Garage Floor Paint
A finished floor makes clean up easier as well as making a good impression on people. You can protect your floor against scuffs, heat, oil and gasoline. For a garage, basement or patio, you need an epoxy garage floor paint.
For added durability and to increase adhesion to the epoxy, start with a floor clean from oil, grease, or previous sealant. Remember that salts and some other minerals will float to the top of fresh concrete. Therefore fresh concrete must be cleaned and dry also. Several good cleaners are on the market.
There are one step application water based epoxy sealants on the market that are clear and come with color flakes that can be added Coating your cement floor can double the durability of plain concrete. This is the easy to apply and cheap method to finishing a garage floor.
Acid based epoxy paint is more durable than water based. The multi part systems can be purchased in kits that include everything you need to give you a finished product that can equal a show room quality floor. There is no need to add a top coat to get a high gloss finish. It is integral to the product. Kits include clean up solution, aluminum oxide for non slip effect, and even tools to apply the paint. It has low odor and, because it is applied thicker than water based, it repairs more cracks and imperfections in the floor. Major cracks should be calked before applying epoxy.
New resin technology has provided a product that cannot be lifted by hot tire traffic.Many stock colors are available for garage floor paint and custom color orders are easy to obtain.An acid based epoxy dries to touch in about 12 hours, for light traffic in 24, and for automobile use in 72 hours or even sooner, depending on the product.
Bubbles or fish eyes in the finish may be due to inferior cleaning of grease or from improper application. Most do it yourself people can manage a floor coating of epoxy without major flaws.