Can anyone recommend a quality garage floor paint, I'm feeling kind of ambitious. I know there's a lot of products out there, but I'm hoping someone has had good results with a particular paint.

I'm in NJ, so the winters can be pretty tough. Also, I'd be going over never painted concrete in a two car oversized garage. My neighbor had his done by some company, but it started coming up after a year or so.

Thanks to all.




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I have an 1100 sq foot garage at my vacation house in Lake Havasu AZ. and I paid some one to paint it for me. It looks great and it was A LOT of work for them. Glad to have paid them becuz I went to Home Depot to pick up the stuff to do it myself. The salemans at Home Depot said he just did it and it took him 15 minutes to explain to me how to do it...So I was like thanks for info, put the product back on the shelf, went home and opened up the phone book.

Good luck with what ever route you take, I do remember it was going to take all day to clean and paint and primer so be prepared.

 

This is a good question I would like to do this myself so if anyone has done this themself, please post and explain any tips or tricks to make it easier.

I know you have to really scrub the oil good with some concrete cleaner or your paint won't adhere.

 

I went with a flooring called RaceDeck. Its vinyl, floats and repels everything. Its fairly easy to install as it just snap locks together and cut the end pieces with a jig saw. Its a little pricey, but well worth the extra money for looks and durability. Painted floors look nice when new, but tend to wear pretty quick

 

I used the paint from Griot's Garage. The prep is extensive, however you need to do it, as the paint won't adhere well if you don't. I did my floor last summer, so it's already survived one western New York winter.

One thing about the Griot's stuff...It's a gloss finish, so it's slippery as hell when it's wet!

 

Ask forum member "fdupny". He did a great job and has some really nice pictures.

 

I used a Sherwin Williams 2 part epoxy paint (actually, I somehow convinced my wife to do this. I will sell the lesson learned for a lot of money...!). Expensive stuff at about $100 a gallon. It was on a virgin concrete floor. She prep'd with an acid wash, followed all instructions, etc. Now 2.5 years later, it has some areas that have pulled up - basically just under where the hot tires sit. I'm not thrilled but the hassle of doing it again has not made it a priority.

One thing for sure. I would not consider doing this without adding some of the none-slip stuff to the paint. There are several kinds. Its basically like a fine sand but it gives at least a little of texture. You can only feel it if you run your hand over it - you don't feel it with bare feet but it does help. Any painted surface on the floor is really dangerous and be extra careful with sprays. I used some spray tire crap in the garage and of course got it on the floor. I ended out washing the floor twice with soap and water and then taking some solvent to it (3M adhesive remover maybe?) and washing it again. It was like I had spray silicone on the floor. Everyone in my family actually fell to the ground at least once in two days.

So, if anyone has any comments on re-doing something over the existing epoxy paint, I'd be interested in the product and procedure used.

I do like the snap together tiles but I think this is too expensive for my 4 car garage.

 

I used the Home Depot system and it seems to be holding up OK after about 6 months. I did add the non-slip "sand" and it really makes a difference. The one piece of advise is DON'T cut corners and follow the instructions. DO THE PREP!!! I had to de-grease the floor, etch the floor, and prime the floor before the paint went down. Applying the final paint was actually the easiest and quickest part of the whole process. It's not the best system, but at $25 a gallon, I thought it was more reasonable for my application.

 

Using the anti-slip "sand" is a good news, bad news situation. Good news is you don't slip. Bad news, the surface tends to hold dirt. You just have to decide which is more important to you.

 

I just painted my floor in my new garage (30x40) with Behr 1-part Epoxy Acrylic Concrete & Garage Floor Paint, that I got from Home Depot. Its a 4-step process,degrease, acid etch, prime, and then paint. A friend used this 4 years ago and said it still in good shape, but you must follow all the steps. I know I like the looks of mine. Had wait 30 for new concrete.

 

I used Rustoleum Epoxysheild. Very easy prep and application. One kit cost $96.00 and will do a 2 1/2 car garage. I am very happy with the results. The only downside is I find myself sweeping and washing the garage much more often than I used too.

 

This works great! All I did was prep the floor with Phosphoric acid from Home Depot and then Powerwashed the floor. Two coats of paint later and its done. I slid my tool box across the floor sideways and the paint didn't budge. It costs $50/gal. 1800 345-5789. This paint is made to stay on the floor even with hot sticky tires. Its called;" Industrial Non Lifting Floor Paint". I was going to go with other name brand Co. and I'm glad that I didn't because others have had the paint lift off the floor from their hot tires. So far I have no complaints.

 

Rustoleum Epoxysheild on the plywood deck of the enclosed car hauler / trailer. Takes a beating ( brake dust, hot tires, and dragging stuff around it ) and hoses off real nice.