Duckface........you seem to really like paint

[6sally6]

I am thinking about just going with paint and moving on with my new garage floor.
Do you have any advice and recommendation of paint?
Did you seal it after it was painted?
If so what kind?
Thanx
6sally6

 

[kaymccampbell]

I painted my last shop floor with gray Rustoleum alkyd. It still looked good, several years later when I sold the place. Touchups and cleanups were easy.

 

[benwah]

Keep in mind that applying alkyd paints to a concrete substrate can cause saponification, which will lead to coating failures in the future.. Not recommended.

 

[Steve in UT]

Saponification: A process that involves the conversion of fat, oil, or lipid, into soap and alcohol by the action of heat in the presence of aqueous alkali (e.g. NaOH). Soaps are salts of fatty acids and fatty acids are mono that have long carbon chains (at least 10) e.g. sodium palmitate.

What?

 

[GraySkies]

We are a heavy industrial shop here. We usually use Sherwin-Williams Armorseal 8100 on our floors. We don't use it because it's the best, we use it because it's relatively cheap. We repaint the floors about every 4 or 5 years in here anyway.

It holds up great in areas of regular foot traffic and such. In areas where the forklifts and pallet jacks run all the time, and areas that are oil-soaked regularly, it holds up okay for a year or two before it starts chipping off.

I would guess that it would hold up reasonably well to home-shop use.

We've used light gray, black, white, and red, all with equal results.

 

[benwah]

Saponification: A process that involves the conversion of fat, oil, or lipid, into soap and alcohol by the action of heat in the presence of aqueous alkali (e.g. NaOH). Soaps are salts of fatty acids and fatty acids are mono that have long carbon chains (at least 10) e.g. sodium palmitate.

What?

The oils in alkyd paints react with the strong alkaline lye in the concrete and form a soapy film, essentially.