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OT - Epoxy floor coating (or industrial enamel)
I found the most prior topics about epoxy floor coatings on this newsgroup,
so... My girlfriend wants to convert one of our spare bedrooms into a workout room and I have a couple questions about epoxy and industrial enamel coatings. First off, what is the shelf life of 2 part epoxy? The stuff I have is from the early 90's (got it from a paint company that left their old stock in the building when it sold). It's Kop Coat brand. Can I just give this stuff a serious mixing? It's1 to 1 mix and I have a gallon of part 1 (colorant) and a gallon of the catalyst, part 2. Will this reasonably cover 110 square feet? How much would you recommend mixing to cover 110 sq. feet? Secondly, I have several 5 gallon buckets of industrial enamel, would this work as a floor coating? The thing I like about using this is I could repaint it whenever necessary, with either the same or another color. I plan on doing a muriatic acid etch. I've got some instructions that mention sodium bicarbonate solution to neutralize. Can I reasoably just get some boxes of baking powder & sprinkle it directly on the floor & sweep it around, then mop & shop vac it up? The concrete is old, poured in the 70's and carpeted since, has some paint & carpet foam glue that I plan to wire brush off the floor prior to etching. Or will the muriatic acid eat the paint & glue for me? Thanks -Tom |
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First off, what is the shelf life of 2 part epoxy? The stuff I have is from the early 90's (got it from a paint company that left their old stock in the building when it sold). It's Kop Coat brand. Can I just give this stuff a serious mixing? It's1 to 1 mix and I have a gallon of part 1 (colorant) and a gallon of the catalyst, part 2. Will this reasonably cover 110 square feet? How much would you recommend mixing to cover 110 sq. feet? I would try mixing some small part of it to make sure, but it should be fine. The can should tell you the coverage. Secondly, I have several 5 gallon buckets of industrial enamel, would this work as a floor coating? The thing I like about using this is I could repaint it whenever necessary, with either the same or another color. flooring is a high wear application, stick with floor paint I plan on doing a muriatic acid etch. I've got some instructions that mention sodium bicarbonate solution to neutralize. Can I reasoably just get some boxes of baking powder & sprinkle it directly on the floor & sweep it around, then mop & shop vac it up? The concrete is old, poured in the 70's and carpeted since, has some paint & carpet foam glue that I plan to wire brush off the floor prior to etching. Or will the muriatic acid eat the paint & glue for me? crazy, water is all you want. wont' touch the glue, but it may wash off. You can get guys to sandblast for you, dunno the cost. some kinda neat sucker machine that doesn't make a mess Thanks -Tom |
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yourname wrote: First off, what is the shelf life of 2 part epoxy? The stuff I have is from the early 90's (got it from a paint company that left their old stock in the building when it sold). It's Kop Coat brand. Can I just give this stuff a serious mixing? It's1 to 1 mix and I have a gallon of part 1 (colorant) and a gallon of the catalyst, part 2. Will this reasonably cover 110 square feet? How much would you recommend mixing to cover 110 sq. feet? I would try mixing some small part of it to make sure, but it should be fine. The can should tell you the coverage. Secondly, I have several 5 gallon buckets of industrial enamel, would this work as a floor coating? The thing I like about using this is I could repaint it whenever necessary, with either the same or another color. flooring is a high wear application, stick with floor paint I plan on doing a muriatic acid etch. I've got some instructions that mention sodium bicarbonate solution to neutralize. Can I reasoably just get some boxes of baking powder & sprinkle it directly on the floor & sweep it around, then mop & shop vac it up? The concrete is old, poured in the 70's and carpeted since, has some paint & carpet foam glue that I plan to wire brush off the floor prior to etching. Or will the muriatic acid eat the paint & glue for me? crazy, water is all you want. wont' touch the glue, but it may wash off. You can get guys to sandblast for you, dunno the cost. some kinda neat sucker machine that doesn't make a mess Thanks -Tom Do you have a vapor barrier under the concrete. If you don't the floor paint will come up.To test for a vapor barrier lay a piece of plastic down about 2 foot square or bigger and tape the edeges down . After a few days pull it up if its wet ,the paint will not stay down the water presure will push it up.If this is the case you will have to use concrete stain . |
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"TT" wrote in message
news:vpqZd.32965$Az.21474@lakeread02... | I found the most prior topics about epoxy floor coatings on this newsgroup, | so... My girlfriend wants to convert one of our spare bedrooms into a | workout room and I have a couple questions about epoxy and industrial enamel | coatings. | SNIP I've given some thought to cleaning up my garage floor and putting down industrial floor wax with a rented buffer. Sure it'll wear in spots but no more will oil soak into the concrete. Easy to fix up and damage from slag and dragging stuff around won't look so bad. Good or bad idea? Where I work the building is so damn big there's concrete everywhere and it seems that the stuff on the floor in the bathrooms is the same stuff out on the main floors, although I can't tell that well. I do know that I can go flying if someone spills hydraulic fluid, but the floor isn't damaged by MIL-H-5606 which destroys _everything_ it touches that isn't designed to put up with it. |
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