Polyaspartic floor, is this Normal?

[nr1416]

Just had someone do my floors yesterday and had some concern with the finish of the top coat. As you can see from the pic it is not uniform when you look at it in the sun.
Should I be concerned? can it be fixed? Just want some feedback from people who have this type of floor.

Thanks

 

[JStar4]

Maybe just a lil uneven rolling but if your not trained up on it that stuff is very hard and unforgiving to work with!

 

[ard]

Maybe just a lil uneven rolling but if your not trained up on it that stuff is very hard and unforgiving to work with!

What is the fix? A fresh top coat??

 

[NitroShark]

Looks like it "set up" before they were able to finish back rolling. Most likely have to scuff up and re top coat.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

The best way to coat a full flake is with high solids PAP, squeegee and back-roll. It's fast and easy. Only for Professionals as it takes a 3 man crew to do it right.

2nd best is "our way", using Nohr-S in several coats, very good for beginners or a pro who doesn't mind applying (2) coats.

Looks like the summer heat, product selection or inexperience prevailed here.
It can be scuffed using a grit wheel and recoated.

 

[JStar4]

Yep i just did 400sqft polyurea top coat in the florida heat with one other guy. We both had to move at a fast pace as i broomed out the polyurea he back rolled i edge rolled then final back roll. I think using the broom helps alot vs a squeege cause its 36 inches wide and leaves just enough behind for the mil thickness i want but deff you gotta know what your doing as it was getting sticky in about 7 min after being on the floor!

 

[Armorpoxy]

Agree, some uneven rolling. Another coat of a high solids PAP would help. This is more of a cosmetic issue rather than a performance issue.

 

[nr1416]

Makes sense then, lots of humidity and heat when they did it. The Installer told me over time with use you wont see the high spots with car and foot traffic. If I don't like it after a year, I'll get them to scuff it and recoat it. The pic is the worst it looks with the sun hitting it at the right angle. Other then that the job looks great.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Yep i just did 400sqft polyurea top coat in the florida heat with one other guy. We both had to move at a fast pace as i broomed out the polyurea he back rolled i edge rolled then final back roll. I think using the broom helps alot vs a squeege cause its 36 inches wide and leaves just enough behind for the mil thickness i want but deff you gotta know what your doing as it was getting sticky in about 7 min after being on the floor!

Cut your PAP with acetone (10% max) and keep it in the customer's AC until it's go time.

 

[JStar4]

Yea deff i use 10% xylene with polyurea. Also if they dont saturate the roller first it could roll uneven.

 

[Armorpoxy]

We offer two types of Spartacote Polyaspartic, one with about 25% solvents that works great and applied easily with reasonable working times and a 100% solids thicker version for indoor occupied or basement use with somewhat shorter times. It can be cut slightly with acetone if needed but it usually doesn't.

The 100% solids version is great as the coat over a full broadcast as it fills in the millions of valleys caused by the flecks, and can't yellow.

The nice thing about this category of coatings is that you can do a project in a single day and put your stuff back in by dinnertime! Not inexpensive though, these coatings cost about twice as much as traditional epoxy systems.

https://armorpoxy.com/spartacote-laticrete/

 

[JStar4]

I use hp spartacote flex sb. 72% works and looks great!

 

[MaryD]

My freshly installed (and the polyaspartic coating redone because the first time they did it was even worse) looks like this. Installers saying this is normal and due to unevenness in garage concrete coating. I think it's BS but am not sure I have much choice but to accept it.