Painting Shed floor?

Question

I have a new shed with a wooden floor. I am going to be keeping my tractor and other garden type stuff in the shed. The floor is currently just plain wook. What kind of paint should I use to paint the floor with to resist, oil and dirt. I am also concerned that painting it might make it slippery. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

There is products that you can buy, that you would mix with paint, it is like a sand like substance, used for an anti slip purpose, can find it at your local hardware store. With it being wood, and it being outdoors, Id suggest using a wood stain and a polyurethane to seal it. Now as far as adding that sand like substance to that, I have never used it with stain, but I have used it with paint and it works great.

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Answer 3

I'm assuming that the floor is plywood. Use porch paint or floor paint-trim floor around edges and roll. Wait til dry, do this about 3 times depending on how much soaks in -you can add sand to your paint to keep it from being slippery but it shouldn't be unless it gets wet. Any work you do to the tractor must be done outside somewhere where a little gas or oil won't matter. No matter what you do it will get scratched up. Dirt can be swept out easily if painted. Why work on it outdoors? FIRE.

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Painting Shed floor?
I have a new shed with a wooden floor. I am going to be keeping my tractor and other garden type stuff in the shed. The floor is currently just plain wook. What kind of paint should I use to paint the floor with to resist, oil and dirt. I am also concerned that painting it might make it slippery....

Answer 5

I'm not sure why you'd use a stain and then cover it. The best approach would be to use a water based primer and when dry, cover that with the gloss paint, also water-based (aka "acrylic" or Latex). If you were actually going to stain the wood, you'd be better off to cover it with a clear coat such as urethane (maybe a marine grade), but for a garden shed, that would seem a little "ritzy", tho' it WOULD look pretty cool. Be sure the stain and clear coat are compatible products.

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Water based??? If your second coat is clear, there might be some point in a water based stain But you would have to let it dry all the way first - Best done in the height of Summer There are acrylic based wood stains which are more likely to add to the strength and long-life of any Plywood floor To which you could still add a toughen layer if you wish a few coats of Acrylic stain could do the job on its own You would have to ask the helpful "Expert" at your local hardware store to find the correct product

Answer 7

Go to the paint store and get a good quality solid color deck stain. Stain will not peel as easily as paint, so it should last longer. You can also buy a packet of sand/grit which you can mix into the stain or sprinkle on the floor while the stain is still wet. (better to mix it though). That will give you grip if it's wet.
Don't cheap out on the stain, get a good quality one like Cabot, Benjamin Moore or California.

Answer 8

What kind of wood? Is it pressure treated?
If it is pressure treated you need to let it dry out 6 months before painting it.
Then make sure you prime it first with a primer sealer.
You can use traction paint (paint with a sandy like grit) on it so it is not slippery.

Answer 9

You can send a lot of money on fancy non slip paint or you can buy som poarch floor enamel and spread sand on it before it drys then sweep off the excess sand when dry.

Answer 10

TF has it correct, the only thing I would add is if the floor is to slippery add a little sand to the last coat of paint and that should take care of it. This is a trick my nephew taught me.