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Sounds like your concrete is more porous than thought. The epoxy was seeping into it and probably would have been sufficient enough to cover it, But once you put flakes in the flakes started to absorb the coating therefore not leaving enough coating to soak in to the very rough or porous areas...

I assume you're concerned about adhesion to the epoxy. If this is the case then have you thought about just grinding through it, and then patching it to make it level before you do your system on top?

Bob, Salt is the big clue that everyone is looking over. Probably because you use salt on your roads and everyone sees it in garages every day, they have dismissed it as something normal. MVE- Moisture Vapor Emission is when water molecules attach themselves to salt molecules at the bottom of...

Yes, they gave you the wrong attachment, the masking tool really won't cut it on bare concrete. You said that you acid washed the floor, but did you power wash it afterwards? Acid washing only burns the concrete to a brittle crust so that you can knock it off with a power washer afterwards. If...

Every slab is different. The answer is: As much as necessary to get to rock. What you are removing is called laitance. It is a negative result of too much water being added to the concrete pour. To get an idea of how much laitance your slab has, you can take a heavy duty flat head screw...

That quote seems kind of high. Did they not specify mil thicknesses? You have to get that in writing, otherwise you don't know how much product you are getting on the floor. HoustonFloorCoatings.com has a similar package for $4.00 installed, which would be $2,808 - much less expensive. Too...

This floor has Tile Clad HS Primer, GP 3561 (100% Solids) in Tan, Tan Chip mix about .2 lbs of chips per sq ft, and Armorseal Rexthane Clear coat.

We used Sherwin Williams GP 3745 on these floors.

That's the problem... Never dip out of or scrape out of your "mixing bucket." After you mix epoxy you always have to pour it into a new clean bucket before applying the coating. This is because the sidewalls of the mixing bucket are contaminated with your Part A or Part B (whichever one you...

Robert- It's a small world isn't it Sir! Dad (Don Sr.) says that you got in touch with him... very nice. I appreciate your kind words about dad, they are true, he is a great example for me. I've been epoxy flooring on and off since 2003, non-stop for the past several years now that the...

These pictures are of Sherwin Williams Tile Clad Epoxy double coated at 5 mils per coat by dip-and-rolling from a 5 gallon bucket with 3/8 soft woven shed resistant rollers, crossrolling constantly to avoid unisightly roller edge marks, also know as holidays.

You don't have to worry about taking too much concrete off with the Edco. It's extremely slow. I rented one from Sunbelt rentals last month, and after skating around the garage for 4 hours, I took it back and got my money back! It was a joke! Let it be known, that I got the electric one, and...

lol... you're right! I fixed it.

Moisture and Epoxy are NOT friends. After you acid wash your garage floor, go ahead and wait a FULL day before coating it. Even though the floor 'looks' dry, if it has any moisture in it, this could cause bubbles in your epoxy or even peeling later on. If you see ANY 'darkness' in the floor...