Painting. And then watching it dry.

Since I have only heard horror stories of cheap floor paint in workshops, I spent a while looking at the proper epoxy floor paints that have a more industrial purpose. And I found one that Watco sell that is suitable for my needs. It's also normally £110 + VAT and delivery! Thankfully, they seem to be selling off their stocks of it, so £40 got me a 4.5 litre tin of the stuff. Well it's two tins that make 4.5 litres, but you get the idea.

And it turns out like this.

Which I'm quite happy with, as I didn't know it would be shiny. It's still drying in the photo, as it takes 24 hours at 20C to dry, and it's not that warm here. This was taken after about 20 hours, so it might be dry by this time tomorrow.

The only real issue I have had with it is that 4.5 litres is good for up to 30 square meters of floor. And once you get to the end of a 21 square meter floor, you feel bad about throwing expensive paint away. Or you end up pouring the remaining paint on the floor and just putting it on a bit thickly instead. How good an idea this is remains to be seen!

The only other issue with a shiny floor is that I can now see all the little imperfections where the floor's not flat. But since most are where the shell will sit, I won't have to see them so I won't mind!