Bakery flooring

[dead piggy]

I know this is a garage message board but I saw some very helpful threads about epoxy flooring full of knowledgeable posters and I am not finding useful information elsewhere. I am setting up a bakery and I need to protect the floor. If a flooring can survive a car being put on it it can survive my baking equipment. At the moment I have a Concrete floor covered with about 2cm of what I think is a levelling screed. It's very soft I can scratch it with my fingernail and it is not very absorbant. I want to cover it with something that's smooth (easy to clean) and hard enough that I won't destroy it throughout my tenancy (5 years). I'm in the UK. I got a quote of £5,000 from ecoflor to cover it in a commercial grade epoxy. I was hoping to spend a few hundred pounds and a days work on cleaning, preparing and the coating the floor. Maybe giving it a second coat.

Can you tell me what flooring product I should be using? Thanks

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Here in the USA, we have to work over a clean, built-up, seamless surface in most cases. I am sure it's actually more stringent in the UK.

Typically a broadcasted system is the specification. Full Flake, Quartz or Sand Broadcasted System with a 4" radius cove.

To know for sure, check with your local health inspector to be sure.

 

[dead piggy]

Eho guidelines are "Floor coverings must be impervious, non-absorbent, washable and of non-toxic material." It specifically mentions resin epoxy as suitable.

A clean, built-up, seamless surface sounds good, most kitchens use tiles but in my experience they break and are hard to clean. I've never seen a food preparation area here in the uk with 4 inches of coving before, it looks convenient but it certainly isn't a necessity. Some places have a line of polyfiler type stuff where floor and wall meet but most don't. It usually gets broken down during the cleaning process and isn't worth while doing. Bakeries are very low risk so skirting board like you'd have at home is common to see.

Can you tell me more about what Full Flake, Quartz or Sand Broadcasted Systems are. I googled around it looks like you're talking about a layer of either flakes or sand or quartz between a base layer and top layer of resin epoxy. The flakes/sand seem to be for aesthetic purposes is that correct?

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Those guidelines point to 100% solids epoxy. If that’s all they require then don’t worry about anything else. Go with it. I am sure there are distributors of these type of products where you live or work.

Where I happen to be the suggested specification is a built-up floor of at least 1/8 inch and a 4 inch cove, no seams.


Good luck.



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[dead piggy]

Okay, assuming I am going to put 100% solids epoxy resin on my floor I first need to prepare it and put a primer coat down. I dont know how to prepare my surface because I don't know what it is exactly. I have some pictures attached. What prep and primer does this surface require?