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Final update for anyone else experiencing persistent solvent odor issues with their new epoxy floor: The coating needed to be completely removed from all surfaces, just like Dave-H had to do. This was a very difficult, laborious, and expensive process. The entire floor needed to be hand...

Carrera, my floor was also installed by an experienced franchisee of a national company, fully licensed and bonded, and was not the lowest bidder by far. He also admitted to doing things that other coatings professionals have labeled as dishonest and disreputable. I would encourage you to...

Quick update: We are in the process of having the coating removed and replaced by a reputable installer. It's been months, but the garage still smells terrible when we turn off the fans and close the overhead door. There are other threads on the forum that sound like others are having similar...

88carrera, take a look at Dave-H's thread here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=356925&page=4 I added my experience with VOC/odor problems starting on page 4 of the thread. After the floor was installed and the odor wouldn't go away, we were told by our installer that they...

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Thanks guys, I really appreciate your input! I have gotten a new quote from another installer to remove the existing coating and replace with genuinely low-VOC products. They say that it will be very difficult (and expensive, around $5/sqft just for removal) to remove the defective coating...

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Just like Dave-H, I have had a nightmare with a garage that won't stop off-gassing, even after running three high velocity fans 24x7 pushing/pulling air at the door. The installer applied an epoxy floor with polyaspartic/polyurea clear coat, just like Dave had done initially. We recently...

I use the cheap mega pack of blue rolls of shop towels from Costco for 99% of stuff. They're much thicker than normal paper towels. "Rags in a Box" are also awesome to throw around as the box keeps them clean and prevents unrolling. Home Depot sells something similar in-store called "TOOLBOX...