Smoothing Floor?

[Blackmesa]

Hello. I'm getting ready to prep my garage floor for a rust bullet coating. Considering it's age, the floor is in really good shape and is *mostly* smooth. However, there are a few small divots, cracks, etc... that I'd like to smooth over, nothing deeper than 1/8".

Whats the best process/product to smooth out the floor? Regular cement and a trowel? Some kind of filler? I'd like to avoid re-coating the whole floor if possible.

 

[Shea]

Pick up some Rust-Oleum EpoxyShield Concrete Patch and Repair from your local home improvement center. It's inexpensive and works great for those type of repairs. Once cured, sand it smooth with the rest of the floor and you are good to go.

 

[Garage Flooring]

Hello. I'm getting ready to prep my garage floor for a rust bullet coating. Considering it's age, the floor is in really good shape and is *mostly* smooth. However, there are a few small divots, cracks, etc... that I'd like to smooth over, nothing deeper than 1/8".

Whats the best process/product to smooth out the floor? Regular cement and a trowel? Some kind of filler? I'd like to avoid re-coating the whole floor if possible.

Pick up some Rust-Oleum EpoxyShield Concrete Patch and Repair from your local home improvement center. It's inexpensive and works great for those type of repairs. Once cured, sand it smooth with the rest of the floor and you are good to go.

That should work great. We have patch kits as well, but if you can get a good one locally and get a head start, that is great.

 

[Blackmesa]

Pick up some Rust-Oleum EpoxyShield Concrete Patch and Repair from your local home improvement center. It's inexpensive and works great for those type of repairs. Once cured, sand it smooth with the rest of the floor and you are good to go.

Thank you both! When you say sand smooth do you mean a grinder or an actual sander? Any specific grit? Thanks again.

 

[Shea]

It cures extremely hard. If you have a grinder then that will work fine. It sounds like minor repairs, so no need to run out and buy one if you don't have one. If you have an orbital sander, get some 40 grit sandpaper. A block sander with the lowest grit paper you can find will work as well.

Just try to get the patch as smooth as you can when you apply it and it will require less work to smooth it out flush with the rest of the floor.

 

[Garage Flooring]

It cures extremely hard. If you have a grinder then that will work fine. It sounds like minor repairs, so no need to run out and buy one if you don't have one. If you have an orbital sander, get some 40 grit sandpaper. A block sander with the lowest grit paper you can find will work as well.

Just try to get the patch as smooth as you can when you apply it and it will require less work to smooth it out flush with the rest of the floor.

Shea, have you tried a putty knife (wider than the area to be repaired) dipped in warm water to level off the surface prior to curing-- with this product. On a couple of products we are playing with it gives an unbelievable surface finish BUT if the product shrinks a lot, its useless...

 

[Shea]

Shea, have you tried a putty knife (wider than the area to be repaired) dipped in warm water to level off the surface prior to curing-- with this product. On a couple of products we are playing with it gives an unbelievable surface finish BUT if the product shrinks a lot, its useless...

I've used Windex on epoxy slurry patches before with good results but haven't tried hot water on smaller patch repairs. Yes, the trick is to have a putty knife or trowel larger than the repair.