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SKIP EVERYTHING - GO TO OUR ONLINE STORE AND ORDER OUR SOLVENT FREE (WET THICKNESS EQUALS DRY THICKNESS) "INDUSTRIAL FLOOR EPOXY" - 1.5 GAL UNIT (COVERS ABOUT 180-200 SF) IN LIGHT GRAY OR BEIGE. OR ORDER OUR USER FRIENDLY, WATERBASED FLOOR EPOXY "WATER BOND" IN MEDIUM GRAY ( 1 GAL KIT COVERS ABOUT 200-225 SF). CLICK HERE see section 2 epoxy paints

GOTO THE FLOOR COATINGS PAGE IN OUR PRODUCT CATALOG - CLICK HERE

we have a page that talks about all your anti-slip options - click here

Information on Vinyl Chip system floors OFTEN FOR GARAGES BUT

ALSO INCLUDING HOW IT WAS DONE ON A BOAT

Epoxy for Garage floors

paint chip color chart

Garage Concrete Floor Coating

(Commercial Grade Professional Epoxy Paints, etc.)

This is your starting point page (with lots of internet links) for learning about all kinds of epoxy floor coating options, from low cost garage epoxy floors, to decorative home floors, to high-end commercial work floors.

Note that while is page was written for cement floors the methods and products will also work on wood/plywood and metal floors

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Unlike our competitors we welcome communications from our visitors and customers. Questions? Ideas? Comments? Ready to Order? We're best reached by email (info@epoxyproducts.com) which is checked ALMOST 365 days a year. You can call us during our Office/Desk hours which are Mon-Thur 10:30-3 Eastern time - 603-435-7199. Orders are best handled online (click here for more contact info and links to our online 3rd party store), but telephone orders are cheerfully accepted too. If you are interested in epoxy floors please first read our page www.epoxyproducts.com/floorcoatings.html before calling or emailing as there are dozens of different epoxies, application methods, etc. that you need to think about first. Without first reading that page, we could spend hours and hours discussing your options while other people are also trying to contact us.

K.I.S.S. - - "Keep it simple!" section:

This page provide you with tons of information and many many options. It could take you a long time to work through the different epoxies available, different application methods, etc. etc.

For those of us that like to KEEP IT SIMPLE, (K.I.S.S.) just pick one of the four basic options:

1) One coat of our waterbased floor epoxy - WATERBOND™ - rolled on with a regular paint roller (color MEDIUM gray only). PRO- easy CON- thin coat that doesn't hide cracks etc. Commercial - industrial grade version of the 'homeowner' water based floor epoxies sold in the big Box Stores. LISTED BELOW

2) One coat of our solvent free INDUSTRIAL FLOOR EPOXY - rolled on with a short nap epoxy roller (we sell these). Result is a classic epoxy thick, glassy, tile-like finish. PRO- thick, hiding coat, odorless CON- short working time & needs a good surface LISTED BELOW

Note that on surfaces other than residential garages (where the cement is generally 'vibrated down' to remove air from the cement) i.e. barns, workshops, etc. air trapped in the cement can be released into the thick epoxy forming lots of air bubble/blisters/craters. Reduce or eliminate by sealing the cement first with a thinned epoxy sealer like our ESP 155™ .

3) One coat of our tan colored semi-thin epoxy - ROUGH COAT™ - with grit already in it. Great for breezeways, patios, decks, landings. etc. Apply with ordinary roller. PRO - easy non slip surface CON- thin coat LISTED BELOW

4) BIO VEE GLOSS™- a non epoxy, waterbased clear acrylic. A light duty cement sealer (will work on other surfaces too) that will give a gloss finish (may take 2-3 coats for the gloss to show) resulting in an attractive, easy to keep clean, surface. LISTED BELOW

WHY PROFESSIONIALS DON'T USE 'BOX STORE' EPOXY PAINTS

One would think that epoxy paints sold at superstores would be expensive. There are many links in the chain from manufacturer, distributor, shipper and store. Each needs a 'piece of the pie' to make a living. That's why you don't see epoxy floor professionals outside of Home Depot on Saturday mornings. But the paradox is they pay a lot more than Home Depot prices. Industrial grade epoxies typically sell for $75 to $750 per gallon. And those are the factory/manufacturer prices, not the inflated store prices (which can easily be 300% more than the 'starting price'). So why are the prices so low at the consumer super stores?

* some of the coatings are old technology, no longer used by professionals. Shifting them to the superstores at rock bottom prices means squeezing out a bit more profit.

* they are low end products to start with (why not everyone buys tools at the Dollar Store). Professionals need the 'good stuff' - their reputations are on the line.

You will not find our products at any superstore, or being resold (after a 60%-100% markup) by some distributor or agent. Our niche is commercial epoxies made available to homeowners (and professional contractors!)

READ ABOUT PRIMER OPTIONS/CONCERNS AT OUR PRIMER PAGE

primers improve bond to the cement and can reduce air bubbles coming out of the cement and getting trapped in the epoxy - CLICK HERE

.. CLICK HERE TO GOOGLE SEARCH OUR ENTIRE WEB SITE FOR KEY TERMS/WORDS ..

EXAMPLE OF DIY GARAGE FLOOR WITH CHIPS - ACTUAL CUSTOMER EXAMPLE - CLICK HERE

Note: basements are like garages, but with much more serious moisture problems that could cause a coating to fail. Some coating manufactures simply don't recommend their products for basements to avoid these potential problems

At the bottom of this page we also have links to some of our competitors as well as some "how to" sites on epoxy floors.

Knowledge is Power - We like informed consumers!

Finally, email us back with your questions or comments before you buy - EMAIL HERE

GOTO THE FLOOR COATINGS PAGE IN OUR CATALOG (www.epoxyproducts.com/b_floor.html)

BEFORE WE BEGIN: Our approach here at Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc., is to educate you about epoxy floors and then offer you all the options. This also means you'll have to make a good number of decisions. Some people really like this 'information based/take charge of it yourself' approach. Other people get upset because we do not offer/provide a stock/one approach 'kit' that they can purchase without having to do any of the 'homework' that begins below. So, if you're looking for that off the shelf kit with a five minute decison process, you're at the wrong epoxy floor site.

Before we get into the kinds of floor epoxies, application, etc. we have another web page that give more of the broader picture and general pluses and minuses of epoxy floors - sort of the bigger picture before you focus on down to the specifics on this page - to visit www.epoxyproducts.com/beginfloor4u.html (click here).

In a nutshell: 3 kinds of floor epoxies:

1) thick, shiny, no solvents or odor - can be slippery when wet; serious commerical stuff - called: INDUSTRIAL FLOOR EPOXY ---

2) water-based floor epoxy - thin - will not hide cracks or flaws but functional and the most user friendly. Sometimes used as a primer under option #1. called: WATER BOND ---

3) solvent based thin epoxy with anti-slip grit - tan color only. Use by itself or over other epoxies. called ROUGH COAT------

EPOXIES WITH COLORED CHIPS - you pick chip colors and percentages from online color chart. Several different methods to apply - generally a 1 to 4 coat system - you must decide! How much or how little surface prep and primer or no primer - also you decision! We only provide the products - with enough options to get your head spinning.

Note: the common floor epoxy sold in the big box stores is typically a water-based floor epoxy.

These epoxies can be found in our floor page of our catalog: (www.epoxyproducts.com/b_floor.html)

In a nutshell (part 2) - coating product options:

1) Bio Vee Gloss™ - a non epoxy, clear acrylic waterbased concrete sealer (a good, cheap, alternative). CATALOG LINK

2) Industrial Floor Epoxy™- a solvent free epoxy. Can be used as is or with chips or plain/colored sands. Add grit for anti-slip. Colors: light gray or beige. CATALOG LINK

2-b) various clear solvent free epoxies for sealing in colored chips, etc. Can also be pigmented (we carry several colors of epoxy pigments) for additional sovlent free floor coating options (much like the Industrial Floor Epoxy mentioned above). CATALOG LINK

3) Water Bond™ - waterbased floor epoxy (or can be used as a primer under the Industrial Floor Epoxy). Easy to apply. Add grit for anti Slip. Color: medium gray. CATALOG LINK

4) Rough Coat™- a solvent based, tan colored epoxy with fine grit already in it. Nice texture. Can be painted over for a different color. CATALOG LINK

5) Acrylic Poly UV plus™ - a high solvent, 2 part urethane often used as a clear coat over epoxies because it will keep the epoxy glossy and will keep it from yellowing. Found in the Non Epoxy/Urethane section of our catalogs. Best if applied over a coat of thinned epoxy when used on wood. CATALOG LINK

6) Aluthane™ - an aluminum filled moistured cured urethane. A general purpose, high perforance, high solvent, metallic coating. Often used on metal or wood structures, it also makes a touch, durable, gray/silver floor coating that can be applied at low temperature. Found in the Non Epoxy/Urethane section of our catlaogs. CATALOG LINK

7) India Spar Varnish™ - old fashion oil based varnish for wood surfaces. Best if applied over a coat of thinned epoxy when used on wood. CATALOG LINK

Getting Started

note: these epoxy systems will also work on wood, metal and fiberglass surfaces.

Step 1: Is your cement floor suitable for coating?

What kind of surface prep can you do or are you willing to do? This is best discussed in our 'garage/basement page" Some folks get away with just sweeping and painting. Others do all sorts of prep. It is your call (we cannot make that call for you!). You usually don't know if you have done enough util it is too late. http://www.epoxyproducts.com/garage4u.html

What is your objective? protect the cement and easy to sweep (functional) or 'showroom'? Are you willing to take the time, effort and cost required for a fancy multi coat system? It could be a 1 to 7 coat system. Want to have that paint clip look? - there are several different application methods and different coatings to consider, not counting the color, percent of each color and how thick you want to put the chips down. See http://www.epoxyproducts.com/chips4u.html

What can go wrong -

the Problem Page CLICK HERE

A water based epoxy system or a thicker solvent free epoxy floor coating? You'll need to decide this before you can proceed. See Water based epoxy option below.

"Serious" workshop/industrial/workplace often use a 2 coat quartz broadcast floor. "Fancy" residential garages often like a colored chip floor system. "Plain/functional" is ususally just a single coat of the solvent free (Industrial Floor Epoxy™) or water based (Water Bond™, or solvent based with grit, floor epoxy (Rough Coat™).

You can select (or may require) anything from a 1 coat system thru a 7 coat system..........

Step 2: Optional step - seal the concrete internally with our Bio Vee Seal product. Leaves nothing on the surface - reduces or removes musty odors and dampness. Cheap, easy, no surface prep needed - must be applied direct to the concrete. (about 20 cents per square foot)

USED BY ITSELF, IT WILL REDUCE, OR ELIMINATE, MOISTURE MIGRATION THROUGH CONCRETE FLOORS AND WELLS (THROUGH THE CONCRETE ITSELF, NOT WHEN MIGRATION IS THROUGH CRACKS). IT IS USED ON CONCRETE THAT IS ALWAYS A BIT DAMP AND TO END THE 'MUSTY' OR DAMP SMELL IN BASEMENTS, ETC. PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, BUT LESS OBVIOUS, IS THAT BY REDUCING OR ELIMINATING MOISTURE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE CONCRETE IT INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SUCCESSFUL PAINT OR COATING JOB ON THE CONCRETE SURFACE (NOTE: THIS PRODUCT WORKS BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE CONCRETE, IT LEAVES NOTHING ON THE SURFACE). THIS IS BECAUSE MANY COATING FAILURES ARE THE RESULT OF MOISTURE OR VAPOR PRESSURE BUILDING UP ON THE UNDERSIDE OF COATINGS APPLIED TO CONCRETE.

BECAUSE OF THIS, BIO VEE SEAL IS ALSO A RECOMMENDED, BUT OPTIONAL, PRE-TREATMENT TO CONCRETE SURFACES THAT WILL BE COATED WITH SOME SORT OF SURFACE COATING.

Step 3: Consider applying a clear sealer over the concrete (instead of a more durable, tougher, higher quality epoxy floor paint), whether you've applied Bio Vee Seal or not. These medium quality sealers will give the concrete a shiny wet look and reduce dusting on the surface. Cleaning and sweeping will be easier. Note that this step could mean you can never epoxy coat the surface in the future.

THIS PRODUCT IS LISTED IN OUR CLEAR COATINGS SECTION (SECTION D) CLICK HERE (CLEAR EPOXY) TO GO THERE.

Step 4: Optional step - coat - prime surface with our water based floor epoxy - Water Bond. Looks like a coat of thin paint - will not hide or fill cracks, chips etc. Leaves original cement non-slip texture. Water based so it soaks into the cement resulting in a decreased risk of coating adhesion failure (water based primers may be better than solvent based primers on concrete) . Needs two coats to uniformly cover non-uniform colored cement. Can be used as a finish or final coat too. (about 30 cents per squ. foot). LOTS MORE ABOUT PRIMERS.

Step 5: Apply 100% solids epoxy floor paint (Industrial Floor Epoxy - click here INDUSTRIAL FLOOR EPOXY) - will probably need to add anti-slip grit. You can get more fancy here: broadcast colored chips or sand (plain or colored) for thicker and/or more durable and/or more decorative look. (about 40 cents per square foot to $2 per square foot for the fancy multicoat systems). This step may include several coats of pigmented and clear epoxies with chips or colored sands in one or more of the coats.

The Water Bond (step 4) can also be used (and often is) as the first and only epoxy floor coating - instead of the Industrial Floor Epoxy.

Another option is our Rough Coat™ (thin solvent based, tan colored floor epoxy with non-skid grit already mixed in) over either the Water Bond epoxy or the Industrial Floor Epoxy.

INEXPENSIVE SPECIAL AFFECTS

Step 6: sometimes people topcoat the epoxy with a more color stable urethane (i.e. a snowy white floor) or clear polyurethane (about 20-30 cents per square foot - may need two coats). We now offer a 2 part urethane clear coat with max UV blockers that should reduce or stop the UV yellowing of epoxies and maintain a good shine. It is called Acrylic Poly UV Plus.

NOTES: MANY PEOPLE DO JUST ONE OR TWO OF THE PRECEDING STEPS (#2, #3, #4, #5). RARE FOR PEOPLE TO PRE-TREAT (BIO VEE SEAL), PRIME WITH WATER BASED EPOXY, TOPCOAT WITH SOLVENT FREE EPOXY (PARTIALLY BECAUSE PRODUCTS COME FROM 3 DIFFERENT SOURCES).

IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING CARPETING, WOOD FLOORS, ETC. OVER A CEMENT FLOOR - YOU REALLY DO NEED TO 'SEAL' THE CONCRETE (WE HAVE HEARD LOTS OF HORROR STORIES WHEN PEOPLE DON'T DO THIS). YOU CAN USE ONE OR MORE OF STEPS #2, #3, #4, TO DO THIS.

how much surface prep you do and which combinations of steps to do are tough decisions you'll have to make, as well as how fancy you want to get appearance-wise with steps #4 and/or #5.

NOTE THAT A GALLON OF ANYTHING SPREAD 1/4 INCH THICK WILL COVER ONLY 6.5 SQUARE FEET. A LOW SPOT/DIP OR TWO ON YOUR SURFACE CAN QUICKLY THROW YOUR ESTIMATED COVERAGE (GENERALLY 100-150 SQUARE FEET PER GALLON) OUT THE WINDOW....

Don't leap into a floor coating project until you've made a decision about how much or how little surface preparation you are willing to do. This could be your biggest and most critical decision - CLICK HERE to go to our surface prep page.

Other Options

Basically we walk people thru the floor coating selection process by figuring out if they will/should use the solvent free Industrial Floor Epoxy or the waterbased Water Bond floor epoxy. Then the dialog gets into primers, topcoats, etc. based upon the 'guessed' condition of the concrete, the desired end result (appearance or pure functionality, etc.). But there are other options too.

One can just use our Low V clear water epoxy (which will yellow in direct sun) which is often thinned with solvent and used as a optional primer under the Industrial floor epoxy. It can be used by itself only to seal the floor for a functional surface.

Also, our 1 part aluminum filled, moisture cured urethane (called Aluthane - click here) - color is 'aluminum' or 'silvery light gray' makes a very tough, easy to apply, protective floor coating on wood or concrete. I just recently opted to use that instead of epoxy on the floor of a new yard shed. I was able to apply it with temperatures in the upper 30's (too cold for epoxies!)

Epoxy for Garage floor and decks
EXAMPLE OF DIY GARAGE FLOOR WITH CHIPS - ACTUAL CUSTOMER EXAMPLE - CLICK HERE

GOTO THE FLOOR COATINGS PAGE IN OUR PRODUCT CATALOG - CLICK HERE (EPOXY FLOOR CATALOG PAGE)

The Water Based Epoxy floor option -

Often for home use - less likely to have problems compared to 'regular' solvent free epoxy that rely completely on surface only bonding. Most forgiving floor epoxy in terms of surface preparation. It is both the primer and/or topcoat. It is functional but doesn't hide cracks, rough spots etc. That can be good as it leaves much of the original cement non slip texture in place (unlike the thicker, fault hiding, solvent free Industrial Floor Epoxy). The common Rustoleum garage floor paint sold in Home Depot, etc. is a waterbased floor epoxy. Our product is called Water Bond and comes in 1 gal units in med gray.

This product has its own web site: CLICK HERE

Select from between a 1 coat system all the way to a 7 coat system

Note the commerical applicators rarely use a 1 coat system, while many homeowners do. Most professionals use some sort of primer coat, few homeowners do.

A description of each of the 1 to 7 coat approaches is posted on our "garage" page.

(www.epoxyproducts.com/garage4u.html)

-- NOTE: PRODUCT SHEETS AND MSDS FOR MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND AT:

WWW.EPOXYPRODUCTS.COM/DATAMSDS.HTML ----

New to epoxies? Click Here to become an instant expert!

Chemistry Of Epoxies and Polyurethanes

Epoxy Paints 101 - more epoxy basics

Don't leap into a floor coating project until you've made a decision about how much or how little surface preparation you are willing to do. This could be your biggest and most critical decision - CLICK HERE to go to our surface prep page.

Addtional pages on a different domain:

http://www.concrete-garage-epoxy-floor-paint.com/epoxy-floor-paint.html ----- Index of Epoxy Floor Paint Sites - Basics, Options,

Comparisons, Problems, Issues (click here)

http://www.concrete-garage-epoxy-floor-paint.com/epoxy_floor_paint_test.html ---- Garage Epoxy Floor Paint --- Self Test ---

10 questions you need to know/ask regarding epoxy floor paint coating (click here)

GOTO THE FLOOR COATINGS PAGE IN OUR PRODUCT CATALOG - CLICK HERE

What can go wrong -

The Problem Page (air bubbles - blisters etc). A must read. There are situations and things, some completely outside of your control or knowledge that could cause problems when you are dealing with epoxy floor coatings. The final decision to epoxy or not, surface preparation, which products to use, how to apply etc. are all you responsibility, not withstanding suggestions, comments, options, we may offer to you. Read our legal section CLICK HERE (www.epoxyproducts.com/legal.html) for more details and disclaimers.

Products and problems will be similar with all companies and vendors. We simply are willing to 'educate' you about them. We share the good news and the potential for bad news with you. We like educated and informed customers, even if we scare some of them away. I don't think any of 'other companies' have a 'What can Go Wrong Page" on their web sites!

Many people and companies opt to use a coating contractor to select and to apply their epoxy floor. This way many or most of the issues that can cause problems shifts from your responsibility to the contractor's responsibility. This is one reason why the contractors get paid so well. A few bad calls by the contractor and he's in debt and/or out of business.

We DO NOT have a list of contractors or other service providers that we recommend.

To go to our WHAT CAN GO WRONG PAGE: CLICK HERE

LINKS

Related epoxy flooring articles:

RELATED LINKS

Low V - clear epoxy coating (in section D_Clear epoxy subpage) CLICK HERE

Acrylic Poly UV Plus - UV blocking clear coat (in section E_Nonepoxy subpage) CLICK HERE

Paint Chip info and color chart (www.epoxyproducts.com/chips4u.html) CLICK HERE

What can go wrong - the Problem Page CLICK HERE

Floor coatings page (lists Water Bond, Rough Coat, and Industrial Floor Epoxy) in catalog (section B_Floor) CLICK HERE

Most popular floor coating system page (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorpopular.html) CLICK HERE
color charts:

colored chips color chart

industrial floor epoxy color chart

Flex Deck - flexible broadcast system (boat decks etc.)

The Floor Coatings Page - THIS SITE - (links to all the other floor pages)

Clear Coat Products (for top-coating epoxy floors)

Epoxy for Garage floors

ELA System (epoxy-latex-acrylic system for inexpensive custom home floors)

Information on quartz broadcast floors (high use commercial and or decorative home) - also non-skid on boats

Information on epoxy-pebble outdoor surfaces

Information on Vinyl Chip system floors OFTEN FOR GARAGES BUT

ALSO INCLUDING HOW IT WAS DONE ON A BOAT

Successful epoxy coating jobs

How/why to epoxy paint your slab

Beginner's guide to epoxy floors (start here if you're new to epoxy floors)

Acid Etching

Surface Preparation

Primers and Priming

EXAMPLE OF DIY GARAGE FLOOR WITH CHIPS - ACTUAL CUSTOMER EXAMPLE - CLICK HERE

GOTO THE FLOOR COATINGS PAGE IN OUR CATALOG (www.epoxyproducts.com/b_floor.html)

Does your floor have a vapor barrier? UNDERSTANDING VAPOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHEN COATING CONCRETE article - CLICK HERE

Third-party web site link on concrete floor surface preparation:

http://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete/surface_preparation/index.html

What can go wrong - the Problem Page CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE to goto AARON'S Directory of Epoxy Web Sites

CLICK HERE to goto Paints-Coatings-Epoxies Web Site

Inexpensive Special Affects:

The colored quartz sands and vinyl chips add a lot of 'snap' to your epoxy floor, but can be an expensive and time consuming project (for more info see links section above). There are easy and cheap alternatives: 1) our ELA link above offers a way to "faux sponge paint" a decorative finish over the epoxy using ordinary latex paint. 2) we have had exciting looking results using "American Accept" stone look spray paint from Walmart and Home Depot over the epoxy and then sealing with a clear coat. 3) really neat and cheap - using cheap spray paint and 'mist' the surface by spraying high and far away. The results are tiny droplets that fall on the dry (day or two old is best) epoxy surface. Using black, white and an deep orange (etc.) will yield a granite like look. If things go bad, immediately wipe the fresh spray paint droplets off with a solvent soaked rag and try again! Practice on a piece of cardboard or construction paper to get the look and colors right before attacking your new epoxy floor. You might want a clear topcoat over the 'spray paint' (our LPU 100 is the best product for this), but we are thinking you probably will not need it. Even if the paint droplets do eventually wear off, you can always reapply......

Try a faux finish or other options. CLICK HERE to go to Paint Sites -- URL: http://www.PaintSites.com -- Valuable Paint Directory and Information Resource.
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Email Customer Feedback

Subject: Thanks
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:38:01 -0400
From: "Martha & Mark" <xxxxxx@comcast.net>

Hi,

Just wanted to say Thanks for the great product (Industrial Floor Epoxy) and service on my Garage floor project. It set up great and once I got the nak for Pot Life times, I was off and running laying down the mixture!!

I should have taken before and after photos but it really came out great and most important, I can see the strength of the Epoxy as a protective
barrier. I look forward to winter now with all it's wrath! This time I'm ready!

Hope to be in touch soon for other projects.

Mark

What can go wrong - the Problem Page CLICK HERE

Epoxy for Garage floors

EXAMPLE OF DIY GARAGE FLOOR WITH CHIPS - ACTUAL CUSTOMER EXAMPLE - CLICK HERE

GOTO THE FLOOR SECTION OF OUR INDUSTRIAL CATALOG

(WWW.EPOXYPRODUCTS.COM/B_FLOOR.HTML)

Don't leap into a floor coating project until you've made a decision about how much or how little surface preparation you are willing to do. This could be your biggest and most critical decision - CLICK HERE to go to our surface prep page.

CONTACT INFO - ORDERING - HOW TO REACH US - PHONE/EMAIL/FAX INFO

GOTO THE FLOOR COATINGS PAGE IN OUR PRODUCT CATALOG - CLICK HERE

Disclaimers:

Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc. shall not be liable for any injury, loss, damage, direct or consequential damages arising out of the use of its products. The purchaser/applicator shall determine the suitability of the products for the intended use. The products are applied by others and Progressive Epoxy Polymers does not provide any warranties, whatsoever arising in connection with the use of these products.

APPLICATION/SUITABILITY DISCLAIMER. Any suggestions/procedures offered by Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc. are given AS-IS without any warranty and in no way expand the rights under which you have, or will purchase, this product or related products. Your use of any of these suggestions/procedures is at your sole cost and risk. In no event shall Seller be liable to you for CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL damages. You must make an independent determination whether to follow any or all of the above items based upon the numerous application variables at hand. Consult Seller Warranty Disclaimer and Return Policy document for additional notifications.

TEMPERATURE AND CHEMICAL RESISTANCE DISCLAIMER. The temperature ranges and/or chemical resistance or pot life information outlined above is based upon information provided by the raw material vendor or product formulator, or private tests. It is provided AS-IS without any warranty and in no way expand the rights under which you have, or will purchase, this product or related products. Chemical resistance can vary depending upon, but not limited to, such factors as evaporation, temperature, humidity/moisture, surface preparation, interaction with other chemicals, oxygen levels, and evaporation. Temperature effects on coatings can vary based upon solar heating/coating color, ventilation, duration of frequency of heating cycle, immersion or moisture levels and fluid flow. Pot life is affected by temperature, volume of epoxy mixed and shape of the container. Your use of these epoxies under these conditions is at your sole cost and risk. In no event shall Seller be liable to you for temperature or chemically caused coating failure or CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL damages. You must make an independent determination confirming the coating's resistance to the chemicals and temperatures present in your unique situation.

SUGGESTION DISCLAIMER. Any suggestions/procedures offered are given AS-IS without any warranty. Use of website/email/telephone sugestions and/or procedures is at your sole cost and risk. Buyer is solely responsible for testing the suitability of Product and determining quantities needed. Buyer is also solely responsible for compliance with local VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) regulations controlling the purchase and use of Product at buyer's location. Carefully read and understand all Product application, safety precautions and MSDS information before ordering.

Additional Disclaimer and other legal notifications CLICK HERE

Reasons for coating failures

Preparation problem 70%; application problem 12%; environment problem 6%; wrong paint selection 9%; bad paint 1%; adding thinner 2%

"At least 70% of premature coatings failures are traced back to 'surface preparation' whether referring to wood, concrete, or metal. In a commercial recoating project, the costs (and profit) associated with surface preparation are about 70% of the job. How extensive the surface preparation is will depend on the performance expectation of the owner... Know the A, B, C's of surface preparation - visible contaminants, invisible contaminants, and profile."

Dr. Lydia Frenzel, The ABCs of Surface Preparation, Cleaner Times, April 2001, pg. 42-44.

Industrial Floor Epoxy Paint - Seamless Garage Epoxy Coating

"INDUSTRIAL FLOOR EPOXY" (tm) By Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc. 0% VOC, Solvent Free and Environmentally friendly, Odorless.

Professional grade floor epoxy paint / coating for garage, shops, and commercial facilities

48 oz, 1.5 gal, and 15 gal kits. Available in any amount over 15 gallons

Purchase at the Progressive Epoxy storefront or the more simple EpoxyUSA.com site

Questions?: Ask Prof. E. Poxy - CLICK HERE,

floorcoatings.html - short intro text +++++++++++++ problem.html - what can go wrong! +++++++++++++- quartz4u.html - quartz broadcast floors +++++++++++++ FloorChip.pdf - floor with colored chips application - PDF +++++++++++++ beginfloor4u.html - epoxy and floor basics +++++++++++++ floorpopular.html - common epoxy floor examples +++++++++++++ floorcs.html - the actual floor in floorpopular.html +++++++++++++ garage4u.html - coating your garage +++++++++++++ epoxy-floor-paint.html - index of floor epoxy web sites +++++++++++++ www.concrete-garage-epoxy-floor-paint.com - second index of floor epoxy web sites +++++++++++++ epoxy_floor_paint_test.html - self test: are you ready for an epoxy floor?

ABOUT	KEYWORD	ADDRESS	CLICK HERE

The floor paint page in our online catalog	EPOXY PAINT	www.epoxyproducts.com/b_floor.html	epoxy paint
Intro to epoxy floor coatings - the basics	EPOXY COATING	www.epoxyproducts.com/beginfloor4u.html	epoxy coating
More about epoxy floors - sort of intro part 2	EPOXY RESIN	www.epoxyproducts.com/floorcoatings.html	epoxy resin
More about epoxy floors - sort of intro part 3	EPOXY REPAIR	www.epoxyproducts.com/floorcoatings4u.html	epoxy repair
Most common epoxy floor coating systems	EPOXY FLOOR	www.epoxyproducts.com/floorpopular.html	floor epoxy
Read this before painting your garage	GARAGE PAINT	www.epoxyproducts.com/garage4u.html	garage paint
Epoxy floors with colored chips (includes color chart)	CHIP FLOOR	www.epoxyproducts.com/chips4u.html	professional grade epoxy
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When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.

He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.

He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature.

He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:

For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing taxes on us without our consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:

For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:

For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:

For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:

For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.

We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

Source: The Pennsylvania Packet, July 8, 1776

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"Flooring solutions from multiple vendors"

GOTO THE FLOOR COATINGS PAGE IN OUR PRODUCT CATALOG - CLICK HERE

we have a page that talks about all your anti-slip options - click here

Garage Concrete Floor Coating

(Commercial Grade Professional Epoxy Paints, etc.)

This is your starting point page (with lots of internet links) for learning about all kinds of epoxy floor coating options, from low cost garage epoxy floors, to decorative home floors, to high-end commercial work floors.

Note that while is page was written for cement floors the methods and products will also work on wood/plywood and metal floors

K.I.S.S. - - "Keep it simple!" section:

This page provide you with tons of information and many many options. It could take you a long time to work through the different epoxies available, different application methods, etc. etc.

For those of us that like to KEEP IT SIMPLE, (K.I.S.S.) just pick one of the four basic options:

2) One coat of our solvent free INDUSTRIAL FLOOR EPOXY - rolled on with a short nap epoxy roller (we sell these). Result is a classic epoxy thick, glassy, tile-like finish. PRO- thick, hiding coat, odorless CON- short working time & needs a good surface LISTED BELOW

3) One coat of our tan colored semi-thin epoxy - ROUGH COAT™ - with grit already in it. Great for breezeways, patios, decks, landings. etc. Apply with ordinary roller. PRO - easy non slip surface CON- thin coat LISTED BELOW

4) BIO VEE GLOSS™- a non epoxy, waterbased clear acrylic. A light duty cement sealer (will work on other surfaces too) that will give a gloss finish (may take 2-3 coats for the gloss to show) resulting in an attractive, easy to keep clean, surface. LISTED BELOW

WHY PROFESSIONIALS DON'T USE 'BOX STORE' EPOXY PAINTS

* some of the coatings are old technology, no longer used by professionals. Shifting them to the superstores at rock bottom prices means squeezing out a bit more profit.

* they are low end products to start with (why not everyone buys tools at the Dollar Store). Professionals need the 'good stuff' - their reputations are on the line.

You will not find our products at any superstore, or being resold (after a 60%-100% markup) by some distributor or agent. Our niche is commercial epoxies made available to homeowners (and professional contractors!)

READ ABOUT PRIMER OPTIONS/CONCERNS AT OUR PRIMER PAGE

primers improve bond to the cement and can reduce air bubbles coming out of the cement and getting trapped in the epoxy - CLICK HERE

Note: basements are like garages, but with much more serious moisture problems that could cause a coating to fail. Some coating manufactures simply don't recommend their products for basements to avoid these potential problems

At the bottom of this page we also have links to some of our competitors as well as some "how to" sites on epoxy floors.

GOTO THE FLOOR COATINGS PAGE IN OUR CATALOG (www.epoxyproducts.com/b_floor.html)

In a nutshell: 3 kinds of floor epoxies:

1) thick, shiny, no solvents or odor - can be slippery when wet; serious commerical stuff - called: INDUSTRIAL FLOOR EPOXY ---

2) water-based floor epoxy - thin - will not hide cracks or flaws but functional and the most user friendly. Sometimes used as a primer under option #1. called: WATER BOND ---

3) solvent based thin epoxy with anti-slip grit - tan color only. Use by itself or over other epoxies. called ROUGH COAT------

Note: the common floor epoxy sold in the big box stores is typically a water-based floor epoxy.

These epoxies can be found in our floor page of our catalog: (www.epoxyproducts.com/b_floor.html)

In a nutshell (part 2) - coating product options:

1) Bio Vee Gloss™ - a non epoxy, clear acrylic waterbased concrete sealer (a good, cheap, alternative). CATALOG LINK

2) Industrial Floor Epoxy™- a solvent free epoxy. Can be used as is or with chips or plain/colored sands. Add grit for anti-slip. Colors: light gray or beige. CATALOG LINK

2-b) various clear solvent free epoxies for sealing in colored chips, etc. Can also be pigmented (we carry several colors of epoxy pigments) for additional sovlent free floor coating options (much like the Industrial Floor Epoxy mentioned above). CATALOG LINK

3) Water Bond™ - waterbased floor epoxy (or can be used as a primer under the Industrial Floor Epoxy). Easy to apply. Add grit for anti Slip. Color: medium gray. CATALOG LINK

4) Rough Coat™- a solvent based, tan colored epoxy with fine grit already in it. Nice texture. Can be painted over for a different color. CATALOG LINK

7) India Spar Varnish™ - old fashion oil based varnish for wood surfaces. Best if applied over a coat of thinned epoxy when used on wood. CATALOG LINK

Getting Started

note: these epoxy systems will also work on wood, metal and fiberglass surfaces.

Step 1: Is your cement floor suitable for coating?

What can go wrong -

the Problem Page CLICK HERE

A water based epoxy system or a thicker solvent free epoxy floor coating? You'll need to decide this before you can proceed. See Water based epoxy option below.

You can select (or may require) anything from a 1 coat system thru a 7 coat system..........

Step 2: Optional step - seal the concrete internally with our Bio Vee Seal product. Leaves nothing on the surface - reduces or removes musty odors and dampness. Cheap, easy, no surface prep needed - must be applied direct to the concrete. (about 20 cents per square foot)

The Water Bond (step 4) can also be used (and often is) as the first and only epoxy floor coating - instead of the Industrial Floor Epoxy.

Another option is our Rough Coat™ (thin solvent based, tan colored floor epoxy with non-skid grit already mixed in) over either the Water Bond epoxy or the Industrial Floor Epoxy.

NOTES: MANY PEOPLE DO JUST ONE OR TWO OF THE PRECEDING STEPS (#2, #3, #4, #5). RARE FOR PEOPLE TO PRE-TREAT (BIO VEE SEAL), PRIME WITH WATER BASED EPOXY, TOPCOAT WITH SOLVENT FREE EPOXY (PARTIALLY BECAUSE PRODUCTS COME FROM 3 DIFFERENT SOURCES).

IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING CARPETING, WOOD FLOORS, ETC. OVER A CEMENT FLOOR - YOU REALLY DO NEED TO 'SEAL' THE CONCRETE (WE HAVE HEARD LOTS OF HORROR STORIES WHEN PEOPLE DON'T DO THIS). YOU CAN USE ONE OR MORE OF STEPS #2, #3, #4, TO DO THIS.

how much surface prep you do and which combinations of steps to do are tough decisions you'll have to make, as well as how fancy you want to get appearance-wise with steps #4 and/or #5.

NOTE THAT A GALLON OF ANYTHING SPREAD 1/4 INCH THICK WILL COVER ONLY 6.5 SQUARE FEET. A LOW SPOT/DIP OR TWO ON YOUR SURFACE CAN QUICKLY THROW YOUR ESTIMATED COVERAGE (GENERALLY 100-150 SQUARE FEET PER GALLON) OUT THE WINDOW....

Don't leap into a floor coating project until you've made a decision about how much or how little surface preparation you are willing to do. This could be your biggest and most critical decision - CLICK HERE to go to our surface prep page.

Other Options

One can just use our Low V clear water epoxy (which will yellow in direct sun) which is often thinned with solvent and used as a optional primer under the Industrial floor epoxy. It can be used by itself only to seal the floor for a functional surface.

Epoxy for Garage floor and decks EXAMPLE OF DIY GARAGE FLOOR WITH CHIPS - ACTUAL CUSTOMER EXAMPLE - CLICK HERE

GOTO THE FLOOR COATINGS PAGE IN OUR PRODUCT CATALOG - CLICK HERE (EPOXY FLOOR CATALOG PAGE)

What can go wrong -

We DO NOT have a list of contractors or other service providers that we recommend.

To go to our WHAT CAN GO WRONG PAGE: CLICK HERE

GOTO THE FLOOR COATINGS PAGE IN OUR CATALOG (www.epoxyproducts.com/b_floor.html)

Does your floor have a vapor barrier? UNDERSTANDING VAPOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHEN COATING CONCRETE article - CLICK HERE

Third-party web site link on concrete floor surface preparation:

What can go wrong - the Problem Page CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE to goto AARON'S Directory of Epoxy Web Sites

CLICK HERE to goto Paints-Coatings-Epoxies Web Site

Inexpensive Special Affects:

Try a faux finish or other options. CLICK HERE to go to Paint Sites -- URL: http://www.PaintSites.com -- Valuable Paint Directory and Information Resource. __________________________________________________________________ Email Customer Feedback

GOTO THE FLOOR SECTION OF OUR INDUSTRIAL CATALOG

Don't leap into a floor coating project until you've made a decision about how much or how little surface preparation you are willing to do. This could be your biggest and most critical decision - CLICK HERE to go to our surface prep page.

Preparation problem 70%; application problem 12%; environment problem 6%; wrong paint selection 9%; bad paint 1%; adding thinner 2%

Dr. Lydia Frenzel, The ABCs of Surface Preparation, Cleaner Times, April 2001, pg. 42-44.

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Epoxy for Garage floor and decks
EXAMPLE OF DIY GARAGE FLOOR WITH CHIPS - ACTUAL CUSTOMER EXAMPLE - CLICK HERE

Try a faux finish or other options. CLICK HERE to go to Paint Sites -- URL: http://www.PaintSites.com -- Valuable Paint Directory and Information Resource.
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