Colnago_Man
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| posted on 22/8/11 at 07:56 AM |
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Garage Floor - Repainting Tips?
Morning,
A couple of years ago I paint my concrete garage floor with 'International Quick Dry Garage Floor Paint' it pretty much did what it said
on the tin. Trouble is its now warn back down the concrete in a couple of places.
I now want to refresh it with another coat of similar paint but not sure if I can just paint straight on top of the existing coat or do I need to do
something special first? I did PVA the existing concrete before the first coat went down.
I know if it was woodwork I would sand it down first, but I cannot real see me sanding down a garage floor?
Thanks
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nige
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| posted on 22/8/11 at 08:50 AM |
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we have just done our workshop floor at work
just swept it clean and recoated
when you start this journey
you think it will be done in " no " time but then " no " turns into a " bloody " long time
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 22/8/11 at 08:56 AM |
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Hi as it is old concrete and sounds fairly stable I would just scrape off any loose sections, vaccuum, then paint it making sure to get 2 coats on the
worn sections.
Just done ours at home with Leyland floor paint - "Apollo" blue shade, very soothing  it is on special offer at the moment, excellent
quality and sticks well, bit of a whiff when it is drying costing £37 for a big tin, unless youknow some one in the trad with an account
I know there are much cheaper paints to be had and this is LCB but we use same paint at work on the floor there- adding anti slip additive every
alternate time floor is painted and never had any complaints yet.
hth
Mike
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joni
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| posted on 22/8/11 at 10:47 AM |
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crown floor paint
crown quick dry floor paint is the best iam in the trade and would not use any thine else apart from 2 pack but its a fortune and for home use crown
is the best
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 22/8/11 at 07:34 PM |
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Try to get rid of any oil on the floor before painting, use a bit of brake cleaner or if badly stained then use some oil absorbent granules and work
them into the stain by shuffling them around underfoot.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 22/8/11 at 08:10 PM |
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I would repaint the patches first, then when well try repaint the whole thing, that way you should lessen the 'step' beteen new and old.
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