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   alwaysoverbudget | Mar 18, 2007 04:37am | #1

    i just did a small floor with the 2 part expoxy,that you can throw flecs into.looks nice and has held up real well for 8 days! lol i'm interested in this thread also as i have a 2500 ft rough floor to do. larry

   hand me the chainsaw, i need to trim the casing just a hair.

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   jet | Mar 18, 2007 04:39am | #2

   You wouldn't be from St Leonard would you???

   "No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree." - W.C. Fields
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   LittleItaly | Mar 18, 2007 04:42am | #3

   Nope, M'waukee Sconsin.

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   1muff2muff | Mar 18, 2007 09:03pm | #4

   Is your garage being used for parking cars?

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   LittleItaly | Mar 19, 2007 12:15am | #5

   The client uses the garage mainly for storage and parking of one vehicle.  There are some pocked areas of the concrete as well.  My boss is trying to find a method for effectively filling these areas with as thin a coat as possible before painting.  The home is probably built late 1940's and the garage may be a later addition.

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   mclaren | Mar 19, 2007 01:03pm | #8

   For small patch areas most flooring contractors in our area use

   epoxy and sand to fill and patch. let it cure then coat.

   Typically an acid wash or shot blast (can rent) before coating to

   open the pores of the concrete to allow the epoxy to bond fully.

   Good luck!

   Mclaren

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   LittleItaly | Mar 20, 2007 07:27am | #9

   Thanks for the info.  Are you suggesting I mix fine grit sand with epoxy to fill small pock and divots in the floor?  The acid wash is something we have done before.  We have not had much success with filling or smoothing the surface.

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   mclaren | Mar 20, 2007 12:51pm | #10

   LI,

   That's a common fix in our area (mid-atlantic)

   small batch of epoxy and sand (good quality, dried) mixed

   and troweled over the voids and imperfections and let cure.

   make sure the edges are feathered.  then base coat w/ sand

   broadcast. after it cures sweep up excess sand and topcoat. sometimes a

   heavier coat near repair areas to help hide imperfections.

   Mclaren

    

   ** may not be an option with the flake systems out there.

   I'm thinking of just a straight epoxy (or urethane) coating.

   Edited 3/20/2007 5:59 am ET by mclaren

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   peteshlagor | Mar 20, 2007 04:28pm | #11

   http://www.miracote.com

   Search this site for Miracote Repair Mortar III.  It's squeeged or troweled on, perfect for fixing pitted or damaged ceement floors.  Chase and epoxy fill any cracks.  Put your saw cuts where needed, fill them flush with a polyurethane caulk.

   One can then top that with one of their 100% solids epoxy (no smell) that has an infinite variety of colors, sheens, overlayments, underlayments, additives, dispersants, coagulants, whatever to effect a finish.

   OR, one can top it with Miracote MPC, a acrylic fortified cementatious coating that can be sprayed, rolled, troweled, squeeged, hand smoothed, knocked down, knocked up, colored, overlaid, patterned, (on and on) all to your artistically inspired desires.

   And then finish coat with several types of urethanes, glazes, and sealers - the last having an antislip microdust like pumice, Al oxide, or glass beads added so's you don't fall and break your azz.

   The quality of these products are vastly superior to what you can pick up at the big boxes.

   If you're gonna do it, do it right.  I'm having to shot blast and clean up the previous joker of an owner's mess.  My next house - if it has some HO applied ceement finish, will have the cost of removing and replacing any such mistake.  So don't necessarily think doing a cheep garage floor paint to clean it up for selling will do wonders for the selling price.

   I'm seeing a lot of advertising of these floor products to the DIY crowd.  My experience is telling me the expertise offered by someone well schooled in the application techniques and nuances of the various products results in a better, lower cost application. 

    

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   LittleItaly | Mar 21, 2007 06:36am | #13

   Mclaren,

   Thanks for the return info.  I will definitely investigate the products and techniques you and the other fellas mentioned.  My employer will be quite pleased also to know there is a product to squeegee or roll out for pitting, etc.

   This forum rocks!  I always look forward to gleaning info and laughing at jokes that only tradesman seem to understand.

    

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   mcf | Mar 20, 2007 04:34pm | #12

   Look for Ardex products. They have surface preps that will do exactly what you need.

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   MrBill | Mar 19, 2007 01:20am | #6

   You might want to check out the forums on this site. They have one dedicated to garage floors.

   http://www.garagejournal.com/

    

   Bill Koustenis

   Advanced Automotive Machine

   Waldorf Md

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   LittleItaly | Mar 19, 2007 04:36am | #7

   thanks for the link, it should help my research a good deal