Garage floor paint

[Pete F.]

I'd do a quick check for moisture. Duct tape a one foot square of plastic, preferably clear, to the floor. Look at it the next day and see if there is condensation on it. If there is you will have a hard time getting any coating to adhere to it. If not and the floor is saturated with oil you might have to have some one shotblast it this will remove some concrete from the surface and give the coating something to grab. The other choice is do some snaptogether tiles that they make for garages, easier on the legs also. Hopefully the floor will be covered with sawdust anyways.

[CaptRandy]

Wash with acid before you apply a paint onto surface. That etches the surface so the paint will adhere. Before you use acid find a power washer in your area that can clean the surface. Be sure they can capture the waste water from cleaning. You cannot remove all the oil but there are oilzorb products that will help.

[eskimo]

Peeling in certain spots is what originally happened before the coat began to just come up even with the shop vac.

I just taped a piece of plastic on the floor and I will give it a look in the morning and check the progress. Just checked out the muratic acid and the clean-n-etch sealer.

I Just read that if the floor still holds moisture after the etching that the paint will never adhere.


I should have thought about redoing it in the summer