Dneel81
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Thanks to quarantine, I had enough time to finally lay down the hellfire. After hours of reading reviews, calling people, etc, I decided to go with hellfire. This is a shop floor and its purpose is absolutely function over form. Woodworking, welding fab, grease, motor oil, and whatever else I can get into will be attacking this floor. Epoxy wasn't an option due to the welding slag issue. Hellfire seemed like the ticket. So I ordered 21 gallons, no slip additive, and dye for the "citadel" look.
I'll spare you the floor surface prep saga, but long story short, the dual head grinder I rented would not level, so the floor surface isnt great. I had to go back to HD and rent a single 10" head. I used it to specifically grind down the extreme 100 crack filler I put in the saw cuts. I couldn't bring myself to use the 10" grinder for all 2500sq ft. of the garage. after acid etching, I power washed it and dried it several times trying to get all the particulate matter up. Tested it and found it dry.
Mixed everything up and laid down the first coat. I think I used 10 gallons for the first coat. It didn't go far at all. it took 3 hours and so I started on the area I first started on and applied the 2nd coat. It went quite a bit farther this time, maybe using 6 gallons for the 2nd coat. 3rd coat was right at 4 gallons with 3oz of texture per gallon. I did not end up using the citadel dye. I like my shop bright and the silver color looked just fine. I left it and went to bed. start to finish about 10h.
My floor is not the prettiest. But again, my goal is function over form. This is afterall, a floor. The coating is great, the antiskid is great. It looks good and uniform to me. I'm hopeful for a long floor life that holds up well to the abuses I will throw at it.
An important reminder. Hellfire is not epoxy, it will not cover up floor imperfections. It does not fill cracks well. That's where a good prep comes in. I wasn't after a showroom floor, so I paid less attention to that and just made sure I had porous concrete.
anyway, gonna let it cure and then Tuesday, my new table saw is coming and I'm going to get busy making cabinets.
Some pics just for reference.
I'll spare you the floor surface prep saga, but long story short, the dual head grinder I rented would not level, so the floor surface isnt great. I had to go back to HD and rent a single 10" head. I used it to specifically grind down the extreme 100 crack filler I put in the saw cuts. I couldn't bring myself to use the 10" grinder for all 2500sq ft. of the garage. after acid etching, I power washed it and dried it several times trying to get all the particulate matter up. Tested it and found it dry.
Mixed everything up and laid down the first coat. I think I used 10 gallons for the first coat. It didn't go far at all. it took 3 hours and so I started on the area I first started on and applied the 2nd coat. It went quite a bit farther this time, maybe using 6 gallons for the 2nd coat. 3rd coat was right at 4 gallons with 3oz of texture per gallon. I did not end up using the citadel dye. I like my shop bright and the silver color looked just fine. I left it and went to bed. start to finish about 10h.
My floor is not the prettiest. But again, my goal is function over form. This is afterall, a floor. The coating is great, the antiskid is great. It looks good and uniform to me. I'm hopeful for a long floor life that holds up well to the abuses I will throw at it.
An important reminder. Hellfire is not epoxy, it will not cover up floor imperfections. It does not fill cracks well. That's where a good prep comes in. I wasn't after a showroom floor, so I paid less attention to that and just made sure I had porous concrete.
anyway, gonna let it cure and then Tuesday, my new table saw is coming and I'm going to get busy making cabinets.
Some pics just for reference.
