I work for a painting company (not on the tools thankfully) and we often paint factory floors, as long as it swept to remove dust and loose dirt and there isnt any grease / oil on it any floor paint should be fine, put it on neat (no thinners) and best put 2 coats on. No plug intended but have always found Johnstones Heavy Duty Floorpaint to be one of the best

landy19840 wrote:

Hoover?????????

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Hoover?????????

Hoover is a manufacturer of a vacuum cleaner, does that mean any other make is not suitable
I would vacuum

I would use something along the lines of johnsons, as cheaper ones just don't last

On the hoover side that great for dust, but my issue is the mud stuck in the bottom of the dips in the floor, a hoover won't suck it up, if a hard bristle brush doesn't shift it,

I don't want to paint it, and the paint on the top of mud comes off because the mud comes loose etc

I think i am going to have to bite the bullet, clear the garage and jet wash it, a leave it to dry by putting extra heaters in there, seal and paint

might even have to drill a couple of drainage holes along the back wall, were it seems to well up before i had the roof sealed. Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Have you tried a high-pressure blower tought it might take a while to do a whole floor...

Only my petrol leaf blower which from memory blows at 300mph but not a fine area nozzle

I think I've settled on the jet washer, simplest way just take longer between cleaning and drying

Then once dry I'll dyson up all the lifted mud Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

If you want to minimise splashing and concentrate on getting the floor dry, worth investing in one of these to use with your jetwash

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If it's a patio cleaner attachment I have one, my idea is to blast away as much as possible in the least possible time, using less water that way, my Nilfisk jet wash is powerful so should only need the one going over all been well Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

NoDo$h wrote:

If you want to minimise splashing and concentrate on getting the floor dry, worth investing in one of these to use with your jetwash

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=www.googl...mp;bih=599

I use one of these to clean my patio and decking - does stop the water going everywhere.

But you have to keep it down - if it lifts up then water does go everywhere. 2002 Honda VFR800
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Nick,
I did similar to what Maffs suggested but instead of using self level, i used a mixture of pebble filled concrete and sloped it rear to front to let the water out. Then i painted it, three times. Still looks good. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Nick, you said that your drive slopes toward the garage, as does mine but the cure which involes a little more than has been suggested on this thread but has been 100% success for me is to fit a sunken linear drain system across the width of the garage, such as that shown on Page 102 of the Screwfix Summer Catalogue (no 26).
This solution was vital as her in doors has 2 very big sewing machines and before she retired lots of valuable curtain materials stored in the garage.

Anyway thats my suggestion but I hope whichever route you go down it works.

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Theres already one installed

Problem was when i moved in it was full of sand, presumably washed out of the block paving, so when it came to my attention, when it flooded, I cleaned it out and checked its flow for emptying down a tube installed at one end. It emptied buy slowly so i don't think its attached to a drain, but done as a soak away.

I also sealed a piece of 6x2 wood which is the exact width of the garage down on the floor, using exterior silicone sealer as a base for it to be placed on, then sealed its edges, and drilled and bolted it down, so i really don't want to remove this

I don't think it will be this weekend as i am away, but the garage is to be stripped out of its items as much as possible, pressure washed with the patio cleaner/blaster, using my Ryobi leaf blower i am going to brush and blow as much water out as possible of either the side door (1" step) or up and over the wood at the front and drill some drainage holes near the base to allow water to drain there also

Its going to be a dirty job, but what the heck, it will dry soon enough and can be painted once it is

all my ideas of using this that and the other were just adding cost up to make it easier, end of the day its a garage thats just for storage or all my  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

A Garage,A Garage! You have a garage and you are complaining about the bloddy floor.... you don't know how lucky you are.....It's right tough d'n south, You would pay £75k for a lockup near me (if you could find one) £200k 3 miles away in Kensington) and it would be burgled the week after you bought it. I pay £75 a year for a parking permit for the street I live on and still have to drive miles looking for a space, some nights I have to park at LPR and catch the tube. Bumpy concrete floor, humph.....JT
PS Actually the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) 9am till 9pm, 7 days a week is the best thing since sliced bread, without it I really would be on LPR's forecourt (not adjoining the A40 tho, given the danger from flying BMW's) Upgraded to an ex demo, 7 mth old, Rimini Red/Ebony Napoli Auto HSE on 28th Jan 2011, added roof rails, mudflaps and side strips.
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Why not just brush the crud off and get down to the local carpet place and buy some rhino lino.

20' x 9' wont cost the earth