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Epoxy Flooring - Repair Tips

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

If you are one of those people who think repairing epoxy floors is a tough thing, you need to think again. This may seem to be quite a task to some homeowners. You will be able to do this repair in a blink of an eye if you have some handy man skills. You will see that this floor paint will be easily repaired, you only have few steps to follow. The truth is, we can all do this if we try.

Purchase some repair kits from the nearest store that has home improvement products, or visit a shop online. To repair the floor in a proper way, you will need to have some tools, and all of the will be included in a package you buy.

There would be epoxy patches included, and they would be the ones you have to put on the damaged areas. You will find these kits to be useful with all concrete floor types, without regard to the traffic and use they have.

Flooring that has epoxy paints on them are quite easily and quickly repaired. It is a biggest reason so many people like to have this covering option for their floor. Applying epoxy paint on your floor takes a bit more time, but making necesary repairs is not that troublesome at all.

If you use paint on the garage floor, you don’t have to break the tiles or concrete just to repair it. You can’t have this with paints, but it can happen with tiles. It’s easy to to these repairs and you won’t need anyone to help you. One thing is sure, you will not need a handy man to help you mix all those solvents and repair all the damaged areas.

Simply read the instructions that are written on the label and you are good to go. It’s recommended that you purchase repair kits from a known brand since they will be safer and odor free. One more great thing is that a repair kit will dry out in a record time.

This means that you will be able to use your garage to full extent in a quick manner. You will be able to enjoy in your floor tomorrow, in case you applied the repair putty today.

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Removing Bubbles From Epoxy Floors

Monday, March 16th, 2009

I can bet you have seen quite a number of epoxy flooring with bubbles on them. The size of bubbles varies a lot, from an inch in diameter to as small as pinhead. They are found in the entire floor or as a group. A phenomenon calle “out gassin” is what causes this. And it happens when the epoxy begins to dry up. The rise in temperature is the reason for the heating of the air in the concrete making it expand and form bubbles.

To prevent bubbles being formed in epoxy floors application of a primer is recommended. You should use a slower drill to mix the epoxy coating, and when you start to apply it, be sure there is no sunlight hitting directly on the surface you are working with.

Use medium roller if you already decided to use one. Use gentle and slow motions when you are applying your epoxy paint. It is another thing that can help with bubbles that can appear on our garage floor.

Use sandpaper and some rotary scrubber action to get rid of those bubbles on the epoxy coating you have. The first step is to roughen the area with some sandpaper. And then get to dust cleaning. Use a rag dipped in solvent to clean the area you worked on. Apply another coating of epoxy when you are finished with this. Fisheyes is another type of bubbles that can occur. One of the reasons is the silicone that remained on the surface.

You can easily clean this with scrubbing the problematic area with a sandpaper. After this, scrupulously clean the area with a rag dipped in solvent. After this a fresh coating may be applied.

In case you have bubbles appearing through the entire floor, then you should consider to sand blast or shot blast entire area. Use sand blaster to remove the epoxy coat from the area you are working on. Use acid to clean the entire area where problem appeared. In case you are working on a very small area, you can isolate it. A new coating will have to be made after you repair the area in question.

Another cause of formation of bubbles in epoxy garage flooring is excessive moisture. To verify this break one of the blisters thus formed and see if there is any moisture inside.

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