Leyland Trade Heavy Duty Floor Paint - Frigate 2.5L

This product seems very good quality and in application, it goes on and feels like a high-quality, fairly thick water-based emulsion rather than an oil-based, hard wearing floor paint. Unlike an emulsion you don't need to stir it before use, but you will need some White Spirit at hand to clean your paint brushes afterwards. It seems to cover very well and also seems to go quite far. The 'Frigate' (or battleship grey) colour version of the paint I purchased is slightly lighter than I imagined it to be but it looks clean and fresh on the garage floor. I applied the paint by brush and it goes on easily. “Thorough preparation'” of a floor is of course important if you want the paint to stick to it; and as I heard someone quote on YouTube the other day - "fail to prepare, prepare to fail". Essentially though the 'floor preparation' basically means cleaning it to remove as much dust and dirt or grease as possible with a vacuum cleaner perhaps and maybe mopping it with some soapy warm water, then rinsing it and allowing to dry. As this paint is oil-based it dries at a slower rate than any water-based emulsion would - this is not a bad thing if you've got a large area to cover as it won’t dry out as you're actually painting with it. The Instructions on the tin, advise allowing it to dry overnight before applying a 2nd Coat, and that it will 'fully cure' or fully harden in 7 days. It’s not a job you can try to rush in my opinion. Would recommend this stuff.

Overall: happy with my purchase of 'Slate' leyland trade heavy duty floor paint. I would have preferred a darker grey colour. This is very much a Light Blue-grey colour rather than a Black-grey colour I was expecting. But that's my opinion. I only had a 2inch paint brush to hand so that's what I used. The area I covered was approximately 5msq with one coat so there is still around half a tin left to do another coat if needed. The paint quality seems good: I've painted on a rough concrete surface with very little prep, except a good sweep and mop. Value for money: seems reasonable for the cost. Ease of use: quite easy to paint with a brush though I suspect a roller would have been quicker. Adhesion: time will tell, as i have painted over previous painted patches I will update my feedback after a period of use. I have used this paint on a balcony which is relatively open to the elements. Drying time (in a warmish UK November) have been around 12 hours for the first coat (can walk on). I will almost certainly do a second coat which will require a significantly longer time to 'cure'. Before and after photos have been added, the 'after' picture is while it is still wet. It drys to a satin finish.

Good product

This is a really good paint. I applied mine with a brush, rather than a roller & because I had to split the work up into three sessions (for each coat), I tightly wrapped the brush in cling film till the next session & the brush was just as good a couple of days later when I re-started work. I brushed quite hard & spread the paint out as much as I could whilst ensuring the floor was completely covered. The brush marks just melt away & you can't see any when it dries. Second coat went on a few days later & again, brush marks disappeared. I was surprised to find it dry/cured after a couple of days, since it was quite cold & the atmosphere damp when I applied it & I expected it to take much longer. I had about 10 square metres to paint with two coats & I still have nearly a litre left out of the 2.5 litres I bought. I have walked on it & slid a large fridge over it (being careful!) and it didn't scuff the paint surface at all. Of course, at this stage I don't know how long it will last, but it does appear to be tougher than other floor paints I've used, so I'm hopeful. It looks very good. The cost was a fraction of other floor paints and it arrived quickly & was well packed. Excellent value.

Easy to use and covers well. Takes a while to dry though.

i have purchased this before from you and as usual it fantastic and the colour match from both tins were perfect, will defiantly buy you again, thank you

This product goes a long way, it's very easy to apply, looks nice and works well. However, no matter how many coats you do, it won't hold up to the tires of your car driving back and forth over it. I park my car in my garage every day, it only lasted a week before you start to see a flaking where your tires park. This is the third time buying it, as each year I do a fresh coat on my garage floor. Unfortunately I'm committed to it for a while.

Great paint for garage floors