BorisMD
Member
Hi all,
I'm finally to the point of getting the epoxy down in my new garage. It's a 28x34, radiant floor heat building, with a ceiling height of 11 ft.
After exhaustive surface prep, grouting the saw cuts, cleaning the ghosting stuff from the grouting, it was finally time to epoxy.
I used the Durall 400 product -- for two reasons. First, I saw the article online from Family Handyman magazine, and that's what they used. Second, the company is local to me, so I could just drive over and pick up the stuff -- no shipping.
I don't yet have any of the garage doors installed yet, I figured I'd wait until the floor was done. So I nailed a few extra 2x4's across the openings and stapled up 4 mil plastic.
I got to work painting on the first coat, and two gallons covered all but about the last 6x6 sq ft area.
It was about that time that I felt like someone in a Gordon Lightfoot song -- the gales of November came early!
All of a sudden the wind was stronger than pretty much anything we've seen all summer. It figures, all summer we have mild, windless weather (I've only been on the sailboat three times this year), and the day I pick to epoxy, all you know what breaks loose.
So I hurry up and finish the last section, and then run around like a madman with my staple gun repairing what the wind has undone, and trying like heck to reinforce the best I can.
Here's a photo of the result -- a nice collection of leaves blew in. I have no idea how stuck they are, I'll wait a few days and check it out. Then I figure I'll just clean it up, gently sand any areas that need it, and do the second coat. I actually will have enough material left over for a third coat -- should that seem necessary.
Regards,
Boris
I'm finally to the point of getting the epoxy down in my new garage. It's a 28x34, radiant floor heat building, with a ceiling height of 11 ft.
After exhaustive surface prep, grouting the saw cuts, cleaning the ghosting stuff from the grouting, it was finally time to epoxy.
I used the Durall 400 product -- for two reasons. First, I saw the article online from Family Handyman magazine, and that's what they used. Second, the company is local to me, so I could just drive over and pick up the stuff -- no shipping.
I don't yet have any of the garage doors installed yet, I figured I'd wait until the floor was done. So I nailed a few extra 2x4's across the openings and stapled up 4 mil plastic.
I got to work painting on the first coat, and two gallons covered all but about the last 6x6 sq ft area.
It was about that time that I felt like someone in a Gordon Lightfoot song -- the gales of November came early!
All of a sudden the wind was stronger than pretty much anything we've seen all summer. It figures, all summer we have mild, windless weather (I've only been on the sailboat three times this year), and the day I pick to epoxy, all you know what breaks loose.
So I hurry up and finish the last section, and then run around like a madman with my staple gun repairing what the wind has undone, and trying like heck to reinforce the best I can.
Here's a photo of the result -- a nice collection of leaves blew in. I have no idea how stuck they are, I'll wait a few days and check it out. Then I figure I'll just clean it up, gently sand any areas that need it, and do the second coat. I actually will have enough material left over for a third coat -- should that seem necessary.
Regards,
Boris