What's good to use?

Our new unit is just about ready. It currently has an unpainted concrete floor and we want to paint it with something that stands a chance of lasting more than 3 weeks.

Not on an open budget though.

Any idea's??

 

I would get someone in mate.

Alright to do your own garage or whatever, but if you want it to last...

 

i used red johnstones floor paint on mine and it seems to be holding down well.3 coats did it.

 

Ive used Leyland heavy duty floor paint many a time, never needed more than two coats for a good long lasting and hard wearing finish. Dont forget to coat the floor with concrete sealer first also.

 

Christian,

Give us a ring at work tomorrow and i'll dig out the name of the last lot we used......

it was like arraldite wher you add the hardner, lasted fookin ages before it started to come off and even then its pulling the old paint from underneath off the concrete, so i bet it'd be awesome on a new unpainted floor....

Rob

 

as rob says, it must be an epoxy based paint if you ever want it to last, normal floor paint just will not stand the rigors of the trolley jack being dragged along the floor !

 

We just used a cheap floor paint and make the apprentice paint it twice a year!!!

 

The floor may have been power floated IE polished and paint will not stick to it. If it has not been power floated I would use a 2 pack Epoxy paint or even better a Epoxy screed

 

Hi m8

I am a Building Surveyor by day, and one of the main things I deal with is Dilapidations Schedules. I would just add a couple of things:

1) Are you leasing the unit or do you own it? If you are leasing the unit, check on your repairing obligations. If you paint an unpainted floor without llords approval, you may be asked to remove that paint back to the original unpainted finish when your lease expires. (this is unlikely). More likely, you will be expected to pay for it to be repainted on your last day of lease prior to vacation.

2) If you are painting the floor, you need to be sure that the paint you use is a dedicated floor paint system. If you use a non-approved system, and somebody slips, you will end up getting sued! Also, the cheaper paints will break up very easily when exposed to oil and fuel. To be honest the dearer ones will as well eventually, but be mindful that if you buy cheap and do often, this can end up being dearer overall.

Hope this helps

JJ

 

hi christian.

we have just finished painting our climatic wind tunnel and workshop floors with a 2 pack epoxy paint that is superb. it's made by a company called Watco and is called 'epoxy gloss coat solvent free'.

goes on really easily with a roller (cutting in around the edges with a brush) and a 5 litre tin will cover 30 m^2 at a cost of about £100.

we chose a light grey that doesn't show dust much and reflects a lot of light in the work area.

needs a day to harden enough to walk on, but you need to leave it 7 days before it's fully chemical resistant, so plan ahead.