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Morris9982 · 04-28-08, 09:01

If it was me, I would hold off on doing a "cheap" paint job on your floor. If you did this and it started peeling or lifting off after a couple years, it may look worse than it does now. And it would make putting down a good finish that much harder.

RustOleum makes a kit for epoxy painting garage floors. As always, cleaning the floor is the key for good adhesion and making it last. The kits are available at hardware stores. I think you would need two kits.

I had my garage floor finished with epoxy by a company that does it professionally. The worst part was that everything had to be out of the garage for about seven or eight days as they worked. It had to sit three days after the final coat before I could put stuff back in the garage.

The least expensive/easiest way I have seen to clean up the floor is to use a rubber mat. You can buy them in various colors and textures. Basically you empty your garage and roll them out like a rug. Down side is just that they are heavy and you would need some help unrolling and positioning them. For your size garage, the mats would probably be $600-800 or so.

The least expensive option would be to just give the concrete a good cleaning and not worry about it until you had the money to do what you really wanted. I used cleaners and stain removers from Griot's Garage before I had the epoxy floor installed. They did a good job of removing oil stains the previous owner had left for me.

In regards to organization, there are all kinds of options from metal storage cabinets on down. For me, I wanted open shelves so I did not have to worry about keeping space to open the doors. I bought several of those plastic shelf units you assemble yourself that are about 18" x 36" and about 5' tall. The legs are PVC pipes and they are very easy to assemble and move. They don't rust either. I think I paid about $40 each.

I also have put a lot of those shelves that use the strip mounted on the walls and adjustable shelf holders. I like these because you can adjust the shelves to the height you want and everything is out in the open.

The best suggestion I can offer is to get an idea what you want to store, how you want to store it, and how much you want to spend before you start buying things.

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Morris9982 Registered User Morris9982 is offline Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 29	Re: looking for advice on garage floor If it was me, I would hold off on doing a "cheap" paint job on your floor. If you did this and it started peeling or lifting off after a couple years, it may look worse than it does now. And it would make putting down a good finish that much harder. RustOleum makes a kit for epoxy painting garage floors. As always, cleaning the floor is the key for good adhesion and making it last. The kits are available at hardware stores. I think you would need two kits. I had my garage floor finished with epoxy by a company that does it professionally. The worst part was that everything had to be out of the garage for about seven or eight days as they worked. It had to sit three days after the final coat before I could put stuff back in the garage. The least expensive/easiest way I have seen to clean up the floor is to use a rubber mat. You can buy them in various colors and textures. Basically you empty your garage and roll them out like a rug. Down side is just that they are heavy and you would need some help unrolling and positioning them. For your size garage, the mats would probably be $600-800 or so. The least expensive option would be to just give the concrete a good cleaning and not worry about it until you had the money to do what you really wanted. I used cleaners and stain removers from Griot's Garage before I had the epoxy floor installed. They did a good job of removing oil stains the previous owner had left for me. In regards to organization, there are all kinds of options from metal storage cabinets on down. For me, I wanted open shelves so I did not have to worry about keeping space to open the doors. I bought several of those plastic shelf units you assemble yourself that are about 18" x 36" and about 5' tall. The legs are PVC pipes and they are very easy to assemble and move. They don't rust either. I think I paid about $40 each. I also have put a lot of those shelves that use the strip mounted on the walls and adjustable shelf holders. I like these because you can adjust the shelves to the height you want and everything is out in the open. The best suggestion I can offer is to get an idea what you want to store, how you want to store it, and how much you want to spend before you start buying things.