Question:
I'm preparing to paint the floor of my new shop. Went to home depot in a
sleep deprived stupor (too many 36 hour days) tonight and picked up some
porch and floor paint by Glidden in Steel Gray. After getting home I
realized I have no idea what Glidden might consider steel grey. Is it a
light or dark gray? I searched around Glidden site and even other paint
sites with no real patch of color to judge by. I am hoping it is not dark
gray, because then it means another trip to home depot and then stand in
refund line and then back to purchase line.
How does this stuff hold up in a shop with no cars? Just a few heavy
machines and me.
Answer:
When I built my shop in 1987, I painted the conc. floor with Rustoleum 6000
System water-based epoxy in light gray. It has held up very well. and only
now is beginning to show wear-thru in high traffic areas. It has never
peeled or flaked and seems to be oil and solvent proof, plus the water
clean-up makes application easy.
At $54/gal the Rustoleum was the cheapest epoxy floor paint I could
find. In the fall, I painted my new shop floor, which had cured for
about 6 months. Prep is crucial and is a royal pita (if you're
thinking about doing this and see one of those floor machines at an
auction, buy it - nobody every wants them and they go cheap. That
ocurred to me AFTER I spent a week on prep). So far, it's been fine,
I've driven my dually and forklift around on it. Even the rocks in
the tires haven't chipped the paint. We'll see how it holds up once
the machinery gets moved in.
