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ok, when my mini gets back i dont want to to have my nice new shell ontop of my chipped tired concrete garage floor, i was going to get chequer plate to cover the floor but saw that i could build a garage for what it costs !!! has anyone any advice, i really want it smooth like Steves, and many other guys on here ?


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How bad is it, and is it dusty? What about floor tiles, or that stuff used for levelling floors?

http://www.floorheating.ltd.uk/levelling-compound.php

http://www.actionflooring.co.uk/?gclid=CN6...CFQaIlAods3s4PA

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Edited by Neil8p on 28th Apr, 2007.

Paul Wiltshire put down black and white chequered lino, looked cool but no good if you have any welding to do.

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

just get some thick concrete floor paint if it isnt too bad! will fill bits and bobs but will look quite cool!

balls to the blower!!!



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I used Screwfix floor paint .... when on thick and lasted well until I moved my milling machine in .... scratched to buggery now! Will repaint it this summer.

Before I paint I lay whatever vynal flooring is cheapest from the discount carpet stores .... saves having to clean up a mess afterwards (roll it up ... throw it away) and is easy to keep the dust down on. No good for welding above though as Paul says.

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How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

yeah me floor is as per the pic in the floor heating link (the one where the dude is putting the layer over concrete and you can see the chipped up lumps) me mate is a builder and he reckons that stuff breaks up real quick and you end up with bits coming off, no matter how much you prep the surface. i will probably try screwfix. i have been looking at the resin stuff that is used in factories but looks a pain to lay, plus you cant go on it for 48 hours which is no good.

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iv been reading up on POR15 paint, from what i gather its perfect for painting concrete floors, very tough and chemical resistant.

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Denis O'Brien.

im in the flooring trade my old college lecturer put down an acrylic self smoothing screed in his garage. goes as smooth as u like and takes him working on a tvr no probs harder than concrete to, just a pain in the a**e to get hold of and expensive to boot, but i doubt u will get anything better

sorry to hi-jack the the thread, I'm also looking to paint my garage floor, which has been powerfloated. someone has told me that as the floor is so smooth and shiny that floor paint will not stick, is this true?

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Don't know about paint not sticking, but mine was powerfloated and I just pva'd it to seal it

Did you put the pva down full strength, or did you water it down?

has your paint come off anywhere?

Must send you £50 to!

Team Racing

I'll have £50 too Jim if you are giving them out?

As for PVA, you need to thin it with water as otherwise its too thick to spread, you need the concrete to suck it in to seal it. I mixed it about 60% PVA/40% water, PVA is so cheap its virtually for nowt anyway.

50/50 Pva and water for mine, and never bothered to paint over it, but spilt paint on it and that stuck ok.

Cheers Jim, but wait until you've seen it and are happy. JF collected it yesterday.

whilst reading about these paints, some of them reckomend not painting onto concrete less than 6mnths old ? i guess it dont fully cure until then ?? Jim this may sound gay, but if ure floor is nice and clean and shiny why not clear poly it ?

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well I could, but as you know, everything red is faster, surley if I paint my floor red, it's gonna be worth 20 banana's on every car built in the new workshop?

Team Racing

Red is the way forward Jim, look at my garage floor,

it's a bit boring at the moment



Maybe I should think about walls and roof before I paint the floor?

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ROFLMAO !!!!!!!! its a heli pad !!! surely the floor should be yellow to match the car

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how about lining it with 3/4" ply - nice and smooth surface and warm to lie on when working under the car. You can then paint it to seal from oil stains etc.

Rob

I've banged loads of insulation under the floor slab, hopefully it should be nice and warm, also added pipes for central heating too.

I wanted it powerfloated so it was easy to keep clean, and wheel engine cranes / trolley jacks around with out them rattleing about when moved. The photo's don't show how smooth the floor is.

Team Racing

One of the things I'd have liked my garage to have was a powerfloat floor, really nice to work on.

powerfloat is good very hard surface, but its only the top layer that is that hard not alot likes 2 stick 2 it tho!

Right, I'm getting really close to putting the paint on the floor now, (hopefully this weekend) some people have adviced me to pva the floor, whil eothere have said thin down the floor paint with thinners, and let that soak in, what are your thoughts?

Team Racing

PVA. My old man did the thinners trick on a powerfloat floor when he had a garage built, it came off and we were sweeping red flakes up for years.