Hi, long time lurker, first time poster here.
I recently completed putting up a 2400sqft steel building to use as a shop.
Every step of construction turned into a nightmare with the contractors I hired, I ended up putting the building up myself after firing the contractor that I had hired.
The guys that did my concrete work really screwed me though, for various reasons they had to blanket the concrete before it setup, which left a very nasty tarp like texture all over it. I quickly found out what sort of contractor I hired when he failed to even show up the next day to inspect the damage.
Rather than pay him for the labor I bought a concrete grinder and went to town cutting the nasty texture off.
Here is what my pad looked like when I uncovered it...
After getting the building up I spent nearly a week grinding on the pad to get rid of that texture.
For the most part the pad looks ok, however there are several spots in the pad that need a bit more attention, I am looking for some advice on products to use here.
Here is an example of one of the problem areas, this is where the blanket had folded over onto itself, the depth is maybe ~1/4" deep.
Here is where it gets really bad, I am honestly a bit embarrassed to show this. This is where they laid a timber onto the blanket to keep it from blowing, the timber sank into the wet concrete. There are a few places like this where they also walked on it. The depth is ~1". These areas are my largest concern, as this is right in front of my door where my highest traffic will be.
I am looking for some options to repair these areas. So far I have come up with filling with an epoxy mortar type product such as Devcon deep pour grout, or mixing silica sand into epoxy and filling with that.
Once I get these areas into shape then my plan is to coat the entire floor with epoxy, which leads me to my next question, what does everyone recommend? I have sorted through the sticky and am left without a real conclusion on what a decent product is. I have reached out to many of the epoxy companies listed in the Sticky and have found many of them to be less than helpful or rude about their product.
I recently completed putting up a 2400sqft steel building to use as a shop.
Every step of construction turned into a nightmare with the contractors I hired, I ended up putting the building up myself after firing the contractor that I had hired.
The guys that did my concrete work really screwed me though, for various reasons they had to blanket the concrete before it setup, which left a very nasty tarp like texture all over it. I quickly found out what sort of contractor I hired when he failed to even show up the next day to inspect the damage.
Rather than pay him for the labor I bought a concrete grinder and went to town cutting the nasty texture off.
Here is what my pad looked like when I uncovered it...
After getting the building up I spent nearly a week grinding on the pad to get rid of that texture.
For the most part the pad looks ok, however there are several spots in the pad that need a bit more attention, I am looking for some advice on products to use here.
Here is an example of one of the problem areas, this is where the blanket had folded over onto itself, the depth is maybe ~1/4" deep.
Here is where it gets really bad, I am honestly a bit embarrassed to show this. This is where they laid a timber onto the blanket to keep it from blowing, the timber sank into the wet concrete. There are a few places like this where they also walked on it. The depth is ~1". These areas are my largest concern, as this is right in front of my door where my highest traffic will be.
I am looking for some options to repair these areas. So far I have come up with filling with an epoxy mortar type product such as Devcon deep pour grout, or mixing silica sand into epoxy and filling with that.
Once I get these areas into shape then my plan is to coat the entire floor with epoxy, which leads me to my next question, what does everyone recommend? I have sorted through the sticky and am left without a real conclusion on what a decent product is. I have reached out to many of the epoxy companies listed in the Sticky and have found many of them to be less than helpful or rude about their product.