When Having an epoxy floor done in your garage, home or business there are many things that can go wrong.
A few issues are untrained technicians, this is not a job for the normal painter as epoxy has all different curing times, application methods and must be done correctly and as per the manufacturers specifications.
Lack of knowledge on the preparation of the surface is another huge issue and where we usually see failures such as peeling, blistering and more. Not knowing what the proper csp (concrete surface profile) should be for the product and surface your are applying the epoxy to can be a recipe for disaster.
I have seen countless times contractors grinding floors or after inspecting failures facilities and businesses tell me “I saw them grinding” that are not even close to being correctly prepared, in actuality they polished the floors and made it worse through improperly grinding the floor.
Just because you see or hear someone say they are grinding does not mean they are doing it correctly, ask them what csp profile they are achieving and see if they know the answer.
What products are being used? Again if you go out to dinner and order a steak, you know there are many different grades, suppliers and they way it is cooked, this all affects the taste and price of that steak dinner. The same goes with epoxy, when you hear buzz words like polyaspartic, 100%solids that can mean anything and any grade, you can certainly buy a cheap and worthless 100% solid epoxy that just is not the same quality as another.
A typical homeowner will not be able to tell or see a difference until they have to re do their floor much, much sooner than expected. Heck you may not see any difference at all. It is hard to tell one floor from the next and the internet doesn’t help much with the proper information of real world epoxy floor installation.
The kits from the big box stores are just not the same high grade epoxy used by professional contractors, they are made to be easier to apply for the normal homeowner, with some professional epoxies and urethane’s, once mixed we may only have 15 minutes to get it on the floor. So when purchasing those kits remember cost vs value, yes it will be much less expensive to do it yourself now, but the time it takes you to do it you could of spent doing other things and the matter of having it last will certainly cost you more in the long run
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