Before Cleaning For Garage Floor Paint
If you have read up on garage floor paint at all, you will know that one thing remains very consistent between the different directions of the various garage floor coatings. The floor has to be extremely clean. Different manufacturers’ and experts’ opinions vary on if you can paint over existing paint by just cleaning it, or if it needs to be stripped down to the concrete. The purpose of this article is to help you decide if it’s time to clean the garage floor for your epoxy garage floor coating. Cleaning unnecessarily is not harmful, but it is not particularly necessary. As always, be sure to check your garage floor epoxy kit’s directions for any additional steps.
New Concrete Garage Floor?
There are a few things you should ask yourself before you begin. Is the concrete garage floor new? If so, you will need to wait to do anything at all. New concrete garage floors should be allowed to cure for at least thirty days before any cleaning or applying of epoxy garage floor paint.
What’s The Weather Look Like, Ollie?
Is it forecast to rain within the next 24 hours? Rain increases humidity, which will cause the epoxy garage floor paint to not dry correctly. Will your garage flooring be ruined if it dribbles on hour 23? Probably not. However, why take the chance if the rain is already in the forecast?
Too Hot Or Too Cold?
What is the temperature? This can be the real limiter in some areas. It is suggested that you do not apply epoxy garage floor paint if the temperature is going to be over 90 degrees, or below 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Getting close to the upper limit is okay, but getting close to the lower is not. This is because if the air temperature is 55 degrees, you can bet the temperature of the concrete garage flooring is considerably lower, which will cause problems. Try not to push the envelope too much. This is a lot of work you will be doing, so you are going to be pretty upset if it does not come out correctly.
Are You Ready For Some Cleaning?
If any of these problems exist, do not bother cleaning your garage floor. Seriously, it is not worth it, just go find something else to do, because otherwise you will just be cleaning it again once the problem clears up. Between sweating stains, humidity, dust, and whatever might come off your cars, the floor will not be remotely clean within 72 hours of cleaning it. However, if everything looks good, you can move on to cleaning your garage floors.
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