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I'm fairly new to this forum but have read and digested very much information regarding floor coatings. I'm still not ready to coat the floor in the "Man's Room" (my attached garage) but I am having a contractor finish the garage portion of my house. I really appreciate everyone's comments and...

This may not be good news. For years we sold commercial construction with floor coverings including Vinyl Asbestos tile, or when asbestos fell out of "vogue", Vinyl Composition tile. All the while there was an alternative for "shop" type applications called Grease Resistant tile. Even it was not...

Sorry about the "insider jargon"- I hate when someone does that and here I am doing the same. "J" tamp is a one man operated compacting thing more or less in the shape of a "J". It will compact a one square foot area to China if you have it running and stand in the same place about 30 seconds...

Wow- these are some great posts. TRUE THAT ! (what was I thinking?) Well, my floor has no coating so the cure-n-seal was the best insurance to get the slab cured. And it allowed me to get on it within 7 days to get on with building the structure. Willysfan, Edger and others are absolutely...

Guys- Perfect concrete is almost impossible to achieve, but 99% perfect is almost always achievable if you follow the rules. Concrete is an art and a science, and no two truck-loads are the same. Here are the rules: 1. Compact the (your choice of expletive) out of the sub-base. 2. Install a...