GD epoxy floor fix!

^^^ Hope the mats don't get "glued" to the floor next!

 

I would think something like this product would look better and not cause a tripping issue. I have several over my epoxy floor and they do eliminate marring.

https://www.garageflooringinc.com/rolls/coin-nitro-rolls.html

 

Why bother putting a fancy epoxy floor down if you're just going to put those ugly mats on top of it?

 

I realized my floor peels every time I park with wet tires. I might need to pick up a few of these mats.

Eventually I'll have the concrete sanded down and polished like you see at Home Depot stores etc. The floor will then look cool and industrial-like without any top coating to peel off.

 

My company does epoxy floors, so I'm speaking from experience. Floors dont peel if prepared properly. And if the concrete is in good shape too. If the concrete is grinded down or shot blasted then the epoxy will permanently bond to the concrete. Now, if the concrete is poor it can peel up, but it would take some concrete with it - not like you show. Its hard to tell, but that floor doesnt look like it was prepared at all. If it was professionally installed, then call the company back and get them to fix it. Its an easy fix. We grind our floors way more than necessary as I never want to replace/ or fix a floor, the additional cost of diamonds, or extra material needed is significantly cheaper than fixing a floor.

At my shop, I regularly do burnouts on the floor, and dont have issues. My guys hate it, but I want to see how much abuse the floor can take. I've yet to have any issues with my own floors ( houses, and shops) or any customers' floors. I bought out a company a bunch of years ago, and they had issues on their floors, and every time it came down to poor prep.

Shaun

 

Its one thing to say they never peel, but he should be there to correct it if it does. We recently did a repair on a floor where the homeowner ripped up a corner of their garage to run in floor heating in the driveway. It was 95% undetectable, if we had re-clearcoated the whole floor it would have been perfect. but they didnt want to pay for it

As for bonding, my biggest complaint with floor coating companies, is that they want to get in, and out quick. They do poor prep, and use a quick curing basecoat, so they can move onto the top coat in a single day. A good epoxy basecoat cures slow, bonds proper, and is perfect every time. Do you know if they used a polyaspartic basecoat? -but maybe called it epoxy, just 'cause its easier to say.


As for black marks on the floor. Its usually dirt. We tell out customers to use simple green on any stains. If they're super stubborn, then a bunch of hot water, with simple green siting on the floor for a while takes care of most stains with some light rubbing with a brush. What concerns me slightly is cheap tires, and their unknown chemical makeup -that could potentially leech into the floor if its full of solvents.