i have lived in an older home for about 13 years. i can only guess at the age of the concrete floor in my garage. if all i have is some (i think it is called) spalling (tiny pock marks) and some hair line cracks, will a high solids epoxy act as a self leveling finish and give a smooth surface after 2 coats? also can you apply epoxy half the floor at a time to allow moving equipment from one side to another? i would hate to have to find storage for all the things you aquire over time.
older concrete with epoxy
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The answer is yes and yes! It will "self level" but you may need to do some filling for a really smoth surface. Its like painting a car, the better the prep the better the finish. You can easily do one side then the other but be careful not to dmage the uncured epoxy moving stuff onto it. It may take a week to fully cure.
First thouroughly clean the floor then fill in the bigger cracks and remove loose concrete from any spalled areas and fill the holes. Then etch the whole thing and apply the epoxy. Don't be afraid to put it on thickly.
good luck!
First thouroughly clean the floor then fill in the bigger cracks and remove loose concrete from any spalled areas and fill the holes. Then etch the whole thing and apply the epoxy. Don't be afraid to put it on thickly.
good luck!
Did you ever do it? How did it turn out?
I called Quikrete tech support and they told me that their epoxy won't work as a self-leveler, and I called Rustoleum next and they said the same thing. But I've heard others say that if you lay it on thick enough, it will. So I've gotten some conflicting advice on this topic. I have enough spalling and pitting in my concrete to know that I've got to patch it first, but the Epoxy Shield kit that I bought seems extremely small. It's two containers that you mix together (just like the epoxy paint), but the size of the containers combined is roughly like a large cottage cheese container -- not enough to fill much of anything, really. Unless it goes much further than it looks (or unless my floor is just much worse than I realize and my expectations are too high)...
