I have been out to sweep the garage floor today as I am wanting to seal and paint it

Problem is when the have layer the garage floor and given it's rough effect like you get when you level concrete with a plank of wood, the they are filled with dirt/mud/dust etc as over the years (prior to me buying it) with the driveway sloping towards it, rain water has washed in assorts of

So I have swept it - took up surface dust
Swept is with stif brush - took alittle in ground dirt out
Used a wire brush - did the job but time consuming with it been on 1" wide on a 20'x9' floor

My thought is to jet wash/patio clean but there is no were for the water to drain and this will take forever to dry

Will a floor swept as much as possible and pva'ed be able to have the self leveling screed put on it and stay intact or will it best to use a coat of pva and then concrete over it again

I just can't think of a way to clean it without tons of water and then having a soaking wet garage for ages Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Don't believe this , I painted mine on Friday, grey, sounds like a good soaking is needed, try it with tfr

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Maybe there is a quick way round this and just rubber tile over the top of a self leveling screed

That way if the screed hasn't stuck to the mud it should stay in place with the matting on top Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I think yours must be in more of a state than ours when we painted it. We just swept, they don't need to be prepared as much as say your house walls.

Isn't your garage floor on a slight angle for water to drain out? It should be then it'll dry pretty quickly! Mine: 2012 Golf GTI Edition 35
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Not sure if level tbh, but doesn't seem to be a drain hole at the back, there's a door to the rear at the side but thats raised, to the front I have sealed it with a 6x2 piece of wood to prevent water running in as the grate at front can't handle torrential down pours

So no were to brush the water  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Following your OP - I'd sweep as much as you can and then I'd PVA the floor to seal in any 'cr p' which has built up over the years. Mixed the PVA with water. 5 parts water to 1 pva. Screwfix sells PVA quite cheap. It'll dry within an hour or so in these weather conditions.

A friend who's a tiler puts PVA and water down and then screeds Self Lever over the top even before it dries. He's never had a problem in the last 15 years.

Prime the floor with appropriate paint and then re-paint the colour you'd prefer it to be .

Hoover?????????

Cheers

Thinking on the screed how long does it take to dry, never done it before and will need to have all the stuff out of the garage whilst doing it  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I think I'll Hoover once I have brushed as much as I can

I got the ryobi out yesterday with it's leaf blower attachment blowing at 300mph to blow the dust out, stood at back with goggles and a dust mask I suddenly felt I was in Saudi in a storm, covered in it head to toe,

Then had to blow the wifes car clean with it

So suck instead of blowing is the next idea  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

Cheers

Thinking on the screed how long does it take to dry, never done it before and will need to have all the stuff out of the garage whilst doing it

If you can get most of the water out put a couple of dehumidifiers in there.

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I think I'll Hoover once I have brushed as much as I can

I got the ryobi out yesterday with it's leaf blower attachment blowing at 300mph to blow the dust out, stood at back with goggles and a dust mask I suddenly felt I was in Saudi in a storm, covered in it head to toe,

Then had to blow the wifes car clean with it

So suck instead of blowing is the next idea

npinks wrote:

What this thing needs is a little more power.....

so I rewired it

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Pour brick acid over the floor, rinse well then use the leaf blower to blast the last bits of water out of the garage, keep the spare brick acid, some people like to use it as an alloy wheel cleaner

then paint a pretend inspection pit on the garage floor so your neighbours all think your a proper petrol head. At work
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