The epoxy adheres best to a surface that is clean. In Redlands, before applying the product on the home floor, we make sure that the surface is not contaminated. Areas with greasy residues and contaminated with oils need chemical cleaning. Redlands homeowners also use shot-blasting to clean, strengthen, and polish the surface. It also allows the epoxy primer to deeply penetrate the floor of your Redlands home so a good mechanical and chemical bond is created. Epoxy priming which is the single most important part of the floor preparation, gives better adhesion of the epoxy product to the floors of your Redlands home, reduces the risk of bubbles and gasses, and gives your new epoxy floor longer life.
Prime the floor of your Redlands home to ensure a better bond of the epoxy with the substrate. Priming also reduces chipping or breaking and gives your new epoxy floors longer life. In Redlands, we use a suitable epoxy primer to reduce bubbles especially in thicker coats where air trapped in the concrete slab causes gas bubbles and pinholes to form on the new epoxy floor. Although many feel that it is unnecessary to prime surfaces before the application of the epoxy, priming is an important step that should not be missed.
Filling small holes and cracks with epoxy grout before priming also ensure a smooth finish of your new Redlands epoxy floor. A diamond cutter is used to slice small cracks to make sure that there is a strong bond between the floor of your Redlands home and grout.
Because improper blending of the two epoxy components results to a gluey, tacky floor and an epoxy floor that will not properly harden, make sure that the entire mixture is properly mixed using an electric mixer and continuously stirred for at least two minutes. Air bubbles should also be prevented from forming on the surface of your Redlands home epoxy floor by making sure that air is not introduced into the mixture. Complete mixing of the two epoxy components result to a nice consistency for a smooth finish of the new epoxy floor in your Redlands home.
When applying the epoxy on the floor of your home in Redlands, do not use cheap rollers as these will only shed, leaving small hairs and shreds of the material on your new epoxy floor finish. When re-coating, do not try to re-use rollers. After applying the first coating of the epoxy, let it dry for about 24 hours or follow label directions. Before applying the next coat, make sure all holes and cracks, as well as minor damages on your Redlands home floor are sealed-filled. Check out for dust, bugs and other debris that may have fallen into the surface.
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