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As this is the Bottom Shed section, I have just had my new concrete shed built and want to paint the floor, searching on google says that fresh concrete needs about 8 months to cure / dry out before painting, surely there is something which could be used now as commercial premises have there floors painted relatively early on or is that just resin coating.

Any suggestions so I can get it finished so I can get my bike in?

Leave the concrete for a month and then use a concrete sealer on it , it will take a month to cure in this weather
You can use floor paint then the following day .

Why don't you build a "quickie" shed.

Move into the new quickie shed to work.

After a month or so you can paint your original "un used" floor.
Then when you've moved into your original shed, you can simply demolish the quickie shed.

SIMPLE !!!!

All related to humidity & temp. Rule of thumb is 1mm/day - so if your floor is 150mm, then 150 days

BUT: once its warmed up a bit for a week or so (night temps over 5 deg C) whack it on.

A surface sealer is OK, but check with manufacturers for instructions & compatibility

Piggy (Concrete Technologist)

go on ebay and put in resin floor paint, it really is the bollocks, just like normal floor paint but you mix an hardner to it, once you've added the hardner you have about 4 hours to put it down, after that its solid. lasts 10 times longer than normal floor paint

baz wrote:go on ebay and put in resin floor paint, it really is the bollocks, just like normal floor paint but you mix an hardner to it, once you've added the hardner you have about 4 hours to put it down, after that its solid. lasts 10 times longer than normal floor paint

Thanks Baz, just found some, can it be applied to fresh concrete do you know? (10 days old)

to old timer , don't do your floor just yet let it settle dry out , paint it too quick and you are going to cause problem's later on , i work for a company that does modular building systems . and we get so much rework by the client not letting the floors dry out . GET IN PAINT THIS , PAINT THAT , COVER WITH CARPET ETC , you wouldn't rush bike work !!!! would you ????? cheers marlin

I've had a painted garage floor previously,but now I really want something that stands out .

Like this.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271182477407? ... 1438.l2649

HARRY4448 wrote:I've had a painted garage floor previously,but now I really want something that stands out now.

Like this.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271182477407? ... 1438.l2649

Yes! Go for that it looks great.

Looks good.

The price is for ONE tile!!

Works out to about £24 per square metre.

My garage floor will probably cost in the region of about £350.



But when I move I can take it with me.

I put lino down on mine then a carpet i got given from my mates grandmother. nice and comfy to lay on and tools and small springs etc dont bounce of and get lost when you drop them.

floydsz1 wrote:I put lino down on mine then a carpet i got given from my mates grandmother. nice and comfy to lay on and tools and small springs etc dont bounce of and get lost when you drop them.

I've got a pishy, stained, stinking mattress on my floor!!!

I went for bathroom flooring ...click-fit type wood (not real) flooring.

I experimented with vinyl tiles but they were not easy to replace individually if they knackered- plus they dont like fuel or heat.

I used to use carpet, but now I use my shed for woodwork too so the wood shavings were too difficult to sweep up on carpet.



After about 2 years I'm still ok about them. No real complaints.

Hi Oldtimer.
I would go for a DPM (damp proof membrane),
its a 2 part mix and the same as resin paint.
far better than any paint, and it dries like glass.
take it from a floorlayer, this is the stuff we use on new build
concrete floors.
not cheap at out £100 a tub though.