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This page is dedicated to directing you toward internet articles on various aspects of epoxy floor coatings and paints. This includes surface preparation, floors with color chips, things that can go wrong, suitability of the floor for coating, etc.
Unless stated otherwise, CLICK HERE to go to a help page/LINK PAGE which has the actual
links to the articles described here (LINK PAGE = www.epoxyproducts.com/help.html)
First things first. New to epoxies? Need to learn the basics of epoxy resins? Here are four articles to get you up to speed.
1) 25POINTS4U.HTML, covers 25 key points about epoxies
2) EPOXYPAINT101.HTML continues the lessons regarding epoxy basics.
3) FAIL4U.HTML explains why coatings can fail
4) EVAL4U.HTML tells you how to evaluate your epoxy and your epoxy vendor
You will find these links on our "Link Page" in the INFO SECTION
SELF TEST
Do you know enough about epoxy floor coating products and options to make an intelligent purchase? CLICK HERE to go our 10 POINT TEST, ten questions and issues you should be able to breeze through and answer if you are up to speed on epoxy floor paint options and issues. If you need help, chasing the links to article sites listed here will get you up to speed.
EPOXY DIY GARAGE FLOOR COAT BASICS. There are three articles the introduce you
to epoxy floors. Is your floor suitable for an epoxy coating? There are different kinds of epoxies, which is right
for you? Your floor could be a 1 - 7 coat system, figure out what you want. If colored chips in the floor appeals
to you, there are lots of other decisions to be made. Chip floors are usually multi coat systems and there are
2 or 3 methods for applying them. They are also usually a blend of epoxy layers and urethane layers. These three
articles overlap each other quite a bit, but we'll list them from the most simple article to the more advanced
article. Go to the INFO SECTION of our Link Page and click on BEGINFLOORU4.HTML, FLOORCOATINGS.HTML, FLOORCOATINGS4U.HTML.
COLOR CHARTS. There are three color charts for you to look at. Keep in mind that epoxies all yellow with time and
UV/sunlight exposure. Epoxies are not color stable. Clear, white, and light colored epoxy coatings will easily
show any yellowing, while colors like cream, beige, yellow, black will not. The colored chips often used with epoxy
floors are manufactured in only 2 or 3 factories. Go to the PRODUCTS SECTION (color chart subsection) of our Link
Page and click on color chip chart (CHIPS4U.HTML), solvent free Industrial Floor Epoxy (tm) colors (FLOORCHART.HTML),
and the waterbased floor epoxy - Water Bond (tm) color chart (RUBBERDECKCHART.PDF).
EPOXY CONCRETE PAINT. The article about painting your concrete slab gives reason why and problem with applying
an epoxy to your concrete/cement slab. Like any of the other articles here, it covers basic information you should
know before using any commercial grade epoxy concrete floor coating. Go to the INFO SECTION on our Link Page and
click on SLAB.HTML.
EPOXY CHIP FLOOR SYSTEM. Here is another three article set of files to view if you are considering one of those
"Paint Chip" epoxy floors. The two pictures at the top of this page come from these files. Epoxy Chip
Floor systems are just that, a system. There are several ways to apply them and different combinations of epoxies
and non-epoxies to use. The first article file, in printable PDF format, is a how to guide for putting down what
is often called an epoxy vinyl chip seamless floor. The second article describes one popular method and the third
article actually looks at that popular method of epoxy floor application is a case study format. Go to the INFO
SECTION of our Link Page and click on FLOORCHIP.PDF, FLOORPOPULAR.HTML and then FLOORCS.HTML (in the case study
section of the Link Page).
EPOXY DIY GARAGE FLOOR SURFACE PREPARATION - ACID ETCH - ACID ETCHING. Good things seem to come in threes. Yet
another set of three articles worth your time dealing with preparing your concrete floor / slab / garage / for
epoxy paint. The problem with surface preparation is that you never know if you've done it well enough, or enough
of it, until after the fact. In some cases no amount of surface preparation is enough. Coating failure can result
from issues outside of your control. Suitable and correct surface preparation is what makes or breaks a professional
/ commercial epoxy floor contractor. His income and reputation is on the line. He has to call the surface prepartion
right or he is in big trouble. The good epoxy contractors know when to just walk away from a job rather than bidding
on it. Correct surface preparation can make his high fees all worth while. Industrial epoxy surface preparation
also has access to 'shot blast' equipment that most homeowners and DIY folks don't have. Article one covers surface
preparation in general, not just concrete floors. Article two talks about the options for home owners and article
three is strictly about the acid etching method of floor preparation. Go to the INFO SECTION (surface prep subsection)
on our Link Page and click on PREP.HTML, HOME4U.HTML and finally ACID.HTML.
CONCRETE MOISTURE CONTROL. Water and moisture inside your concrete can keep coatings from sticking as well as producing
a dank, musty smell. One product (not an epoxy) that will reduce the the moisture/moisture movement in the concrete
is called Bio Vee Seal (tm). Basically if soaks into the exposed concrete then forms crystals in the tiny void
spaces. Simply put, it 'clogs up the cement/concrete' thus reducing moisture flow. Read more. Go to the PRODUCT
SECTION on our Link Page - "BIO VEE SEAL" - and click on the VEE4U.HTML link.
NON SLIP - ANTI SLIP PAINT / ADDITIVES. Lots and lots of options here! Grits come in different sizes and have different
textures depending upon how thick the coating it is being used with. Also, different kinds of grits, as well as
different methods of grit application resulting in different textures. How much grit do you want, 10% coverage
or 100% coverage? Also at least two coatings with grit already in them. You could spend an entire winter developing
the 'grit' system for your project. Two articles address this topic. Go to the INFO SECTION of our Link Page and
click on GRIT.HTML and NONSLIP.HTML.
SAND QUARTZ FLOORS / QUARTZ EPOXY FLOOR - SERIOUS COMMERCIAL EPOXY FLOOR SYSTEM. An epoxy floor is really just
a semi-hard plastic floor. It wears and scratches, especially if running forklifts over it and dragging things
across it. The serious commercial epoxy floor involves a rolled down layer of floor epoxy paint completely covered
/ saturated with sand. Then a sealing topcoat of more epoxy to 'glue down' the top 'layer' of sand. The result
is sort of a sand/quartz floor held in place with epoxy rather than just an epoxy painted surface. Commercial /
Industrial floor areas use the same pigmented epoxy for the base and topcoat and ordinary hardware store play sand
for the sand additive. Fancy applications use blends of color sands and clear coats. The big drawback for this
sort colored sand quartz floor is the high shipping costs of the heavy colored sand (need about 1 pound per square
foot). Go to the INFO SECTION on our Link Page and click on the QUARTZ4U.HTML link.
EPOXY FLOOR PROBLEMS - WHAT CAN GO WRONG. You will not see these kind of articles from most floor epoxy vendors!
- Outgassing bubbles, adhesion issues, etc. can be real problems that catch you unexpected. Know what can go wrong
by reading these two articles. Go to the INFO SECTION on our Link Page and click on the PROBLEM.HTML and the PINHOLE4U.HTML
links.
WATER BASED DIY GARAGE EPOXY PAINT. About the only place water-based epoxy paints are used is on floors because
they need lots of exposure to air for the water to evaporate away. These coatings are very user friendly to apply,
but the result is a very thin coating, more like a coat of enamel than epoxy. Learn more Go to the PRODUCTS SECTION
on our Link Page and click on the WATER BOND (AQUAROCK.HTML) link.
EPOXY - LATEX - ACRYLIC FLOOR SYSTEM. With a little imagination you can combine different kind of paint systems
for a really unique floor. Go to the INFO SECTION of our Link Page and click on the LATEXFLOOR.HTML link.
GARAGE EPOXY PAINT - EPOXY GARAGE PAINT. Painting your garage floor? Issues like tire pick-up, oil, damaged concrete
etc. can be real issues. Learn about seamless garage floor epoxy systems with our first article, then read an actual
garage floor case study. Go to the INFO SECTION of our Link Page and click on the GARAGE4U.HTML link, then go to
the CASE STUDY section of our Link Page and click on the FLOORCS.HTML link.
This page is dedicated to directing you toward internet articles on various aspects of epoxy floor coatings and paints. This includes surface preparation, floors with color chips, things that can go wrong, suitability of the floor for coating, etc.
Unless stated otherwise, CLICK HERE to go to a help page/LINK PAGE which has the actual
links to the articles described here RE: Epoxy Resin Systems
In the last five years or so there has a massive increase in the number of web sites selling epoxy floor paints to home owners and small businesses. These sites contract sharply with the older traditional sites (including ours) that sell quality epoxies to professional coating contractors and other industry professionals. We suggest you proceed carefully when surfing internet epoxy floor paint sites. The sites are always slick and obviously designed by the marketing department and not the technical staff. They offer prices that range from super cheap to way too high. They tend to be full of promises, pictures and claims, but very weak on actual technical product information about the product itself. The often fail to mention that all epoxies yellow in UV and sunlight, that surface preparation and surface conditions, which are outside the control of the epoxy vendor, can often be a real problem that can make or break a project. Potlife and mixing issues are also downplayed. I oftens see claims that if true would be breakthrough advancements in the coating industry, but never mentioned in coating industry trade magazines/journals or used/mentioned by the major epoxy/paint/chemical companies. Experienced epoxy users know these claims are too good to be true, but they make good promotional copy for selling to non-industry buyers. Problems and issues associated with 2 part chemical products (epoxies) purchased online buy inexperienced users can be difficult or impossible to resolve. Who is at fault when the problem is due to user inexperience, an unsuitable surface or conditions, poor surface preparation, purchasing the wrong product, or damage in shipping? Professional sites also make easily available technical product data sheets and MSDS (required Material Data Safety Sheets - which includes a chemical ingredietns list, necessary for comparing different products and different products from different vendors). I find these are often missing in many of the flashy DIY sites. It is a Red Flag and usually means they are hiding product chemical information which can give an educated viewer a good idea of the quality and potential performance of the epoxy. |
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