Recent content by Pontiyak

What's the best (easiest) way to plumb one of these up: Hydraulic hose from NAPA? If i went copper tubing, I'd have to braze not solder, correct?

Alright here's the finished project. Rented a grinder that hooked up to my shop vac. Dust was minimal Used Pre-Prime 167. This was advertized as "solvent free". I seriously doubt that because man were the fumes bad. Stunk up the WHOLE house. Very angry wife. Next goes the Epoxy Coat. It...

the 768 oz kit is the "premium" - it includes a second coat of clear epoxy, as a top coat you get 6 gallons of total product go this route the 384 oz kit does not include a top coat. plenty of advice/options on this forum for top coats (i.e. maybe go poly?)

Ugh, a little too late. I bought through Lowes (OP was in 2010). I was faced with Lowes+ Sales Tax + Red Flakes (to add to standard grey scheme- from a completely other supplier including shipping) = $485 or Pay premium at manufacture direct + shipping (which on the E-C website at least is...

^ any help? Decided Action Plan: (X)Grind Floors - ~13hrs, 1 day Edco rental, 1 massive migraine ( ) Scrub floors with Tide ( ) Pressure Wash & Acid Etch ( ) Wait 2 weeks ( ) Prime with Epoxy 200 Primer / Sealer ( ) Epoxy-Coat Premium Kit - Apply Base (Lowes) ( ) Add 25lbs chips from...

I've made a ton of progress, rented an Edco and hooked up to my shop vac it created hardly any dust. Time for the calcium chloride test, however: I live in FL, and we have a distinct wet and dry season. Currently it is the dry season. How accurate is a calcium chloride test during the dry...

Perfect, that explained it pretty well. So next up is a moisture test, depending on reults i thun use Bio Vee Seal or similar http://www.epoxyproducts.com/vee4u.html before the epoxy coating, right?

Right, I do the calcium chloride test, and then what? How do I interpret the results? How do the results determine what product I use? Just doing a test doesn't magically make the epoxy stick.

read OP - i have a half mask respirator with fresh p100's next up, I joined this forum to research what to do, decide on a course of action, and then remodel my garage. That being said I asked a legit question on the application of a calcium chloride test, and all I've gotten is a bunch of...

OK so I googled the calcium chloride test, and it measures the amount of moisture emitted from a concrete slab (presumably coming from the ground under my house) .... but how does that factor into my epoxy job? I imagine that all it does is confirm or deny that my slab is in an appropriate...

Just moved into a new house, which was built in 1974 and appears to have had the garage used as a den. I want to epoxy the floor and start parking my cars in it. I have to remove this ugly, dirty, awful carpet. I'm cutting and scrapping the carpet, which was rubber backed or had some kind of...