twbauer
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Thanks for all the info here guys.. I've been watching and learning. After looking at all the products, I decided to go with Durall's Dura Poxy for my 850 sq ft garage here in Rochester, MN. Durall is in close proximity, only about 1 hour north west in Minneapolis. They seemed very helpful and easy to work with.
I had a couple buddies help me move everything out of the garage (that was a ton of ****!!) and we hand scrubbed the floor down with push brooms and water. We squeegied everything out, hit some bad areas with a belt sander, and rented a floor scrubber.
Tomorrow is prep day. 1- Durall's cleaner/degreaser scrubbed into the concrete with a black cleaning pad (pretty abrasive). 2- Durall's kleen and etch solution scrubbed into the concrete with the scrubber. 3 and 4 - Two water rinses both utilizing the scrubber to ensure all residue from acid etching is removed. I'll probably do 1 more good rinse at the end without scrubbing.
Then it's time to patch the two 4-5 inch divots/holes (probably from salt) with the durapoxy patch kit, along with the stress joints. Durall said to let it dry for a couple hours as it wasn't required to be BONE dry for days (which is nice. Hopefully I have enough epoxy patch kit. If I do run out, what's the next best thing? Something I can get a menards/lowes/fleet farm?
Durall said that I didn't have to wait but a couple hours between prep and epoxy application. As long as the floor was while, and had no visible water, I should be good to go.
I have 7 gallons of light beige (fawn color) for a base coat with just about a full broadcast 1/4 inch chips from Chips Unlimited (55 lbs). Black, ivory, and a couple different light and darker brown colors.
I have 7 more gallons of clear to top coat the chips.
Wish me luck and PLEASE..... if anyone has any recommendations... things to not forget... or things to definitely do... please reply! I'd hate for $1500 bucks to go down the drain!
I'll post pics as things progress.
I had a couple buddies help me move everything out of the garage (that was a ton of ****!!) and we hand scrubbed the floor down with push brooms and water. We squeegied everything out, hit some bad areas with a belt sander, and rented a floor scrubber.
Tomorrow is prep day. 1- Durall's cleaner/degreaser scrubbed into the concrete with a black cleaning pad (pretty abrasive). 2- Durall's kleen and etch solution scrubbed into the concrete with the scrubber. 3 and 4 - Two water rinses both utilizing the scrubber to ensure all residue from acid etching is removed. I'll probably do 1 more good rinse at the end without scrubbing.
Then it's time to patch the two 4-5 inch divots/holes (probably from salt) with the durapoxy patch kit, along with the stress joints. Durall said to let it dry for a couple hours as it wasn't required to be BONE dry for days (which is nice. Hopefully I have enough epoxy patch kit. If I do run out, what's the next best thing? Something I can get a menards/lowes/fleet farm?
Durall said that I didn't have to wait but a couple hours between prep and epoxy application. As long as the floor was while, and had no visible water, I should be good to go.
I have 7 gallons of light beige (fawn color) for a base coat with just about a full broadcast 1/4 inch chips from Chips Unlimited (55 lbs). Black, ivory, and a couple different light and darker brown colors.
I have 7 more gallons of clear to top coat the chips.
Wish me luck and PLEASE..... if anyone has any recommendations... things to not forget... or things to definitely do... please reply! I'd hate for $1500 bucks to go down the drain!
I'll post pics as things progress.
