subject: The Guide To Applying Garage Floor Paint [print this page] Garage floors come under attack everyday from hot tyres, chemicals and scuffs and scratches from heavy traffic. Now you can protect them yourself and use garage floor paint to stop them from deteriorating again. Paint for the floor of your garage provides the ultimate long lasting paint protection for all concrete and stone garage floors.
Garage floor paint is specifically made for protection of your floor, making it resistant to knocks, scuffs and scratches and leaving an easy clean, long lasting finish.
First of all, move everything out of the garage. Obviously, it's best to do this job on a sunny day. Make sure your garage is well ventilated.
Ensure the surface is clean and free from any oil or grease spillages. Use an oil spot cleaner to remove any oil stains you do have.
If you're applying paint to a bare surface, ensure the surface has been laid for more than a month. Thoroughly wire brush the surface and remove any dust using a vacuum cleaner and mop with water to remove dust.
Once dry, test the surface with adhesive tape to make sure no residue of dust has been left on the surface.
Although the advanced formula means that you don't need to prime the floor before painting, we suggest you seal the surface with a coat of acid etch solution or with a first coat of the garage floor paint diluted with 20-25% water to aid the adhesion of the paint to the surface
For previously painted surfaces, wire brush the paint to remove any loose or flaking paints. Sand down and wipe clean with a white spirit to remove dust. Ensure all dust residue particles have been removed before continuing.
Paint to your garage floor can be applied by brush, roller or pad.
Apply a minimum of 2 coats, working from one corner of the garage in small sections towards the entrance of the garage. A 2.5Ltr tin will easily provide 2 coats of paint when covering a garage floor which is 15m2.
To aid the quick drying formula, make sure the garage is fully ventilated throughout the job.
As this is a quick drying paint, you should be able to re-coat after 4-6 hours, so you won't have to spend all day on the job.
Once dry, the paint creates a barrier to oil and water, so any spillages will easily clean away.
After 72 hours, the floor will be tough enough to resist hot tyre pick up, and provide long term protection as well as a long lasting finish.
