Armorpoxy

[martyrg]

Just a shout out to Armorpoxy. I did my garage floor in Armorpoxy primer and Armorpoxy 100% solids top coat. The floor turned out fantastic. The 100% solids epoxy is the way to go. Rolled out real nice and self-leveled. Thick enough to fill in minor defects in the concrete. I did get air bubbles in both the primer and the top coat, so I highly recommend getting a spiked roller to deal with those.

The material does set up kind'a quickly. At 50 degrees F, it was starting to set up at about 45 minutes. I had three people working on this: One person to mix up the epoxy and clean up mixing tools between batches, one person to dump and spread the epoxy, & one person to roll out the epoxy. For a DYI'er like myself, three people is the minimum number of people to have. BTW, the customer support/customer service from Armorpoxy was very good.

The material does have something of a strong chemical smell. Highly recommend getting a commercial grade respirator (3M makes good ones available Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BQ8DJI/?tag=atomicindus08-20) for under $20.

I am selling my left over material and tools on this site. Cruise over to the want ads section if you're interested. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/armorpoxy-and-associated-tools-supplies.495937/
Marty

 

[benjy]

Where's the pics? Glad to hear you found something that works!

 

[Theruse]

What size is your garage? Wasn't aware that this is not a single person operation. I spoke to Armorpoxy and yes they have excellent customer service, but no mention of recruiting help to apply.

 

[thammel]

I did mine 4 years ago with armorpoxy. I did it in Sept in Maryland - it was pretty hot then. I did it in 3 successive days. Primer first day, color coat with chips 2nd day and clear coat 3rd day. Each coat was 2 part epoxy. I did this all by myself in a 28x32 garage. Each day took about 4 hours from start to finish. The cleaning was performed about 2 weeks prior to applying the epoxy. I used 18" rollers, had spike shoes, multiple 5 gallon buckets from HD, etc. The results were fantastic. The only thing that I didn't do well was chip broadcasting. There were heavy areas. But this is not at all noticeable now that the garage is being used. You definitely want to throw the chips up so they rain down on the floor (I did that). and if there are heavy areas, don't re-roll over the chips. I also used their anti-slip powder and this also works very well.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Thank you for your feedback! Normally 2 people are ideal for a garage, one to mix/assist, the other to roll/apply. But...with some free beers extra helpers may show up! If you are doing a project alone, a pair of spiked shoes really make the job easier to walk on the wet floor if needed.

 

[martyrg]

Where's the pics? Glad to hear you found something that works!

I'll send out pics as soon as I get everything put back together

 

[martyrg]

What size is your garage? Wasn't aware that this is not a single person operation. I spoke to Armorpoxy and yes they have excellent customer service, but no mention of recruiting help to apply.

My garage is 44 ft. wide and 30 ft. deep. I wouldn't recommend doing it with one person. The epoxy will start to set up before your ready for it to do so. You want to clean your mixing equipment between batches so that you don't contaminate the new batch with epoxy that is setting up from the previous batch. We were doing a 10 ft. by 10 ft. square at a time and that was manageable with 3 people.

 

[martyrg]

I did mine 4 years ago with armorpoxy. I did it in Sept in Maryland - it was pretty hot then. I did it in 3 successive days. Primer first day, color coat with chips 2nd day and clear coat 3rd day. Each coat was 2 part epoxy. I did this all by myself in a 28x32 garage. Each day took about 4 hours from start to finish. The cleaning was performed about 2 weeks prior to applying the epoxy. I used 18" rollers, had spike shoes, multiple 5 gallon buckets from HD, etc. The results were fantastic. The only thing that I didn't do well was chip broadcasting. There were heavy areas. But this is not at all noticeable now that the garage is being used. You definitely want to throw the chips up so they rain down on the floor (I did that). and if there are heavy areas, don't re-roll over the chips. I also used their anti-slip powder and this also works very well.

My recommendation is to buy more chips than you need. Spread the chips so they cover the entire floor - to "full rejection" as it is known. Go back the next day with a floor scraper and scrape the entire floor to knock loose any partially adhered chips. Then sweep, use a leaf blower and finally collect the chips in a CLEAN shop vac. I sold the left over chips to a local epoxy floor company. Now you are ready for the final clear top coat.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi All,
A full broadcast requires a LOT more flecks about 10x for proper coverage with safety factor. Plus you need to use two coats of topcoat since the first coat (after you have swept, scraped well, or sanded the
floor and vacuumed the floor to knock down the high spots ) gets sucked into the millions of gaps created by the overlapping flecks. A common problem of full broadcasts is the floor being rough and textured and hard to clean unless enough material is used.

We sell full broadcast complete kits.