Your Place: Paint on basement floor needs repeat treatment

I received a letter from readers in Hatfield about the failure of a paint they had used on the concrete floor of their basement.

Enclosed was a sample of what was peeling from the floor.

Rather than quote from the letter word for word, I'll give you the gist of what happened:

The couple had bought a washer and dryer that had to go into the basement. A year ago, they went to Lowe's looking for concrete floor paint to pretty the place up.

They told the salesperson what they were doing, and he "highly recommended" Valspar Porch and Floor Paint. They painted the floor and it "looked nice."

The tub into which the washer drains became blocked, and it overflowed all over the floor. They quickly mopped up the water, which was on the floor no more than a few hours.

"The paint had bubbles all over the floor, which started peeling off" everywhere, the couple wrote.

They said they followed the directions. It was not inexpensive paint, was called "high performance" on the label, and now these senior citizens have to clean up all the loose paint before they can paint again.

They won't, however, until I can reassure them that it won't happen again.

Let me talk about my experience. My first rule is no matter what product I use, I assume there's always a chance it will not fully live up to the promise on the container.

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Your Place: Paint on basement floor needs repeat treatment