"Ben Blaney" wrote in message
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Dave Gibson wrote:

Perhaps more importantly, if your garage is brick built, it is well worth
emulsioning the walls/ceiling with brilliant white paint. Just doing this
will make an unbelievable difference to the level as well as the quality
of
light available, as the reflected light will reduce and diffuse shadows.

How timely. I was just thinking about doing this in my garage.

Do I need to undercoat the walls first, to paint on normal house bricks,
or just slap on a couple of coats of emulsion?

I did mine about 12 years ago, single leaf brick construction. Just vacuumed
all the loose dust off and gave it two good coats using a deep pile roller.
Still good as new.


It is also worth sealing the floor (if plain concrete) with a floor
paint.

Again, I've seen Garage Floor Paint in various guises, and I'm a little
bemused whether it needs a sealer or primer or something, because the
literature I've seen for various brands is contradictory or just plain
confusing.


The main reason I put floor paint down was to kill all the dust you normally
get from a bare concrete floor, plus makes it a bit more 'homely'. As I
recall I used a heavy duty polyurethane based floor paint which was
literally poured straight onto the floor and then spread with a rubber
squeegee, one single coat. I think it was made by Leyland paints but can't
be sure. Its still serviceable but has the odd chip where heavy items have
been dropped. Could be retouched if I was fussy. Again its been down 12 odd
years now and has had a *lot* of wear and tear!


Dave