Ronn W Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 We are having our 30 year old garage floor coated with a poly-urea coating with flakes in it. The guy doing the work is careful and particular. I am impressed with his work so far. Floor has been ground, cracks and spalling have been patched and he started to put the coating down just as I came home from some errands last night. He informed me that something was wrong with the 2 part mix. That it was setting up so fast that he could not spread it and broadcast the flakes fast enough. He is not new to this product and has not had this problem before. He will be contacting his supplier to figure out what the problem is. Hope this gets worked out. AAARRGH! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 Yikes that's no good. Interesting i've never heard of that coating before. Is it pretty affordable compared to other garage coatings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 Sounds maybe like the Spartan coating. I wonder what the temperature was, and how much he mixed in one batch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post drzaius Posted June 23, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 I think this is is the universe telling you to cover the mess with one of those spectacular spiral veneer patterns 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 On 6/23/2022 at 10:08 AM, drzaius said: I think this is is the universe telling you to cover the mess with one of those spectacular spiral veneer patterns Definitely this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ronn W Posted June 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 11:52 AM, Tom King said: I wonder what the temperature was, and how much he mixed in one batch. Give tha man a cigar ----Bingo. Problem resolved. It was quite hot that day and the resin container was left in the sun too long (unmixed). After checking with the manufacturuer, he was back yesterday. Kept the product out of the Sun and mixed smaller batches. The combination of product being too warm, large batches and the fact the chemical reaction is exothermic created the problem. Got the first coat down yesterday along with the sprinkles. Clear coat goes on today. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ronn W Posted June 24, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 Garage floor is done. Larraine is delighted. Therefore I am delighted. We will start moving light stuff back into the garage this afternoon and the cars can go back in tomorrow night. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 I think it's been hotter up there recently than most are used to. The first time I ever used West Systems epoxy was in the early 1980's. It was a very hot Summer day. I mixed up a quart batch outside, all at one time. Before I could even get it mixed thoroughly, it foamed all up in a steaming mass. Years later, when I had a boat business, the building got a way oversized AC system. I could cool it down to 65 to do fiberglass work, and turn it back up with I had finished. That helped a lot. I think you can read about how heat effects epoxy setting, but until you get first hand experience, you don't really know. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, Tom King said: I think it's been hotter up there recently than most are used to. The first time I ever used West Systems epoxy was in the early 1980's. It was a very hot Summer day. I mixed up a quart batch outside, all at one time. Before I could even get it mixed thoroughly, it foamed all up in a steaming mass. Years later, when I had a boat business, the building got a way oversized AC system. I could cool it down to 65 to do fiberglass work, and turn it back up with I had finished. That helped a lot. I think you can read about how heat effects epoxy setting, but until you get first hand experience, you don't really know. Yes, runaway epoxy is no joke at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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