INTERIOR FLOORING FORUM

Anyone know what this is?

feeds@yuku.com (EliteCrete Toronto) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:39:42 PST

Anyone know who did this floor and or what the color combination is?
http://www.elitecrete.com...ing%20slate%20trowel.JPG

BEHR Concrete Stain

feeds@yuku.com (Mixmaster) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:37:04 PST

Customer has this down on the floor now and it seamed to be coming up with the wipe of a paper towel and water. What would be the best way to remove the concrete stain before overlaying? The floor is not sealed.

Also this is a 375 sq ft interior I was planing on renting the the EDCO single disc, does anyone have experience with this grinder?

Doing a border with epoxy

feeds@yuku.com (BrightCrete) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:20:25 PST

I have a customer that wants a 6" white epoxy border with black epoxy in the middle area.

Assuming I will be doing the border first, what is the best way to keep my lines straight?

reflector overlay delaminating from cracks need help??

feeds@yuku.com (committedconstruction) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:56:23 PST

we did a dairy queen floor with with reflector and didnt repair some of the smaller cracks the right was because now right where the cracks are it has bubbled up. I was planning on v- grinding out the cracks and need to know what is the best thing to patch the cracks back with to keep moisture out so I dont have to fix this thing again to prevent any future delamination at the cracks.

Any contractor cover Eugene,OR?

feeds@yuku.com (brzelt) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:37:09 PST

I have a lead for you if you do.

The brother in law of one of my customers saw their trowel down overlay in the basement and would like
something similar.

Bruce
770-359-9335

CHEM-STONE QUESTION

feeds@yuku.com (Mixmaster) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:15:13 PST

I want to do a typical overlay.

Base Coat, tape Ashlar pattern, lock down coat and color the top with Chem-Stone and then pull tape is this possible? I'm basically looking for an ashlar tile pattern that is acid stained without scribeing the pattern.

This will be an interior floor.

Slight ridge in a reflector job

feeds@yuku.com (palmettoconcrete) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:25:25 PST

Any ideas on blending in a slight ridge in a reflector job

Reflector Bathroom Floor

feeds@yuku.com (DennisD) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:31:00 PST

I had some left over UV-1 from the garage floor I did and tried doing our batroom floor. Process as follows:

1 tf coat w/ sypp black for base, taped pattern and troweled 2nd coat tf with sypp black and took a stamp the wife had and made impressions in the tf before it set up completely. Removed tape and swept the floor. 1 coat of VB-5 followed with UV-1 with Gunmetal and sprinkled in charcoal reflector and moved around with a roller. The wife loves it!

Here is a closeup...

and here is the counter top that I will be doing after turkey day. Going to match the floor.

Let me know what you all think...

My first attempt out of class!..I went with hydro and micro

feeds@yuku.com (josh2cole) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:07:07 PST

We did our own floors in the game room right out of class. Prep work SUCKS! Had a bunch of imbedded mastic and had to use a concrete grinder which made a HUGE mess with the dust. I got to figure something else out. Maybe a Shot Blaster? We did two coats thin finish and one coat micro with hydro stain and CSS.. and we did not blow up, I don’t know what the big deal is with CSS, I like it. My wife did the stain and CSS and I did the hard work.

pt4

feeds@yuku.com (spkesy) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:06:00 PST

anyone have experience with pt4, have a bid coming up on a fire station, I have never used this before any tips would be helpful, they just want a solid color epoxy floor. thanks

1st year rookie; with a few recent jobs:

feeds@yuku.com (RJ Adjemian) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:14:58 PST

Finally felt like I could share a few recent jobs. You all have been so helpful over the past year. I've learned much, EliteCrete trainning with Rick Watson, in Dallas, TX. and many of you sharing your experience with me over the past few months. I'm still learning every day ; making mistakes, but learning and it's been challenging and fun. rj

Epoxy paint still gassing off 4 months later.

feeds@yuku.com (0nebyone) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:11:57 PST

I have an art studio that was built on top of an existing 1934 cement garage floor. The floor was painted with an epoxy paint that is still gassing off 4 months later. I cannot be in the studio without all the doors and the windows open and even then I get a headache after 20 min. I am looking for some expert advice on how to get rid of the odor.

Epoxy Problem!!!

feeds@yuku.com (DennisD) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:31:52 PST

I recently did my 1st reflector garage floor. The problem is that since it was windy the 3 days we were there, we had the door up about 8" and I taped plastic to the door and the outside concrete. The wind blew in the plastic onto the epoxy while I ran an erand and when I came back I pulled it off the epoxy and it left imprints of the plastic. The area is about 12" deep and the length of the door. There is a saw cut in the floor just on the inside edge of the damaged area that runs along the door.

Is it possible to cut along that line and sand the eopxy that needs repaired and just put another coat covering that 12", or do I need to apply another coat over the entire floor after I sand it? The customer loves what he has except where the plastic got involved. All input welcome!

hydrostain job

feeds@yuku.com (weldman) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:41:46 PST

need input on job to keep stain from bleeding. Need brown/( chocolate )border around room im gonna spray saddle bag. Was thinking spray entire floor,tape off outside boarder ,skim t.f. then stain border.... Am i on right track of any other way to prevent bleeding. Dist. said I could cut line to keep colors seperated .
IDEAS??

First real EC Job.

feeds@yuku.com (TheFixer) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:33:40 PST

I thought I would share some before and afters of my first real job after training. I made lots of mistakes and it took longer than it should have. It was just under 800sq. I did the whole job without help (never again) including grinding the whole thing by hand with a 7" grinder with diamond cup, and using a minimum of equipment. I had to deal with a lot of common issues: tile ghosting, large cracks, lots of patching.

The support by my distributor along the way was amazing, I don't know how that guy is always available instantly when I have a problem with all he has going on, but he is. I don't want his job, I'll tell you that.

The job turned out great in the end and the customer was blown away. I talked him out of doing a single color epoxy, which was what he wanted initially. He was glad I did.

Thanks for the help Gean.

Here is a link to the slideshow, I...

Help with commercial interior floor.

feeds@yuku.com (BeautiCrete LLC) — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:55:55 PST

Gentlemen/Ladies,

Need some help in doing an interior floor. Been focused on exterior applications for the last 6 years and have decided to start doing interior applications. I do not have any experience in prepping indoor floors. Obviously can't pressure wash so I know we would have to grind or shotblast? Not sure what to charge for that added step? Also, the owner presented us with a dilemma. Apparently, they had already installed tile however the tile was creating a lip near the elevator. Elevator inspector failed the business due to the lip (approximatey 1/4 inch) citing that it is a trip hazard and that a wheelchair can get caught up in the lip. The owner, instead of thinking it through, decided to tear out approx. 900 sq ft of beautiful 20 inch tile. The guys he hired to do it did a horrible job and gouged out the concrete really bad on the second floor. The owner called us out and was hoping we could smooth out the floor and apply a thin layer of coating so as to...

variegation on bare concrete

feeds@yuku.com (ECBahamas) — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:18:39 PST

Hey guys can i get the same variegations on bare concrete flooded with water as with 50/50 or straight micro?

Magic trowel marks

feeds@yuku.com (joemccarr) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:00:48 PST

When laying down TF I am leaving trowel marks. Is this just an experience issue or is it
just very difficult to lay TF or MF without leaving marks.

No sealer, wax only over MF?

feeds@yuku.com (YukuCrete) — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:56:21 PST

I visited a friend that had his floor acid stained + waxed only. The stain had been done after the slab was poured and before the house frame went up. They covered everything in heavy paper and finished the house. Then removed the paper and just waxed the floor. 11 years later it still looked amazing. And felt amazing to step on it barefoot. The floor finish was just very tight trowel, no grinding. I did not see any stains or anything.

My question is:
Can a smooth MF floor be acid stained and then just waxed? No sealer.
Any downsides to using only wax?

--Nick

First hydrostain job help

feeds@yuku.com (cactusprick) — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:44:37 PST

I am a new ec installer but not new to deco concrete. I have never done an actual dye stain on bare concrete just colored overlays. I was hired to do an interior floor about 620 sf. the customer was to remove the carpet and linoleum and all glues. I checked with my dist. was advised as to when to do and how to do it. I got to the job and the carpet was gone and clue for the most part removed and the linoleum was gone but there was a thick mastic with some sort of primer. It took me over 2 days to grind out the kitchen area 13x15. I thought I had done a really good job but when I applied the charcoal gray, the dye turned the floor in areas a shade of avacado green. not to mention the color the customer picked out the lighter shade of charcoal gray and I did not know that I had to used the reducer to get that color so big duh there.

What could cause this so that I can learn from this. by the way, my fix for this...