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Larry Whitlow

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Re: Shop Floor - PAINT THAT THING!
Reply #30 - Apr 9^th, 2013 at 7:04pm

Tom Coghill wrote on Apr 8^th, 2013 at 11:41am:

Larry,

This past weekend I painted the other half of my garage floor. I used the same stuff I used on the other half - oil based concrete paint (inexpensive at Lowes ~$17/gallon). One gallon does one bay, so at that cost, I would rather recoat the floor a few times than apply a more costly material (epoxy here is about $80/kit).

I do not think stain will fill the pores in the concrete floor, so cleanup will not be any easier with the stain. I was looking for a finish that would clean up easily (1x with a broom).

As I mentioned, I painted the floor. I did that on Sunday morning at about 9 AM.... it is still tacky this morning. I opened the garage goor a crack on Sunday afternoon to let the fumes out, however it snowed about 8 inches on Saturday and the temperature this morning was 10 F, so it is not curing quickly. I look to apply two coats, so ... all the stuff in my garage is packed around my lathe ... no turning for me until the second coat dries. bang head I hope to apply the second coat tonight. The weather guy is calling for another 7 to 14 inches of snow in the next 48 hours...ugh! smiley=doh.gif

Maybe its time for me to work on my surface texture technique on my completed turned projects...

This is food for thought. I would be very happy with the results in your photos. My concrete floor has suffered from 40 years of abuse and looks like it. I'll probably have to do some surface grinding no matter which product I end up using.

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dennis nagle WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 1,003 Waterford Michigan USA Gender:	Re: Shop Floor - PAINT THAT THING! Reply #31 - Apr 9^th, 2013 at 10:37pm I have painted nasty floors with two part epoxy at the airport. There is an acid etch that is not very expensive but will clean the floor of all that matters for the paint to adhere. They don't look absolutely clean after the etch, but it is all that is needed.
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Re: Shop Floor - PAINT THAT THING!
Reply #32 - Apr 10^th, 2013 at 7:08pm

dennis nagle wrote on Apr 9^th, 2013 at 10:37pm:

I have painted nasty floors with two part epoxy at the airport. There is an acid etch that is not very expensive but will clean the floor of all that matters for the paint to adhere. They don't look absolutely clean after the etch, but it is all that is needed.

That would be a heck of a lot easier. Might have to put this on the list of things to get done this year.

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Reply #33 - May 12^th, 2013 at 11:09am

I used the epoxy paint a few years back. It is nice for sweeping up and for brightening up the shop. But what I like best is it works real well as a moisture barrier. We live next to a river and the concrete garage floor used to soak up the moisture like a sponge from the soil and release it into the garage, now it doesn't Wink

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Wilson Revelle Full Member Offline My Amygdala Are Always Playing With My Emotions. Posts: 74 Metairie Louisiana USA Gender:	Re: Shop Floor - PAINT THAT THING! Reply #35 - Aug 7^th, 2013 at 9:37pm looks nice! I live in New Orleans and have a case of beer..... and my address is... LOL!!!
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Harry Robinette Senior Member Offline turners do it with a spin Posts: 406 Gender:	Re: Shop Floor - PAINT THAT THING! Reply #38 - Oct 30^th, 2013 at 9:10pm Looks good, I did my floor in 2005 and have just a few wear place's As for slipping I haven't had a problem with dust or chips but I did put the non slip in my paint. Oh ya even with the non slip it cleans very easily.
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Re: Shop Floor - PAINT THAT THING!
Reply #39 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 12:45pm

I wanted to follow-up here.

I have found that for more than a year now my work (dry or wet) has been easily removed with a broom and dust pan from my standard oil based floor paint ($16 / gallon) from Lowes. The paint has withstood spills of all sorts. For the money I spend (and the time) it has served me much more time in the long run.

Attached here are some photos during a recent rough-turning session with some wet Birch. I was able to complete clean up the shavings from the floor in just 10 minutes.... Wink

now I need to figure how to get that stuff off my work bench that is also covered with tools and such.... Angry

PS - this is not all the shavings - I had already filled 2 trash cans with shavings before I took these photos - GREAT FUN! Cool

... I need to find someone with a horse and a barn ...

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Re: Shop Floor - PAINT THAT THING!
Reply #40 - Jul 11^th, 2014 at 8:17pm

When we moved into our new house just over ten years ago, I painted the basement floor in what was to become my shop with the two-part epoxy paint. I waited until I felt the concrete had cured well enough so it's been about nine years now. it still looks great and sweeps up much like others here have experienced...very cleanly.

However, a few weeks ago, a piece of wax paper from a glue-up had fallen onto the floor and got covered with chips. I didn't see it and stepped on it and my foot shot out from under me. Luckily, I caught my balance, but even a few weeks later, that spot on the floor that was under the wax paper is slicker than ice. Even in tennis shoes, whenever I step on it and put any sideways motion on it, it's like stepping on a wood floor in socks after the wife oversprayed Pledge while waxing the furniture.

The point here is if you paint the floor, be very careful with scraps of wax paper lest you wax the floor.

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Steven Johnson WR Noob Offline Go Tigers(LSU!) Posts: 23 Fort Smith Arkansas USA	Re: Shop Floor - PAINT THAT THING! Reply #41 - Jul 30^th, 2014 at 9:23am Wow, I had no idea the painted floor would make that big of difference.... Looks great
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