How to i repaint patio floor?

[Janar_Dhan]

My driveway and patio floor looks like this and in very bad state.

I pressure washed it couple of times. it's clean but still in bad state. Aylt corners and in some places, paint is coming off.

How do I remove this old paint and repaint? I might paint whole surface without any stencil design, unless I get to hire stencils ar reasonable cost.

All I need is ckean dark colour on my driveway and patio. where should I start.

 

 

[EricL]

Hello @Janar_Dhan 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us and thanks for sharing your question about repainting your patio.

In order to repaint the surface of the patio properly the old stencil must be removed. Especially if it is starting to peel off. This will have to be done by mechanical means and once the stencil has been removed the surface of the patio will need to be levelled. 

Painting over the surface of the failing stencil is not recommended as any coating will end up peeling away. I suggest engaging the services of a driveway restoration specialist or a concrete stencilling specialist. These trades people have the experience and equipment to rejuvenate your driveway and patio.

At this particular instance, I propose holding off on any short-term repairs. I suggest waiting and gathering your resources until you have the budget to have your patio and driveway stripped and repainted properly.

Let me call on our experienced members @Dave-1 and @TedBear for their recommendations.

If you need further assistance, please let me know.

Eric

[Janar_Dhan]

So, you are saying it's not a DIY jobs and definitely professionals need to be involved?

I recently did some grinding on concrete with rented machine. is there any slight chance I can pull this off?

professionals may ask my kidney for this. 🙂

[Dave-1]

Good Evening @Janar_Dhan 

I feel your nervousness about the $$$ and kidney!

However I would definently follow along with @EricL 's suggestions. The first reason is paint is a pain in the neck to get off concrete especially if bonded nicely. Yours looks even tho its peeling in places to still be attached resonably solidly 😕 I was going to suggest to contact a stenciler and ask them either how much or how to remove an old stenciled effect.

Grinding the surface is something I havnt done before, I can think of a few issues such as gouging, long scratches and not being able to get to every part of the surface. You have done grinding on a concrete surface so you will know more then myself. I just dont want to create more of a problem to solve.

The last way is by chemical means, not sure how it would work but I am sure it would cost a resonable amount in paint remover and time + effort. I have used paint stripper on my front door and it worked nicely, two 1L cans I went through and thats was without the tidying up/sanding afterwards. I have used a high pressure water blaster to remove flaky paint from my patio and it did work but still left paint behind and it was pretty flaky to start with. I have also used the water pressure washer on my bessa block wall with the same era flaky paint and it did come off. The paint was very flaky to start with.

You could always grind the most unobtrusive part to see how it goes, if its easy you can continue if not then you wont have the whole driveway to worry about.

Dave

Maybe get a quote from a spealist. Then you have something solid to work with. 

[EricL]

Hi @Janar_Dhan 

@Dave-1 took the words right out of my keyboard. You might be able to grind stencil off the floor but in the process produce more problems to fix. But since you have experience with grinding concrete, I suggest testing a small corner of the patio flooring away from direct line of sight and observing the results.

If it looks promising and you think it can be done without damaging the surface, then it's probably worth considering doing it as a D.I.Y.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric