picture of your garage
#3256
Burning Brakes
Not sure if this is the right place to post but,
Everyone has been motivating me to clean and update my garage . I spent the early evening cleaning it and throwing out junk
My plan is lift, swisstrax or raceoeck. I amnot planning any cabinets. I just want it to look clean with a new look and fresh paint.
I would like to paint the concrete wall at the base. I was playing around with white paint and it looks really bad!
that's when I got around to googling the proper way.
Someone recommended wunderfixx which is a concrete mix you coat over the entire section and it fills in pores,, you grind off blebs, wait to dry, sand and then paint. Not sure how safe it is since there is a cancer causing ingredient and my wife doesn't want me to try it.
Does anyone have a method or product to coat over the concrete before I paint it? Anyone like a particular paint or can recommend a color for painting the concrete area and the beige walls?
Has anyone painted these concrete areas before with great success? Thanks!!
- edit also what foam padding would you recommend to cover that pole? Any highly rated one on Amazon?
Everyone has been motivating me to clean and update my garage . I spent the early evening cleaning it and throwing out junk
My plan is lift, swisstrax or raceoeck. I amnot planning any cabinets. I just want it to look clean with a new look and fresh paint.
I would like to paint the concrete wall at the base. I was playing around with white paint and it looks really bad!
that's when I got around to googling the proper way.
Someone recommended wunderfixx which is a concrete mix you coat over the entire section and it fills in pores,, you grind off blebs, wait to dry, sand and then paint. Not sure how safe it is since there is a cancer causing ingredient and my wife doesn't want me to try it.
Does anyone have a method or product to coat over the concrete before I paint it? Anyone like a particular paint or can recommend a color for painting the concrete area and the beige walls?
Has anyone painted these concrete areas before with great success? Thanks!!
- edit also what foam padding would you recommend to cover that pole? Any highly rated one on Amazon?
#3257
Three Wheelin'
Not sure if this is the right place to post but,
Everyone has been motivating me to clean and update my garage . I spent the early evening cleaning it and throwing out junk
My plan is lift, swisstrax or raceoeck. I amnot planning any cabinets. I just want it to look clean with a new look and fresh paint.
I would like to paint the concrete wall at the base. I was playing around with white paint and it looks really bad!
that's when I got around to googling the proper way.
Someone recommended wunderfixx which is a concrete mix you coat over the entire section and it fills in pores,, you grind off blebs, wait to dry, sand and then paint. Not sure how safe it is since there is a cancer causing ingredient and my wife doesn't want me to try it.
Does anyone have a method or product to coat over the concrete before I paint it? Anyone like a particular paint or can recommend a color for painting the concrete area and the beige walls?
Has anyone painted these concrete areas before with great success? Thanks!!
Everyone has been motivating me to clean and update my garage . I spent the early evening cleaning it and throwing out junk
My plan is lift, swisstrax or raceoeck. I amnot planning any cabinets. I just want it to look clean with a new look and fresh paint.
I would like to paint the concrete wall at the base. I was playing around with white paint and it looks really bad!
that's when I got around to googling the proper way.
Someone recommended wunderfixx which is a concrete mix you coat over the entire section and it fills in pores,, you grind off blebs, wait to dry, sand and then paint. Not sure how safe it is since there is a cancer causing ingredient and my wife doesn't want me to try it.
Does anyone have a method or product to coat over the concrete before I paint it? Anyone like a particular paint or can recommend a color for painting the concrete area and the beige walls?
Has anyone painted these concrete areas before with great success? Thanks!!
#3258
Rennlist Member
Agree with above on Porcelain tile. I'm a residential homebuilder and have built a lot of hangars (currently building several homes with hangar in an airpark). Porcelain tile holds up a lot better than Epoxy paint (which looks good for maybe a year or two) and Race Deck flooring which expands and contracts a lot (looks like crap around the edges). In AZ, we can tile for about the same as Race Deck or paint. Probably cost an additional $2-3 per sq ft in other areas to do tile.
#3259
Rennlist Member
#3260
You should just hire someone to stucco over that concrete, that’s good cheapest best look, Or if you want to do it yourself you could probably glue on a concrete board or hardy board they have a 4 x 8 stucco looking Hardi board it would be durable for a garage and can be painted
#3261
Rennlist Member
I built a home in 2016 with an excellent builder. However, he insisted that in our climate (Michigan) a porcelain tile garage floor would not be possible. As a result, I went with a polyurethane coating.
Is this correct, or would porcelain tile still be an option for me?
Regards,
Berry
Is this correct, or would porcelain tile still be an option for me?
Regards,
Berry
Agree with above on Porcelain tile. I'm a residential homebuilder and have built a lot of hangars (currently building several homes with hangar in an airpark). Porcelain tile holds up a lot better than Epoxy paint (which looks good for maybe a year or two) and Race Deck flooring which expands and contracts a lot (looks like crap around the edges). In AZ, we can tile for about the same as Race Deck or paint. Probably cost an additional $2-3 per sq ft in other areas to do tile.
#3262
Three Wheelin'
Wow I forgot how awesome this thread is...We finally moved into a new house after our Relocation from Chicago to DFW....after spending a couple hours here,I have some great ideals
Thanks!
Thanks!
#3263
Rennlist Member
I built a home in 2016 with an excellent builder. However, he insisted that in our climate (Michigan) a porcelain tile garage floor would not be possible. As a result, I went with a polyurethane coating.
Is this correct, or would porcelain tile still be an option for me?
Regards,
Berry
Is this correct, or would porcelain tile still be an option for me?
Regards,
Berry
#3264
Rennlist Member
No clue on the cold climate! I build in Utah and Arizona which is dry climate so maybe it is an issue where you are at. I would still take the risk though. Just save some extra in case some crack. Epoxy looks awful in 3-5 years.
#3265
Berry. All concrete cracks, eventually, some quicker and more than others depending on the consistency, the pour, the formula. Some of the porcelain tiles my crack but you could also replace them, honestly though if you have decent concrete spend the money to have it polished and then acid stained and then cleared.
#3268
Rennlist Member
#3269
Burning Brakes
I built a home in 2016 with an excellent builder. However, he insisted that in our climate (Michigan) a porcelain tile garage floor would not be possible. As a result, I went with a polyurethane coating.
Is this correct, or would porcelain tile still be an option for me?
Regards,
Berry
Is this correct, or would porcelain tile still be an option for me?
Regards,
Berry
I live in North Jersey and we get plenty of snow and sub zero temperatures.
A firetruck parked inside for a fundraiser and it didn’t crack.
#3270
Rennlist Member