How To Paint Your Garage Floor

Ensure good ventilation in the garage.

How to paint your garage floor.

Once the primer is dry prepare to apply your paint. Step 3 from the bucket pour primer into a paint tray and work a roller into the tray until it is fully loaded with primer. Start in a corner and continue along the edge of the wall. Compared to plain concrete floors painted floors will provide extra protection against mold and mildew and automobile fluids.

With your brush paint cut in a 2 3 wide area around the perimeter of the garage floor. For a nonskid surface add sand or decorative sprinkles to the painted floor while wet. To paint a garage floor start by degreasing and cleaning the surface repairing any cracks and lining the bottom of the walls where they meet the floor with painter s tape. Be sure to allow the proper times for light foot and vehicle traffic 1 and 3 days respectively.

Apply a paint or epoxy coating made for garage floors following instructions. 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. 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. 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.

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.