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Tossing my hat in the ring too.

Final result - not perfect but much better than the first couple times. Turned out darker than originally expected so the stem walls don't match. I'm planning to just sand the walls and paint over it myself with a darker colour. Hopefully no problem with the adhesion. Since I have a...

Does 91% IPA cause blushing/white spots in the epoxy? I have IPA and acetone on hand, which is why I'm asking.

Lol in true CA fashion, DNA is banned.

Is there a difference between acetone and DNA in this usage? I can use any old spray bottle for this?

Do you mean to up the wall 1" with the metallic? The original deal was to coat the stem walls with epoxy, he will colour match the floor again.

Check the nailing schedules for that hanger. Also Simpson allows certain nail gauge substitutions. See here: https://www.strongtie.com/products/connectors/wood-construction-connectors/technical-notes/fastener-types-and-sizes

He's agreed to a regrind and recoat with the pattern I originally wanted. I will make sure he sands the floor between the metallic coat and the top coat. Is this normally done with a floor sander? Concrete grinder sounds a little heavy for this task. If I wanted to, can I just hit the floor...

$9/sqft, no mention about the opening previously. I've seen pictures but honestly it's hard to tell defects from pictures.

No, it was just the one guy. This is what I asked for in the beginning: The first epoxy coat did achieve this and I thought it looked pretty good as long minus the debris and other stuff. His excuse was that I didn't have a garage door and the storm was blowing debris in. I had asked about...

Should I expect the polyaspartic coat to be level and smooth here? I know some orange peel is expected, but I'm definitely not expecting roller marks. Should I ask for him to grind the top layer flat and add another coat? Clearly putting on more and more top coats isn't working here.

The saga continues... He came around today and coated the walls with a darker gray, address the veins and other defects, and to fix the drips along the stem wall. Well this is the result, which I was not happy with. He agreed to another top coat if I can tarp up the entrance securely, which I...

No, he's coming around tomorrow morning for the "final touches".

Thanks for the opinions everyone. They had good reviews on Yelp... For the wood part, I did tell him it's not necessary to mask since I will be drywalling at the end. Not happy with the lines though. Is it normal to have to use joint filler on the metallic coat to fix imperfections? He used...

Hey all, I'm in the midst of having an epoxy metallic coating done on my garage floor and am noticing some imperfections. Wanted to get some opinions on how acceptable some of these are. He's already done 2 metallic coats and a polyaspartic coat on top of the base coat. The flooring is being...