Recent content by arrowspark

I'm still debating whether it is worth the effort to move ALL the boxes out of the garage for this picture. We just moved into a new house so my garage looks like the last scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark

Hi I just finished the whole epoxy floor effort yesterday. When I went into the garage today I noticed there were some places where there were clumps of antiskid. Is there a way to remove it or sand it down or something without ruiningthe topcoat? If not I'll just live with it I guess.

I finished applying the primer from the Legacy HD 600 kit, took about an hour to finis a two car garage. No stinkbugs but 3 gnats already stuck in primer, those bastards. I hope they won't show through the main coat.

Hi I just finished acid etching but noticed that whenever the garage floor bwgins to dry there is white caking on it. I tried power washing it off 3 times now and it keeps coming back once the floor dries. Ayone know what it is. Is it normal or a symptom of something I didnt.do right during...

I was cleaning my garage floor with degreaser and I could not go five minutes without those things flying in and landing on something. I tried blowing them out with my blower and when that didn't deter them I started vacuuming them up. I know exactly what is going to happen if I start doing...

I am doing an epoxy floor and was starting the cleanup effort of the garage floor and noticed there is a hairline crack running through the middle of the slab pretty much bisecting the floor. It is really thin, I can't even get a finger nail into it. I don't recall seeing it before now but I...

Hi, I see in some threads that baking soda is used to neutralize the acid used during the etching process. I was wondering if this is the same baking soda you can buy at like walmart, home depot, and other typical retailers or if some industrial strength version is required.

That looks really nice, looks like steps carved out of granite. I see from the picture that you flaked all surfaces of the stairs. Did you have to disassemble all the pieces of the steps to do that?

Hi, I was wondering about the logistics on painting the garage stairs as you say. If I remove the steps to epoxy the floor, chances are the steps are sitting in the sun out on the driveway while I'm putting epoxy on the garage floor. Do you guys paint the steps with the same batch of epoxy...

So you put the epoxy that goes on the garage floor on the wood stairs as well?

I was wondering what most people do about the 1 - 2 step wooden stairs in the garage leading to the inside of the house when they put down the epoxy floor. Do people remove that and epoxy the whole garage floor and then reinstall it or do they not bother with the small area hidden by the stairs.

I was wondering if there is a recommended order, or at least an order that results in less cleanup effort for 1) finishing / painting the garage walls and ceiling and 2) applying epoxy floor coating.

I live in the Washington DC metro area. I was wondering if anyone on this forum had positive experience with any contractors in my area that do garage epoxy flooring that they would recommend. I decided not to DIY anymore and am looking for a contractor to do the full thing from cleaning...

Sorry for the lack of info. The house is in Clarksburg MD. The basement slabs photos were from July 2013. The photos for the damp rings were taken yesterday. This is a new house, I have not gone through settlement yet. The sump pump is actually right next to the joint that looks dry. I...

I was hoping that someone on this board is an expert on concrete and could answer a few questions I have about my basement. I bought a new house. The builder did not pour the basement slab all in one pour. They had not gotten around to installing the metal support beams when the cement people...