Smoothing your rough floor

[LegacyIndustrial]

Garage Folks:

I wanted to share some pictures from jobs where a Legacy Industrial installer utilized our SL product. Take a look:

Link: http://legacyindustrial.blogspot.com/2012/10/smoothing-garage-floor-legacy-industrial.html

Link: http://legacyindustrial.blogspot.com/2012/10/epoxy-resurfacer-for-garage-floor.html

 

[dizheafta]

looks good

 

[luvmyglockfou]

Before pic looks like my floor....you can see the aggregate in mine. Don't suppose this would take care of that too? I can hope...

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

It goes down up to 1/16" thick. Our installer had never used it before and had excellent results in both cases. It is squeegeed out over the floor evenly and then spike rolled to release any entrained air. The squeegee has notches in it sized to match the amount of material we want left behind. It will act as your primer coat. Once cured, any good epoxy system can be applied over it, ours or others.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Of course, the key is proper prep (cleaning, grinding, patching) and application.

What the heck is a spiked roller ???

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

It releases any air that can be mixed in to a really thick product like out sl. It greatly reduces the chance for any bubbling on the surface. It is a necessity. The good news is that it can be cleaned in solvent and used over and over .

 

[TRC51]

So how hard is this stuff to put down... DIY? I have been looking for a solution to my beat up floor in my attached garage for a while now. I remodeled the garage and it looks great... except the floor. Been trying to decide how to approach this problem.

Anyway, what supplies do you need and where you get the spike roller? Or does this have be a professional job?

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

It is a DIY product. You would substitute your normal primer with our sl. You need a notched squeegee and a spiked roller, both available in our tools area.
I expect to have the tech data loaded today which includes full instructions.

 

[CNGsaves]

More curiosity on Spiked Roller technique . . . . this have any tie in with spiked shoes that are shown to apply?

So do you need both (Spiked Roller and Spiked Shoes)??

Thanks for sharing your expertise.

 

[munkey]

The spiked roller is used to "pop" any entrapped air bubbles before the product hardens...

The spiked shoes, on the other hand, are simply shoes with a minimal surface area in contact with the floor. They let you walk on wet epoxy to broadcast flakes or perform other tasks (removing bugs, fixing imperfections) before the coating cures, without leaving much of a "footprint".

They are both useful application tools but aren't directly related to one another.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

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