Painting Garage Floor - Any tips? - Now Painted :-)

[DavidAshton]

After moving house about 2 months ago I have finally got the garage in a state ready for the car.

Before I start parking it in there I want to paint the concrete floor to make it look better and get rid of the dustiness from the concrete.

I have seen this stuff which is the colour I want and has good customer reviews.

http://www.diy.com/n...?skuId=11218558

I have never painted a floor before, I am guessing it a case of pouring the paint into a tray and paint rolling it on?

Any general tips preparing the surface and actually painting it?

Edited January 1, 2013 by DavidAshton

[Simon]

Get some heat in there mate if it's damp and cold a few days before you do it if possible

[james@cjperformance]

like simon said dude the concrete will be like a sponge so any damp/ moisture will e in the concrete. have a google at polyurethane floor paint

[rob_bower]

Some people recommend sealing it first with watered down pva glue have a read on detailing world there is an entire thread about it. P

[morgey]

Start by the door and work your way into the corner ;)

[DavidAshton]

Some people recommend sealing it first with watered down pva glue have a read on detailing world there is an entire thread about it. P

Wow detailing world has some proper nice garages!

I think this has gone from a quick floor paint to winter project garage! Going to do the walls white and get it looking all sweet!

Thanks Rob

[dean@mainzcarcare]

My number one tip would be make sure you use the right type of paint and make sure the floor is dust free

[Banbury Glanza]

100% dust free if possible and as little damp/moister as possible

[jakeep82]

dust it out then pva it then correct paint

mix pva with water and roll on apply paint when its tacky

[RandomDan]

Start by the door and work your way into the corner ;)

Do you make sure all the windows and doors are closed also?

[StarletMad]

Defo seal it with Pva first. Same technique as screeding

[Fealscott]

reccomend using this stuff, thin it down with turps so it goes on easier and put 2 coats on leave it overnight to dry between coats

http://www.crowntrade.co.uk/Products/HighPerformance/Pages/FastDryingConcreteFloorPaint.aspx

[DavidAshton]

Thought I should update this seen as everyone offered advice, I actually got the garage completed today! I blame Rob for it taking so long as he pointed me to detailing world and I saw all the nice garages on there so I made my mind up as to what I wanted to do and project garage begun.

At the time of starting this thread the garage looked like this.

I then decided on a white walls / blue floor theme and over the past 2 months I painted for an hour or so on an evening after work, a few days a week. The walls took a full 3 coats and I completed the floor edging today and now it looks like this.

The Glanza eagerly waiting to get back in!

This was a really cool project I enjoyed doing and never even thought about when I first bought the house. I have a few shelves coming for my detailing gear so looking forward to getting all that together and the car all clean when the weather picks up.

Thanks again for the help in this thread!

[LukeSR]

That looks sweet with the border!

[Liam_D]

Garage looks awesome dude!! Pretty jealous of it to be honest haha!

[Nanglebadger]

oh DAMMIT!!!!!

now u have gone and put this awesome idea in my head for my own garage!!!!!

looks fantastic dude!

Phil.

[Neo Gold]

Top garage dave & easy access to the kitchen for pots of tea!!...

[Johnboy GT]

Good effort mate! Got an idea for you? As that looks like a quite narrow garage, I have a mate with a similar garage and he cleverly put bump strips down the wall for where the door of his car would touch.

Saves chipping any paintwork .

Just a thought, good work on the garage!

John