PA hayseed
Platinum Member
I used the epoxy junk from lowes to paint my floor after about 1 year. After the paint dried (I did it in winter and used a torpedo/salamander to help dry it) I sealed it with the junk that quickcrete or whoever sells at lowes/HD. I put two coats of sealer on.
Having had prior painting experience, I knew I was gambling by not truly cleaning and preppring the floor, but all in all it has held up fairly well. It lifted in some spots where I knew I was going to have problems, so I repainted a box on the floor and resealed.
It reflects a lot of light and makes the basement appear much brighter. I used two colors, nothing fancy, just some tape on the floor to make a border around the center. It is ok, nothing to put in a magazine. The chips that they sell are kinda junk, next time I would just spray paint some plastic sheeting and then after it dried krinkle it up on the floor for flakes. I used a color called relic with a white border, not soo bad. SWMBO picked the relic, not my first choice, but not bad either. Since the walls are painted white, to break it up I painted a 3" border on the wall from the floor up. It breaks it up.
Two things, the epoxy isn't cheap, and isn't doesn't stretch out. Whatever coverage they say it does discount that by one third or one quarter for a better approximation. For the work area in my basement, I bought some discounted epoxy from lowes that was the wrong color for someone. I got it for 5 bucks. I couldn't care if it was flourescent green. I am just going to trash it eventually anyway.
Having had prior painting experience, I knew I was gambling by not truly cleaning and preppring the floor, but all in all it has held up fairly well. It lifted in some spots where I knew I was going to have problems, so I repainted a box on the floor and resealed.
It reflects a lot of light and makes the basement appear much brighter. I used two colors, nothing fancy, just some tape on the floor to make a border around the center. It is ok, nothing to put in a magazine. The chips that they sell are kinda junk, next time I would just spray paint some plastic sheeting and then after it dried krinkle it up on the floor for flakes. I used a color called relic with a white border, not soo bad. SWMBO picked the relic, not my first choice, but not bad either. Since the walls are painted white, to break it up I painted a 3" border on the wall from the floor up. It breaks it up.
Two things, the epoxy isn't cheap, and isn't doesn't stretch out. Whatever coverage they say it does discount that by one third or one quarter for a better approximation. For the work area in my basement, I bought some discounted epoxy from lowes that was the wrong color for someone. I got it for 5 bucks. I couldn't care if it was flourescent green. I am just going to trash it eventually anyway.
