Epoxy floor paint and epoxy floor painting
Two-pack epoxy floor paint mixes a resin and a chemical hardener on site so it cures into a hard, oil-proof skin on ground concrete.
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One-pack tin against two-pack epoxy
| What you buy | How it dries | Rough thickness | Under hot car tyres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-pack garage paint | Water or solvent evaporates | 0.05 to 0.08 mm | Softens and peels (hot-tyre pick-up) |
| Two-pack water-dispersed epoxy | Part A resin + Part B hardener | 0.15 to 0.25 mm | Holds well in domestic garages and stores |
| Two-pack 100%-solids epoxy | Chemical cross-link, no solvent loss | 0.3 to 0.6 mm | Hard chemical bond for workshops, cars and pallet trucks |
Most hardware-store tins sold as garage floor paint are single-pack acrylics. True epoxy floor paint always comes in two separate parts that you mix with a paddle drill before rolling.
What a 5 L tin covers and costs
A standard 5 L trade pack of two-pack epoxy floor paint in Ireland costs about €110 ex VAT. One coat covers roughly 30 m² on sealed concrete, so two coats cover about 15 m² per tin: roughly €7 to €8 a m² ex VAT for the paint itself. On freshly diamond-ground porous concrete, the first coat soaks deeper into the pores and covers 20 to 25 m².
Why painted floors flake and peel
- Laitance left on the slab. Power-washing or sweeping doesn't remove the weak top skin of cement dust. Without diamond grinding, the paint bonds to dust and lifts.
- Rising damp. Concrete without a damp-proof membrane pushes water vapour up from the ground and blisters impermeable paint unless a moisture-tolerant primer goes down first.
- Cold slabs below 10°C. Standard two-pack epoxy floor paint needs at least 10°C in the floor to cure properly.
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A photo that works
- Daylight, or every light on.
- From the doorway, so most of the floor is in the shot.
- Cars, bikes and boxes can stay where they are.
- Hold the phone at chest height, level, not pointed at your feet.
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Questions people ask
What is the difference between epoxy floor paint and a poured epoxy floor?
Epoxy floor paint is rolled on in two coats to about 0.2 to 0.5 mm (€30 to €50 a m² installed). A poured self-levelling epoxy floor is trowelled and spiked-rollered at 2 to 3 mm (€50 to €120 a m²) for a glass-flat finish.
Can I paint two-pack epoxy over old floor paint?
Not safely. The chemical pull of two-pack epoxy will lift weak single-pack paint underneath. Old paint is ground off first.
How long before I can walk or drive on epoxy floor paint?
At 20°C, walk on it after about 24 hours, use it lightly after 4 days and give it 7 days before parking hot car tyres on it.
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