So, we finally got the French drain installed (interior, full perimeter), I'm almost done painting the walls with Drylock (incredible stuff) and now we're about to pick the floor paint.

I need to paint a 55'x26' basement floor, it's never been painted, no hydrostatic pressure, stable humidity (thanks to the French drain, which works really well!)

It seems like there's a huge variability in price out there for cement floor paints - some are $50 for a 250 square foot "garage floor" kit and some are $29 a gallon for "floor paint." Similarly, there seems to be a huge range of thought on floor prep, ranging from clean it and dry it to etch it with acid and use a needle gun to scale it.

A co-worker really liked the Rustoleum 1-part epoxy, it certainly seems like a good price for what you get.

Any thoughts?