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Another Legacy Industrial epoxy floor

MrBreeze

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This is my 2nd 3-car garage I've done with Legacy Industrial products. The first was a couple years ago when we found ourselves in Fayetteville, AR due to a work relocation - needed to shorten the time without a garage (a new build) so went with the Nohr Polyurea - I knew going in that the pot life is shorter, and it did affect my ability to get the flake down in time, so it ended up being a bit uneven - no fault of the product, but rather I was both rolling and "feeding the chickens" in tossing the flake.

Fast forward to this time around - back in Arizona and another new build. The garage floor had been in for a few months, and I did the Diamabrush to prep, then Standard Epoxy Primer in light gray, followed by medium gray HD Epoxy with "system #9" flake (black, white, gray, blue) and then scraped with a 14" drywall knife then the clear poly top coat.

In spite of the dry AZ air (fortunately, it was a bit cooler - in the 70's for the days I installed) the pot life was far greater than the Nohr, but I still applied quickly, so almost all of my flake adhered well. I ended up with a "medium coverage" flake, but had enough (10 lbs) I could have gone full flake.

Very pleased with the outcome.

Scotty was very helpful but in all honesty, the site has a bit desired when it comes to determining the amount of product needed and images of the different flake blends. I think a lot of questions I ended up sending to Scotty (who was very helpful and quick to respond) could have been answered with more complete information, calculators and images on their site.
 

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Mr. Breeze, thanks for posting and thanks for the feedback. We are adding a downloads page right now in addition to other helpful items.

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MrBreeze

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Nice. Did you pull this off by yourself or with help?

I did it solo. Would have preferred to have a second person, but it was mid-week and no one was available. The flake isn't PERFECTLY even, but you never see the entire garage open like it is at the end of the floor job.
 

Rodrad

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This is my 2nd 3-car garage I've done with Legacy Industrial products. The first was a couple years ago when we found ourselves in Fayetteville, AR due to a work relocation - needed to shorten the time without a garage (a new build) so went with the Nohr Polyurea - I knew going in that the pot life is shorter, and it did affect my ability to get the flake down in time, so it ended up being a bit uneven - no fault of the product, but rather I was both rolling and "feeding the chickens" in tossing the flake.

Fast forward to this time around - back in Arizona and another new build. The garage floor had been in for a few months, and I did the Diamabrush to prep, then Standard Epoxy Primer in light gray, followed by medium gray HD Epoxy with "system #9" flake (black, white, gray, blue) and then scraped with a 14" drywall knife then the clear poly top coat.

In spite of the dry AZ air (fortunately, it was a bit cooler - in the 70's for the days I installed) the pot life was far greater than the Nohr, but I still applied quickly, so almost all of my flake adhered well. I ended up with a "medium coverage" flake, but had enough (10 lbs) I could have gone full flake.

Very pleased with the outcome.

Scotty was very helpful but in all honesty, the site has a bit desired when it comes to determining the amount of product needed and images of the different flake blends. I think a lot of questions I ended up sending to Scotty (who was very helpful and quick to respond) could have been answered with more complete information, calculators and images on their site.

Congratulations, the floor looks great!

By the way, which poly did you use, how many gallons and did you apply it as a single coat or as a double coat? Tell little bit more about "scrapping with 14" drywall knife" - what is the reason you did that?

I had a terrible experience with HD322 poly (it never fully cured - for a really not clear reasons). However, with poly HD356VOC (which I applied last Saturday) appears to be curing really good. So far no sign of stickiness, light items are already moved in the garage. Have not tried to drive the cars in - Scotty suggested to wait for 7 days!
 

Rodrad

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BTW, there is another clear poly, HD600WB offered by Legacy.
 
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MrBreeze

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Congratulations, the floor looks great!

By the way, which poly did you use, how many gallons and did you apply it as a single coat or as a double coat? Tell little bit more about "scrapping with 14" drywall knife" - what is the reason you did that?

I had a terrible experience with HD322 poly (it never fully cured - for a really not clear reasons). However, with poly HD356VOC (which I applied last Saturday) appears to be curing really good. So far no sign of stickiness, light items are already moved in the garage. Have not tried to drive the cars in - Scotty suggested to wait for 7 days!

Thanks.
I used the HD322 poly
http://www.legacyindustrial.net/pro...hd-322-high-performance-urethane-coating.html
as top coat. Ordered 3 gallons for about a 750sq ft garage. Didn't use all - maybe a quart left over. One single coat. While still "off-gassing" a bit it is cured and I've been rolling tool chests, driving cars on it, etc with no problems.

The scraping was done the day after I put down the color coat and flakes. I wanted to remove any lose flakes or the portion of flake that was extending above the epoxy. I didn't have a floor scraper, so I used a drywall knife - very little came up. I then used a leaf blower to clear out any of the flake particles before applying the clear.
 
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