I've just moved in to a new house and I want to level the floor in the garage but it's covered in oil. A quick Google throws up a blog post and product by Polycote but nothing else specifically mentions oily floors.
Is Polycote the only product? Do I need a specail primer to lay over oil? What else do I need to know?
Best Answer
If you want a well-performing coating, you must do surface preparation according to instructions.
There aren't really any shortcuts around that. Oil is a contaminant that will fail almost any coating, and most definitely a water-based coating.
If you're new to surface preparation, I'm sorry if it throws a monkeywrench into what you hoped would be an easy project. I realize the temptation to shortcut. But it will give a very unsatisfactory result, and an even bigger mess to clean up.