I've got a newly applied epoxy floor and it rained a bit today (applied the epoxy itself 3 days ago and the gloss clearcoat 2 days ago). Full cure time on the tech sheets says 7 days. Would moisture extend that by much? The floor is sweating at the moment (surface moisture only; we had a freakish weather pattern hit where is was 40's/50's and now it's 70's and humid).
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Impac of moisture on cure time?
- Thread starter CT2012
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jaye944
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I "believe" the problem would not be to do with extended drying time etc.
It's more wether the epoxy would delaminate or adhere correctly.
Depends on the epoxy, the datasheet, generally will tell you, how long needed BETWEEN top coats, did you leave 2 days before clearcoat? sounds a bit long, usually needs 12 hours or next day kinda thing..
And for me, it was walkable after 12 hours, light traffic after 5 days (that is I drove my car on and then off) after 7 days (total) parked overnight
is the epoxy sweating? after the clearcoat, and or not drying?
It's more wether the epoxy would delaminate or adhere correctly.
Depends on the epoxy, the datasheet, generally will tell you, how long needed BETWEEN top coats, did you leave 2 days before clearcoat? sounds a bit long, usually needs 12 hours or next day kinda thing..
And for me, it was walkable after 12 hours, light traffic after 5 days (that is I drove my car on and then off) after 7 days (total) parked overnight
is the epoxy sweating? after the clearcoat, and or not drying?
jaye944
Banned
to also add, part of my garage floor outside the door besides my best effort to mask it got a little sprinkle on the topcoat while it was drying, seems ok
floor's sweating due to humidity, that's all. freakish weather, mainly. i've got a fan in there to circulate air and that's helping.
surface is actually quite hard, it's definitely drying. epoxy coat was about 12 hours after primer, and gloss was about 18 hours after epoxy.
this process has been unbelievably trying in terms of scheduling and juggling weather. end result looks great though.
surface is actually quite hard, it's definitely drying. epoxy coat was about 12 hours after primer, and gloss was about 18 hours after epoxy.
this process has been unbelievably trying in terms of scheduling and juggling weather. end result looks great though.