Self-leveling epoxy...not good for walls!

So that's what I learned this AM after trying to use epoxy-coat.com's epoxy on my 18" garage foundation wall. After spending more time than I should have chasing subtle runs in the epoxy and trying cover high spots on the top of the wall, I was delighted to look over and see half of my 1/2 kit smoking and setting up in the paint roller tray. That **** gets hot!!!
SO, I call epoxy-coat.com (they were great) and they confirmed what I already suspected, that because it's self-leveling it's not designed for vertical surfaces, and that if I want to do that I need to do very small sections at a time with the brush...

So now, I have 1/3 of my wall coated (black), without flakes, and lightly coated high spots and sublte run marks. All before 10:00 AM... I need a beer.

So it just cured faster than you expected or you are just not pleased with the results on your walls?

I thought I would get it on the walls faster and mixed the standard batch per directions, and since I got caught up on the one wall the rest of the batch in the tray set up.
I should have just rollered all the walls and then kept going back over and back rolling them. My fault for letting it set in the pan... I got distracted by the issues with the one wall.

I think I may just get some good concrete paint and do the walls that way! It looks like its gonna be to much of a head-ache to try and use the epoxy on walls that don't see any action...

That *****! Call the office and ask for me, I can help you and give you some good ideas of where to go from here!

Fumed silica would have helped.
I love this forum.

LegacyIndustrial said:

Fumed silica would have helped.

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Educate me on that....