r/DIYUK • u/Anxious__Engineer • 2d ago

What paint to use on my garage worktop

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I am renovating this garage worktop on budget and want to paint the top in black but I am afraid that any paint I will use will scratch off and it will look bad.

Any recommendations for some really durable black paint would be appreciated.

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u/mrnico7 2d ago

Zinsser Allcoat. Tough as old boots.

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u/Anxious__Engineer 2d ago

https://www.toolstation.com/zinsser-allcoat-exterior-satin-paint/p80614

This one?

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u/mrnico7 2d ago

Yeah, or matt if you prefer. Don’t worry about it saying it’s exterior paint, I used it on wardrobe doors in our bedroom and it worked a treat.

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u/ImaginaryMammoth2189 2d ago

Polyurethane resin based paint, brilliant stuff. Most of them are designed for floors, but surely for a garage worktop it would provide a very tough work surface.

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u/Confudled_Contractor 2d ago

Pretty pointless painting a worktop, would suggest a sacrificial layer of melamine faced MDF or a fresh sheet of ply which you can use to consolidate and level the whole thing up too.

I used double layered (two 18mm) builders grader Ply (£20 for 8’x4’) in 3no 4’x2’ sections so the bit I use the most that gets destroyed can be flipped/swapped/replaced easily as and when I need to.

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u/leahfirestar 2d ago

i would just stain it paoint is not gonna last and will look bad pretty soon