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Re: floors(sorry)

To: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>, Shop Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: floors(sorry)
From: jvanho01@tir.com
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 21:13:55 -0400
Doug,
Have you contacted Behr and gotten their perspective on the problem.  Just
a thought.

Jim V.

At 08:57 AM 5/11/99 Tuesday -0700, Douglas Shook wrote:
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>Fred Zampa wrote:
>
>>  dear list:
>>            the responces to my requert for the cheapest source for epoxy
>> floor paint yielded two sources : griot's garage
>> @$58/gal. and home depot @$20/gal.   actually both of these are cheap
>> compared to the pool paint i saw @$90/gal.
>>
>>            of course, i would like to go with the $20 stuff.
>> this paint is a water based, single-part epoxy. i have used a  two-part
>> water based epoxy and found it to be fine.  i have serious reservations,
>> however, as to whether a one part paint can
>> be a "real" epoxy.
>>          has anyone out there had any experience with
>> this stuff  ??
>>                  fred zampa,   macon , ga.
>
> I recently used the Behr 1-part epoxy garage floor paint from Home Depot
>($20/gal) and it has proven to be a waste of time and money.  After
>fastidiously washing the floors with industrial degreaser and my engine
>cleaner attachment for the air compressor (old concrete) and two coats of
>muriatic acid to etch it, the paint is stating to pop off in large pieces
>(three to four inch patches) less than two months after painting it.  I only
>park motorcycles on it, no hot tires, etc.  Wheeling around my floor jack
>even has scraped off the paint.
>
>The only thing I could think that I did not do correctly was to use a power
>washer to remove all traces of chalk/dust after the acid treatment -- I did
>wash it thoroughly with a hose and a brush, but I did not power wash it.
>Maybe some dust/chalk remained on the surface of the concrete and that
>prohibited the paint from adhering to the concrete. I don't know.
>
>I spent the better part of two weekends doing this and am very frustrated
>and disappointed in the results.  I would not recommend using the 1-part
>epoxy product by Behr.
>
>doug (with the peeling floor)
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