OT garage floor coatings

[haygood@aemail4u.com (Haygood)]

Also, one of my friends knows a guy who makes big bucks doing garage floors.  He uses a tough epoxy paint mixed with sand for traction.  Rolls it on.  Don't know how well it holds up.

BH

--- "Neal" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I've been thinking of giving this a try:
>
>http://www.racedeck.com/
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On
>Behalf Of Anson Clement
>Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:11 PM
>To: roclist@accessconsulting.ca; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: OT garage floor coatings
>
>
>Bugger!
>The house is a rental so I'm not willing to spend more than 40-50 on the
>floor. I seriously doubt the landlord would spring for a contractor so I
>guess I'll have to live without the epoxy. The floor realy is quite nice but
>epoxy makes sweeping and spill clean-up such a joy. A major pro for painting
>the floor would have been assured deposit-return, without the paint I'll
>probably stain it.
>Thanks for all the help
>Anson
>
>
>Sealer is a bitch.
>If you want a top notch job you gotta get that stuff off. Only way I know of
>I stated before, i.e. terrazzi grinder (800 lb six puck(corrumdum stones)
>monster). there may be chemical strippers out there. But I cant speak from
>experience. Shot blasting is very dusty, noisy, and possibly weakens the
>concrete. Grinder is done in the wet. so have a shop vac handy else you'll
>have a concrete driveway as well...
>Maybye there's a rental unit (grinder) that's more manageable? and you will
>need an angle grinder for the edges...
>I know where you're comming from you want a quality job that will last a
>long time, (I'd say 20 years or more in a home garage application) compared
>to probably 3 years for concrete paint. Depending on your budget maybye you
>could get a commercial contractor to do it for you. Maybye they'd be willing
>to do just the grinding, from experience I'd say a two car garage would take
>~3 hours to grind plus edges of course.
>Jason Adams
>Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
>84 rocco 16v
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>98 Z71
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Anson Clement
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 4:27 PM
>Subject: Re: OT garage floor coatings
>Thanks for all the input guy's, I just returned from the inner sanctuary
>a.k.a garage. Sad news, the floor appears to have been treated with a
>concrete sealer. From what I understand epoxy will not adhere to sealed
>concrete unless it has been shot blasted and sometimes not even then.
>Apparently acid etching will not touch sealer. Any bright ideas? I'm not
>about to pay for shot blasting and an angle grinder would take several
>years.... if my girlfriend let me live that long.
>Anson
>My Stepfather owns a company that applied floorcoatings used in ware houses,
>and as a part time job when I was in university I helped on weekends.... So
>I know what I'm talking about...
>For high traffic areas we used a two part epoxy made by Tennant, 424 I
>believe was the model designation, The second "part" was actually a powder
>you mixed in for the abrasion resistance. It you want any non-skid areas
>sprinkle some #0 sillica sand when applying the second coat (at the end)
>else change rollers when moving back to the rest of the garage.
>As for application, well that depends, is the floor currently painted? if it
>is, remove it, we used a terrazzi grinder which used 6 corrundum stones to
>chew the paint up and clean the concrete. This is not practicle for the home
>user. Do your best, spend 90% of your time on prep work. a metal scraper and
>paint remover for stubborn areas may work, If it's really stubborn leave it,
>it must be bonded on good, after chipping,scraping, sanding, definately acid
>wash, the stuff we used was Tennant 409 concrete cleaner but any muriatic or
>hydrochloric acid will do. after acid wash (with mop), rinse with lots of
>water. let dry a minimum of 6 hours or overnight (after you've squeegeed off
>water), more if humid and or cold.
>remember, prep, prep prep.
>we took all the floors down to bare concrete for best bond, because we don't
>mae any money on call backs. If you're going to paint over painted floor and
>not prep rigorusly don't wasteyour money on epoxy, it won't stick... I know
>jason.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Anson Clement
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:46 PM
>Subject: OT garage floor coatings
>I'm going to be coating my garage floor in the next month, any
>recomendations for what to use/not use and how to prep or apply?
>Anson
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