If your garage is packed wall-to-wall with forgotten junk, you are not alone. Most homeowners in Arizona slowly turn the garage into a storage unit without even realizing it. The problem is that all that clutter makes it impossible to appreciate your garage floor paint, let alone keep the space functional.
Here are a few things that, if you’re being honest with yourself, you should probably toss.
Clear Out These Garage Floor Killers
- Empty boxes and shopping bags: If you have a mountain of cardboard in the corner “just in case,” it is time to let it go. These piles collect dust fast and make your garage look more cluttered than it really is.
- Old paint cans: Half-dried garage floor paint or the leftovers from that time your kids painted their room neon green five years ago is not doing anybody any favors. Toss it.
- Expired fertilizer and pesticides: Old lawn chemicals can leak, smell terrible, and create stains on garage concrete. Dispose of them properly and free up valuable shelf space.
- Random leftover building materials: That extra tile, scrap plywood, or lonely 2×4 is not destined for a future project. If it has survived three garage cleanouts already, it’s probably not essential.
- Broken and duplicate tools: Nobody needs four rusty tape measures and a drill that barely spins. Keep the good stuff and donate or toss the rest.
- Outgrown sports gear and toys: Old scooters, baseball gloves, and bikes take up a surprising amount of room. If nobody has touched them in years, they are probably ready for a new home.
- “Just in case” items: Every garage has them. Old cords, mystery hardware, outdated electronics, and parts from things you no longer own. These are usually the biggest space-wasters covering your garage flooring.
Upgrade Beyond Basic Garage Floor Paint
Once the clutter is gone, you may realize your garage deserves more than chipped concrete and peeling garage floor paint. GarageFloorCoating.com (Tucson) installs professionally engineered 2-day epoxy floor coating systems with a thick, moisture mitigating epoxy base layer (your moisture vapor barrier), durable, decorative full-flake finishes, and dual, 100%-solids polyaspartic clear coats for long-term performance designed for Arizona conditions.
If you are ready to upgrade your garage, contact our team today. And if we have already coated your floors, we would truly appreciate a quick Google review from you as well!
Garage Floor Paint FAQs
Q: What is the best garage floor coating?
A: The best garage floor coating is a multi-layer system that includes a moisture-mitigating epoxy primer, full broadcast flakes, and polyaspartic topcoats.
Q: How long should a garage floor coating last?
A: A professionally installed system can last decades, while thin coatings may fail within a few years.