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Bump. Interesting notes re. surface roughness with different equip.

No, I'm not saying that. I'm just suggesting it's a pain in the *** to prep these floors. I hope someone with more experience offers their expertise in the next few hours. I had read so many threads here my head was spinning by the time I just said enuf, I'm coating my floor. I do remember...

I noticed after my first attempt at acid etching, scrubbing and flushing, the dried floor still had a chalky residue in some spots, especially around the perimeter. So I took another pass with stronger acid and a stiffer brush and the resulting dried floor was like 100 grit sandpaper - no...

Clear definitely makes a difference over flakes as SUPERCOAT mentioned. The following photos were taken before/after my Epoxy-Coat clear coat. Disclaimer: the after photo was a taken a bit earlier in the afternoon so more sunshine is coming through. But I noticed a definite improvement with...

I picked up this curtain wire system from IKEA http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60075295 and I'm planning to hang plastic shower curtains to keep my slatwall from getting soaked. My garage is in MN. I have a drain and hot/cold water.

Whoops! Sorry this happened to you. Looks like it turned out really well otherwise.

Sorry, first post here. I will edit the post. Wish I could delete the entire thread. Thanks for bringing the rules to my attention.

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Next floor I do I'm going to divide my Part A's and B's into separate small containers BEFORE I start. I don't trust the stick in the bucket measuring method.

I'd say 15-20 minutes. It was easy to overlap an inch or two. The epoxy blended fine for me but again, I think I had more working time due to the low temp. If you look at the photos of my project you can see I put a pretty heavy flake down so that would have hid most overlap irregularities...

Ahhh, keyword being "by myself." I get it now. I had a helper as I anticipated the product was going to harden in 15 minutes, but with the temp in the low 50s we had way more time than that so I could have done it myself if I had to. Christine and a couple others suggested doing 1 section...

I recommend reading, reading and more reading on this board. I used the ADVANCED SEARCH/SEARCH ONLY IN TITLE feature to limit the threads to just those products I was interested in. Once you've narrowed your choices, the manufacturer's Web sites should have detailed instructions. Of course...

Looks great!

I'm in the same boat as Jeremy W, but I understood the value compared with arguably lesser or greater quality products available for purchase. I was grateful for the "Garage Journal free shipping special" Epoxy-Coat gave me. But still, it's always a little painful to buy something that goes...

Thanks! Epoxy-Coat said the clear comes with some UV Protection which will work for a couple of years. I don't leave my garage doors open too much and they face North so maybe I'll be OK.

Falling in flake-covered epoxy would be the modern day version of tar and feathered.

I suppose that could the the Rustoleum Professional epoxy coating kit? Lowes.com says they no longer sell that kit. I could see Lowe's purchasing Epoxy-Coat at a huge discount for the volume distribution they have, but passing along such a big discount to the consumer seems unlikely unless...

I'm brand new to this so wait for the expert's opinion. But I would sure want to prove the theory and have him scrape a few more locations close to the edges where he didn't grind and in some inconspicuous spot in the middle where it *was* ground. If there's a dramatic difference between the...

Maybe he wasn't diligent enough with the acid wash and scrub near the edges? I had to redo some edge areas after I found residue when I did the finger test.

Ha! I actually build those shoes for my brother's project. Of course, we went full toe for him.