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Got the opposite side of the building done this weekend, 4 coats. Once again, my associate did a great job of laying it down. His technique seems to be a heavy wet roller, about two 10’ strips then load the roller again. Not much effort spent back rolling. For those of you getting ready to use...

I used self leveling Sikaflex with backer rod which is made for that application. My expansion joints continued to move, one of which I cut out the sealant and re-caulked. It takes a week for the Sikaflex to cure. It’s a polyurethane product.

Coated the shop floor this weekend. Started two weeks earlier by acid etching the floor and using a 3M 7200 black stripper pad on a buffing machine working slowly with overlap while keeping the concrete damp. Then rinsed, and buffed some more to loosen any left over mud. We used a shop-vac with...

Thanks. That concerns me with the probability of the acid getting under the j-trim where it attaches to the floor, under the support beams & around the j-bolts. Since the interior walls are finished, there’s no way to get flooding water in those areas. Not to mention the vapor which is corrosive...

Can you describe the recommended acid etch process? I’m concerned that there would be a rust issue with machinery or anything else that is in the building in an area not being etched as a result of the vapor given off during the etching. I’m making the assumption that muriatic acid is what is used.

Looking for a USL-6000. In the SE would be ideal but depending on price and freight, I'll consider all options.

Buy a small tube of Aquaseal polyurethane adhesive, clean the damaged area with alcohol, apply Aquaseal to fill the void completely and then tape.

I lucked up after numerous searches and found lightbulbs247.com who was very responsive and they quoted the exact tandem fixtures for $59 plus shipping.

Is there any vendor where you can order/configure a fixture with a specific ballast? A bare fixture with no ballast is as much as an off-the-shelf box store fixture ~$40. The 49455 HBF ballast is ~$45. There are other companies that make tandem fixtures with HBF ballasts, all imports, I'm...

As others have said, you have to locate the source of the water first. Tear out the drywall in the affected area. At 28 cents sq/ft. it's cheap & easy to repair. Just use a razor knife, locate the studs and score your cuts on the center of the studs with a straight edge. Water could be coming...

Thank you so much for your assistance. Just a little clarification. Are you recommending 4 lamp 8 foot fixtures? The lamps you referenced; 22026 are 48" which is throwing me off. I presume just linear fixtures without any reflectors? Run them parallel or perpendicular to the 32' span? ETA: I...

I can tell you that I tried every solvent I had available; MEK, Trichlor, 3 flavors of brake parts cleaner, carb cleaner, gasoline, diesel fuel, mineral spirits. Nothing phased the test chip of Rustbullet that I was sent. Frankly, if MEK won't cut it, there isn't much left. I didn't have any...

Stumbled on this thread doing my research and realize that it isn't all as simple as I was thinking. I was using the Lithonia photometrics software to get an idea of what I wanted. I have a 32x28 shop area that I want to light with around 1200 lux. I arrived at this number by using a light meter...

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I have 3 compressors, a small home size 20gal Quincy, a 80 Gal Saylor Bell and a 80 Gal Belaire, I have Kingston auto drains on all of them, one has been on the Saylor Bell for over 30 years. They work perfect have never needed any attention. Went through 2 of the crappy Harbor Freight valves on...

In my limited testing on the the chip sample, I don't think staining will be an issue. So far the only thing that phases it is MEK and it just knocks the gloss off. I'll hit it with a Sharpie and some Dykem and see what that does. ETA. So I scribbled on the chip with a Sharpie and daubed on...

Been playing with the chip sample I received with my order. Interesting stuff, so far I've dropped 5/8" steel ball bearings on it from 6', sanded it, took a carbide scribe to it and hit it with a couple of different solvents and examined it it under 10X magnification. Tried picking at the edge...

I'm a noob here but in search of information and vendors. If the vendor pays for advertising, they should be permitted to market their product and extol it's virtues to a reasonable extent. No vendor should be permitted to shill, to bad mouth other products or vendors. If they feel their product...

The Sikaflex urethane product I bought comes in a caulk tube and it's pretty darn rigid when it's cured. Took a bit of effort to skim a few high spots with a razor. I'm not overly concerned about it myself, I'm fine with it if the joints show. On another note, what product do you have/can...

I ordered a qt. I'll give it a test run. I've seen the threads & have been reading all I can about the product and urethanes in general. Interestingly my local paint supplier recommended Pitthane which is a 2 part coating from PPG but when I called PPG directly to discuss the the data sheet vs...