Like many people, I have found myself with a little spare time while on furlough, so I have finally got round to sorting my garage. This was the starting point
The challenge was to be able to get a reasonable result for a small spend, so I was determined to use all the odds and ends that had gone in there as they will be useful one day. So my only expenditure was 2 x 10 litre tubs of masonry paint and 5 litres of floor paint.
Just need to look at the lighting now, feels so much better with the extra space and a lot less dusty.
Managed to get going on my own garage. Walls painted and lighting changed. Been given some Fosroc 140 2 pack resin floor paint from a pal. Bit old but never opened. Research suggests it is a commercial product for large car parks and the likes so pukka stuff. Recommendation is to acid etch the concrete floor first. Don’t want to cut corners so going to do this and can get the product round the corner. Acid sounds a bit nasty to use. Anyone used it for a garage floor? Any tips or suggestions?
so using a spare tile i had left over , i placed that under the jack to protect the floor and gingerly lifted the car .
the car was supported for around a hour and when dropped and the jack was removed , there were no visible marks on either tile
happy so far with my “new” garage
Quick question, those of you that have painted their garage floors, did you use sealer first? I have Wilko garage floor paint, which gets very good reviews and people say they didn’t bother sealing their floors first. I don’t really want to spend the extra money but will I regret not sealing the concrete first?
Yes, go for sealant if the floor finish is to last more than a couple of years. Think of it as the stabiliser/primer/undercoat.
Sealant prevents dusting and splitting. Dilute PVA seems best (about 1 PVA to 2 or 3 water depending on temperature and humdity). Wonderful stuff. Just wash it in generously from a bucket with a big whitewash brush tied on a broom handle, and give it a day to dry and cure. I used Evostik Resin W because it was very cheap in very large quantities, and if my plasterers (and screeders) reckoned it was OK it was good enough for me.
I sealed the screed on top of the concrete base for the new garage floor forty years ago , and for the next few decades the paint did NOT flake off, but eventually it wore through from above, mostly because of grit and stone chips trapped in the tyres. And then once worn through the sealed layer, the potholes appeared rapidly!
At the time I was too busy to notice and SWMBO’s car was in the garage. And now there is so much stuff in there, well, it is daunting just thinking about getting to all of the floor to fill and tile it or even repaint it. A skip is needed. But the odd left-over bits and pieces keep seeming to find a use…
Hmm, I filled a skip not long ago, when was it? Umm, files suggest 2013, too long ago.
Hi Robbie
I.pressure washed my garage floor as it was so dusty and almost impossible to sweep.
I did this on a very warm day and left the doos open to dry. I then sealed it with a diluted pva mix… I bought 5 litres from Wilko as it was a very good price. To this day it has remained fairly dust free. I did not bother to paint it as I had painted a concrete floor at my last house and it started flaking after about 2 years and made a right mess. I would certainly recommend sealing with pva first if you were to paint the floor.
One half done… 1 coat of sealer & 2 coats of paint with an overnight wait between each coat. It seems to have gone down really well and looks to be a good hardwearing finish.
this topic!!!
Perfect!
