Sealers, Epoxies, Polyaspartics and Industrial Coatings Forum

Product shipment

feeds@kickapps.com (cro123) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:28:44 PST

Does anyone get their materials shipped to them? Or, can you have materials shipped to you? my dist's don't ship. Does anyone else's?

Crystal Clear works wonders

feeds@kickapps.com (Concretestemsi) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:35:06 PST

Just an old wooden door. Client wanted to refresh it, here it is.
Painted the door white, used 1lt. of crystal clear with Moos & Orange Gold Refl. Hung door in evening ( 7 hours)

This one has some "russett" in it.

CSS on a Garage Floor?

feeds@kickapps.com (cro123) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:21:28 PST

Would CSS work well on a garage floor to prevent pitting? And what's this PT3?

Bubbles in CSS

feeds@kickapps.com (KIMidwest) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:33:51 PST

Anyone experience air bubbles in CSS, i had it happen the other day in a very limited area, but made me remember using another acrylic sealer where we had it happen alot.

it seems to happen when it is very hot, i think when the sealer is a little to thick and the top dries before all the air has escaped, thus making a bubble. but i may be wrong, just wondering what you all have experienced.

thanks
Nate

aus turned white

feeds@kickapps.com (Jkneiper) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:31:30 PST

If I have to remove the aus what is the best tactic?

aus problem

feeds@kickapps.com (Jkneiper) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:29:13 PST

I had finished 90% of a acid stained job with AUS 50 everything went fine. Yesterday did the last room, it was raining heavily and the humidity was horrible went back this morning and half of the room was white. Whats the fix? It obviously has to be removed and redone. HELP!!!

Dust under sealer

feeds@kickapps.com (cro123) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:58:54 PST

Client wants a dusted look under sealer. Can I throw down some baking soda under the sealer? Will this affect curing? will it dissolve?

pt-1 set time

feeds@kickapps.com (weldman) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:13:04 PST

hey,,anyone using pt-1???? getting long pot life and diff results. Fixed overlay with 844 mix in epox and took forever to start setting . The left over product in bucket was hot as....and rock solid, just did overlay last nite ....75 degree out in garage.....product went on like water and wasnt dry 12 hours later, 18 hours= rock solid. Left over product wasnt warm/hot ..Mixed to specs.....just trying to get feel for epox on what to expect...

css question

feeds@kickapps.com (brofun) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:04:04 PST

Hi all. Poured a shuffle board yesterday. They want to use it quickly. Can I mix 844 pigments with css and put it on concrete that is three days old? Thanks

fathead epoxy

feeds@kickapps.com (weldman) — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:37:54 PST

anyone ever try to epoxy fat head logo on floor?

Scratch resistant clear coat

feeds@kickapps.com (KathyvanGogh) — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:12:14 PST

Hello fellow brothers and sisters of the crete...This is my first post - awesome forum and some really impressive work!

I am looking - killing myself actually, for a scratch resistant clear for countertops. I have experimented at length with epoxies, which I love and am using, but they are not very scratch resistant. I don't want to use urethane because that stuff is really toxic.

Anyone have any other great ideas? Do you know of an epoxy that is scratch resistant, or, do you know of a clear that lives and plays happily with epoxy that I can apply over an epoxy to increase the scratch resistance?

I will post some pics in a minute when I figure out how to...

thanks so much for any tips...

re-sealing stamped concrete

feeds@kickapps.com (Marko) — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:05:41 PST

I pressure washed a stamped concrete patio yesterday. Once the patio was dry, you could see streaks, (looks the same as if you were pressure washing a dirty concrete slab and did not pressure wash good enough and you'd see where the slabs clean and still dirty). The streaks were a lighter colour, so at first I thought my employee pressure washed it too closely and took some of the colour off. With closer inspection of the streaks, it was the existing sealer whiting out in streaks only! (wish i had a photo). When you dampen the surface the streaks go away. So my question, will sealing it with css diluted with xylene "re-emulsify" the sealer thats turned whitish? I've pressure washed about 10 stamp jobs before and never seen anything like this.

Epoxy not curing

feeds@kickapps.com (bassman45) — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:21:42 PST

I poured a concrete vanity top with integrated sink, customer wanted to match with tile in bathroom. I tried acid staining, but could get the colors right. I went over whole thing with TF, colored with portion control & colors came out perfect. Epoxied it Sat. with UV-100 & now 2 days later it's tacky & comes off if touched. Room temp is 60 degrees. I also had bubbles, but used propane torch, got most out.. I used a magic trowel mostly. I've sanded it & want to reapply, as some of Tf roughness still exists. Should I wait for epoxy to not be tacky? Should I get room temp to 70? Also, I got 1 gal. kit. It's only 12 SqFt area, so I mixed equal parts A & B to make 1 total Qt. Any ideas? Thanks

BUbbles in uv-1

feeds@kickapps.com (weldman) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:57:22 PST

Any suggestion??? Applied e100 uv1 epoxy over chemstone on basement floor. Tons of bubble over entire floor.
Rep said maybe applied too thin. Any feedback helpful. Any suggestions on fix?????
Floor was nutralize,washed , rinsed,wash , rinsed,,,,mopped, mopped,,,,mopped.
Floor sat three days before we applied sealer.
Help....

Sealer Too Slippery Need Help

feeds@kickapps.com (crete2stone) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:35:34 PST

Hello Everyone, I just finished a small job last week. Today the customer called to say that the sealer it slippery. I did stamp overlay with granite texture and sealed it with CSS 1.5 to 1 mix I know that it is not slippery but the gloss shine can be deceiving. Now I am thinking to put another CSS and throw some sand on top while the sealer is still wet. Is this a good idea or does anyone have any other suggestions. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Ed

how do i fix uneven/wavy epoxy

feeds@kickapps.com (jdb) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:47:35 PST

I put a second coat of poxy on a bar and afew spots had waves in it.Any ideas?

Clear Epoxy turned the Integral PCC brown

feeds@kickapps.com (JamesonRushAnderson) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:05:26 PST

I recently did a barrier free shower and bathroom floor combo (45 square feet) the floor turned out perfect, perfect until I sealed it with epoxy. I used PCC integrally with the thin finish and micro achieving a uniform coral color through out the floor which is exactly what the client wanted. It did have some spots in the overlay that I had to grind down a little. As soon as I rolled on the epoxy it turned every spot the grinder touched completely brown. The client now hates her floor. I've considered grinding off the sealer and starting over. Is there any other option?

Epoxy application of PT1 outside?

feeds@kickapps.com (GardnerCrete) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:10:49 PST

Has anyone used PT1 for any outdoor applications and if so, any locally around Mpls or St. Paul in MN? Thanks,

Jesse

Will 844 tint epoxy? Is there a tint for Polyaspartic yet?

feeds@kickapps.com (DavidR) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:34:12 PST

Just incase my client doesn't like the Reflector effect too much I'd like to see if I can achieve what they want with 844 and epoxy. If depth and gloss isn't their priority, then I'd rather use polyapartic if I'm able to tint it.

Also, has anyone used a urathane over polyaspartic to try and achieve more of a gloss than you can get with the polyaspartic alone?

AUS Failure please help

feeds@kickapps.com (dmoore40) — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:25:46 PST

We recently installed two different reflector floor which turned out looking beautiful. The downside is that we were led in the direction of top coating these floors with AUS for extra protection and abrasion resistance. Unfortunately the AUS is still not hard and it has been over three weeks. We want to sand out or remove any imperfections in the AUS coat and recoat possibly with Protocal. The problem being is that the AUS is still too soft to do any prep work on. The areas had to be turned over to the owner at this point and time so more and more damage is being done to the AUS which is still sticky in spots to this day. We had a coverage rate with the AUS of around 500sq. ft. per gal. Does anybody have any ideas to help us out or know what we could do to remedy this problem??? Thanks so much for any ideas and help.