So we just moved into a new build. Ignore all the junk right now. 3 stall garage. I work on bikes on the side so want to epoxy the floor. Have a good company coming in to do that next month. Any ideas on what I can do for the concrete walls? Anyone just paint over them. Down the road I may insulate the garage but not gonna do that yet. So any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
What should I do about concrete walls?
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billconner
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If for appearance, I think just a masonry paint would be fine.
Metal-Marc
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Paint is good.
Shiftless
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Yeah... Paint and if you don’t need cabinet or shelf space, hang some motorcycle posters and it will be fine.
Yea would eventually like to all do that but got a few other things gotta get done first
Anything you gotta do for prep before? Or just paint it and your good?
Metal-Marc
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What is recommended on the paint can. Most likely clean it with TSP.
billconner
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Agree with Mtl-Marc. I thought about suggesting pressure wash, but a bucket of sudsy tsp water and a scrub brush, followed by a hose rinse is probably fine.
But a masonry paint that I believe does not seal - let's vapor pass through - is what I'd look for - especially if those concrete walls were filled behind.
428PI
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Masonry paint. Good and cheap. That's what we did on our basement walls. Holding up fine for 20 plus years now.
Would I be better off getting epoxy done as well for the walls?
acer66
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If there is a chance of moisture I would use dry lock etc..
billconner
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IMHO - no
428PI
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I think I used dryloc. Was cheap and can get it in a qt which is what I did recently on some repair work.
Stelzer
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Clean it off, then roll a coat or 2 of Gardz over it. It'll seal it up, keeping it washable, and prevent it from crumbling or taking on stains/fumes associated with garages. Gardz was originally formulated as a concrete sealer, (modeled after the OG Draw-tite).
Stuart in MN
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Have the company that's going to do the floor apply the same stuff to those stem walls.
nadogail
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A coat of paint makes everything look better.
I'm curious as to the layout and why on the full height walls, weren't all covered like the rest.
Those bare concrete exterior walls will be sucking all the heat out of the garage in the winter.
Those bare concrete exterior walls will be sucking all the heat out of the garage in the winter.
BombShelter
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I like Thoroseal a lot better than Dryloc. Dryloc tends to flake off easier after a few years. Both come in white but a color can be added and they go on real thick to hide imperfections.
MarcSeattle
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Looks like a great excuse to install a long run of tool cabinets.
65ranchero
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What I did for the stem walls (2ft high) is get some InSoFast insolation panels (2x4) cut them so you now has 2x2 panels
use the glue specified which I think was PL 400 ( Premium?) let it set up and then I attached white smooth FRP panels to the ribs with counter sunk screws and washers.
Goes up fast.
use the glue specified which I think was PL 400 ( Premium?) let it set up and then I attached white smooth FRP panels to the ribs with counter sunk screws and washers.
Goes up fast.