Garage makeover time

Whilst waiting for chassis build slot and whilst the large rusty doorstop otherwise known as the differential are out of the building (the diff is with Russell Derbyshire of Cobra Replica Club fame to be reconditioned) my plan was always to sort the garage out to be a warmer cleaner place to build a car. The warmth is mainly sorted with the roof space being boxed in with plasterboard and insulated, the doors have foil bubblewrap stuff on. Just the gaps around the doors - where all the spiders come and go - are left plus painting the walls. So this is the 'before' shot.

So to the floor. I've chosen to use self levelling concrete followed by two coats of epoxy paint. The self levelling will help with dragging engines etc across the floor. I've chosen Cempolay Ultra - non latex appropriate for domestic garage use. Made by bostik.

First the floor has to be clean, free of dust and grease. Then it's recommended to do a pva 'bonding layer' (1:4 water) to help lock in the concrete dust and provide a consistent key for the Cempolay to bond to.

Am doing this in two stages as I can't completely empty garage and do in one go.

 

Once the PVA is dry - 24hours or so, then it's time to self level.

Mix up as per instructions. Pour on and spread with a steel plaster float to desired thickness obeying all information about timings. This stuff starts setting in 20 minutes so you can't hang about.

 

This is it laid after 30 minutes.

And then below is the next day.