Sealing a garage floor

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Sealing a garage floor

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So Its time to begin the proper conversion of my garage into a better workplace for upcoming projects etc, I have studded, insulated and plasterboarded the walls and ceiling.

The floor however seems to be impervious to anything I throw at it, it generates a huge amount of dust and despite giving it 3 coats of b&q garage floor paint it just sucked it all up and still looked thirsty.

To be honest it doesn't even look like the builders finished it off properly when the house was built as there is not an inch of the floor which has even a semi finished texture to it.

Do I get a builder in to put a skim of concrete on it? Would that even work.

Your thoughts would be appreciated

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"skim" won't work. Self levelling compound may be what you need.
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wine~o wrote:"skim" won't work. Self levelling compound may be what you need.
Thanks mate, gonna try Evernote 350 to start with. Getting rubber flooring put down anyway so just need it level

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vlb wrote:
wine~o wrote:"skim" won't work. Self levelling compound may be what you need.
Thanks mate, gonna try Evernote 350 to start with. Getting rubber flooring put down anyway so just need it level

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:dunno: What evernote 350 is ?
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wine~o wrote:
vlb wrote:
wine~o wrote:"skim" won't work. Self levelling compound may be what you need.
Thanks mate, gonna try Evernote 350 to start with. Getting rubber flooring put down anyway so just need it level

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:dunno: What evernote 350 is ?
Ever build 403 lol sorry

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