painting bitumen floor

[Starfishandcoffee]

Hi, I've painted a bitumen floor with several coats of external stone paint - cheap fix, floor paints were awful colours - which I'm happy with but any ideas how I can make it more hard wearing? It's only been 6 months and I'm already repainting. I guess I need some kinds of sealant? The floor is domestic, my open plan living eating everything room. Thanks in anticipation.

 

[alan333]

You can get bitumenous paint. It's really meant as a solar reflective coating for felt roofs so it's usually white or silver. I don't see any reason it wouldn't work.

 

[Starfishandcoffee]

Thank you. I've stuck 'bitumen paint' in google and it just seems to be coming up with ..exactly that, black bitumen paint. Might have to give up the cheap fix and get some laminate laid. Shame, 'cos the stone paint looks fine...if it wasn't for my black foot prints picked up from the coal cellar ....mopping brings up the paint...so, it's a no win.

 

[alan333]

Try searching fir solar reflective bitumenous paint, or similar. The first link i got was Wickes selling silver coloured.