Jaguar Fan
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Since floor prep is incredibly important, I decided to opt for grinding instead of acid etching for a do-it-yourself epoxy (or maybe a polyurea) coating.
Taking it one step further, I decided to call a few contractors (yellow pages) to get a quote to have them do just the grinding step. A few professional coating installers I called were not interested in doing just the grinding step. I turned to the yellow pages section for concrete contractos (sawing, demo, etc). Most were not interested in a small job (2 car garage) or only did commercial work (no residential).
Finally, I found one... I spoke with the supervisor and described the what I wanted (a surface prep to get the surface similar to 80 or 100 grit sandpaper); he called me back after talking to his guys and told me the following:
"when we do floor grinding, it is usually for someone who needs to get their slab level prior to installing tile, etc... maybe a tree root has caused the slab to heave or crack... and I talked to our guys, and the diamond blade (disk?) leaves the suface of the concrte extremely smooth, and that is the opposite of what you're looking for."
What should I ask for? Am I asking for the wrong thing?
In this case, the garage in question is not a working garage (the house is my mom's retirement house), and the slab is only 8 or 9 months old... but I view this as a learning experience for me in prepartion for doing a top notch job on my own larger garage later this year. For her garage, the most wear-and-tear would likely be hot tire pickup (it is in the desert in a suburb of Las Vegas).
Thanks in advance for any guidance
Taking it one step further, I decided to call a few contractors (yellow pages) to get a quote to have them do just the grinding step. A few professional coating installers I called were not interested in doing just the grinding step. I turned to the yellow pages section for concrete contractos (sawing, demo, etc). Most were not interested in a small job (2 car garage) or only did commercial work (no residential).
Finally, I found one... I spoke with the supervisor and described the what I wanted (a surface prep to get the surface similar to 80 or 100 grit sandpaper); he called me back after talking to his guys and told me the following:
"when we do floor grinding, it is usually for someone who needs to get their slab level prior to installing tile, etc... maybe a tree root has caused the slab to heave or crack... and I talked to our guys, and the diamond blade (disk?) leaves the suface of the concrte extremely smooth, and that is the opposite of what you're looking for."
What should I ask for? Am I asking for the wrong thing?
In this case, the garage in question is not a working garage (the house is my mom's retirement house), and the slab is only 8 or 9 months old... but I view this as a learning experience for me in prepartion for doing a top notch job on my own larger garage later this year. For her garage, the most wear-and-tear would likely be hot tire pickup (it is in the desert in a suburb of Las Vegas).
Thanks in advance for any guidance