Hey all -
New poster here - just wanted to share my experience and lessons with using Devoe floor products. Thanks to all who posted on this forum where I could search the past posts to get some tips (Jauguar Fan's posts were a HUGE help - thanks). Also - thanks to Cameron at Super F Paint in Portland, OR. Super helpful, quick ship and great prices!
My project:
1950 SF box hangar with concrete floors and spotty grey paint, grease, glue, etc scattered about. Wanted a high gloss finish without anti-skid.
Equipment/Materials:
Pressure Washer
Lavina 21 w/ 9 diamond blades (rented)
Shop Vac
(3) gallons Devoe Pre-Prime 167
(10) gallons Devthane 379UVA (hangar door will be open a lot) "high-hide white"
(1) gallon Devoe T17 thinner
(6) 3/8" nap rollers (do not use microfiber)
Rollers, sticks, paint trays, brush for corners, masking tape, etc.
These are the steps I followed:
Step 1: Used a blower and thoroughly blew out all dust, dirt, etc. out of the area I was working in.
Step 2: Pressure wash, pressure wash, pressure wash (and don't get caught if you live in California). I have a metal hangar, so I washed the walls and doors first. My ceilings are 25'+ high so I used a scissor lift in some cases. I was amazed how much dirt kept coming off (even after going over a few times). Clean grease, glue, tape, etc off. This will screw up the next step if you don't!
Step 3: Let everything dry thoroughly. Rented a Lavina 21" floor grinder with diamond heads and profiled the floor. I used too much water at first and didn't get a very good result. Use limited water just to keep heads cool. Note: You can also acid etch. I did this before on another hangar and didn't like the results. Maybe because I bought the etch from Home Depot.
Step 4: Cleaned up concrete dust/slurry and disposed properly using scraper, broom, etc. Blew out as much as I then pressure washed again to get all of the dust off the floor (some was embedded where there was puddled water). There were visible etches in the concrete i.e. "profile"
Step 5: Crack seal. Used some stuff from Dixieline. Wasn't happy with the result - but didn't have time to re-do.
Step 6: Let it thoroughly dry, blew out hangar again, vacuumed hangar. Re-verified nothing on the floor. Rolled on Devoe Pre-Prime 167 as my first coat. Some of you may prefer to use other products but this was my choice due to price, etc. It is shown as acceptable on the Spec/MSDS sheet as a prime for the 379UVA. This stuff does NOT cover what it says it does in the spec sheet. I only got about 700 SF/gallon.
Step 7: Rolled one coat of Devthane 379 UVA. Let dry for 5 hours or so (at 75 degrees). Rolled another coat (this time a bit thicker as I had lots of paint left over last time). This stuff did cover what the spec sheet shows. About 450-500 SF/gallon. I bought 5 gallon containers and probably only had 30 minutes of pot life at the end - was getting very sticky.
Pictures aren't the best as taken with my phone - and paint was still wet and had touched up a few areas. I will update you as time goes on with more pictures and info! Killed a few brain cells and a LOT of work; but, happy with the results so far! This is my first project using Urethane for a floor. The gloss looks amazing and cars and airplanes look AWESOME in the hangar
About a $1200 project and 3-4 days labor.
Feel free to PM me with any questions.
**SEE PICS IN NEXT POST. They came out bigger than I expected**
New poster here - just wanted to share my experience and lessons with using Devoe floor products. Thanks to all who posted on this forum where I could search the past posts to get some tips (Jauguar Fan's posts were a HUGE help - thanks). Also - thanks to Cameron at Super F Paint in Portland, OR. Super helpful, quick ship and great prices!
My project:
1950 SF box hangar with concrete floors and spotty grey paint, grease, glue, etc scattered about. Wanted a high gloss finish without anti-skid.
Equipment/Materials:
Pressure Washer
Lavina 21 w/ 9 diamond blades (rented)
Shop Vac
(3) gallons Devoe Pre-Prime 167
(10) gallons Devthane 379UVA (hangar door will be open a lot) "high-hide white"
(1) gallon Devoe T17 thinner
(6) 3/8" nap rollers (do not use microfiber)
Rollers, sticks, paint trays, brush for corners, masking tape, etc.
These are the steps I followed:
Step 1: Used a blower and thoroughly blew out all dust, dirt, etc. out of the area I was working in.
Step 2: Pressure wash, pressure wash, pressure wash (and don't get caught if you live in California). I have a metal hangar, so I washed the walls and doors first. My ceilings are 25'+ high so I used a scissor lift in some cases. I was amazed how much dirt kept coming off (even after going over a few times). Clean grease, glue, tape, etc off. This will screw up the next step if you don't!
Step 3: Let everything dry thoroughly. Rented a Lavina 21" floor grinder with diamond heads and profiled the floor. I used too much water at first and didn't get a very good result. Use limited water just to keep heads cool. Note: You can also acid etch. I did this before on another hangar and didn't like the results. Maybe because I bought the etch from Home Depot.
Step 4: Cleaned up concrete dust/slurry and disposed properly using scraper, broom, etc. Blew out as much as I then pressure washed again to get all of the dust off the floor (some was embedded where there was puddled water). There were visible etches in the concrete i.e. "profile"
Step 5: Crack seal. Used some stuff from Dixieline. Wasn't happy with the result - but didn't have time to re-do.
Step 6: Let it thoroughly dry, blew out hangar again, vacuumed hangar. Re-verified nothing on the floor. Rolled on Devoe Pre-Prime 167 as my first coat. Some of you may prefer to use other products but this was my choice due to price, etc. It is shown as acceptable on the Spec/MSDS sheet as a prime for the 379UVA. This stuff does NOT cover what it says it does in the spec sheet. I only got about 700 SF/gallon.
Step 7: Rolled one coat of Devthane 379 UVA. Let dry for 5 hours or so (at 75 degrees). Rolled another coat (this time a bit thicker as I had lots of paint left over last time). This stuff did cover what the spec sheet shows. About 450-500 SF/gallon. I bought 5 gallon containers and probably only had 30 minutes of pot life at the end - was getting very sticky.
Pictures aren't the best as taken with my phone - and paint was still wet and had touched up a few areas. I will update you as time goes on with more pictures and info! Killed a few brain cells and a LOT of work; but, happy with the results so far! This is my first project using Urethane for a floor. The gloss looks amazing and cars and airplanes look AWESOME in the hangar
About a $1200 project and 3-4 days labor.Feel free to PM me with any questions.
**SEE PICS IN NEXT POST. They came out bigger than I expected**
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