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  1. Painting
    I am a fairly handy guy. I am looking to put down an epoxy flooring in my basement. My house is about 60 years old. I had the bright idea to put down concrete resurfacer prior to painting the epoxy flooring. However, half way through resurfacing the basement I was second guessing...
  2. Painting
    I had a local Epoxy company out to redo the epoxy in my garage. It had original epoxy flooring from 2006 and was pretty worn. Yesterday the guy prepped/sanded/etc and laid the epoxy and flakes. Today came back to do the polyurethane clear coat and was done after a couple hours. However I am not...
  3. Flooring
    Can I install stick and peel tiles ( purchased from wallpop) on top of epoxy flooring ?
  4. General DIY Discussions
    Hi there! Newbie here, in South TX. We recently redid our garage that was originally built in the 80's. We've discovered some interesting things during this project that is not typically what you see in a new construction build these days. One being, at the bottom perimeter of our garage (only...
  5. General DIY Discussions
    I am hoping someone can tell me a little more about their experience with the PerfectPrimer overlay as this was recommended to me. Has anyone used this Perfect Primer and then used an EpoxyPlus product? I am hoping someone who used it can let me know if they found it pretty easy to apply and if...
  6. Concrete, Stone & Masonry
    I painted my garage floor with Rust-Oleum EpoxyShield Garage Floor Coating in the summer of 2010. The floor was 20 to 25 years old by then and it was still bare concrete. I live in Wisconsin so the floor had been exposed to salt and melting snow as well as auto fluids. It was pitted in some...
  7. Painting
    I have an epoxy basement floor. It has good adhesion no problems there, however, want to change the color. Its a dark grey and want to go gloss black. I understand that I need to sand it down to rought it up and remove the shine. Its the next step that has me going nuts. Since I want a high...
  8. General DIY Discussions
    What's the main difference between a 1 part and 2 part epoxy garage floor finish? I know you can do the metal flakes with the 2 part and the 2 part cost about twice as much but does that make it twice as strong or twice as good? Thanks,
  9. Flooring
    I purchased some Amerlock 400 epoxy I could either buy enough to do 500 sq ft or 1000 sq ft. My garage is 660 sq ft so I purchased enough epoxy to do 1000 sq ft. My question is should I do one coat which will use most of the epoxy then do a thin coat over the top the next day. Or should I just...
  10. Flooring
    I'm leveling a basement workshop area (50 yr old unfinished concrete) and want an affordable finish with no need to insulate. I've used Henry 565 Floor Pro leveler with proper priming. My question is whether I can use epoxy paint directly on top of that product? Or do I use masonry paint (which...
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