Floor paint

[JeffM]

Looking at putting down a customer walkway in our prep area to direct customers. I have been looking at various products and have come up with a few possible options:

1. Road paint
2. Epoxy coating
3. Concrete stain.

Obviously there is a concern with how long each one may last with being exposed to tires and daily cleaning. Any thoughts? Has anyone done something like this before?

 

[cdreed06]

For what it's worth, my regular job is in a lead mine mill maintenance shop and we have had a 2 part epoxy painted floor for several years. Lots of all kinds of traffic and still looks good. No cars running over it but countless other things. So maybe no help for your question but the stuff wears terrific.

 

[JustClean]

Years ago I thought about a permanent way to put lines on my concrete. At the time I thought about grinding the line into the concrete and then painting it. If the paint came off you would still see the grinding. Never did it though.

 

[mjwalsh]

Looking at putting down a customer walkway in our prep area to direct customers. I have been looking at various products and have come up with a few possible options:

1. Road paint
2. Epoxy coating
3. Concrete stain.

Obviously there is a concern with how long each one may last with being exposed to tires and daily cleaning. Any thoughts? Has anyone done something like this before?

Jeff,

I would visit with the concrete products wholesaler people in your area & find out who does the best with mixed in concrete stain & with fancy imprints etc. We are glad with did our dog wash floor with the white powder mixed in while they did the final trowelling.

We have bad memories of needing to take off many layers of epoxy paint off our 1959 laundromat floor when we had a concrete outfit grind the concrete down to an acceptable smoothness. To our delight we had enough stain in the floor from the original job to give it a marble look. Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder! The 2 part epoxy was Pratt & Lamberts best but it still would wear unevenly because of certain areas of more traffic such as in front of our 2 bill changers.

mike walsh king koin

 

[robert roman]

Gosh, Mike, I surprised you didn't suggest gluing “COINS” on the floor for a lasting finish.

 

[PEI]

Have you thought about using one of the garage floor paints sold at most hardware stores. It is designed for cars and trucks to drive on it.

 

[JeffM]

Thanks for the feed back everyone. Grinding and then painting or stain might be a good option. We have 4 bays and the heaviest traffic one will see 150-250 cars per day. Robert, if I had $1.44/sqft budget for flooring I would do a walkway in pennies! Much cheaper then the tile alternatives. lol

 

[MEP001]

 

[MEP001]

Have you thought about using one of the garage floor paints sold at most hardware stores. It is designed for cars and trucks to drive on it.

Those paints are adequate for home use, but they won't stand up to commercial traffic.