l78mark
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HELLLLP.
I had my garage floor coated about 20 years ago by a professional painter, he cleaned and acid etched the concrete, He also washed it down 3 more times to make sure it was cleaned and the acid washed away. then he put fans in the garage for a few days to make sure all of the moisture was gone. he put 2 good coats of grey epoxy on the floor and it looked Great so needless to say I was a happy camper. Unfortunately about 6 months later I noticed blisters appearing in the epoxy and when I scraped them up there was a white powder under them.
I called the contractor who painted the floor and he had no idea what the problem was so we got a paint rep in to look at it and he knew what the problem was. The concrete was poured in January so they put Calcium in the mix which is not a problem unless you try to paint it.
I learned to live with it through the years. I stored my cars in the garage and did some minor work in there but now I'm retired and I am doing the restoration on one of my Camaros I practically live in there and have to look at this ugly *** floor every day. I am looking for options at this point, the garage is 45X20. I thought about putting a rubber based flooring down or just having it ripped up and a new floor poured, it's not cheap but if that is my only option I will need to relocate 40 years of stuff for a few weeks. Any help is greatly appreciated. I will try and post pictures of the ugliest floor known to man. Thanks...
Mark
I had my garage floor coated about 20 years ago by a professional painter, he cleaned and acid etched the concrete, He also washed it down 3 more times to make sure it was cleaned and the acid washed away. then he put fans in the garage for a few days to make sure all of the moisture was gone. he put 2 good coats of grey epoxy on the floor and it looked Great so needless to say I was a happy camper. Unfortunately about 6 months later I noticed blisters appearing in the epoxy and when I scraped them up there was a white powder under them.
I called the contractor who painted the floor and he had no idea what the problem was so we got a paint rep in to look at it and he knew what the problem was. The concrete was poured in January so they put Calcium in the mix which is not a problem unless you try to paint it. I learned to live with it through the years. I stored my cars in the garage and did some minor work in there but now I'm retired and I am doing the restoration on one of my Camaros I practically live in there and have to look at this ugly *** floor every day. I am looking for options at this point, the garage is 45X20. I thought about putting a rubber based flooring down or just having it ripped up and a new floor poured, it's not cheap but if that is my only option I will need to relocate 40 years of stuff for a few weeks. Any help is greatly appreciated. I will try and post pictures of the ugliest floor known to man. Thanks...Mark