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    Polishing concrete without grinding first

    Post pics of what equipment you have. How big is the bottom plate?
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    Stone & Mortar Sealer Recommendations

    You want a fully penetrating sealer, nothing that builds film because it will fail. Spray on the surface. Use a microfiber mop to spread, 2 coats wet on wet. 4” brush for vertical walls. You want to re seal that every year anyway if you’re in high mountains, the deck, horizontal surfaces and...
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    Concrete Epoxy Coating, Part A/B Question

    Either buy the Westcoat part A, just call them if purchasing a Part A is not an option on their website. Or buy a full kit from a different manufacturer. Keep in mind epoxy will discolor and amber with exterior UV exposure.
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    Polyaspartic on plywood floors?

    It will adhere at first, but because of the deflection within the plywood or OSB, it will crack and de-laminate all over the place. Not really suggested. You could always pour a self-leveling synthetic gypsum like Schonox APF on top of the plywood to help with all of that. Still may crack in a...
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    DIY floor grinding/Full flake polyurea

    See if they have a propane grinder and propane vacuum. You can get 2K SF in one tank of each most likely. One set of bits is more than enough for many floors, see if they will buy them back (prob not but worth asking). You can definitely do 2000 SF but like others have mentioned you'll need...
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    DIY Concrete Sealer

    100%
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    Can I put Epoxy-Coat over DAP 3.0 Concrete Sealant?

    Snap blade utility knife
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    Polyurea...How is this done?

    Your link is no bueno. But usually it is rolled on.
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    Floor grinding woes

    Mist some water in front of your grinding path. Like Shea and Legacy mentioned, you most likely have the incorrect bond. If your concrete it extremely hard, you need a soft bond Diamond. If your concrete is extremely soft, you need a hard bond Diamond. I wouldn't expect the guys at Home Depot...
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    Floor paint

    You are going to want to let that floor breathe for a few days with the garage door cracked or open. You just injected a ton of water into it via pressure washer and when it warms up hydrostatic pressure can potentially pop your freshly applied coating. A moisture test at minimum is recommended.
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    What to coat large areas with? 3000 sf of shop floor

    There are a couple way to attack this situation. First off you can have your concrete contractor (assuming you and a couple of pals aren't finishing the slab) apply a Cure&Seal to the slab after they finish it. Pros: semi-durable acrylic coating, you don't have to apply it yourself, can...
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    What Epoxy kits are available in Canada?

    Try HDIM Protective Coatings - 780-482-4346.
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    Torginol floor?

    I use Torginol on all my floors, so any pic posted is their flake. You might want to postpone till after the baby lol. Idk how picky your woman is, but when I come home smelling like coatings, mine hates the smell :ROFLMAO:
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    Oak hardwood oiled look

    Came here to say Rubio Monocoat. Sand to 120 grit, Vac, Solvent Wipe/Condition, Mix, "Wax on" with a 17" buffer and a red pad to rejection, let cure for a bit, "wax off" with a white pad, cure.
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    Help me figure out what to do on my garage floor

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    Help me figure out what to do on my garage floor

    Welcome to the forum! A lot of info here, please feel free to use the search function and absorb as much as possible. Here is a house/garage I did for a customer in Gunnison. The “downstairs” is a 4 or 5 car garage, with mech room, additional storage and wash room. Upstairs is kitchen/living...
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    Decided to epoxy floor myself. Any tip?

    Yessir! *Especially* on new concrete. Cleanliness is not the issue. Concrete Surface Profile is the issue! A smooth, power-troweled (or even bull troweled) slab will not accept high viscosity coatings, like one that has been opened up to, say, a CSP 2-3. Removing that tightly trowled cream...
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    Decided to epoxy floor myself. Any tip?

    Nope, nope, nope. You need to mechanically abrade the floor using a floor grinder and diamond embedded steel bits. Hand grind the perimeter with a 4.5” grinder and a diamond cup wheel. Your vacuum needs to be on point for this. At least 200 CFM, probably just rent it with your grinder. The point...
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    Quick clean up - old concrete floor

    I use an autoscrubber :ROFLMAO:
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    Epoxy Advice

    Your first coat should have been a primer. After that, you would apply your body coat and broadcast flake into that. It looks to me from the pictures that the coat you applied is very thin. I always recommend using 100% solids epoxy and applying at 10 to 12 Mils WFT and broadcast flake to...
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