Project Garage is go

Should do ok. I'd think the PVA will help it last longer anyway as the
concrete surface will be sealed.

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Dave

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Skill.

Mine's one of the newer ones with the 8 cyclone thingies instead of the
2 - dunno if that makes a difference. I bought it because it had the
least offensive colour scheme (grey and turqouise) of all the models.

 

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:21:45 +0000, Doesnotcompute

Not if it comes out of a French tap, no.

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Dave

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Blaney in "reasonable DIY decision" shocker!

 

Mine too.

Can't remember the colour of mine. Not unpleasant, I think. But I am
to colour what Champ is to taste.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ben Blaney

Buy a couple of cheap soft brooms.

Quickest and easiest way to paint a floor known to man.

 

I was going to use a roller and an extension pole, but now you mention
it...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ben Blaney

That'll work if you've got a very even smooth floor. Otherwise the
brooms are your friends.

If you *have* got a very even smooth floor you'll want some grippy stuff
(like very fine sharp sand) mixed in with the paint to avoid comedy
banana-skin-stylee routines. Last stuff like that I bought was from a
yacht chandlers, which means I only overpaid by 200%.

 

One thing to check first. Throw some water down and make sure the floor
slopes towards the door. Much easier to sweep up dust with a wet floor,
and you don't want the garage filling up...
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The slightest oil or fluid spill will be bloody dangerous on a shiny
floor.

Can you just mix into the paint sharp sand, if so how much?

 

Nigel Eaton wrote

They do that with indoor cart tracks to give grip so I am told. Special
type of non toxic to flooring sand they use as well, washed probably.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, sweller

Ho yuss.

Probably, and **** nose.

HTH.

 

My workshop floor is made of absorbent concrete. And is black.

 

Good thinking. I'll do that.

 

Cane was telling me about that on the phone earlier. I'm going to do
one coat, see how it looks, and then lob the sand in to the second or
third, depending on how the coverage is looking.

 

Well, I've got one empty one atm, which is prime for sorting
first as a kind of tester. The finish on the floor is typical
new-build "slop it down and **** off" so I think I may need
to either skim or put some kind of self-levelling down first,
depending upon what ThoseThatKnow recommend.

Then I need to move everything from one t'other and repeat
the process!

 

You could probably get away with using kiddies play sand
as that has usually been washed/bleached/cleaned and is
about 3 quid for a bag, so not too pricey. Try your local
Early Learning Centre (which is bound to be twice the
price of everywhere else because it's "Educational" sand
rather than ordinary sand) or even our Tescos sells it.

 

Spriknle dose

er..

Sprinkle some dry sand on the wet paint. Plenty of it, but not so much
you get saturation coverage. Let dry and brush off.

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Dave

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Send out invites to the opening!

 

Even Claret and Blue?