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As the title, as part of fitting out my garage / workshop (seperate thread to follow), any suggestions on how to help with the dusty concrete floor.
Every time you sweep theres lots of dust and still a slight white residue if you run your finger over it. The surface isnt breaking up or anything and I dont want to go the floor paint route until i have sealed it properly
I was looking at the dustproofer/surface hardener products by Sika etc but any experience / advice / alternatives would be very much appreciated
Thanks
I brushed mine , vacuumed it and then sealed and painted.
Job jobbed , no more dust.
Thanks
Would you mind telling me which product you used for sealant?
Used Ronseal sealant and floor paint on ours six years ago and still looks as it's just been done
Try and get a two part epoxy paint, much more durable than the one part tosh we used at work.
Alternatively, you could lay the interlocking foam tiles instead of trying to seal the floor.
I had the same problem but it was a fairly old floor so stains here and there. I looked at painting it properly and with the pre cleaning and 2 coats I reconned it would bit a bit if a ballache with no guarantee it would last where the old oil stains were. I went for the interlocking floor tiles. Really good system, took half a day to do the whole garage and it's looks good. More expensive than paint but less time. IRC it was about £250 for a decent sized single garage.
AstroTurf it.
I brushes, vacuumed and painted (Screwfix no nonsense), didn't need to seal. Took a couple of hours over 2 days (doing 2 coats and half the garage at a time)
I brushed washed then painted mine with some basic Screwfix floor paint. Seems to be lasting well. Did it 2 years ago
I had an office carpet put down. Glued.
It's been perfect.
Watered down PVA will dustproof it. Mine is also carpeted just in case I get kicked out of the house.
plus 1 for chucking a cheap carpet down.
good to kneel on when fettling the bike
I used some old event flooring, works well.
Watered down PVA will dustproof it. Mine is also carpeted just in case I get kicked out of the house.
Wot he said. I priced up floor paint for my shed and cried a little. Watered down PVA sealed it nicely, only used a couple of litres (you dilute it down a lot, maybe 20:1). Massive improvement, I'm not constantly sweeping up clouds of dust any more.
Ronseal garage floor paint in a nice pale blue which shows up bolts and bearings nicely when you inevitably explode a part.
I painted mine. Then when I replaced the master bedroom carpet, I put the old underlay & carpet down in the garage. Far more pleasant to work in now, especially over winter. No more frozen feet if I'm in there for some time / changing for using the turbo .
As above PVA watered down 10:1. Brush floor (no need to vacuum), apply PVA solution with roller. Dries overnight. I then painted it with a £20 floor paint. Sorted.
Bookmarked
Ronseal garage floor
Does exactly what it says on the tin.
Induces vomiting if swallowed....
I used interlocking foam tiles which are great, but AstroTurf seems like it could have been good. I had carpet in there before which was great, but we had a few edges as we used offcuts from other rooms (as suggested above)
OP - if it's just dust that concerns you, £3 worth of PVA and it's pretty much sorted. Try this first, as the dust will still but be created/collect under carpet, foam tiles or whatever else you lay on top.
Another two part epoxy here. Four years old not bubbling or lifting. Took it a couple of inches up the wall for good measure. Cant remember the brand but a WRC team had just done there new workshops with it. It did take longer than the specified time to dry though best part of a week iirc.
Its a light blue/grey not unlike the STW background.