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Subject: OT garage floor coatings
From: brianm@earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 18:48:15 -0500 (EST)
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Thats called NON-SKID.. you dont wanna be crawling around on that.. 
sandpaper..
brian


On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Haygood wrote:

> 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
> >93 320i
> >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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