember.
Ben
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