How To Install Garage Floor Paint

If your garage floor is stained with oil grease and rust you can easily give it new life with a coat of concrete floor paint.

How to install garage floor paint.

Although it is common to hear people refer to epoxy paint in reality epoxy and paint are different products with different chemical compositions. Concrete floor paints are available in both oil based alkyd and water based latex forms both formulated to resist stains and dry to a satin non slip finish. Garage floor paint normally is a latex acrylic product. All you need is a weekend to get.

Paint the floor strip by strip. Finishing an existing garage floor with a new epoxy coating is a great way to refresh your diy workspace while also making the floor much easier to keep clean in the long run. Fill your paint tray with paint. Pour the mixed material into a paint tray and roll onto the floor with a 3 8 nap roller cover.

Besides being more attractive to look at a properly finished garage floor is easier to maintain. The standard for a tough good looking surface on the garage floor is garage floor epoxy. Garage floor paint normally is a latex acrylic product. Tape a large piece of plastic over a portion of the old concrete garage floor attaching all edges of the plastic to the floor.

Epoxy creates a tougher coating than paint but it is a little trickier to apply. Using a roller with an extension pole paint the floor on strip at a time. Leave the plastic on the floor for 24 hours. Check under the plastic.

Garage floor finishes range from simple epoxy based paint finishes to snap together floor tile. Cut in the edges with a paint brush. Paint a garage floor you can protect your garage floor from oil stains and update the entire space s appearance with just a couple of coats of epoxy paint. Some paints will have a small percentage of epoxy added to the mix to make it more durable than standard paint but it is still paint.

Roll about a foot from the back corner wall in roughly 4 5 ribbons at least 2 3 wide. Be sure to allow the proper times for light foot and vehicle traffic 1 and 3 days respectively.