Painting or Coating the Floor of an RV Garage

I think it is probably too late to do a really good job.

My only experience was with "garage floor paint". I prep'ed with TSP and muratic acid. It looked really good.......for about 6 months. After that, it started peeling in the tire tracks and after a year in other areas.

I did my concrete pads that are exposed to the weather with Color Crete concrete paint made in Pompano Beach... http://www.surfacelogix.net/colorcrete-sealer.html Should be a dealer closer to you.
Pressure washed after scrubbing with Clorox, let dry, and rolled on.

In a previous house I used the garage floor epoxy paint that you can buy at HD or Lowes. It held up well to daily use of two cars in and out for the 5 years I remained in that house before moving.

I pressured washed the floor let it dry for a few days, used muratic acid to clean again (brushed on and hosed off), let dry a week then followed the application instructions.

Mike

Go to garagejournal.com they have a whole forum on flooring. Basically you need to grind the floor then clean it before applying epoxy.

sealevel ram wrote:
Has anybody painted or coated the floor of your RV garage, or your regular garage floor?

What did you use to clean and coat? Any suggestions, or things NOT to do or don't work?

Floor is about 3 years old and has normal amount of spills, battery acid, etc.

Thanks.

sealevel ram,
Well Sir, when we bought our present home in Lake Havasu City right at 3 years ago, it was brand spanking new. No one had occupied it. So, that meant that no one had even driven or parked on the driveway or, inside either the RV garage or, the 2.5 car garage. It was all brand new concrete. So, about 2 weeks before closing on the deal, we and the real estate person/builder, agreed to have the floors professionally EPOXY coated so that, by the time we arrived from where we were moving from, San Diego, they would be completely cured.

I drew out plans for "striping" it too for where the RV is to be aligned when backing it in. Even though the floor was brand new, the company still ground it to make sure the surface was the right porosity and, right texture, to receive the coatings. It was then coated with one coat of primer/prep. Then, two coats of top coat and the specks were applied while the second coat was wet.

Once that cured, it was time for the YELLOW parking stripes, one on each side, equal distance from the walls, to be used for guiding the RV into the EXACT right spot, each and every time when backing. When those were cured, it was time for two coats of Sherman Williams ultra clear coat epoxy. The floor cured for 8 days before we moved in. It's been flawless ever since, about 3 years. I had TWO yellow stripes painted because, if I ever DRIVE it in forward, I can look out the window and follow the one line, to place it dead center of the RV garage. That way, based on the width of the interior of the RV garage, I can open bay doors on both sides with plenty of clearance.

I'd do it again in a heartbeat. The RV garage is 16' wide x 53' long and the two and a half car is, heck I forgot but, BIG. The whole job cost me $3,700 and has a five year guaranty against chipping and peeling. So far, so good. Here's a couple of pics. One is before and the other two are after the coatings. Sorry for the mess, that was move in day. It's now like you see in garagejournal.com, nice and neat and absolutely NOTHING on the floor except cabinets, in specific spots. It gets mopped about once a week. It sure makes for nice working on and, slipping under the Jeep or the motor home for this or that.

Scott

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We paid a company to do ours - and 13 years later it likes like original. We had solid color surface prior and had some issues, so they came back and did this one with flakes under warranty and it has been without issue.

After doing a lot of talking with the various companies that apply the epoxy or acrylic coatings the ones I talked with said it has to be ground to ensure a positive bond. In my sub there were at least 5 garages coated over the years, the three that were washed with acid and coated failed somewhere in the garage. The ones ground were like the day installed, some as long as 12 years. So I just had mine done, garage and driveway, and yes they ground it all to a pure white looking surface. Cleaned with a solution then applied a primer. Primer dried 2-3 hours then two coats of color back to back and then as the last coat was being applied the other worker tossed the chips to completly cover the color coat. They returned two days later and scrapped off the extra chips, then coated with a uv barrier clear. Looks fantastic, it is a commercial coating.

In Mexico many car buffs tile the floor. They buy tiles that are seconds. looks awesome. I used a one part epoxy paint from HD.


Moisheh

My garage in California has the same grey w/black specs as Scott's (FireUp). It was done in 1999 and the top urethane is starting to yellow. Not peeling, etc, just yellowing a little. It has been a great surface to repel anything that gets on it.

I wish I had a motorhome garage at home, it's just for cars.

MM.

Mine looks identical to fireup's. They ground the concrete, even though it was new and never parked on, acid washed it and then did the coating. Back in 2104 it was $3 a sq ft.