Mike, depends on what you want. i used concrete stain(dull finish, not
slippery)which was
available at Sears at the time. John
Mike Lee - Team Banana Racing wrote:
> Yet another question about garage floor painting....
>
> I recently bought a house, and expect to be moving in within a couple of
>weeks.
> Like everyone else, I'd like to get the garage floor all prepped and painted
> prior to moving all my junk in there.
>
> The house is about 2 years old; the garage was used as a sales office during
>the
> entire period. Currently, they are in the midst of scraping all the
>paint/glue/
> mastic/assorted junk off the concrete, and patching holes where carpet tack
>strips,etc.
> used to be. So the concrete should be "seasoned" except for the patch areas
>(I'm not
> sure what they're using to patch it), and maybe a little damp from
>powerwashing.
>
> Luckily, there are no old oil/grease spots I need to remove. So I plan on
>getting
> some muratic acid from Home Depot, mix in a 1:10 ratio with water, and use
>that
> to wash down the floor. Rinse with water, and if I'm feeling energetic, maybe
> repeat. Then dry overnight and sweep with a brush/vacuum with a shop-vac.
>The
> final step would be to actually paint the floor (see? I've been paying
>attention..)
>
> The biggest problem is actually obtaining the paint. I've called an auto-body
> paint supplier (for Imron), and they said to try a house paint place. Most of
> those don't have anything that they think would be suitable. The one place
>that
> did, said it was something I should leave to a professional (I do have a f.a.
> respirator and bunny suit, and the house is unoccupied, so fumes aren't an
>issue).
> The industrial flooring places won't supply the material, but would be happy
> to come by and do the work for me. So where have you guys been finding this
> paint????
>
> Home Depot had something by Thompson (whose quality reputation I've heard is
> suspect w.r.t deck treatments), but it did seem like the "right" stuff. It
> required a "special" Thompson cleaner, and had a two part paint that doesn't
> dry until mixed. Is that the stuff I should be using?
>
> Thanks for any recommendations,
> Mike
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