My Epoxy-Coat project-Finished today!

[jlansaw]

Spent most of last weekend cleaning my floor. Filled control joints through the week. And finally applied Epoxy-Coat today. With the help of my neighbor, we started around 8:00 this morning and finished about 2:30. We used 4 full taupe kits on 1500 sq.ft. and finished without a drop to spare. 16lbs. of flake still ran me a little short on the last section which is my only disappointment. I used homemade spiked shoes. Everything went as planned for a change. The floor looks pretty close to flawless, no bubbles, no fish eyes, it looks awesome with the exception of the light flake at the end. I would say proper prepping is everything on a project like this. Hope it performs as good as it looks!

 

[jlansaw]

Oh yeah, the pics! duh!

 

[mrobins297aaa]

looks great JL

 

[Carl B]

Pictures are way too small to see any details.

 

[srode]

From what I can see it looks very nice - but larger pictures and better lighting for sure!!

 

[rikmeister]

looks awesome mate.

 

[jlansaw]

yeah the cell phone pics ****!

 

[mrobins297aaa]

Jl I was just wondering if you did anything different this time to eliminate the air bubbles?

I know in a previous post you said you had trouble with them and were worried about when you did your shop floor it would be a issue.

i still have to do the other half of my garage floor 1100 sq.ft

your floor looks great

 

[MG David]

Excuse me but what are spike shoes and why do you need them?

 

[rugerlady]

Spike shoes enable you to walk through the wet epoxy. In larger spaces they are very handy and allow for a more even flake/nonskid distribution.

 

[formek]

Excuse me but what are spike shoes and why do you need them?

after we finished we thought that we could not have done my floor without the spiked shoes. I have to say they **** to walk in but realy helped a lot.

 

[bayoubengal]

Why did it take you 4 kits to complete the job? Shouldn't each kit have covered 500 sq ft if used properly?

Just wondering because I'm about to do mine at 900 sq ft, and was only going to order two kits.

 

[edkoz]

Why did it take you 4 kits to complete the job? Shouldn't each kit have covered 500 sq ft if used properly?

Just wondering because I'm about to do mine at 900 sq ft, and was only going to order two kits.

I just finished my 900 sq ft garage with the Epoxy Coat Professional and Clearcoat.

I used 4 kits of the gray and 2 kits of the clearcoat.
This allowed for 2 coats of gray and 1 coat of clear. The spec sheet for the clear says 500 sq ft per gallon on freshly painted floors. The 2 gallons I bought worked perfectly,

If you do the clearcoat use the supplied sand. Every time you get ready to refill your roller tray mix the can again because the sand will settle.

Definitely get the spikes. I used some old golf shoes but if I had it to do over I would definitely invest in the spike shoes.

http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106212

 

[jlansaw]

Jl I was just wondering if you did anything different this time to eliminate the air bubbles?

I know in a previous post you said you had trouble with them and were worried about when you did your shop floor it would be a issue.

I think proper cleaning and triple rinsing along with the baking soda must have help prevent the bubbles. When I did the bathroom I think I must have not got all the acid rinsed off the floor as I had no where to rinse the solution to, I had to mop it up. When I did the shop area, I was able to rinse everthing out the overdoors. That's just my guess. Clean, clean, clean, rinse ,rinse, rinse?

 

[jlansaw]

Why did it take you 4 kits to complete the job? Shouldn't each kit have covered 500 sq ft if used properly?

Just wondering because I'm about to do mine at 900 sq ft, and was only going to order two kits.

It's not an exact science when applying the epoxy. My guess is when I applied mine I went a little heavier or thicker than the 9.7 mil thickness stated in the instructions. I divided my floor into 15 sections. Each section may have went down a little different. Also in mixing 15 batches, a certain amount of epoxy stayed in the bucket 15 times. There is also overlap of each section. There is also the ability of my neighbor to hit the mixing marks on the stick exactly right 15 times. This apparently all adds up. I had a feeling I would would run short with 3 kits so I bought a fourth and I'm so glad I did.

 

[jlansaw]

Excuse me but what are spike shoes and why do you need them?

I didn't bother buying spiked shoes. I did however make my own. I traced an old pair of sneakers onto some scrap osb. Cut out and drove screws through than patterns. Then I just wired over the top of shoes to hold them to the osb. They looked funny but worked excellant. I would never do an epoxy project without them.