Painted garage floor

Jimi

A friend of mine has a single garage that was simply a dumping ground. He asked for some help to clean it up so i suggested starting with a nice clean and shiny painted floor.

Materials

Garage floor paint - spoke with paint counter team member to get the correct paint.

Tools

• Hose
• Blower Vac
• Cleaning tools such as dust pan, broom, scraper
• Paint roller
• paint tray
• paint brush
• degreaser

Steps

Step 1

Cleaned out the garage, i don't have a photo of this but you couldn't walk in as there was that much clutter.

Threw out unnecessary clutter, put items up on ebay.

Swept floor and walls, removed mess.

Step 2

Used garden blower to get out as much dust as possible

Degreaser on some oil patches

Washed floor with soap and water and hosed out

Step 3

Once dried completely, painted edges with paint brush

Step 4

applied one coat with roller to finish.

Left for 7 days to dry and cure

EricL

Hi @Jimi 

Thanks for sharing you and your friends painted garage floor project. It looks fabulous and you've done an excellent job of the clean-up. Has your friend decided what it will be used for now that it's clean and tidy? 

Should it be necessary to store items in the garage again, I suggest having a look at this discussion - Heavy duty garage shelving by @jthurley. I've made a suggestion on how to build timber shelves that you can custom make and mount on a brick wall.

Again, thank you for sharing such a fantastic project.

Eric