sujit roy wrote:
>Can anyone a good garage floor paint? Over the last 5 years of Stag
>ownership, my floor really looks bad. I went over it with a pressure washer
>this weekend. It looks much looks better now. I think a good coat of paint
>will bring it up nicely.
>I'm looking for something that is hard wearing.
>A the same time, can anyone recommend a good floor cleaner? I only used the
>pressure washer.
>
Here are some recommendations from the Mercedes list I'm on -- but their
cars don't leak quite as much as ours do. My garage is plain concrete. -
Steven
0. I had a pro painter tell me that the trick of painting concrete
floors was that after a thorough cleaning and degreasing, the final
washdown before painting was with 50% water diluted cider vinegar,
and that this made the paint last 4 times as long. I guess the idea
is to lightly etch the concrete with the mild acid in the vinegar. He
said, otherwise, all the name brand epoxy masonry paints are about
the same. I've seen 10yr old public stairs at a school in LA painted
by this guy -- high traffic and still no peeling.
1. Griots epoxy was easy to apply once the floor had been
acidised.., and has worn well over the last 14 years. Some car
dealers seem to have floors with coatings that are thicker and
glossier, might be worth asking around...
2. [The list member saw an] advert for a "complete" kit made
by Rustoleum that included a prep (cleaner), the epoxy paint, and some
pretty little "sprinkles" to "enhance" the look. To me, Rustoleum is a
pretty reliable brand of paint.
3. I painted my garage with a 3 part epoxy from a company called ucoatit
(www.ucoatit.com). Process was prep, prep, prep the floor, including
muratic acid to etch the concrete. Mix parts A and B and apply while
floor is still wet from cleaning. Essentially, the A+B mixture soaks
into and stains the concrete. Once dry, mix A+B+C and paint the final coat.
Beautiful finish. My garage is 70 years old and while I prepped it well,
I did have a reaction with the tires lifting the paint in one area. Company
sent me a repair kit and it looks great. Kit comes with everything to
complete the job.
4. The engineering team at my company specified this product for use in our
new facility, one of our engineers coated his garage with it several years
ago. He said it was a simple application procedure. He said the company
provided the components in batch-sizes that allowed him to get through
application without waste - working time was about 45 minutes. It is a 100%
solids epoxy. http://www.enviroepoxy.com/Site/Product_Coating.htm
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