Painting a garage floor - SV650.org

21-02-06, 11:57 AM

Can anyone recomed a good paint for doing my garage floor? And should I be a tart and colour code it to my bike?

21-02-06, 12:28 PM

There are specific paints for garage / workshop floors, i'd tend to use one of them, think there either red or grey so if either of them matches your bike go for it.

21-02-06, 12:33 PM

WATCO concrete floor paint. 01483 425000...might be cheaper from them direct?

We use it too paint the shopfloor at work, comes in 5 litre tins, various colours, cream, battleship grey, orange and terracotta.
We get ours from a builders merchants, will chase up purchasing to get prices.

A good little tip.
Mix in sand before applying too floor, it'll give you a nice non slip surface to ride in on.

Hope this helps
Cuffy

21-02-06, 02:33 PM

Machine mart sell a garage floor paint as well that has poly something in probably gonna use this to redo mine this year as the stuff I got from wickes wasn't very good.

21-02-06, 02:37 PM

External house paints are pretty good for the floor as well (if ya have any leftover from doing your house) dunno about the cost effectivness though

21-02-06, 06:31 PM

Did mine with some special garage floor paint from B&Q, battleship grey but they do a variety of colours.

I would recommend using a tin of concrete sealant first, I then did 2 coats on top of this (the first coat of paint took me an age to do as I was basically filling in the gaps in the concrete, 2nd coat was a breeze), took me a long weekend in total. Did it 18 months ago and still looking as new (although the bike sits on a mat so the side stand doesn't scratch the paint).

Well worth doing, & if you can match it to your bike, go for it!

GregK2

21-02-06, 11:57 AM	#1
sharriso74 Guest Posts: n/a	Painting a garage floor Can anyone recomed a good paint for doing my garage floor? And should I be a tart and colour code it to my bike?

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21-02-06, 12:28 PM	#2
Foey Guest Posts: n/a	There are specific paints for garage / workshop floors, i'd tend to use one of them, think there either red or grey so if either of them matches your bike go for it.

21-02-06, 12:33 PM	#3
cuffy Guest Posts: n/a	WATCO concrete floor paint. 01483 425000...might be cheaper from them direct? We use it too paint the shopfloor at work, comes in 5 litre tins, various colours, cream, battleship grey, orange and terracotta. We get ours from a builders merchants, will chase up purchasing to get prices. A good little tip. Mix in sand before applying too floor, it'll give you a nice non slip surface to ride in on. Hope this helps Cuffy

21-02-06, 02:33 PM	#4
Moo Guest Posts: n/a	Machine mart sell a garage floor paint as well that has poly something in probably gonna use this to redo mine this year as the stuff I got from wickes wasn't very good.

21-02-06, 02:37 PM	#5
amarko5 Guest Posts: n/a	External house paints are pretty good for the floor as well (if ya have any leftover from doing your house) dunno about the cost effectivness though

21-02-06, 06:31 PM	#6
GregK2 Guest Posts: n/a	Did mine with some special garage floor paint from B&Q, battleship grey but they do a variety of colours. I would recommend using a tin of concrete sealant first, I then did 2 coats on top of this (the first coat of paint took me an age to do as I was basically filling in the gaps in the concrete, 2nd coat was a breeze), took me a long weekend in total. Did it 18 months ago and still looking as new (although the bike sits on a mat so the side stand doesn't scratch the paint). Well worth doing, & if you can match it to your bike, go for it! GregK2