I have used skydrol. I was an aircraft mechanic in a previous life. That
stuff was nasty. We had a large spill on the hanger floor one day and
after helping clean it up about half of the rubber soles on my sneakers was
gone. Supposedly it would not burn even at very high temperatures, but I
never had occasion to test that.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:18 PM, w <wc5813@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/30/2013 1:55 PM, Doug Braun wrote:
>
>> My garage is 24' x 24' with a nice smooth crack-free concrete floor, and
>> the house is about 30 years old. When I bought the house 7 years ago, I
>> painted the floor with epoxy (one of those kits form HD). I did a careful
>> job with the prep, including a power-washing and an acid etch, and the job
>> looked great for a while, but after a couple of years it started
>> blistering, and and now it has random bare spots all over the place.
>>
>
> Wow, missed this one on the list a couple weeks ago. Been wondering the
> same myself.
>
> Ten years ago I laid down "Hard Deck", a two part epoxy after *extensive*
> cleaning and etching of the floor. The stuff is made for airport hangars.
> You have to be gentle with a floor jack on it, and if you drop a fairly
> heavy tool like a breaker bar, it will gouge it. But upon close examination
> the concrete below is usually gouged. Can't ask a coating to hold up if the
> substrate won't.
>
> It's held up a bunch better than some painted floors I've seen, Still, I'd
> like something better. Unfortunately, or for the better, it's so durable I
> think it would be nearly impossible to strip. The first epoxy layer soaked
> in like a stain, the 2nd laid on, and the poly' on top is *untouchable* by
> solvents I've seen rip up other floors. Got a little oil spill or brake
> fluid? Throw some acetone, MEK, brake cleaner, etc on it and wipe up. I
> WILL NOT budge. The company rates it as resistant to "skydrol" which is
> some kind of aviation hydraulic fluid I have not used myself, but assume is
> pretty harsh.
>
> http://www.airtechcoatings.com/galleryhd.html
>
> -w
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.96
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/
> options/shop-talk/jdinnis@gmail.com
>
>
--
=================================
= Never offend people with style when you =
= can offend with substance --- Sam Brown =
=================================
_______________________________________________
Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
|