[DeTomaso] NPC: Painting Garage Floors

Mike Thomas mbefthomas at comcast.net
Sun Apr 1 12:24:43 EDT 2012


I'm starting to research painting my garage floor as the final step in a
"garage-ma-hall" project to give the Pantera and her stablemates a proper
environment to rest in.

I'd like to know what experience the collective has regarding types of floor
treatments, doing it yourself vs. hiring somebody, etc.

I have a three-bay garage with about 8' of extra shop/space across the back.
Looking at most of the DIY offerings, were I to do it myself, I would
probably not try to do all three bays at once as there is just too much
stuff to find another home for, short of renting a portable storage pod to
put in the driveway and finding another garage to put the Pantera in during
the process.  However, I'm not sure I want one of my cars in there during
the drying process for the various treatments it has to go through should
something be hanging in the air that would settle on the paint and do a
number on it (obviously, ventilation is a must, and I've got that covered). 

 It looks like up to a week between the start of the cleaning and final
painting, given all the drying time required in-between, and just the labor
to do it.

There are also a vast number of available products and coating systems to
wade through.  Also, I'm fairly certain there is some sort of concrete
sealer on my existing floor, which would make surface prep more of a
challenge.  The floor is about 25 years old, few if any cracks, plenty of
stains but not terrible ones.

Thanks in advance for any and all input.

Mike Thomas
Panteras Northwest
Yellow '74 L #6328





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