"Dave" wrote in message
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Hi

About to move into yet another new house, its always been a problem
that the concrete garage floor with new properties, however many
times I sweep/wash them, shed white dust (which I promptly tread into
my wifes new carpets).

I intended to paint the new garage floor with "floor paint" to avoid
this problem, however my mate tells be to beware as he has used floor
paint in his garage and finds that, especially when wet, the car
suffers wheel spin getting into/out of the garage.

Anybody else confirm this ?

I have just bought 5L of PVA to try and seal the floor as an
alternative to the paint.

I use red International garage floor paint in my new house and its been
fine. One thing, use the recommended primer first as this appears to
penetrate the concrete (and allows the paint to bond better) as my neighbour
did the same but no primer and suffers two problems, which my garage
doesn't:-

- Loose areas where the paint hasn't adhered, leaving "dusty holes"
- Damaged areas produce dust.

If I was doing it again I would use the much more expensive (over £100 for
my garage) 2 part epoxy stuff you pour/paint about 3mm thick but is much
much more resistant to damage and available with grit in for grip.