Thread: Concrete paint for shed/workshop

Have you checked out Gecko?

Had good report from a mate that uses it on factory floors.
Not sure of cost but highly rated



Gecko Special Coatings - Safety Floor Coatings, Anti-Slip Flooring and Non-Slip Floors

Originally Posted by Grappler

Have you checked out Gecko?

Had good report from a mate that uses it on factory floors.
Not sure of cost but highly rated



Gecko Special Coatings - Safety Floor Coatings, Anti-Slip Flooring and Non-Slip Floors

I know one of the owners of that company. I haven't used it, but it sounds like good stuff. You need to read the instructions properly before preparing/applying. A lot of "expert" tradies seem to have problems doing that apparently.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

I know one of the owners of that company. I haven't used it, but it sounds like good stuff. You need to read the instructions properly before preparing/applying. A lot of "expert" tradies seem to have problems doing that apparently.

Are his initials GM? If its the same bloke, I worked with him at CSIRO for many years, before he got into politics and then space age coatings

The gecko coating is a patented relative of the ceramic coating on the space shuttle heat tiles

Scott,
not sure of this helps in any way shape or form.
following on from a landy workshop in Cairns, my shop in Cooktown I used "Resene Pavement Paint"

I had thought along the lines of epoxy/ space age goodness et al

Instead I went with a single pack easily applied (roller) paint.

Quick light acid etch and pain
Shed been up for 7 years now - have re-covered the central work area once and it is now ready for a freashen up.

Now its not perfect, it chips and welding burns it and big hits like afreaking R380 flying from a bench will ding it BUT clean up of oil spills is easy (wipe with a rag) sweeping is easy (no conc dust) and I like the light colour and smooth feeling on my weary bones....

Also Resene is relatively cheap - I think I would always recommened a painted surface in a work area but assume it will get trashed (no matter how space age) so keep the cost down enough to not worry when you need a re-coat

Biggist bee-atch with recoating is moving all the projects out to paint the floor!!!!!

Steve

Not going to comment on type (although I did look at the thread related to KBS today and was impressed with their sealers), all I'd say is get it tinted or already in the can the lightest colour you can.

Edit: I used acrylic because it is really easy to touch up if damaged. High traffic areas are fine after 4 years. Didn't acid wash, pale grey, tint available in any colour.

Pure white is a bit much, but a really pale shade of grey (about 2 on the scale of 50 haha) makes a huge difference to interior brightness in your shed.

cheers, DL

I think i paid about the same price for a 2 pac kit for my car port from my local paint shop the one that has the flakes you sprinkle over and it was pretty damn tough! I was happy with it.

Originally Posted by roverrescue

Now its not perfect, it chips and welding burns it and big hits like afreaking R380 flying from a bench will ding it BUT clean up of oil spills is easy (wipe with a rag) sweeping is easy (no conc dust) and I like the light colour and smooth feeling on my weary bones....

Also Resene is relatively cheap - I think I would always recommened a painted surface in a work area but assume it will get trashed (no matter how space age) so keep the cost down enough to not worry when you need a re-coat

I get the impression that the Bondall paint fits between the regular pavement/concrete paint & the 2 pack epoxies.


I don't mind putting down the dearer stuff but I don't want to find out that welding spatter melts into the surface & I have a hard time removing/repairing it.


There's a water based epoxy paint by Rust-Oleum which works out at around the same cost as the Bondall per sqm but is more time consuming to apply:
https://www.masters.com.au/product/1...or-coating-kit
but it seems the water based epoxies aren't as strong as the solvent based ones.

Originally Posted by Scouse

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I don't mind putting down the dearer stuff but I don't want to find out that welding spatter melts into the surface & I have a hard time removing/repairing it.


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Is there any paint/epoxy that is impervious to weld spatter? I have seen weld spatter melt its way into a glass windscreen, so if you are welding close enough to the floor I would expect it to affect any surface coating...