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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Subject: Re: Epoxy paint on concrete floors
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 10:47:16 GMT
- Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access. The Mouth of the South.
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- schultz@halley.est.3m.com (John C. Schultz) writes:
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- >I have used a two-part epoxy paint from Sherwin Williams with excellent
- >results. You need to ask for it because it is not normally displayed. It is
- >called an "Industrial Maintenance Coating, Tile-Clad II Enamel". I have
- >painted part of the garage floor and my shop floor with this epoxy. I
- >apparently spread it quite a bit thinner than recommended because I got about
- >50% or so more coverage than the can recommended (185 sq ft/gallon - 9 mils
- >thick wet). It seems OK however because it is still there after two MN
- >winters. Probably even my garage floor does not take the beating an
- >industrial environment would mete out.
-
- I'll second the recommendation for this product. I had my garage floor
- coated with this stuff two years ago. It is in constant use, sees
- all kinds of interesting chemcials, ranging from brake fluid to
- nitromethane and yet has shown NO wear. One thing John did not mention
- is the fact that sweeping this surface is MANY times easier than
- any other painted or tiled surface I've ever had in a shop. The broom
- literally floats across the floor.
-
- >You have to prepare concrete by etching with muriatic acid (dilute
- >hyrdochloric acid). Muriatic acid is sold in hardware stores by the gallon.
-
- Here's an alternative for where it fits. I'm not crazy about having
- hydrochloric acid fumes in my basement around sensitive equipment so
- I passed. What I DID have done is have a sand blasting contractor
- "sweep" the concrete with his blaster. This work was being done in
- the context of a fire restoration and he was on site anyway with his
- huge truck-mounted blaster removing charred wood. "Sweeping" consists
- of blasting the floor holding the nozzle at chest level and moving it
- rapidly. The whole process took only about 10 minutes for 2000 sq ft and
- left the surface slightly rough but with no concrete finish glaze.
-
- I had my floor applied as slick as possible so rollers, brooms and so on
- would move easier. Traction is normally not a problem. Did I mention
- how slick epoxy/tennis shoe/brake fluid is? :-) If the surface gets
- wet and/or many other people walk on the surface, roughness is
- not a bad idea.
-
- John
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