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Hi,
I want to sort out my garage floor as it is currently causing a lot of dust to accumulate in the garage and also looks awful. The garage was built in 1997 and I can see its had 2 coats of pain in this time. The surface is very rough and the paint that has been applied hasn't been done that great and has lifted and flaked off in a lot of areas.
What are my options with concrete? Can I somehow plane or sand the surface to make it smoother? I am worried if I put a screed over it or paint over it then it will make matters worse and look a complete mess. Could I remove as much rough bits as possible, PVA seal it and use a resin based tough paint and apply it thick?
Any help advice ideas welcome!
Thanks
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I want to sort out my garage floor as it is currently causing a lot of dust to accumulate in the garage and also looks awful. The garage was built in 1997 and I can see its had 2 coats of pain in this time. The surface is very rough and the paint that has been applied hasn't been done that great and has lifted and flaked off in a lot of areas.
What are my options with concrete? Can I somehow plane or sand the surface to make it smoother? I am worried if I put a screed over it or paint over it then it will make matters worse and look a complete mess. Could I remove as much rough bits as possible, PVA seal it and use a resin based tough paint and apply it thick?
Any help advice ideas welcome!
Thanks
Pics..
Someone with more experience will be along in a moment, but you can defo grind concrete. That doesn't look too bad to me, so I'm sure grinding will be a feasible option.
Once that's done, 2 coat epoxy is the way to go. Funnily enough, that works out cheaper than other paint that you have to apply many times.
Once that's done, 2 coat epoxy is the way to go. Funnily enough, that works out cheaper than other paint that you have to apply many times.
I wonder if it was sealed before painting? I'm not sure how you need to prep it for 2 part epoxy but I understand it is good.
Or you could go with tiles - more expensive but good for insulation/noise and nicer to lie on too. I used dynotile, they had some ex-display which was half price.
Or you could go with tiles - more expensive but good for insulation/noise and nicer to lie on too. I used dynotile, they had some ex-display which was half price.
I've just bought these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112409196790?_trksid=p20...
The receipt I got sent through was from Ecotile, so looks like a good deal for an end of line item. They turn up tomorrow, so fingers crossed!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112409196790?_trksid=p20...
The receipt I got sent through was from Ecotile, so looks like a good deal for an end of line item. They turn up tomorrow, so fingers crossed!
Depends what happens in there
Ours is not used as a messy workshop, and I picked up enough decent carpet tiles (yes...carpet!) for £100 to cover the whole lot with spares for replacements.....nice underfoot, warmer than a regular garage....makes it look like a proper posh garage (now having to paint the breezeblock walls white to smarten them up to match!).....wouldn't want to be making a lot of woodworking or oily mess though!
We do have a NoddyCar in there (Figaro!) - lashed out on a few black tiles just for the Figgy tyres to run in on!
Ours is not used as a messy workshop, and I picked up enough decent carpet tiles (yes...carpet!) for £100 to cover the whole lot with spares for replacements.....nice underfoot, warmer than a regular garage....makes it look like a proper posh garage (now having to paint the breezeblock walls white to smarten them up to match!).....wouldn't want to be making a lot of woodworking or oily mess though!
We do have a NoddyCar in there (Figaro!) - lashed out on a few black tiles just for the Figgy tyres to run in on!
Your floor looks very similar to the one I had in my garage. Forget about trying to get this removed unless you are prepared to invest in having it ground down with a commercial machine. I put thin plastic tiles (from Plasfloor) down on the part of mine where the car was parked and high-build expoxy paint on the rest. I'll be putting down tiles on the whole floor later this year as the painted floor shows the dirt much more than the tiles and just doesn't look as nice. The weight of the tiles themselves holds them down just fine, so no need to use any adhesive.
svracers said:
You want non slip ceramic tiles! I got these garage supplied ones for £220 delivered then £100 fitted! Look so much better than plastic floor tiles (in my opinion!)
Do you have a make/manufacturer or part number for these please? Can I use 'any' non-slip ceramic floor tile (eg 9mm thick such as these? https://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/macadamize-tiles-... ). My garage floor has been powerfloated so is flat.That looks exactly like my own garage floor! Even the same colours, thick coats of it, peeling off all over.
I was thinking of putting a heavy coat of epoxy floor paint down in the summer when the floor is really well dried out. It would probably need some sort of scouring to get all the loose crap off though, unfortunately.
I was thinking of putting a heavy coat of epoxy floor paint down in the summer when the floor is really well dried out. It would probably need some sort of scouring to get all the loose crap off though, unfortunately.
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