nip_tuck123
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Just wanted to share some of my experiences with laying down some 2 part epoxy on a garage floor. After spending many hours on here reviewing others experiences, I decided to try it myself.
Prepping the concrete was by far the hardest part. My son and I spent approximately 14 hours grinding our 660 sq. ft. 3-car garage with an Edco dual disc grinder. The guy at the rental yard swore that the standard medium grit sanding stones were the way to go for a rough finish. Wrong. After spending several hours with the standard stones that worked very slowly and left a smooth finish, I went back and got the dyma-serts and found them to work much faster and left a rough finish like needed for an epoxy coating.
If you're considering doing this, be ready to spend alot of time grinding. It's a VERY SLOW process and if it weren't for my son helping, I don't know that I would've finished. Even though the dyma-serts were faster, it's still a very time-consuming job.
After the grinding was finished, we spent approximately 2 hours sweeping, vacuuming and blowing out the garage. I chose not to get the floor wet, so we didn't rinse or pressure wash the floor. It was my understanding that moisture in the concrete is not a good thing, so I didn't want to risk it.
Laying down the epoxy itself was pretty easy, even though we were fighting wind and a slight drizzle. We left the garage doors open but covered the opening with plastic sheeting to keep debris and rain out. We mixed a smaller batch and did the edges first. My son and I both had spiked shoes on, I squeegeed and he rolled. After the grinding part this seemed like a walk in the park. We put down the flake but no anti-skid.
The results were amazing. I'm very pleased with the floor and it seems nice, thick and hard as nails. We had no issues with drying. 24 hours after laying it down it was dry. We waited 48 hours before bringing anything in, and 72 hours before parking a car on it. It's been down one week so far and honestly this stuff looks like it'll last for many, many years.
Prepping the concrete was by far the hardest part. My son and I spent approximately 14 hours grinding our 660 sq. ft. 3-car garage with an Edco dual disc grinder. The guy at the rental yard swore that the standard medium grit sanding stones were the way to go for a rough finish. Wrong. After spending several hours with the standard stones that worked very slowly and left a smooth finish, I went back and got the dyma-serts and found them to work much faster and left a rough finish like needed for an epoxy coating.
If you're considering doing this, be ready to spend alot of time grinding. It's a VERY SLOW process and if it weren't for my son helping, I don't know that I would've finished. Even though the dyma-serts were faster, it's still a very time-consuming job.
After the grinding was finished, we spent approximately 2 hours sweeping, vacuuming and blowing out the garage. I chose not to get the floor wet, so we didn't rinse or pressure wash the floor. It was my understanding that moisture in the concrete is not a good thing, so I didn't want to risk it.
Laying down the epoxy itself was pretty easy, even though we were fighting wind and a slight drizzle. We left the garage doors open but covered the opening with plastic sheeting to keep debris and rain out. We mixed a smaller batch and did the edges first. My son and I both had spiked shoes on, I squeegeed and he rolled. After the grinding part this seemed like a walk in the park. We put down the flake but no anti-skid.
The results were amazing. I'm very pleased with the floor and it seems nice, thick and hard as nails. We had no issues with drying. 24 hours after laying it down it was dry. We waited 48 hours before bringing anything in, and 72 hours before parking a car on it. It's been down one week so far and honestly this stuff looks like it'll last for many, many years.
Been pretty **** about keeping the floor nice lol. A few more pics...made sure we took plenty. The grinding dust was EVERYWHERE!
