I have purchased a new home and have heard you mention how to treat the garage floor. However, I have only caught some of what to do and miss the whole process. What preparation of the floor is necessary? What is the recipe for the sealer? How long does it take to dry? Can you walk on it before then? What is the best way to paint a concrete basement floor?
Answer:
You're talking about two different thing here and you should know that the same treatment can be used for both. If you insist on painting the floor, you can do what I suggest to people when I inspect houses for them; Floor needs to be sealed with a 50/50 mixture of chemically boiled linseed oil and varsol to protect it from further spalling as a result of salt and grime contamination. The area will have to be cleaned well first though and then permitted to dry. A couple of warnings to you - if you use raw linseed oil, it will take a very long time to cure and your garage floor cannot be used until it does, just in case the floor has already been sealed in this way before, test a small portion of it before trying to do the whole thing. Removing the solution is not pleasant. This compound is prone to spontaneous combustion so all safety measures should be observed when using it - clothes soaked in it along with residue and working materials containing it should be taken to a chemical waste depot.
