This Ronseal garage floor paint is made up of a unique water-based acrylic formula which has been developed specifically for use on garage floors. By choosing the best paint for the job you’ve already won half the battle. Strictly follow the guidelines on your tin of paint and you can’t go far wrong. Get Prices for a Professional Decorator Near You Also, know about the different drying times. There’s “dry to the touch” which means that when you put a finger on the surface of the paint it feels dry. But it still is probably wet and loose underneath. There’s the time until you can put on a second coat, when most of the paint layer is dryer. And the time until you can safely use the garage again and walk on the floor. One final drying time is the period until the paint is completely hardened, and that’s the longest time to wait of all. Ventilation – for your health and safety, ensure the area is well ventilated, (this will also improve drying time). Etching is a crucial part of the painting process; concrete surfaces are naturally smooth; they often struggle to absorb paint. Polar Acid Etch Primer increases surface abrasion, creating a cleaner, more adsorbate surface for the paint to be applied on.

Polar Heavy Duty Garage Floor Paint is a paint that’s strong enough to resist industrial-grade chemicals. Even if you don’t use these in your garage, this paint handles all the DIY liquids and car fluids that end up on the floor. Use this anywhere indoors or outdoors you have a concrete or stone floor that needs that extra bit of protection. When taking all things into consideration, we would recommend this Leyland garage floor paint before any other. It’s super easy to apply and is simple to get a professional looking finish. Specification: Finish: Semi-Gloss, Touch Dry: 2-4 hours , Minimum Overcoating: 16-24 hours, Size: 5 L Make sure you wash, vacuum and/or sweep the floor beforehand. Please remove all grease and oil spills, dust and dirt, bits and pieces of litter and any loose materials.Now you’ve decided on your paint, what comes next? Painting a garage floor is no small task and the key is in your preparation. As the old adage goes “fail to prepare, prepare to fail.” You don’t want to spend good money and effort on painting your garage floor if the result is flaking paint or paint that comes off easily.

Dry conditions as with any polyurethane paint is an absolute must, do a little research beyond my top tip is worth the ten minutes it’ll cost you. Top tip once you find the right garage floor paint to avoid disaster: Now it’s super important to realise that during the curing process, damp or humidity can be a disaster for polyurethane paint. It can literally ruin your coat of paint. So make sure your area stays free from moisture, at least while the curing process occurs. This differs considerably when compared to epoxy garage floor paint which cures differently but given it’s less resistant to scratch and scuffs I have steered away from those in this review to an extent. Polyurethane is better for most home use as well as commercial, it’s the type of paint you’ll often see in a garage – ideal to protect against spills of oil and grease – as you would expect from a garage floor paint!This paint comes in 5 different colours giving you plenty of choice. It’s one of the best garage floor paints on the market but with that quality comes a big price tag. If you can afford it, you can’t go wrong here. TA Concrete Floor Paint for Garage, Workshops Floors has good coverage and needs just two coats and no separate primer. With its wide range of 26 colours and plenty of paint tin sizes, this fast-drying glossy paint is both functional and colourful. Polar’s paint might not be the cheapest to buy, but its ability to cover an estimated 60 square metres from five litres of paint is impressive, making your money stretch that little bit further. The ultimate protection for garage floors, its unique water-based acrylic formula, developed specifically for use on stone as concrete garage floors, is tough, durable and chemical resistant formula In terms of application you know the score from reading my top tip – absolutely bone dry, and completely dust free. If it’s not dust free the paint adheres to the dust rather than the floor – pretty obvious but so important to get right. It’s recommended by most to roll on a concrete sealer first. Personally I never did this, I used PVA watered down, because its the exact same thing, but not following the manufacturer guidelines is always Russian roulette 😀

Remember that the drying times given by the manufacturer depend on warm weather (usually around 20° C), low humidity and a constantly blowing breeze. Any change to these conditions lengthens the drying times, sometimes considerably. You can fake a breeze by using fans, but temperature and humidity are more difficult to control.Drying time for each coat is given as six to eight hours dry to the touch and completely dry in 24 hours. However, some online reviewers argue with this, reporting that their floors took about a week to dry and weren’t fully dry after a couple of months. The manufacturer, however, states that the drying times they give are dependent on well ventilated and dry conditions. So make sure that you paint in a dry season and use fans to move air across the painted floor. Finally, you’re going to have to play the waiting game again. Most paints will allow for light foot traffic within several hours but it can be a couple of weeks before your fresh paint is set enough to endure vehicles parking on it. Summary