Need to paint Laundry Room Floor - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

plazaman · 11-26-2005, 12:03 PM

Anyone ever use High Performance Floor Enamel from SW?

Any idea on price?

Thanks

AAPaint · 11-26-2005, 02:24 PM

Haven't tried that, but I've had good results with the Armor Seal 1K urethane products for coating concrete floors. I assume this is concrete, right?

dwbrooks · 11-26-2005, 03:05 PM

I've used the high performance floor enamel several times. I really like the way it applys and the finish was very nice. I'm not sure on the durablitity because both projects I used it were only finished in the last several monthes. I paid $20 or 21 a gallon for it.

If anyone does know how this stuff holds up I'd love to hear about it.

Bret · 11-26-2005, 05:52 PM

I've used it twice in the last year. It went on great and leveled smoothly. If you are putting this or anything else on bare concrete, make sure you do a damm good job on the prep. If the concrete is bare, scrub it clean with a degreaser or TSP and then acid etch it with muratic acid. If the concrete is trowled smoth, etch it several times. Concrete floors are about the hardest material I know of to keep paint on. Thats why so many people have concrete surfaces topped with epoxy stone.

Bret

**ProWallGuy** · 11-26-2005, 08:17 PM

On new, unpainted or smooth concrete, I prefer using a concrete stain.

AAPaint · 11-27-2005, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ProWallGuy

On new, unpainted or smooth concrete, I prefer using a concrete stain.

Good advice. H&C Shield Plus Ultra acrylic concrete stain is a good product for that application. If it's a garage floor, you want the H&C Silicone Acrylic concrete sealer.

prolinefinishes · 11-27-2005, 05:54 PM

If you choose the High Performance Floor Enamel, make sure it is water based. I had to wait over 2 days for a basement floor to dry enough to walk on because i used oil based. Latex dried fast as hell

**slickshift** · 11-28-2005, 05:29 PM

I have used the BM latex version with excellent results
I would heartily recommend it for a laundry room
I have used it on old concrete, wood, and drywall
I would expect the SW version to work as well