Water Resistant Wall Covering

[bowhuntr311]

Hey folks,

Ive currently got a sheet rock walls/ceiling (unfinished) attached garage. 1 floor drain and hot/cold garden hose facet in the garage. I sweep the garage approximately once every 10-14 days and wash the floor 4 to 6 times a year. We only really park our vehicles in the garage or have a crawfish boil out there.

When I wash the floor Ive noticed that Im getting water splattering on the walls up a few feet. Undoubtedly because Im standing in one corner arcing the water with the hose to the other corner. I don't have any damage to the sheet rock yet because of this and I'd like to keep it that way.

I've started thinking about some kind of frp panels (plastic 1/16th inch panels) from home depot and wainscoting the walls up 4 feet all the way around. I was thinking just laying them horizontal and screwing them with a white dome headed screw right through the sheet rock to the studs. They recommend to glue the stuff but for whatever unknown reason am a little hesitant to do make it that permanent.

Anyone have any input, do/donts, or any other product I may want to look at? A coworker said a good latex paint and itll be as water resistant as I would need.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Ditch]

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[roc_on_the_rocks]

I'd take a different route... power wash the floor with one of these Surface Cleaner for Pressure Washers:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KQI37VA/?tag=atomicindus08-20

It works magic, zero splash.

 

[stillsteamn]

My 3-stall garage was drywalled 30 years ago and had one haphazard coat of tape and mud. Drywall never painted. I got tired of the dingy look and beat-up drywall, and last month finished covering 100% of all walls with white FRP, glued up using FRP adhesive. It looks great! Covering the bottom 4 feet of your walls would also look good, maybe even better due to the contrasting top and bottom halves.

 

[rlitman]

There's a reason that FRP is often used to line commercial bathrooms. It stands up to daily mopping.

For your purposes, I think that latex paint is just fine. Latex will handle splashes of water without damage, and most decent latex paints are made to be scrubbed or sponged.

I'd be more concerned with any places that water can get at the sheetrock edges. I would use a plastic molding, and stick it down with caulk.