Burst
New member
Hello all,
Let me start out by introducing myself, My name is Tim and I live in the worst state for someone wanting to get a quality floor coating... California.
As anyone who lives here knows, finding a quality product that is able to be shipped here is quite a headache. About 6 months ago, I made a hasty choice without doing my due diligence and applied 2 coats of "Epoxy-coats" 2 part system. After I allowed the proper time to dry, i was actually quite pleased with the "visual" results. It was my first time and it went rather smoothly in my 2 car garage. But very quickly it became apparent that either something I did was wrong or the product I hastily chose did not have the qualities I was looking for.
Scuffs started showing up immediately, and from very minor impacts. Scratches, stains, dents etc began piling up rapidly. Tire marks so bad that every degreaser, magic eraser, every solvent I had could not get rid of them. I literally had to sand them away. Long story short, Epoxycoats system lasted all of 2 weeks before it started becoming impossible to keep stains off of and this is without any chips.
Now in all fairness, I never added a top coat of any kind, I did not know that I needed to or should do so. I did exactly as the instructions said no more no less.
Fast forward to now and i have the ugliest epoxy coated floor I have ever seen and it is riddled with scratches, scuffs, and stains. I cannot leave it like this, so I have been doing some research and the best option I have is to sand down the epoxy until i get all the major scratches and stains out and apply a colored Polyurea, high solids top coat. But as you all know, the brands and options are endless and makes me dizzy going through all the so called "review sites" just to figure out that they are just promoting their product.
Anyways, moving forward, I guess my questions to you guys are as follows:
1)What steps should I do to prep an already epoxied floor for a colored Polyurea top coat?
2)Without taking cost into consideration, what is the best high solids, 2 part polyurea brand that I can get shipped to CA. (I do not want any of that sissy, cheap, water based, 1 part nonsense)
3)Will Polyurea get those dreaded tire marks that are near impossible to remove and how well does it honestly hold up against scratches and scuffs?
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. If I get some respondents and some interests in my thread, i will post some pics of the current state of my epoxy nightmare.
Let me start out by introducing myself, My name is Tim and I live in the worst state for someone wanting to get a quality floor coating... California.
As anyone who lives here knows, finding a quality product that is able to be shipped here is quite a headache. About 6 months ago, I made a hasty choice without doing my due diligence and applied 2 coats of "Epoxy-coats" 2 part system. After I allowed the proper time to dry, i was actually quite pleased with the "visual" results. It was my first time and it went rather smoothly in my 2 car garage. But very quickly it became apparent that either something I did was wrong or the product I hastily chose did not have the qualities I was looking for.
Scuffs started showing up immediately, and from very minor impacts. Scratches, stains, dents etc began piling up rapidly. Tire marks so bad that every degreaser, magic eraser, every solvent I had could not get rid of them. I literally had to sand them away. Long story short, Epoxycoats system lasted all of 2 weeks before it started becoming impossible to keep stains off of and this is without any chips.
Now in all fairness, I never added a top coat of any kind, I did not know that I needed to or should do so. I did exactly as the instructions said no more no less.
Fast forward to now and i have the ugliest epoxy coated floor I have ever seen and it is riddled with scratches, scuffs, and stains. I cannot leave it like this, so I have been doing some research and the best option I have is to sand down the epoxy until i get all the major scratches and stains out and apply a colored Polyurea, high solids top coat. But as you all know, the brands and options are endless and makes me dizzy going through all the so called "review sites" just to figure out that they are just promoting their product.
Anyways, moving forward, I guess my questions to you guys are as follows:
1)What steps should I do to prep an already epoxied floor for a colored Polyurea top coat?
2)Without taking cost into consideration, what is the best high solids, 2 part polyurea brand that I can get shipped to CA. (I do not want any of that sissy, cheap, water based, 1 part nonsense)
3)Will Polyurea get those dreaded tire marks that are near impossible to remove and how well does it honestly hold up against scratches and scuffs?
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. If I get some respondents and some interests in my thread, i will post some pics of the current state of my epoxy nightmare.