Stem Wall Prep/primer/pain recs

[mharris2007]

Hi All,

I recently epoxied the floor of my 800 sq foot garage. I am now ready to prepare and paint the stem walls. The stem walls have allot of slap on them, but to not have the patience or the time to buy a hand grinder and grind them. I was planning to scrape them with a floor scraper to get as much slag off of them as possible, prime, and paint. That is, of course unless anyone here has a better way? Also what have people use for a good masonry primer/paint for the stem walls? I was just going to use vista primer and paint for the stem walls just like the walls and ceiling. My folks have had good luck with this on their interior and exterior walls (stucco etc).

I will post another separate thread chronicling the floor epoxy process.

Thanks for your help.

Matt

 

[Familyof8kids]

I also applied epoxy and after I used an air grinder with masonry wheels to knock off the high spots. Green label wheels. You could use a heavy duty scraper or mini hammer.

I used Valspar paints for exterior directly on the block and it stuck like glue. I also tried on one section using the Valspar heavy hide primer and it did a better job in coating and I think was a little less $$. I think the exterior covers more area so it may be the same $$ in the end.

 

[mharris2007]

I also applied epoxy and after I used an air grinder with masonry wheels to knock off the high spots. Green label wheels. You could use a heavy duty scraper or mini hammer.

I used Valspar paints for exterior directly on the block and it stuck like glue. I also tried on one section using the Valspar heavy hide primer and it did a better job in coating and I think was a little less $$. I think the exterior covers more area so it may be the same $$ in the end.

Awesome, thanks for the help. Unfortunately I don't have air yet in my garage so that takes that out. I think I might just use the scraper that I have and see where that gets me. I'll use the exterior pain then as well. Thanks so much for the help.