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After it has been prepped and primed well, the house paint you are already using is perfectly proper to use as a garage door paint. But you can also add longer-lasting protection with some very good top brand paints. Garage doors get beat up, so we tell customers to use the best.
If you have been searching for garage floor paint, you now see the bewildering array of styles or types of floor coatings (not all of them are truly called paints). We picked the best of each category.
Shopping you will see off-brand coatings showing beautiful photos with what they call the best garage floor paint. Really? Show me the floor in 10 years.
The biggest cause of painting concrete failure (not bonding, delamination, bubbling, etc.), is poor prep. We will explained how to paint concrete floors step by step. With links to the all-important concrete prep (testing, to etch or now, cleaning, rinsing, etc).
What concrete paint to put on your floor depends on your comfort with the look and lifespan. Some customers of ours are very picky and want a perfect high-gloss epoxy and others just want a budget facelift. We also link you to every topic you need to consider: from cleaning to cleanup.
Here’s how to prep concrete for paint or for any type of coating. If your concrete slab has been sealed or not, it’s here. We looked around the ‘net and saw some “expert” DIY sites focussing on acid etching. Wow, sexy. But you need to think outside the sex.
Don’t be put off by eco-friendly concrete cleaners: today they are equal to the stuff you knew from days gone by. These really work.
Concrete that has either been sealed or trowled to a very smooth profile is not paintable without etching. Concrete etching is done either mechanically with a grinder (several options this way) or chemically with an acid wash (two options this way).
Here are the main methods for concrete testing: several for moisture and one for alkalinity. If you have any doubt, do these tests before painting concrete. Most of these you can do yourself, but what you need a professional for is discussed as well.
You are in luck. Applying floor paint is the easiest thing we painters do. When you use the best floor paint you will only need one coat in most cases. We only use high-quality floor paint. And painting floors is easy. Don’t thank me, thank gravity.
Let’s knock this puppy O-U-T. The short list of what you need: First, choices for the best basement floor paints around, then how to paint a basement floor made easy.
You can go much faster with your concrete job with the right products. Here are the main recommendations.
3M Respirator – Half Facepiece; choose size on page
Mask without filters – Need filter kit below or buy filters separately
Paint Respirator Supply Kit
Use with 3M masks – contains chemical and outer filters plus clip
Bosch Angle 5″ Grinder Variable Speed with Paddle Switch
Safely rips away paint from wood, metal with disc shown below
DEWALT Grinding Wheel, Double Row, Diamond Cup
3M Mold Remediation Respirator Kit 68097
Protect eyes and lungs- chemical cartridges sold separately
Products here are selected by a pro: reasonably priced, high-quality products. The key to doing quality work quickly is good painting tools.
Brad the Painter – Painting Tips by a Professional offers advice and recommendations on how to do your painting project well, safe and fast. You’ll find tips known only to the pros, and tools that save time and money. Brad has been in the business for well over 30 years, and is now in semi-retirement passing on the secrets to you. There really need not be any dread of painting by yourself. There are tools that do not cost much that save you time and cut through frustration.
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