dannyatlantic
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Found your website and was very impressed. Have a situation regarding a refinish I had performed on my garage floor.
Here is history:
Live in Baltimore County, MD. Had garage floor coated in a 2 color metallic finish. 3 layer process (primer, base coat and then clearcoat) Job commenced on 7/25/17. Company has been around for 10+ years.
I did experience blistering later in the evening after clearcoat was installed. I was told nothing could be done about the blistering and it was part of the process. The blisters aren’t too terrible and I decided I could live w/ them. Now I’ve learned they should have and could have been dealt w/. My badddd.
On 8/15/17, the clearcoat was sanded a couple of wks after being installed due to a traction grit being used in clearcoat whereas none was supposed to be included. New clearcoat was then applied.
9/8/17, I noticed several areas which I’ll call bubble have appeared. They are not the earlier blistering I encountered. When I depress the bubble, it flattens but then immediately rises. When comparing the size of bubbles to coins, they range anywhere from the size of a dime to larger than a quarter.
I sent the pics to the company who installed and the response I rec’d was: “This looks like it is still outgassing and will go away. No need to puncture the blisters, this is not a defect like you had before.”
It appears to me the areas where the bubbles have appeared have simply not adhered properly to the concrete. Even if I’m wrong, I don’t for see the bubbles re-adhering to the concrete.
I did take pics of the floor after it had been diamond sanded and repairs to cracks/holes had been performed. However, now that I lok back upon these pics, it doesn’t appear the floor had been sanded in a uniform fashion and is evidenced by the different coloring in the floor. BTW, the floor is approx. 50 years old and a previous owner had applied some sort of clear coating sometime along the way. This was made aware to the flooring company. Now, Im beginning to wonder whether Im not going to have more problems down the road.
Ive attached the following pics :
Before
After sanding
Bubbles
Id greatly appreciate any input you might be able to offer, advice and your opinion to this situation.
Dan
Here is history:
Live in Baltimore County, MD. Had garage floor coated in a 2 color metallic finish. 3 layer process (primer, base coat and then clearcoat) Job commenced on 7/25/17. Company has been around for 10+ years.
I did experience blistering later in the evening after clearcoat was installed. I was told nothing could be done about the blistering and it was part of the process. The blisters aren’t too terrible and I decided I could live w/ them. Now I’ve learned they should have and could have been dealt w/. My badddd.
On 8/15/17, the clearcoat was sanded a couple of wks after being installed due to a traction grit being used in clearcoat whereas none was supposed to be included. New clearcoat was then applied.
9/8/17, I noticed several areas which I’ll call bubble have appeared. They are not the earlier blistering I encountered. When I depress the bubble, it flattens but then immediately rises. When comparing the size of bubbles to coins, they range anywhere from the size of a dime to larger than a quarter.
I sent the pics to the company who installed and the response I rec’d was: “This looks like it is still outgassing and will go away. No need to puncture the blisters, this is not a defect like you had before.”
It appears to me the areas where the bubbles have appeared have simply not adhered properly to the concrete. Even if I’m wrong, I don’t for see the bubbles re-adhering to the concrete.
I did take pics of the floor after it had been diamond sanded and repairs to cracks/holes had been performed. However, now that I lok back upon these pics, it doesn’t appear the floor had been sanded in a uniform fashion and is evidenced by the different coloring in the floor. BTW, the floor is approx. 50 years old and a previous owner had applied some sort of clear coating sometime along the way. This was made aware to the flooring company. Now, Im beginning to wonder whether Im not going to have more problems down the road.
Ive attached the following pics :
Before
After sanding
Bubbles
Id greatly appreciate any input you might be able to offer, advice and your opinion to this situation.
Dan
