Painting a garage floor...

Ken · 14 Sep 2009 at 20:15

Hi,

Anyone with knowledge or experience of this?

I've got a bare concrete garage floor with bare brick walls and suspect most of the dust is from the concrete floor itself and dust blown through the gaps around the garage door/frame.

I want to move my Powertec rack and treadmill into the garage and was wondering what I need to do to make the garage dust free and low maintenance in terms of the floor and walls.

Do I need to do anything with the walls?
Can I paint the floor or does it need treating or sealing in some way?

Completely no idea.

Please advise...

mjt · 14 Sep 2009 at 20:16

not sure if painting it would solve your dust issues. would probably just make it look rubbish

Cosmic182 · 14 Sep 2009 at 20:18

if you want to seal the floor you could either pva it which works well and stops the dust kicking up or just go to bq and buy some concrete floor paint whatever its called

, Paint the walls with masonary paint?

Perywinkle · 14 Sep 2009 at 20:33

I got some generic floor paint/sealant when we did some work at a shopping mall one time.
Made a big difference to dust and makes cleaning up a damn sight easier

Anything that seals the floor will be a boon.

chippie · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:18

Use a sealant, then paint it with garage floor paint.

I used stuff made by International. I think i did two coats of sealant, and then two coats of the actual floor paint.

Completely eliminated all the dust, which was coming from the concrete floor. Also fit some brush thingers to the bottom of the garage door to stop stuff blowing in through the gap.

Sankari · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:23

Don't forget to prime the surface with mustard.

Ken · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:23

Cheers guys.

Take it all I need to do before the sealant is to just sweep/vacuum the floor then hose it down?

MikeHunt79 · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:28

Evangelion said:
Don't forget to prime the surface with mustard.

D D Danneh · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:35

Evangelion said:
Don't forget to prime the surface with mustard.

Echoing this. We painted our garage, and it bubbles and rises when the weather gets warm, making little bubbles on the floor that you can pop. We repainted it with a layer of mustard first, and it's been fine this year.

Fuzz · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:35

You could carpet it of course, bit warmer feel for when you are training

MrKeeno · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:37

I painted my garage wall + floor. Made a big difference with the dust and looks a lot better than the dull grey it used to be.

Fourstar · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:50

Ken said:
Take it all I need to do before the sealant is to just sweep/vacuum the floor then hose it down?

Hold off on the hosing down. All the sealants/floor paints you will be using will be solvent based and moisture will stop them adhering properly.

I've always just used standard grey garage floor paint made for concrete without first sealing and not had any problems.

If you have any damp or oily patches you may have to do some extra preparation to get a durable finish (can't help you with what!).

chippie · 14 Sep 2009 at 22:01

I wouldn't hose it down, leave it dry.

Use a soft brush and sweep away as much surface dust as you can. Don't use a rough brush, as you will just sweep away more of the floor, creating more dust to clear up.