Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: painting concrete 2Jan 10, 2009 8:17 pm Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: painting concrete 4Jan 10, 2009 10:39 pm not sure if the same stuff will work outside, i just grabbed it from bunnings Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: painting concrete 5Jan 16, 2009 4:17 pm Hi Billdsl
I suppose it's not exactly like what you want to do, but what I did was seal the concrete in our garage. I bought all the materials from the concrete warehouse here in melb, don't know if they're national, but he said to avoid peeling etc, to apply the first coat with a 50/50 ratio of paint to solvent. The solvent will help the paint to be absorbed into the concrete. The second coat you can still use any left over mixture (solvent/paint) and just add more paint to it. It all depends on how many sq/m you are doing etc. Really happy with how it turned out though. Hope it all goes well for you. Chris Re: painting concrete 7Jan 16, 2009 11:02 pm chuth77 Did you have to acid etch the concrete first? No - i don't really think it's a requirement unless you're dealing with concrete that's been around for a while? considering mine was pretty new, I just water blasted it. Re: painting concrete 8Jan 17, 2009 7:41 am thanks for the food for thought...i am nervous about it peeling but wonder if the solvent/ paint ratio would work...will have to think some more, i don't think it's really in our budget now, with things costing us more than first thought Re: painting concrete 9Jan 17, 2009 8:29 am thanks for the tip jembsb, ill be doing the garage floor in the new house once its built so this might be the key
the name of the paint i used is berger jet dry, another post by someone here a few days ago reminded me of the name, just got it from bunnings Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Hi, Have used the Dulux 1 step, oil base on my walls(white set), out of can it’s already a more thinner product than a final coat paint Also in water base Water or… 3 5127 Thanks mate, is there a standard off the shelf type breathable product I can apply DIY? Thanks 2 8487 |