Worth Putting Extra Paint on Garage Floor?

[amsterdamkevin]

I just moved into a new home and bought tiles for garage floor. My painters over-ordered 4 gallons of flat paint which I have no use for. I am going to be using my two-car garage mostly as a storage room and place for kids to hang out. The garage is about 50 years old and had lots of stains but I cleaned it with laundry detergent, Rust-Oleum cleaner/degreaser for concrete, and pressure washer and it looks pretty good. I know you can barely see the floor through the tiles, but I figured it would be good time to clean the floor while garage is relatively empty (it will fill up quickly with three young kids). I thought there may be some benefits of using paint to cut down on concrete dust and make it easier to maintain/clean and to make the room feel less like a garage. If painting has some benefit should I put it down directly, or should I put something else down first? The paint is a light grey color that goes well with garage. If it makes any difference I tested the moisture in garage (plastic and duct tape) and there was no moisture, and when I was considering epoxy I was told by the contractor he didn't think water coming up from the ground was an issue (and garage slopes down away from house - my house is at the top of a hill). Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Shea]

Paint on garage floors can last quite a while if it's not driven on, plus it will eliminate light dusting as you mentioned. No need to put anything else down first. The pressure washing would put enough texture on the surface for the paint to adhere. I would probably do the same thing if I had extra paint for a garage floor I was going to cover in tile.

 

[amsterdamkevin]

Thanks Shea, great information. Glad I am able to put the extra paint to use and cut down on the light dusting in the garage.

 

[BillK]

Just make sure that the paint is for floors ??? I dont think I would want to put flat white wall paint on the floor.

 

[amsterdamkevin]

Thanks Bill K. - It is flat wall paint. The guy who painted our entire house (family friend), did a great job but over purchased about 4 gallons of flat wall paint. Will the flat wall paint help at all or should I just scrape the entire idea you think (i.e., it is probably not worth it for me to buy the new floor paint since I will be putting down Swisstrax tiles, but it would probably be worth it to use the existing wall paint I already have since it is a sunk cost if it would help with the garage dust).

 

[BillK]

I might be wrong but there is no way I would put wall paint on the floor. Maybe reach out to the paint manufacturer to be sure.

If you are going to put tiles down anyway I dont see where it would make much difference.