Jim Rosenthal
Supporter
I think that is a good choice. I used rubber tile- the kind with the coin-sized circles on it- in the engine room of one of my boats years ago, medium gray color, and because I had a lot left over I also used it to do the walls in the shower of the boat. We used to drop tools and pieces of the diesel engines on the engine room floor- it held up fine. I found out later that the same kind of rubber flooring is used in ski lodges- you know, where people come in walking in their ski boots etc etc? Holds up admirably. I have the roll-out rubber flooring in my garage and the only thing that's ever damaged it was the lawn mower- I started it up one time and the flooring was sucked up into the blade and got a bit chewed up.
Concrete floor paint works best on dry new concrete floors. My garage floor is fifty years old and the paint wouldn't stick even after we etched it with muriatic acid and nearly killed ourselves in the process (nasty stuff, but great for cleaning out waste treatment systems in boats, let me only say) After the paint on the garage floor peeled I gave up and got the rubber roll-out sheeting, its' been fine ever since.
And if it isn't your garage, I'd limit the expenditures for certain. Wait til you have your own garage and doll THAT one up.
Concrete floor paint works best on dry new concrete floors. My garage floor is fifty years old and the paint wouldn't stick even after we etched it with muriatic acid and nearly killed ourselves in the process (nasty stuff, but great for cleaning out waste treatment systems in boats, let me only say) After the paint on the garage floor peeled I gave up and got the rubber roll-out sheeting, its' been fine ever since.
And if it isn't your garage, I'd limit the expenditures for certain. Wait til you have your own garage and doll THAT one up.