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That's very generous of you. Let me try a local place first and see if I can get what I need without you having to send anything else. I talked to a place yesterday and they have both oscillating square sanders, and the round floor buffers. They don't have sanding screens, but they do have...

I'd love to see some pictures!

Thanks, I've already talked to the office over the phone and you guys were kind enough to send another gallon of Ballistix and 99% iso for another go at it. The concrete didn't appear overly porous (hard, smooth surface) and it only took 1 gallon of the 8400X sealer to coat the whole floor...

I'm not so worried about the floor being a uniform color, but more about the Ballistix laying down without beading. The variations in the concrete color is actually something I like. Otherwise I would grind and stain. If I were to do it all over again I would have just ground the floor from...

I'm scuffing the floor today in prep for another coat of Ballistix. I'm using a black pad (on their recommendation) but it doesn't seem to be doing much. Should I be using this pad wet or dry? Ballistix won't stick to itself unless it's been abraded. I'm just not sure how scuffed it needs...

It shall be done! Are you saying you would've gone over it with a black pad before the first coat, or before the second coat? I did it before the first coat, and will likely do it before the second instead of a sanding screen. I wonder if the sanding screen will be too aggressive. If the...

Thanks for the input. I believe the thought was to allow the Ballistix to go further on very porous surfaces. On a porous surface it would take much, much more Ballistix to cover. In my case it probably would've taken 3 gallons instead of 1. Technically it should stick to just about...

The drywallers and painters were very messy. There was paper down, but the painters were rather sloppy and didn't tape up to the edges, etc. So it was a bit of a mess. Since you asked, here are a couple of pictures to use as a reference 2 weeks after pour Two months after pour After...

Yes I do. 15 mil vapor barrier under the entire slab, with 2 feet of 2" rigid foam around the entire border for frost barrier. So I would assume no moisture from the ground, which means the only moisture would have been from the mop. And it wasn't much, but maybe it was still too much?

Talking with Armorpoxy, they feel that the floor may have still had some moisture in it. Probably from mopping after the black pad cleaning. Something with that or the 8400X failed to cure properly. They've tested it all with the 8400X and not had any issues. So it was something on my end...

From what I've read it can be recoated, but the surface needs to be prepared first. You can't just slap another coat down. It'll need to be mechanically roughened with something like a black pad. In my case I don't think that will work because I'll still have all the bumps. I'll probably...

I have not contacted them yet. I wanted to give it a day or so to see how it started to cure. At this point I will give them a call either tomorrow or the day after, whenever I can find the time. The more I look at it, the more it seems like the acrylic sealer and the Ballistix didn't work...

I can only assume that I screwed something up somewhere along the the way. I'm not sure what, if anything, I did wrong. Perhaps someone else with experience can provide some insight? Other examples look much better than mine. I'm sure that starting with a really nice floor (ground and...

Day 2, and the Ballistix is hard and can be walked on. The smell is greatly diminished. I expect by the end of today it will be mostly gone. Closer inspection shows multiple areas where for some reason the Ballistix seems to have had issues. There must have been something on the concrete...

The garage portion of my shop will be a working/hobby garage. General vehicle maintenance, restoration, woodworking, and some welding. I wanted a floor that looked nice, but most of all was strong and functional. I dislike the dustiness of unprotected concrete, but didn't want the hassle of...

I just ordered enough Ballistix to cover 1300 sq ft. It should be here in a couple weeks. Whoever I talked to on the phone was helpful and got me square away. We talked a bit about some of the questions I had before Ballistix is applied. I want to be sure I've got things correct. I have...

I believe the tiles are from Shaw Flooring. I'll have to look and see what the actual pattern/color is. Our local flooring place had them for about $3/square foot. That was about average from others that I looked at. Some were much more expensive, a few were less, but the quality was...

Thanks everyone for your help. I was able to finish installing the tiles late last week. About 1300 square feet. I vacuumed and mopped the floor, filled in most of the saw cuts (I found that it really wasn't necessary as it was impossible to feel the saw cuts under the tiles), measured out...

With the pressure adhesive, I'm assuming you can walk on it before the tiles are down and it doesn't make a mess? I'm trying to figure out if this is a project I have to complete all in a day or if I can spread it over a couple of evenings. If I'm doing alternating directions on tiles, which...

I'm looking at putting carpet tiles in the game/hobby room portion of my shop and need some guidance. The floor is bare concrete, smooth finish, not polished. Poured in November of last year. 1.) Cleaning the floor - mop with water only? I don't know if using anything else (cleaner, soap)...