It is almost summer 2019, which means we are going to redo our floor!
How? We don't know yet!
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Sudoroom is ~1500sqft. The entire bocce ball court is ~2800sqft.
- epoxy
- tile
- laminate
- linoleum
Epoxy
things to buy
- more nail shoes
- really nice squeegees
prep
- clear area
- vacuum
- scrape gum & shit off
- pressure wash or mop?
- let it dry
- grind/mill concrete down to the clean stuff
- acid etching w/ clean-n-etch stuff?
- rinsing?
- fill deep gashes w/cement or plaster or epoxy
- box in area with wood
- primer - soaks down, bonds with concrete (usually water based)
- do we need the oil-stop kind? is there oil in our concrete?
- sand broadcast to prep for self-levelling stuff?
final
Types:
- solvent-based: doesn't like humidity, high VOC, unsafe indoors
- water-based: much lower VOC
- solids-based: no VOC, best but more expensive
- are they all 2-part? A+B (resin + hardener)?
Brands:
- Rust-O-Leum EpoxyShield (cheap at home depot, only 2 colors)
- Muscle Gloss (very expensive)
Methods:
- 1 base coat w/black paint, 1 top coat w/glitter? I love this video - they are using one of these products but method is probably similar for other brands