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Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #

Posted by Mark Duhigg on April 2, 2009, 7:47 am
Message modified by board administrator April 2, 2009, 7:57 am

Good Morning
I am going to paint Workshop floor this coming Easter weekend.
Can anyone recommend were I can get a good hardwareing floor paint. Had the last lot off the back of white van man and lasted about three days before it started peeling off.

Mark

Re: Floor paint

Posted by Peter Warman on April 2, 2009, 7:56 am, in reply to "Floor paint"
Peter Warman - Administrator

Hi Mark

Here are a few good posts

http://members5.boardhost.com/ukautotalk2/msg/1194805794.html

I am sure a few others will have some tips

Peter

Re: Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #

Posted by sean savage on April 2, 2009, 8:33 am, in reply to "Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #"
Sean Savage

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2pk-EPOXY-FLOOR-PAINT-T-RED-GREY-GARAGE-WAREHOUSE-10LT_W0QQitemZ120398073527QQihZ002QQcategoryZ72347QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

we did our workshop a year last xmas. spent 2 days doing the prep work which is the most important part. i thought it seemed expensive but it has been superb. oil,fuel,brake fluid. you name it and the paint hasnt moved a bit. handled all the traffic without a problem. its a superb paint. took 24hrs to dry.
sean

Re: Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #

Posted by Glyn Morgan on April 2, 2009, 9:01 am, in reply to "Re: Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #"
Glyn Morgan

We used two pack floor paint ( not the paint in link )a few years ago, finish great, preparation very important.

My only complaint is when the floor is wet it became quite slippery, I believe you can add anti slip grit to it.

Glyn

Re: Floor paint

Posted by Steve Norman on April 3, 2009, 10:12 am, in reply to "Re: Floor paint"
Steve Norman - Administrator

The reactive resins paint has been down for over a year now & looks as good as when I did it.

find the link in my previous post

regards
Steve

Re: Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #

Posted by ken hudson on April 4, 2009, 8:24 am, in reply to "Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #"
Ken Hudson

hi
we have just painted the floor in our new premises(60ft * 25ft)
cost of paint alone £1500.00 and thats without VAT
prep was intense as this was an old floor with lots of oils spills over the years
power wash steam clean power wash etc to get clean
but three months down the line paint is performing very very well
you get what you pay for i guess
company is called chemsearch
regards
ken hudson

Re: Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #

Posted by ford elekie on April 6, 2009, 8:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #"
Martin Desbrulais

when I was in the RAF,part of my trade was working in the battery charging bay,when we painted the floor every two years,we used red lead paint poured sand in,mixed it to give a non slip paint,then use a bass broom to paint it on,simple,cheap but effective.

Re: Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #

Posted by Joe McGeoghan on April 21, 2009, 11:29 am, in reply to "Garage Floor Paint - Any advice welcome #"

Just had mine done by Gallagher Flooring. www.gallagherflooring.com

High gloss epoxy finish.

Budget for approx £5.5k+VAT. for 2500sq ft.

Sounds dear but the prep was intense, incredible amount of material, very efficient firm, 4yr no-quibble guarantee. In and out in three days, but coming back later for a couple of snagging items and to finish painting hazard lines.

By the time you've buggered about doing it yourself a few times, it's money well spent in my opinion.

Joe

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