Flooring advice - paint removal and recoat

[Ralphxj]

After 13 years in the house, I'm finally going to organize and fix up the garage. It's 25x25 and currently used to park 1 vehicle and a BUNCH of random **** that needs organized. The plan is to install some new cabinets and try to get it looking nice. I have a pole barn shop, so this garage is only for parking vehicles and storing kids stuff and the occasional light wood working.

The garage floor has an OLD (it was old 13 years ago) paint or maybe epoxy coating that is mostly gone where the cars drive in and out. I would like to recoat it but also keep the costs really low. I will more then likely be doing 1 side at a time as I move stuff back and forth and try to get it organized for cabinet install.

Is there any easy chemical (acid? Stripper?) paint remover I could use? Can I just apply over whats there if its not activly flaking off? Whats there seems to be well attached. We have concrete polishers/grinders at work that I might be able to use if I have no choice, but was hoping to avoid doing that. Is there is a good low cost 1 layer (don't want to mess with base and clear or anything) coating that is better then a standard paint, but the same easy application? Don't mind doing paint and touching it up every couple years, but if I can find a better cheap option, I will go that route.

 

[Ralphxj]

Anyone?? Easy way to remove paint? Paint over? Simple and inexpensive single step paint/epoxy options?

 

[Andy Smith Jr.]

i would contact the manufacturers who post in this forum (Armorpoxy, Garage Flooring, Legacy Industrial) to see what they think but I have always ready that the best way is to always remove and prep using a diamond grinder. Without you knowing what’s on your floor currently, I doubt they’ll be able to make a recommendation unless you want to test and area but that is time consuming.

 

[benwah]

If you are serious about coating your floor with epoxy, the old stuff must go!! And by "must go" I mean it has to be ground off. That will remove the old failing coating and mechanically profile the slab, exposing new concrete that will accept coatings.

 

[Sumboodie]

If you are just painting it, a floor scraper and sander to knock anything remaining that is loose, a good vaccumming, good wash and new paint.
Least that's what I did in my old workplace. It had heavy traffic and would last 3-4 years before needing a recoat.. Cost of 4 or 5 gallons was about $125.

 

[Ralphxj]

If you are serious about coating your floor with epoxy, the old stuff must go!! And by "must go" I mean it has to be ground off. That will remove the old failing coating and mechanically profile the slab, exposing new concrete that will accept coatings.

Doesn't need to be epoxy. Just looking for a single coat without a multi-coat process. Just want simple.

If you are just painting it, a floor scraper and sander to knock anything remaining that is loose, a good vaccumming, good wash and new paint.
Least that's what I did in my old workplace. It had heavy traffic and would last 3-4 years before needing a recoat.. Cost of 4 or 5 gallons was about $125.

What paint did you use?

 

[Sumboodie]

Doesn't need to be epoxy. Just looking for a single coat without a multi-coat process. Just want simple.



What paint did you use?

Floor paint from Lowes. Was about $20 a gallon. Grey can that says "floor paint". The fumes off the stuff probably could kill a baby seal and Chuck Norris, so you know it's the good stuff

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi
Best practices are to remove all of the prior coating, as any coating can only stick to what is under it. That being said we have had thousands of people coat over existing coatings that are well adhered and not coming up. But..if you coat over a floor that has a combo of coated and uncoated areas you must use at least two coats or a primer coat since the floor will have uneven porosity and you will see tremendously different sheen differences with just a single coat.

Take a look at our single component SPGX one part Polyurea, its like 10x better than regular home center type coatings and is easy to apply.