Thinking about painting my garage

[Roadsaw]

My garage and garage floor has seen better days. I am seriously considering painting the walls and coating the floor. I would assume a quality exterior paint would work on the walls, the floor is a bigger issue. My parent's have the epoxy'd garage floor in their house but it seems just too damn slippery for me. I have a couple of motorcycles, so I definitely don't want the floor any more slippery than it already is, but I would like to coat it. Any suggestions on products? Also, given the popularity of bed liner in the X community, curious as to whether anybody has attempted to bed line a garage floor? I'll take color suggestions as well.

[Neo1130]

What, do you plan on going over 15 mph in your garage? You can get some epoxy floors with a grip texture in them. Basically just a bag of sand that you mix in before painting or immediately after painting...

[daze]

I went the epoxy route on mine, one thing you can do to keep it from being so slippery is put a lot of the color chips down. They add some traction to the floor. Bedlining it is a really interesting idea tho. Make sure you post pics if you decide to do it.

[Labbie]

Originally Posted by Neo1130

What, do you plan on going over 15 mph in your garage? You can get some epoxy floors with a grip texture in them. Basically just a bag of sand that you mix in before painting or immediately after painting...

http://rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=18

[ducatidom]

I used the Behr single stage epoxy from HD, put a good helping of color chips on it and it isn't slippery. You need to really clean the floor though, a bonding agent will help with longevity also.

[Roadsaw]

Originally Posted by Neo1130

What, do you plan on going over 15 mph in your garage?

Actually, the problem occurs when I am moving slow enough to have to put my feet down, especially if for instance my boots and tires are wet.

[56kz2slow]

My floor was painted with cheap floor paint. Before it all pealed off, it was slippery as hell with boots full of snow. Never had a problem with vehicles, I just had problems walking on it.

Costco has some rubber flooring you just unroll on top of the floor. That's an interesting alternative, but I did not check the price.

[Roadsaw]

Originally Posted by 56kz2slow

My floor was painted with cheap floor paint. Before it all pealed off, it was slippery as hell with boots full of snow. Never had a problem with vehicles, I just had problems walking on it.

Costco has some rubber flooring you just unroll on top of the floor. That's an interesting alternative, but I did not check the price.

I've actually tried that Costco rubber flooring. It was actually more slippery than the expoy coating!