I just had an inspection on my rental property to get it up to code for renting, and I was told I need to spot paint the floor and walls in the basement due to chipping paint. The house is a 95 year old rowhome that was last rehabbed in 2006. The basement is unfinished, so the shared brick walls are exposed and there's a rough-poured concrete floor.
When i bought the house 4 years ago the previous homeowners had whitewashed the walls and joists and painted the concrete floor gray. I'm assuming the walls and joists were painted with Kilz Original, because they left a bunch of cans of the stuff in the basement. There are now areas of peeling paint on the brick walls, mostly at the base but also other random locations. The paint on the floor has started chipping and peeling in the area around the footpath between the stairs and washer/dryer, but it's fine in other locations. I don't think the previous homeowners bothered to do the necessary surface prep, since it's peeling off so soon.
Also there is a rear door and window that aren't used (sealed off), but almost certainly have lead paint on them somewhere. There's probably lead paint under the paint on the walls and joists too. I can see the concrete gloor paint layers, and it looks like the last paint job was the only paint job it's ever seen. It's bare concrete underneath.
As i previously mentioned, the floor is a very rough pour. Likewise, the courses of brick are very uneven, probably because oldschool bricklayers only did the show pieces like the facade back then. Therefore, scraping is out, and sanding would be incredibly labor intensive if not also impossible.
I'm looking for a product that can truly seal in the flaking edges of paint and provide a very strong and long lasting bond. Ideally, a product I can use on both floor and wall would be best, but it's not necessary. I definitely need something good that's thick and durable for the floor... Something that can encapsulate the peeling paint and serve as primer for a final top coat. My neighbor had had water issues in his basement. I've never had any in my house, though the peeling paint at the base of the wall may be due to small amounts of moisture (speculation). So I'd prefer a product for the walls that will seal off any water infiltration.
I've looked at the offerings a bit, and I see Bullseye 123 and BIN mentioned a lot, but I'm not a big fan of most Rust-Oleum products. Perhaps these are exceptions? I'm partial to Sherman Williams latex paints, but their concrete primers and paints don't even get that great of reviews on their own website. What suggestions do you have for my job?
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When i bought the house 4 years ago the previous homeowners had whitewashed the walls and joists and painted the concrete floor gray. I'm assuming the walls and joists were painted with Kilz Original, because they left a bunch of cans of the stuff in the basement. There are now areas of peeling paint on the brick walls, mostly at the base but also other random locations. The paint on the floor has started chipping and peeling in the area around the footpath between the stairs and washer/dryer, but it's fine in other locations. I don't think the previous homeowners bothered to do the necessary surface prep, since it's peeling off so soon.
Also there is a rear door and window that aren't used (sealed off), but almost certainly have lead paint on them somewhere. There's probably lead paint under the paint on the walls and joists too. I can see the concrete gloor paint layers, and it looks like the last paint job was the only paint job it's ever seen. It's bare concrete underneath.
As i previously mentioned, the floor is a very rough pour. Likewise, the courses of brick are very uneven, probably because oldschool bricklayers only did the show pieces like the facade back then. Therefore, scraping is out, and sanding would be incredibly labor intensive if not also impossible.
I'm looking for a product that can truly seal in the flaking edges of paint and provide a very strong and long lasting bond. Ideally, a product I can use on both floor and wall would be best, but it's not necessary. I definitely need something good that's thick and durable for the floor... Something that can encapsulate the peeling paint and serve as primer for a final top coat. My neighbor had had water issues in his basement. I've never had any in my house, though the peeling paint at the base of the wall may be due to small amounts of moisture (speculation). So I'd prefer a product for the walls that will seal off any water infiltration.
I've looked at the offerings a bit, and I see Bullseye 123 and BIN mentioned a lot, but I'm not a big fan of most Rust-Oleum products. Perhaps these are exceptions? I'm partial to Sherman Williams latex paints, but their concrete primers and paints don't even get that great of reviews on their own website. What suggestions do you have for my job?
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