We are building a new house -- should start moving in at the end of June.
We built a 26X30 detached garage and a 20X16 shed/workshop, each of which has a concrete slab floor. We have been using the shed and garage to store materials, prime and paint shutters, screen doors, etc. all the while protecting the new concrete slabs with drop cloths and plastic, so, the slabs are clean, new concrete.
Before we start parking in the garage and moving into the shed/ workshop, we want to paint the concrete slabs using the epoxy garage floor paints that we see in Home Depot, Lowe's, and elsewhere. On the 'net I found several products -- Muscle Gloss, Epoxy-Coat, and others.
We want to:
-- paint the floors
-- put some kind of non-slip grit in the paint
-- paint a line on the floor at the front of the garage where the concrete forms a lip to let the garage doors seal; this line will be safety yellow to warn people not to trip over the concrete lip.
Because this is new concrete, I'm planning to pressure wash it, let it dry, then apply the epoxy coat per instructions.
Has anyone else done this and what do you recommend??
-- Do I need to etch the new concrete?
-- What product did you use?
-- How is the product you used standing up to wear?
-- How do/did you apply the non-slip granules into the paint?
Thanks.