We’re really not sure what we will do with our floors, possibly wood, tile, linoleum, but what ever we chose the priority is low, so in the meantime we thought we would seal the floors to give them a bit of protection.
Initially I wanted to do a two part epoxy over the whole of the bottom floor, but in the end I decided it wasn’t necessary in rooms that would have flooring added, plus my previous experience with two part epoxy was a bit of a disaster.
I prepped the floor by going over it with a hand held random orbit sander with a diamond pad, followed by a thorough vacuuming. Base coat was “Rust-Oleum 1-part Battleship Gray Satin, Concrete and Garage Floor Paint” followed a day later by a coat of “Rust-Oleum Satin Textured Clear Topcoat“. The topcoat had anti-slip additive so there is a bit of grip so people don’t slip if it gets wet. We’re eventually get around to painting the rest of the floors like this.
I would have thought garage floor paint was cheapest and best even in areas that you wont cover the floor. That said it does chip if you drop heavy objects on it but you can get those rubber mats that interlock like jigsaw pieces for those areas.
Good idea, I’ll see if anyone is selling any cheap on FBMP
I think you have really nailed the dungeon look. All you need now are some hostages.
As Chris said, and I’ve experienced, it will chip, so best get something down on it to protect it while you finish the rest of the ground floor.
It will look less like one, once we have windows installed!!!!