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Recent moved into a new property with a concrete floor. I want to use the garage for zwift and other things so wouldn't mind dealing with the dust issues.
Thinking of an epoxy paint for the job but anything else I should think of? Should I go to the edge of the concrete or just up to the door when closed? Will fot a damp/rain barrier of some sort when done so maybe done need to go all the way out to the drive.
Amy experience or tips of products would be helpful as there seem so many options out there.
I painted a bare concrete floor in Screwfix No Nonsense floor paint. It's been down about 18 months now and it's wearing well.
Had similar wonderings recently. I ended up going down the vinyl flooring route, mainly because of time - I needed to empty the garage, paint the walls and ceiling, lay the floor and refill the garage in a day. Lots of stuff in there with nowhere else to store it.
https://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/garage-floor-going-round-in-circles/
I used floor paint. I should have used epoxy even though it was more prep and expense.
Top tip: use a colourful colour. It looks cool and there doesn't need to be more grey in the world.
I used epoxy levelling compound & epoxy paint in my last garage. Quite a fun process but took the best part of a week and ended up looking a bit amateur here and there.
With the current garage I'm planning on putting down vinyl tiles so I can have it done in a day.
I've got these
https://duramat.co.uk/category/all/durastud/
Not cheap (prices have risen a bit since I bought them, but not outrageously), but still looking good after three years, no dust issues other than what I need to clean up off them...
use a colourful colour.
Park Tool (ish) Blue FTW...
3 years ago I used:
https://regalpaint.co.uk/regal-prime-and-seal/
Followed by:
https://regalpaint.co.uk/floor-paint/quick-dry-garage-floor-paint/
in Ford Tractor Blue
Rollered on. 2 coats.
Great finish. Wearing well.
Recommended.
Sodium silicate sorted my dusty garage floor. Couple of months after doing it, the dust was a bit annoying. Treated it with the above & it sorted it right out. It's also referred to as water glass.
Mentioned in Nedrapiers thread is the fact that epoxy gets slippy when wet, at a factory I worked they would add a small amount of sand to the epoxy, to give added grip.
It is a thing..
If it's just the dust you're wanting to prevent then I've used this on a couple of new concrete garage floors and it's worked well for around £10.
VERBUILD 403 CONCRETE HARDENER DUSTPROOFER 5 LITRE
One 5l bottle is plenty for 2 coats on a single garage.
Also following this. 35m² garage to do. Thinking of tidying up the existing bare concrete with no nonsense paint, then spending a small fortune on the duramat tiles to cover the entirety of the floor. It'll make it easier to adjust the flooring when I get around to framing and insulating the external walls. Duramat tile samples ordered to check what the colours are like. Thanks for the tip, Jim.
Really like the idea of the tiles and the fact I wouldn't have to do it in multiple stages given the garage is full of stuff but the cost is much higher it seems
I used this:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/leyland-trade-heavy-duty-floor-paint-frigate-grey-5ltr/88106
After 5 years is wearing perfectly despite lots of use. Pretty terrible smell when applying though.
I used ronseal diamondhard- it's got a bit of nonslip in it which is good and it's really easy to apply and pretty untemperamental about prep.
It's not the strongest, not even close but that's a pro and a con- the disadvantage is obvious but the way I see it is garage floor paint lives a hard life-it gets spilled on, stuff gets dragged over it or dropped on it, and it tends to already have years of oil and crap in it and the concrete was probably never the best in the first place if it's a "built with the house" job. So a simple to put down, simple to repair paint can be better than a really good paint that will still, ultimately, not be indestructible. Being able to just wipe it down with brake cleaner and roller on a repair is fab. I even painted over the unbudgable oil stain from where my motorbike had been leaking for a decade- just kept applying coats, scraping it as it peeled, then putting down another til eventually it's sealed it in.
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I painted a bare concrete floor in Screwfix No Nonsense floor paint. It’s been down about 18 months now and it’s wearing well.
Glad to hear it, because I bought a can at the weekend and (half the floor) will be getting its first coat tonight.
Got Karndean down in mine, ‘cos I’m flash like that, and there happened to be a massive over order on a commercial job so it was going in the skip.