Epoxy not only tops off the pro look but also resists oil stains beads water and wipes clean like a kitchen counter.
Epoxy floor coming off.
Covering your floors in epoxy adds strength and durability to your concrete flooring since you mix together resin and hardener to create a rigid plastic material.
A colorful shiny epoxy floor coating that will have you and your car feeling like you re driving into a showroom every time you come home.
However for residential spaces the lifespan might take longer than expected considering the number of people using the floor on a daily basis.
Treated or sealed concrete.
The same goes for the tensile strength you re just not going to be able to put anything on the floor that will come anywhere near to the breaking point to all but the cheapest floor epoxy paints.
With a weak crumbling floor a solvent thinned epoxy used as a primer would have consolidated the surface maybe well enough for the pigmented floor epoxy to.
You still need to put the finishing touch on the garage cleanup.
Sealants curing agents concrete hardeners and other treatments to the concrete will interfere with the bonding of the epoxy.
Of course if it s used for industrial or public spaces then it could have a grave effect on its durability and lifespan.
Any previous coatings should be ground off using a diamond grinder.
If your epoxy is not coming off easily move your scraper back and forth quickly to loosen it up.
Dust or dirt means the floor wasn t clean when the epoxy was applied i saw this once with a warehouse where lots of dust had come in from a giant open door prior to applying the epoxy.
To test pour water over the bare concrete.