Painting the garage floor?

[Yugguy]

Howdo all.

I've bought myself some epoxy resin floor paint, as my garage floor is badly cured dusty concrete.

Should I give it a skim coat of PVA solution first, or will the epoxy paint be enough?

 

[old-git]

If the concrete is old and dusty:

Jet wash
Let dry
Vacuum
Diluted PVA
Epoxy

Is how I would do it

 

[Yugguy]

Cheers OG.

I'll go for that then.

I need to put something on the bottom of the shutter doors and at the top of the side doors too to stop rubbish blowing in, I am thinking foam pipe lagging, it's cheap and light so the shutter door springs will still be ok.

 

[T9 man]

If the foam pipe lagging is allowed to touch the floor then it will have a short life. How big is the gap that you have to fill? You might do better buying the industrial drought excluder on a strip. It is very similar to some of the domestic versions on offer i.e. a solid rubber strip or nylon brushes attached to a metal strip. If memory serves me correctly, there is not that much difference in price but it's life span is greatly improved in inclement weather.

 

[TCJBOLDIE]

Howdo all.

I've bought myself some epoxy resin floor paint, as my garage floor is badly cured dusty concrete.

Should I give it a skim coat of PVA solution first, or will the epoxy paint be enough?

I would be all for OG's method BUT when all else fails follow directions on the tin which is most likely OG's

 

[herb]

As a painter I personally wouldn't use pva on a concrete floor! Pva is a great sealer but reduces adhesion
Here's what I do/use on the garage floors I'm painting atm

Scrape the floor free of snots/lose material
Sweep the floor
Use a acid etch solution (diluted to manufacturers recommendations) leave for an hour
Jet wash or hose and brush the acid off
Leave for 24 hrs
Most epoxy paints don't need a sealer/stabiliser coat just a thinned down first coat leave 24 hrs
Then apply a neat top coat

Hope this helps!

 

[herb]

Just remembered because your floor isn't new I'd give the floor a decrease and any prominent oil stains give a good scrub before the acid etch

 

[old-git]

I'd follow this. Good point re PVA