Just poured the new wash floor and now...

[Joe Appleby]

I want to paint it. I'm afraid if Monahan sees my new wash floor unpainted he'll turn his nose at me.
Turcott says he used an epoxy called Ameriloc out of Canada. He says it goes by Americoat in the states. I can't find a distributor nor can I reach them.

 

[The Great Oz]

Our wash floor went 35 years before we coated it for the first time. You might give it time to cure and just use a penetrating sealant. Like painting a deck, once you paint concrete (even using epoxy) you'll have to do it again and again as the paint wears and chips.

BTW, did you go with the grooves?

 

[FredC]

Those are PPG products. Look for a PPG distributor/paint store....

 

[Out of Character - 0]

How about just polishing the concrete? We just removed the epoxy from our floor and used some resin bonds to polish it.

 

[Joe Appleby]

Didn't go with the groves.
whats's a PPG product?

 

[Jeremy N]

Concrete cure time is important IMO.

 

[dealtimeman]

You should not let it dry too fast maybe keep sprinkling water on it. I would ask your concrete guy but I always keep my new concrete wet for the first days after poured.

 

[T Monahan]

Let it cure before you do anything. If you decide to coat it white, there are plenty of options out there.

 

[rhyde]

I cured mine for 2 weeks used Rust-Oleum 6500 Epoxy pressure washed and acid etched the floor got about 6 years out other first floor
needs redoing probably next winter

 

[roro]

I haven't done it on ours which is unpainted concrete. But think next time I would try a concrete densifier.

roro

 

[Zee]

Didn't go with the groves.
whats's a PPG product?

I believe ppg is a company that makes all kinds of paints and coatings along with certain optics and glass stuff for cars.

 

[Nate The Great]

Hey Appleby, call my pops... He is pretty heavy into concrete moisture testing and is a distributor for the brand AC Tech... He'd steer you in the right direction... I'll pm you his information..