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Thanks for the endorsement! I should mention that u230148 is the official recipient of our "Single Seater Solo DIY Pilot" award - he coated that entire hanger floor by himself! BTW his materials were BondTite 1101 (6.75 gallons), LiquaTile 1184 (15 gallons), both 100% solids epoxies, and a...

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We do spec 9 - 18 inch rollers in our instructions, and with a large floor 18" rollers do make the task go quicker. But on an undulating floor they can cause uneven coverage. BTW A squeegee would not solve that, might even make it worse. I generally don't even use the squeegee for floors...

A quick check is to sprinkle some water drops, the drops should adsorb quickly and evenly into the concrete. If it beads up there's probably a sealer applied.

Rebar or mesh isn't that tough to keep positioned at the proper height, just use "dobies," avail at most big box stores. When I was building homes we had forms for them, if we had a bit of extra concrete one of the guys would fill up the forms and crank out dobies. It is tough to tell from the...

Of course make sure that the coating has good resistance to the various fluids you might find in hangers, hydraulic fluids, Avgas, Jet-A!, Jet-B etc. We had another DIY hanger that took a few photos, I'll see if I can find 'em.

With our epoxies you can recoat as soon as it's tack free - that means that you can walk on it without leaving an impression. And as Cabby89 suggests after 24 hours you should lightly sand and wipe with denatured alcohol or similar.

If your environment requires you to have a vapor barrier do insist one one. Having done a few spec homes it's my experience that you really need to monitor that work, almost every time we've contracted a VB, the install was sub-standard and had to be fixed, not a lot of additional work, but...

So the bunny was a bit slow this year... The important thing is that any day now a nationally distributed magazine is featuring a homeowner's DIY floor project using Wolverine Coatings from Alpha Garage. It's a great write-up with some good tips. First Garage Journal member to post the...

If the floor epoxy is of good quality, and applied properly, you shouldn't worry about water peeling it off, in fact we have quite a few contractors who use our epoxies as a pool or pond or fountain liner coating (see pic below). But if you want to fill the crack for aesthetic reasons, or you...

The old switcheroo isn't that uncommon, even in commercial projects. We've had facility managers order product direct from us, and then have a contractor apply it. That way they're certain of the product being applied. Less than scrupulous contractors have been know to switch labels, decant...

On a large floor 18" rollers can speed things up, but they do have potential drawbacks... If the floor isn't flat and level, but rather has high spots and low spots, the wide roller can ride on the high spots and over the low spots, kind of bridging over the valleys. The result is too much...

As mentioned earlier the acid leaches the calcium, removing it from the concrete, but it doesn't vaporize that residue. The freed calcium remains in suspension in the acid/water mix. If the mix is allowed to evaporate the calcium residue/dust is deposited back onto the concrete, and it doesn't...

Muriatic acid reacts with the calcium in the concrete, that reaction does neutralize the acid, but there's no guarantee that there's enough calcium to fully neutralizer all the acid. Likewise exposure to air also neutralizes the acid, as does the water used to dilute the acid, but even then the...

Mark: Just checked our email, and although it had issues a few weeks ago, everything seems to be up and running, so I don't know why I haven't received your email. Could you please PM me your email? I want to make sure you have our latest instructions. Thanks

Yes. Although if you don't want to over coat it I'd use special vinyl that's designed for floor traffic. You can see it in a lot of grocery stores, ads for certain products, arrows pointing to sale items etc. That's what we use when the client is looking for a floor graphic that might only be...

The decal will probably be the "weak link" in the floor coating. For light use floors it should work fine, but if the floor is going to see a lot of traffic or abuse you may want to consider a fabric decal. The clear coat impregnates the fabric so it will be a lot more durable that a vinyl...

And if that Holiday Inn had any epoxy coated floors hopefully they listened to you and etched them before applying the epoxy. Because even if it was fresh concrete it should be "profiled" before applying most coatings. The profiling can be done with acids or by grinding or shot blasting. The...

There is no best answer. For maximum grip and durability you'd use aluminum oxide, stainless steel grit, or something along those lines. But, they offer tons of texture because they have very pronounced, sharp corners and edges; those same features means it's tough to clean the floors with...