concrete paint again - a new question?
dudley...@ntlworld.com
couldn't find anything to quite cover my question.
I have just had a new concrete sectional garage put up on the base where
my old sectional garage stood, (other garage related questions are bound
to follow in the next few days!) As the new garage is almost empty at
the moment I thought it would be a good time to paint the floor to try
and keep the dust down a bit. Most of the concrete is still very clean
and ready to paint. Unfortunately there are several largish - foot
square oil stains. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do
to block the oil stain before applying the floor paint? And does anyone
have any recommendations as to which floor paint to use - I dont need
anything fancy, plain battleship grey will be just fine.
All suggestions gratefully received!
regards
Dudley
Nightjar
<dudley...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> I have taken a look at the FAQ and had a poke around deja news and
> couldn't find anything to quite cover my question.
>
> I have just had a new concrete sectional garage put up on the base where
> my old sectional garage stood, (other garage related questions are bound
> to follow in the next few days!) As the new garage is almost empty at
> the moment I thought it would be a good time to paint the floor to try
> and keep the dust down a bit. Most of the concrete is still very clean
> and ready to paint. Unfortunately there are several largish - foot
> square oil stains. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do
> to block the oil stain before applying the floor paint?
On factory floors, I used a commercial kitchen degreasing wash fluid applied
with a hired floor scrubbing machine to take out quite heavy oil patches.
> And does anyone
> have any recommendations as to which floor paint to use
International Garage Floor Paint. I use it in all my factories and it has
lasted as well as a much more expensive epoxy finish.
Colin Bignell
Thomas Prufer
<nigh...@insertmysurname.uk.com> wrote:
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do
>> to block the oil stain before applying the floor paint?
>
>On factory floors, I used a commercial kitchen degreasing wash fluid applied
>with a hired floor scrubbing machine to take out quite heavy oil patches.
ISTR you need to take the oil stain off to the point where an acid
etch will foam on the surface. Not that you necessarily need an acid
etch, but just "blocking" the stain won't really do.
Thomas Prufer
Max Bone
>Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do
>to block the oil stain before applying the floor paint? And does anyone
>have any recommendations as to which floor paint to use - I dont need
>anything fancy, plain battleship grey will be just fine.
You can't block it... it will require removal, sugar soap and warm water
does a great job of removing tough oil stains, scrub well with a high
concentration rate, you may need more than one application... then rinse
away completely with clean water.
Their are all sorts of floor paints available, and with the type of wear
that a garage will get, they will all last just about as long as each
other... and that will be dependent on the preparation and application,
i.e. etching a powerfloated floor, removing oil stains, and thinning the
first coat with white spirit... this is because the greatest chance for
the coating to loose adhesion with the substrate will be where the car
tyres come to rest... it is generally not a surface wear problem... but
an adhesion problem which need to be considered in a domestic situation.
Naturally I'm going to recommend our best selling floor paint:
http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/t/TORFP/
International garage floor paint was also recommended, and to be fair
this is different enough to warrant inclusion, with a higher proportion
of polyurethane than the standard floor paint... it's just a bit pricey
for the modest increase in abrasion resistance. You could also look at
Macpherson Epimac which is a rather good single pack epoxy modified
floor coating... if you want to go down the high performance route.
But I think they are all largely overkill for your situation... a good
quality alkyd/polyurethane floor paint should suffice.
Regards
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