Question:
My garage floor is really dusty, and no matter how much I brush it I always
seem to get more up !
I was thinking about some kind of pour/brush on liquid to seal it.
Will I have to get rid of as much dust first ?
How will the liquid take to a dust incrusted floor ?
Do I need to take some Garage Floor Sealers into consideration?
Answer:
You can use a simple clear dust proofer such as Natural Stone Sealer.
However I would recommend our standard alkyd floor paint (which is quite
a bit cheaper http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/t/TORFP/ ), no
need to use any special floor sealers first, just thin the first coat
10-15% with clean white spirit to aid adhesion on the bare concrete
surface.
Sweep the floor, then try to remove any oil stains on the surface, Sugar
Soap http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/b/BARTSS in dilution,
and a thorough rinse is useful for this. Allow the floor to dry
properly, then give it a final good sweep. There is no need to go 'over
the top' on cleaning.
Use a short pile/medium pile roller to apply, not a long pile as this
will aerate the paint leaving bubbles in the dried film. Allow to dry,
then apply 1 or 2 further full coats (unthinned).
Apply each coat sparingly, 2 or more thin coats are far superior to 1-2
thick coats.
Two-pack products will certainly last much longer - particularly where
the your car tyres come to rest, but generally they are a bit over the
top for the general domestic garage. A halfway house solution would be
to use a single-pack epoxy ester modified floor paint such as Macpherson
Epimac.
What ever you choose, its not a particularly hard job to consider, and a
reasonable cleaning job prior to applying the coatings will give you a
good end result.
