How To Paint The Garage Floor Diy

How to paint a garage floor clean and prep the floor.

How to paint the garage floor diy.

This old house host kevin o connor assists epoxy coating expert doug fasching in creating a good looking hardwearing stain resistant garage floor. Make sure the work area your garage is well ventilated since you will be working with epoxy paint and bleach both products that have strong fumes. Diy epoxy garage floor tutorial. Cut in along the edges of your garage with a brush and then use a roller with a medium nap to apply the rest of the 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. Epoxy will make your floors look nice clean up easily and give your garage a finished look. Typically a latex paint should last you about 2 years while an epoxy paint should give you three to four years. 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.

We ended up using the behr concrete and masonry bonding primer and behr premium1 part epoxy concrete and garage floor paint in slate gray and the whole process was surprisingly easy. Over the years i ve epoxied about 10 garages for friends and family. Be sure to allow the proper times for light foot and vehicle traffic 1 and 3 days respectively. Ensure good ventilation in the garage.

When selecting paint for your garage floor make sure to choose an epoxy paint created especially for garage floors. 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. All of them have turned out great and the floors have held up. 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.

Let the first coat dry thoroughly about 24 hours.