painting/sealing a new garage floor
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So I now have a new slab...10 by 10 metres. The shed is going up in 2 weeks time, so all done by the end of the month.
Should I leave it as concrete or paint/seal/decorate.....or whatever....
it isnt smooth as a babies bum, just concrete, but quite smooth...well smooth enough for me.
Would appreciatte your ideas...the finish etc.
the garage will house 2 cars, 2 motorbikes. A workbench in the corner and a UTV to one side. The drive is recycled tarmac whatever thats called....The later a small ish motorhome.
Over to you
Should I leave it as concrete or paint/seal/decorate.....or whatever....
it isnt smooth as a babies bum, just concrete, but quite smooth...well smooth enough for me.
Would appreciatte your ideas...the finish etc.
the garage will house 2 cars, 2 motorbikes. A workbench in the corner and a UTV to one side. The drive is recycled tarmac whatever thats called....The later a small ish motorhome.
Over to you
How many times did you powerfloat it? I did mine maybe 3 or 4 times, four years ago now and it s been fine.
Tiles are too slippy, that swisstrax stuff is too expensive plus if you drop a specific screw or washer you have to rip the floor up to find it
I did contemplate painting mine but didn t bother and, like I say, it s fine. Not dusty. It s a working shed though, not a glitzy man cave.
Tiles are too slippy, that swisstrax stuff is too expensive plus if you drop a specific screw or washer you have to rip the floor up to find it
I did contemplate painting mine but didn t bother and, like I say, it s fine. Not dusty. It s a working shed though, not a glitzy man cave.
Edited by Lefty on Wednesday 10th June 19:24
I used Thompsons clear one coat concrete seal years ago on a bumpy and very dusty garage floor. Needed about 7/8 litres for a double garage if I remember correctly. I applied it in minutes with a decorating roller. You can often find it discounted. Stopped the dust, water sits on it, and holding up well many years later.
I'm a decorator. My advice is not to bother painting it. A painted garage floor will more often than not be something you regular have to revisit, and as such, will end up being a ballache that you'll wish you hadn't put yourself through. I practice what I preach, my floor remains unpainted. Too many variables, the scrub from the tyres, spilt liquids that pickle it, gradual degradation etc. A newly painted floor looks great, but in my experience, the pain outweighs the pleasure if it's subjected to things like jacks, and heavy general use.
I like the idea of the purpose made click together style tiling, and was supposed to be getting some, but the supplier went a bit quiet and I forgot about it.
I like the idea of the purpose made click together style tiling, and was supposed to be getting some, but the supplier went a bit quiet and I forgot about it.
Some more ideas here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
When the builder's done mine they suggested PVA on the concrete to stop it dusting off, then I painted it with floor paint which lifted, then more paint which lifted.
I ended up putting down 2mm 5 bar aluminum chequer plate where the cars sit, expensive yes but worth it, four 2500mm x 1250mm sheets for the area of one cars footprint.
I ended up putting down 2mm 5 bar aluminum chequer plate where the cars sit, expensive yes but worth it, four 2500mm x 1250mm sheets for the area of one cars footprint.
Lefty said:
Yeah it's my sons car, i love it though.
Oddly, remarkably cheap to insure for him - he got it when he was 17 and it was much cheaper to insure than a corsa/polo/fiesta etc etc
funny how things change eh?
It won’t be very quick towing that trailer though.Oddly, remarkably cheap to insure for him - he got it when he was 17 and it was much cheaper to insure than a corsa/polo/fiesta etc etc
funny how things change eh?
(More on topic to OP, if the garage is going to be used, don’t paint the floor for reasons given above)
Agree on floor paint. Good mate of mine runs a garage, maybe 800m2 and every year or two empties it out to repaint the floor. Huge amount of work and disruption and it looks good for a week or two...and then quickly looks like crap again, i don't know why he bothers.
I've seen people put various types of resin / epoxy down, i don't know how slippy it is when wet or if you spill oil or whatever, i suspect it's not great.
Like i said above, bare concrete (if done right) is absolutely fine for a working unit. Swisstrax is fine for a showroom sort of thing.
I've seen people put various types of resin / epoxy down, i don't know how slippy it is when wet or if you spill oil or whatever, i suspect it's not great.
Like i said above, bare concrete (if done right) is absolutely fine for a working unit. Swisstrax is fine for a showroom sort of thing.
I did a quick paint job on my garage when I moved in, the paint would lift very easily. Tried to paint it a few times and nothing worked.
Then I had a time with no car being stored in the garage, took the time to remove the old paint and used Resincoat Epoxy paint and it has lasted 7 years with no lifting. There is some chips where I've dropped something on the floor but nothing is lifting like it did before.
I did need more than I thought, read carefully the instructions so you don't need to order twice like I did. But I can't fault the coating at all.
Then I had a time with no car being stored in the garage, took the time to remove the old paint and used Resincoat Epoxy paint and it has lasted 7 years with no lifting. There is some chips where I've dropped something on the floor but nothing is lifting like it did before.
I did need more than I thought, read carefully the instructions so you don't need to order twice like I did. But I can't fault the coating at all.
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