notcmartin
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Hello
I'm looking for some advice to address a few issues in my floor to prep for epoxy. Lots of great info in this forum, I appreciate any insight, advice...
My goal is a durable floor that is level and looks good. Performance is the key. I do mostly car work and a smooth service to roll boxes, jacks.. on is more important that appearance.
The floor section in the photos below is an addition to an existing garage. Big picture I plan to coat the new section, move stuff from the old into the new and then finish the old floor. New floor is ~450 sqft, old space is ~400 sqft.
The new floor was poured aprox 4 months ago. As luck would have it, just as the pour was being finished it started to drizzle. The drizzle became a downpour. The contractor put plastic over the floor but with no gutters on part of the roof there are some issues from water coming off the roof.
I am looking for the proper way to fix 2 different issues. 1) The seam between the old and new floor needs to be leveled. There used to be a wall where the floors meet and now there up to ~1/2" difference in a 6-8' section. The rest of the seam is pretty good but might need some filler to make it 100% 2) There are several spots where the floor is rough ( I think this is where water from the gutter hit the plastic) or there are gouges. The gouges look similar to dropping a brake rotor on the floor, not huge but also not flat. I expect I'll make similar marks in the floor before too long, my concern now is fix the worst spots and give the final coating the best chance at sticking to the floor.
Does the final finish coat dictate the patch/fix chosen or will all epoxy solutions work with whatever is there? My main goal with these fixes is to make sure they bond to the floor, I dont care if they are a different color or texture. The last thing I want is for the patch to chip off.
Lots of info, hopefully my ramblings make sense.
I'm looking for some advice to address a few issues in my floor to prep for epoxy. Lots of great info in this forum, I appreciate any insight, advice...
My goal is a durable floor that is level and looks good. Performance is the key. I do mostly car work and a smooth service to roll boxes, jacks.. on is more important that appearance.
The floor section in the photos below is an addition to an existing garage. Big picture I plan to coat the new section, move stuff from the old into the new and then finish the old floor. New floor is ~450 sqft, old space is ~400 sqft.
The new floor was poured aprox 4 months ago. As luck would have it, just as the pour was being finished it started to drizzle. The drizzle became a downpour. The contractor put plastic over the floor but with no gutters on part of the roof there are some issues from water coming off the roof.
I am looking for the proper way to fix 2 different issues. 1) The seam between the old and new floor needs to be leveled. There used to be a wall where the floors meet and now there up to ~1/2" difference in a 6-8' section. The rest of the seam is pretty good but might need some filler to make it 100% 2) There are several spots where the floor is rough ( I think this is where water from the gutter hit the plastic) or there are gouges. The gouges look similar to dropping a brake rotor on the floor, not huge but also not flat. I expect I'll make similar marks in the floor before too long, my concern now is fix the worst spots and give the final coating the best chance at sticking to the floor.
Does the final finish coat dictate the patch/fix chosen or will all epoxy solutions work with whatever is there? My main goal with these fixes is to make sure they bond to the floor, I dont care if they are a different color or texture. The last thing I want is for the patch to chip off.
Lots of info, hopefully my ramblings make sense.
