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.
Is Your Concrete Garage Floor New?
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 Like, Ollie?
Is it gonna rain!? If so, humidity is going to increase, and this gives epoxy garage floor paint big problems when it comes to drying properly. If it mists a bit on hour 23, will all be lost? Doubtful, but why chance it if there is already rain in the forecast? It is best to check.
Temperature Matters Too
Make sure when you are checking the weather that you also take a look at the temperatures. It is not wise to lay down epoxy garage floor paint if the air temperature is above 90, or below 55 degrees Fahrenheit. You can probably skate pretty close to the hot mark since your garage's floor is obviously shaded (I hope?!), but do not tempt fate with the lower mark. Consider, if it is 55 degrees in the air, it will be much cooler in the concrete. There's no point in pushing it. By the time everything is said and done, there is just too much hard work at risk. Don't mess it up before you even begin.
Are You Ready For To Clean?
If you have any of the above issues then, no, you are not ready to clean. Not that cleaning is ever a bad thing, but there is no point since you will have to do it again whenever the problem goes away. Grease and oil stains sweat, humidity creeps in, and dust settles, and that is not including whatever falls of your car. Odds are, the floor is not clean at all 72 hours after you have cleaned it. If it all looks good, though, it is time to clean your garage floors! - 21393
Is Your Concrete Garage Floor New?
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 Like, Ollie?
Is it gonna rain!? If so, humidity is going to increase, and this gives epoxy garage floor paint big problems when it comes to drying properly. If it mists a bit on hour 23, will all be lost? Doubtful, but why chance it if there is already rain in the forecast? It is best to check.
Temperature Matters Too
Make sure when you are checking the weather that you also take a look at the temperatures. It is not wise to lay down epoxy garage floor paint if the air temperature is above 90, or below 55 degrees Fahrenheit. You can probably skate pretty close to the hot mark since your garage's floor is obviously shaded (I hope?!), but do not tempt fate with the lower mark. Consider, if it is 55 degrees in the air, it will be much cooler in the concrete. There's no point in pushing it. By the time everything is said and done, there is just too much hard work at risk. Don't mess it up before you even begin.
Are You Ready For To Clean?
If you have any of the above issues then, no, you are not ready to clean. Not that cleaning is ever a bad thing, but there is no point since you will have to do it again whenever the problem goes away. Grease and oil stains sweat, humidity creeps in, and dust settles, and that is not including whatever falls of your car. Odds are, the floor is not clean at all 72 hours after you have cleaned it. If it all looks good, though, it is time to clean your garage floors! - 21393
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