calicrewchief
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Hello! My name is Matt. I want to start by saying that this forum is fantastic! Tons of helpful info and motivating work. I can't stop flipping through all the great threads.
To give everyone an idea of what I'm dealing with. My home was built in 75. My wife and I bought it for our first home in 2010. Right after we moved in I wanted to do something with the garage floor because it was a mess. So, due to my lack of experience, appealing ease and price, I chose to apply the Behr epoxy kit. During which I was assuming the whole time that it would self level and fill in all the cracks and pits. I also only acid etched the 35 year old floor. As you all can imagine, it turned out to be a disastrous waste of time and money. I've finally decided enough is enough and I'd like to tackle the project again. My overall goal is to have a flat and glossy, solid colored surface. I want it to hold up against automotive chemicals and tire abuse. I obviously don't expect it to last forever. I understand everything has its limitations.
My plan is to grind down the surface and remove the old epoxy coating and take down the high spots. After filling the cracks, I plan on laying down a polymer modified self leveling cement to fill all the pits and achieve the level surface. From there, I still haven't made my decision if I want to apply a sealer or paint.
What I'm not sure about is the grinding. Should I expect results that will be enough prep for the polymer cement? I was planing on renting a HD buffer with the diamabrush pad, but after reading some posts recently it sounds like it might not work well enough for my situation. The other idea I read was using a grinder with the 7" diamabrush pad over the whole garage floor. I'm including some photos of the floor in it's current state. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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To give everyone an idea of what I'm dealing with. My home was built in 75. My wife and I bought it for our first home in 2010. Right after we moved in I wanted to do something with the garage floor because it was a mess. So, due to my lack of experience, appealing ease and price, I chose to apply the Behr epoxy kit. During which I was assuming the whole time that it would self level and fill in all the cracks and pits. I also only acid etched the 35 year old floor. As you all can imagine, it turned out to be a disastrous waste of time and money. I've finally decided enough is enough and I'd like to tackle the project again. My overall goal is to have a flat and glossy, solid colored surface. I want it to hold up against automotive chemicals and tire abuse. I obviously don't expect it to last forever. I understand everything has its limitations.
My plan is to grind down the surface and remove the old epoxy coating and take down the high spots. After filling the cracks, I plan on laying down a polymer modified self leveling cement to fill all the pits and achieve the level surface. From there, I still haven't made my decision if I want to apply a sealer or paint.
What I'm not sure about is the grinding. Should I expect results that will be enough prep for the polymer cement? I was planing on renting a HD buffer with the diamabrush pad, but after reading some posts recently it sounds like it might not work well enough for my situation. The other idea I read was using a grinder with the 7" diamabrush pad over the whole garage floor. I'm including some photos of the floor in it's current state. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
