Preparing The Floors For Epoxy Coating - How To Do It?

Epoxy floor coating is a protective floor coating that is applied to the top of the existing floor substratum. There are lots of benefits of epoxy floor covering. It protects the floor from mechanical abrasion and chemical damage. It is also capable of waterproofing the floor. Epoxy gives a shiny makeover on the boring concrete floor.  

The best part is you can do-it-yourself. Yes! You heard right. With the help of right products, you can do the coating yourself. However, to get the work done perfectly and durable for longer years, trust professionals. They know the process right and ensure that you get the best value for the money spent. 

Here is a guide for you to prepare the floor before the professionals arrive for epoxy coating - 

Clear The Floor

First, clear the floor. Move all the furniture away from the floor. If there is any machine or any gadget move them away as well. If you are coating your garage’s floor, throw away the garbage and park your vehicles away from the garage. The floor should be completely vacant before you start the coating.

Scrutiny The Floor

Before buy epoxy coatings for concrete floors, inspect the floor well. The floor should be dry and clean. If there is any crack or damage, you should repair them. You can fix the cracks and small holes with concrete patch products. A neat and clean floor is ideal for the epoxy coating on concrete.

Check The Moisture

Moisture on the floor can pose future damages for epoxy coating. A wet floor can destroy the whole process of epoxy coating and make it looked cracked. If the floor is wet or even has any greasy element, you should not cover it with epoxy. Before applying epoxy, ask the professionals to check once if the floor is wet or greasy. 

Clean The Greasy Floor

If you are doing the epoxy coating on your garage’s floor, the floor can obviously be full of grime, dirt, and grease. Well! In that case, pick up a stiff brush and start to de-grease the floor. Grease can interrupt the epoxy coating on the concrete floor. There are certain agents that can make this cleaning faster and effective. 

Clean It Up

After degreasing the garage floor, take a broom and vacuum cleaner and clean the dust from the floor. Dust and debris are not good for epoxy coating on the concrete floor. It can disturb the process. The floor must be clean and free of dust before you start the coating on the floor.

Acid Wash The Floor

You have to acid wash the floor before you start the epoxy coating process. Take ten parts of water and carefully pour one part of mercuric acid into it. 

While working with acid you should wear gloves and protective glasses on your eyes. Use a minimum amount of baking soda on the mixture, to neutralize the effect of mercuric acid. 

Wash the floor with the mixture. Once you are done, allow the floor to dry at least for a week.After a week, your floor is ready for the epoxy coating. Now you can call the professionals to start with the process of coating.