When deciding on your garage floor, you may want to consider garage floor paint. Using garage floor paint, it's easy to put a nice, shiny coat on your garage floor, making it easier to clean and also more attractive. If the garage floor has already been coated and that coating has either worn off or is now undesirable for whatever reason, than paint can be a good option for your garage floor. Most of these garage floor paints can be used to top other sealants or paints, providing they are clean and free of any contaminants. As garage floor paint is fairly thick, there's usually no need for color matching or anything of the sort.
How Long Does It Usually Take To Apply?
Many garage floor paints kits take only three hours to apply, including preparing the current flooring. Though a much more permanent solution, this time frame is similar to other garage floor solutions such as mats or tiling. This estimate also is only for a normal garage; laying down garage floor paint will take longer if you have an unusually large garage.
Testing Your Concrete Garage Floor
Before the garage floor paint can be laid down, the concrete must be prepared to the paint kit manufacturers specifications. Even if the garage floor is brand new, this still holds true. There's no point in laying down a nice, new layer of paint only for it to not last as long or have a shoddy finish because the concrete wasn't prepared correctly.
The 30 Day Wait
If the concrete is brand new, as in has just been laid down and still has that darker color that indicates it's not completely dry, even if you can't carve your initials in it, then you'll have to wait a bit before you can begin preparing the garage floor for painting. Most paint manufacturers recommend waiting at least thirty days, but be sure to check with the instructions before starting, as different kits will have different instructions. If you're not sure when the cement for your garage floor was laid, you may want to get with the contractor and find out. Either that, or you could always wait thirty days from move in to apply the garage floor paint. Since the garage floor will have to be prepped, regardless of condition, there's no harm in using the garage until the thirty days has passed. That being said, it probably wouldn't be wise to pile half your belongings in the garage, as that would surely deter you from applying the garage floor paint when the time comes.
Garage Floor Paint: The Best Option?
As you can see, garage floor paint, while a comprehensive garage flooring option, can be quite the task to lay out. That's not to say it's not worth it. There's a reason people use the stuff. Garage floor paint, when done correctly, turns out looking great. - 33374
How Long Does It Usually Take To Apply?
Many garage floor paints kits take only three hours to apply, including preparing the current flooring. Though a much more permanent solution, this time frame is similar to other garage floor solutions such as mats or tiling. This estimate also is only for a normal garage; laying down garage floor paint will take longer if you have an unusually large garage.
Testing Your Concrete Garage Floor
Before the garage floor paint can be laid down, the concrete must be prepared to the paint kit manufacturers specifications. Even if the garage floor is brand new, this still holds true. There's no point in laying down a nice, new layer of paint only for it to not last as long or have a shoddy finish because the concrete wasn't prepared correctly.
The 30 Day Wait
If the concrete is brand new, as in has just been laid down and still has that darker color that indicates it's not completely dry, even if you can't carve your initials in it, then you'll have to wait a bit before you can begin preparing the garage floor for painting. Most paint manufacturers recommend waiting at least thirty days, but be sure to check with the instructions before starting, as different kits will have different instructions. If you're not sure when the cement for your garage floor was laid, you may want to get with the contractor and find out. Either that, or you could always wait thirty days from move in to apply the garage floor paint. Since the garage floor will have to be prepped, regardless of condition, there's no harm in using the garage until the thirty days has passed. That being said, it probably wouldn't be wise to pile half your belongings in the garage, as that would surely deter you from applying the garage floor paint when the time comes.
Garage Floor Paint: The Best Option?
As you can see, garage floor paint, while a comprehensive garage flooring option, can be quite the task to lay out. That's not to say it's not worth it. There's a reason people use the stuff. Garage floor paint, when done correctly, turns out looking great. - 33374
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