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« on: December 13, 2005, 09:51:45 »
I want to seal my garage floor.  I see Screwfix sell various paints for this.  Has anyone done this before, got any recommendations?

I am looking to keep the floor clean (so I can wipe up oil spills etc).  An alternative would be some rubber matting of some sort, any tips?

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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2005, 12:54:36 »
I haven't painted a garage floor but have done a Toolroom

you need to make sure that the floor is clean and oil free, seal the floor with a suitable liquid PVA??, prime it then paint it.

Unless you use the speacilist paints expect it to lift if scratched etc sometimes i wonder to save a bit of the readys it would be ok to use extrior gloss on floors and yearly repaint!!!!!!!!!!


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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2005, 18:07:23 »
i got some fantastic paint from ebay - it's an epoxy type paint where You mix the activator in with the paint - sets rock hard and is very easy to cleanand gives a brilliant shiny finish.
Only problem with it is :
A - it's not cheap and
B - you have to work bloody fast to get it down before it goes off , plus you have to wait a minimum of 24hrs before using the floor.
The chap on eblag is selling it for about £78 for 10 litres which did my single garage with 2 coats , but i can highly recommend it.
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2005, 08:10:11 »
Thanks for they replys,  I had a look in eBay theres loads of people selling epoxy paint on there!

I've also seen this http://www.itsasteel.co.uk/products/flooring.htm which looks nice, buts its £28 a sqr meter!

They do them in red, white and blue - I could do a massive union jack!
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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2005, 12:20:09 »
It's a pity you're so far away as our very own Andy works for a paint & coatings manufacturers.
He got me 20litres(?) of Bronze Green enamel for (I 'm sure it was?) £10.00
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« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2005, 14:04:30 »
make sure you get something that isnt too shiny - shiny = slippy! specially when you`ve dropped a gallon of oil on it
(not that i ever... :twisted: hehe)

enquire around some plant hire firms as a mate of mine got a 5 gallon drum of industrial stuff for next to nowt, might be worth askin some builders, might have some left over from a job for a small fee :wink:
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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2005, 21:47:40 »
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