Garage floor painting gives your garage flooring a stylish and new appearance. Easy to maintain, it resists staining and sheds water and dirt. Painting garage floors helps in hiding the imperfections in the concrete flooring. Nonetheless guidelines should be properly followed for achieving optimum results.
With a variety of garage floor paints available, applying them is simply a 3 step procedure, preparing the floor- applying the paint and giving it sufficient time to properly dry. Painting a garage floor is easy and people mostly handle it themselves or with the help of a friend or two at the most.
Proper preparation is vital for any job and garage floor painting is no exception. Before you begin ensure that the area is well ventilated as you will be dealing with high concentrated chemicals. Proper protective gear should also be worn and children shall be kept away at all times.
Preparation
Painting garage floors effectively is primarily reliant on the preparation of the floor. The floor should be thoroughly swept and cleaned. To remove the stains you may use a 3 to 1 mixture of water and bleach, or simply a commercially prepared cleaner. The best way to achieve this is to spray the cleaner on the stains and allow it to soak for a few minutes. Then scrub the stains with a stiff-bristle brush. Finally rinse the area well with clean water. A handy tip is to stand at the back of the garage; this allows you to use pressure water for tough stains and then leave it to dry.
Next step is to determine whether your floor requires etching or not. Sprinkle water on the floor. If the water is absorbed the floor needs not to be etched. Otherwise the concrete may need additional preparation through etching.
Once the floor is etched, let the floor completely dry as the floor so that it will be fully prepared and ready for garage floor paint.
Painting
Garage floor paints should be carefully mixed as advised on the kit. Painting garage floors require a long-handled paint roller to apply a primer coat. Once evenly applied remember to let it dry completely. This normally takes 8 to 10 hours.
For the next coat it is recommended that you use nylon brushes. Carefully and evenly apply a coat with gentle strokes for even distribution and let it dry. Once it is completely dried check and if required apply another coat.
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