Best Concrete Paint

[regal454]

can you add the color flakes to this and use their gloss clear ?

I'm not sure. I would think that you can to the final coat. The first coat really soaked in the concrete. The second coat laid more so on top of the concrete so I would guess you could add flakes.



My garage is 22x24 and it took 3.5 gallons for 2 coats. I also did the curb which took approx. .5 gal.

[BonzoHansen]

But as someone mentioned earlier, the prep work is the key to success. You will first have to degrease the garage floor, I used Simple Green and a scrub brush. Next, you will have prep the concrete. This can be done by sanding or with acid. I used Muratic Acid mixed 1:1 with water. Applied it to the garage slab, let it sit for 2 minutes, then rinsed. This realy gave the concrete a rough finish, something for the stain to bite in to. Lastly, I applied 2 coats of stain, waiting 12 hours between coats. I added an anti skid additive to the last coat so the floor isnt slick when wet. The floor turned out great and I would definitely recommend this product.

I basically did the same. lots of degreasing & scrubbing, etch with m/a. I would let degreaser soak for a bit then use dish washing power and scrub it in with a scrub brush. the stuff is kind of hard and acts like a abrasive until it finally dissolve. But i used epoxy after that. I'm happy.

can you add the color flakes to this and use their gloss clear ?

I'd suggest against that if it is a 'working' garage. Just makes finding the small thing you dropped harder to see. Looks nice in a parking garage though.

[riles]

Originally Posted by 724tim
can you add the color flakes to this and use their gloss clear ?
I'd suggest against that if it is a 'working' garage. Just makes finding the small thing you dropped harder to see. Looks nice in a parking garage though.

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Great point, never thought of that. May need to rethink the tortoise shell look and just go with a solid color stain.

[724tim]

Did anybody ever use just a concrete floor stain and seal over that ?