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Posted by Robert11 on July 3, 2005, 2:15 pm
Hello:
No expert on this, and would sure appreciate a few opinions.
Moved into a 30 yr old house.
Garage concrete floor in pretty good condition, but paint has flaked
off, here and there. Would like to repaint it.
Really don't want to bother with any epoxy type of paint.
What are the "best" brands of concrete, formulated for garage floors,
paint(s) these days ?
Avail at HD ?
Any to make sure to stay away from ?
How does one apply them ?
A brush sounds like a real big, long job.
Do they use squeegies, or big rollers, or... ?
Any problems in going directly over the old paint ?
Any pre-treatment, etc., required ?
Any hints ?
Much thanks,
Bob
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Posted by G Henslee on July 3, 2005, 2:26 pm
Robert11 wrote:
> Hello:
>
> No expert on this, and would sure appreciate a few opinions.
>
> Moved into a 30 yr old house.
> Garage concrete floor in pretty good condition, but paint has flaked
> off, here and there. Would like to repaint it.
>
> Really don't want to bother with any epoxy type of paint.
>
> What are the "best" brands of concrete, formulated for garage floors,
> paint(s) these days ?
> Avail at HD ?
> Any to make sure to stay away from ?
>
> How does one apply them ?
> A brush sounds like a real big, long job.
> Do they use squeegies, or big rollers, or... ?
>
> Any problems in going directly over the old paint ?
> Any pre-treatment, etc., required ?
>
> Any hints ?
>
> Much thanks,
> Bob
>
>
In order for the finish to hold up to tire traffic and the heat from
them you may have to use an epoxy product. Check out the Rustoleum
garage floor epoxy.
Some paint mger's make self priming real heavy and sticky products that
are used for striping in parking lots but not sure if they have the
semi-gloss you want to avoid a million tiremarks.
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Posted by Pop on July 3, 2005, 5:05 pm
> Hello:
>
> No expert on this, and would sure appreciate a few
> opinions.
>
> Moved into a 30 yr old house.
> Garage concrete floor in pretty good condition, but
> paint has flaked
> off, here and there. Would like to repaint it.
>
> Really don't want to bother with any epoxy type of
> paint.
===> And they aren't really necessary as long as you're
satisfied with a "standard" finish.
>
> What are the "best" brands of concrete, formulated
> for garage floors, paint(s) these days ?
> Avail at HD ?
> Any to make sure to stay away from ?
===> Strictly Personal Opinion and Experience here;
ymmv and my experience is no wider than my own and what
I've seen at other's garages.
===> What's there now? If it's a water-base, stay away
from oils; stick with water based. If it's an oil
base, it's best to stick with oil paint; oils are more
forgiving of little "problems" in the long run that
way.
>
> How does one apply them ?
> A brush sounds like a real big, long job.
> Do they use squeegies, or big rollers, or... ?
===> I used a roller on a long handle. Worked well,
easy to apply, cheap to buy. Just for grins, I went
out and looked at an old can: It specifically say
>
> Any problems in going directly over the old paint ?
===>
> Any pre-treatment, etc., required ?
>
> Any hints ?
>
> Much thanks,
> Bob
>
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Posted by twfsa on July 3, 2005, 9:06 pm
I just finished my 14X30 single car today , took about an hr to clean the
floor with the detergent they provided, let it dry with fans for about 30
hrs.
One gal not enough ( bought 2 gals epoxy ) so the next time I do the job,
and not knowing how far a gal will cover, I will leave a 2 ft path up the
center of the floor, and as I see where I am at on applying the paint and
figuring out how far a gal will go, if I think that there is extra paint in
the first gal, I can walk up the center 2ft path and apply and extra heavy
coat.Then as I retreat from the path paint my way out! The paint is
expensive and I hate to throw it out.
Hope this is not to confusing.
Tom
> Hello:
>
> No expert on this, and would sure appreciate a few opinions.
>
> Moved into a 30 yr old house.
> Garage concrete floor in pretty good condition, but paint has flaked
> off, here and there. Would like to repaint it.
>
> Really don't want to bother with any epoxy type of paint.
>
> What are the "best" brands of concrete, formulated for garage floors,
> paint(s) these days ?
> Avail at HD ?
> Any to make sure to stay away from ?
>
> How does one apply them ?
> A brush sounds like a real big, long job.
> Do they use squeegies, or big rollers, or... ?
>
> Any problems in going directly over the old paint ?
> Any pre-treatment, etc., required ?
>
> Any hints ?
>
> Much thanks,
> Bob
>
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Posted by G Henslee on July 5, 2005, 10:02 am
twfsa wrote:
>
>>No expert on this, and would sure appreciate a few opinions.
>>
>>Moved into a 30 yr old house.
>>Garage concrete floor in pretty good condition, but paint has flaked
>>off, here and there. Would like to repaint it.
> I just finished my 14X30 single car today , took about an hr to clean the
> floor with the detergent they provided, let it dry with fans for about 30
> hrs.
>
> Hope this is not to confusing.
>
> Tom
Are we supposed to guess the brand you used?
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