Garage Floor Paint:

 

Read below and then take a look at the pictures.  I searched for hours trying to find the best product to use.  After I found the best product I had to choose another one in my price range...lol  I never thought I'd be upset to have such a huge garage...  Anyway I used Rust-Oleum Epoxy Shield to paint my floor.  It is available at Home Depot and Lowes.  1 kit is enough for 250 square feet.  For my first bay I used two kits because I had a little over 330 square feet.  The other 2 bays took 3 kits total.  Since I have a wall to seclude the end bay, I was able to push everything out of it and do it first.  After a few weeks I moved everything into it to do the other two bays.  All the pictures are of the 2 bays that I painted last. 

 

Step 1: Move everything out of the garage and sweep it out.  Also make sure the weather is going to be nice for the next couple of days.
Step 2: Prep is the key.  I used muriatic acid mixed with water to acid clean the floor.  The Rust-Oleum advised against muraitic acid but I trusted its cleaning ability more than the cleaning kit included with the kit.  I did use the cleaning agent included in the kit after I acid cleaned the floor. 
Step 3: Let the floor dry 24 hours minimum.
Step 4: Day 2, painting.  Make sure you follow the directions inside the kit.  The outside temperature affects the painting schedule.
Step 5: Tape off whatever you don't want painted.
Step 6: Paint the edges and anything else that a roller cannot get close to.
Step 7: Roll on the paint!
Step 8: Clean up.  Don't walk on the floor for 24 hours and don't park a car on the floor for at least 7 days (14 if you can wait that long).
Step 9: Admire the floor.

 

Prep tools. Safety glasses are also advised when working with muraitic acid.

Floor after acid cleaning.

Paining tools.

Paint mixer.

Taping off the floor 1.

Taping off the floor 2.

Taping off the floor 3.

Painting the edges.

Rolling the floor 1.

Rolling the floor 2.

Finished product 1.

Finished product 2.

 

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