I have been a long time forum lurker, and after finally getting my shop built, I decided that based on both cost and usage of shop, I was going with the HD40 Stainguard from Legacy. I have completed the install, and this will be my detailed review with what little photos I took. I have an 840 sq foot under roof power troweled concrete slab.
- To start off, I was trying to hit a budget price point for a product that would achieve maximum results for what I wanted. I had piped dreams that this was a showroom shop with 30mm of epoxy flake in diamond metallic. In reality, i live out in the country; work on my tractor; maintain the jeep buggy; and shoot deer. So, maintaining "concrete" is what I needed.
- After lots of reading here, I decided to go with Legacy's HD40 stainguard based on price, ease of install, and what it actually protected against.
- I went about accumulating the supplies. As you can see from the photo, I bought 5 gallons of HD40, Chapin 1 gallon sprayer, legacy microfiber head and pads, some respirators, plastic sheeting, and natural hogs hair pads. Since Legacy no longer sells their cherry wax, i did my research and found the company SURFKOAT. I purchased 2 gallons of their cherry surf wax. I also rented a 20" Powr-Flite floor polisher/burnisher.
-This is not a one man job, I'll start there. I enlisted the help of my father for the 2 days. We hung plastic sheeting over the openings the day before and cleaned the floors as best as the outdoors will allow.
- THE DAY: Started off the morning at 6 AM artificially heating the space. It was 40 degrees F when I got up, and with the kerosene heater and 2 space heaters, got the concrete surface temp above 45 degrees F by 8 AM. My wife had picked up the polisher/burnisher while we were setting up, so all supplies were on hand. With the sprayer filled with HD40 and the microfiber applicator in hand, we start.
- THE WORST POS I HAVE EVER PURCHASED IS THE LEGACY MICRO FIBER APPLICATOR. The only complaint I have about this entire process is the $45 dollars I spent on the applicator head and 3 pads from Legacy. All day long, it flipped over on itself or rolled the applicator pad underneath itself while coming detached. The pad was too large for the head and the head was so light and flimsy it wouldnt stay on the floor.
- Now that I have that off my chest, the rest of the process went as planned. The $12 Chapin sprayer from Amazon worked great, and we put down 3 coats of the HD40 before we felt that the concrete just couldn't take any more. We immediately started to burnish. Again, nothing out of the ordinary there. All as planned and the floor is looking well (see photo of burnish)
- The wax. I am not paid buy SURFKOAT and bought it on my own volition; but this product was a breeze and I think made the whole process. I used some previously washed microfiber pads from the horrendous applicator bundle and wiped on a nice coat of wax and let it just dry to a haze before burnishing it in. Again, not sure I followed all MFG recommendations, but what I thought was best. After the burnishing, we laid down a second coat of wax and let it dry a little longer. This time we had a wax/polishing pad that we worked it in with. This really made the floor pop.
Hope you all enjoyed this review and feel free to ask any questions. There is so much more I left out probably that you could ask.
AKGARAGE
- To start off, I was trying to hit a budget price point for a product that would achieve maximum results for what I wanted. I had piped dreams that this was a showroom shop with 30mm of epoxy flake in diamond metallic. In reality, i live out in the country; work on my tractor; maintain the jeep buggy; and shoot deer. So, maintaining "concrete" is what I needed.
- After lots of reading here, I decided to go with Legacy's HD40 stainguard based on price, ease of install, and what it actually protected against.
- I went about accumulating the supplies. As you can see from the photo, I bought 5 gallons of HD40, Chapin 1 gallon sprayer, legacy microfiber head and pads, some respirators, plastic sheeting, and natural hogs hair pads. Since Legacy no longer sells their cherry wax, i did my research and found the company SURFKOAT. I purchased 2 gallons of their cherry surf wax. I also rented a 20" Powr-Flite floor polisher/burnisher.
-This is not a one man job, I'll start there. I enlisted the help of my father for the 2 days. We hung plastic sheeting over the openings the day before and cleaned the floors as best as the outdoors will allow.
- THE DAY: Started off the morning at 6 AM artificially heating the space. It was 40 degrees F when I got up, and with the kerosene heater and 2 space heaters, got the concrete surface temp above 45 degrees F by 8 AM. My wife had picked up the polisher/burnisher while we were setting up, so all supplies were on hand. With the sprayer filled with HD40 and the microfiber applicator in hand, we start.
- THE WORST POS I HAVE EVER PURCHASED IS THE LEGACY MICRO FIBER APPLICATOR. The only complaint I have about this entire process is the $45 dollars I spent on the applicator head and 3 pads from Legacy. All day long, it flipped over on itself or rolled the applicator pad underneath itself while coming detached. The pad was too large for the head and the head was so light and flimsy it wouldnt stay on the floor.
- Now that I have that off my chest, the rest of the process went as planned. The $12 Chapin sprayer from Amazon worked great, and we put down 3 coats of the HD40 before we felt that the concrete just couldn't take any more. We immediately started to burnish. Again, nothing out of the ordinary there. All as planned and the floor is looking well (see photo of burnish)
- The wax. I am not paid buy SURFKOAT and bought it on my own volition; but this product was a breeze and I think made the whole process. I used some previously washed microfiber pads from the horrendous applicator bundle and wiped on a nice coat of wax and let it just dry to a haze before burnishing it in. Again, not sure I followed all MFG recommendations, but what I thought was best. After the burnishing, we laid down a second coat of wax and let it dry a little longer. This time we had a wax/polishing pad that we worked it in with. This really made the floor pop.
Hope you all enjoyed this review and feel free to ask any questions. There is so much more I left out probably that you could ask.
AKGARAGE
