San Bernardino Commercial Floor Epoxy

Step 1

Dust, debris and other particles can prevent the less viscous epoxy primer to penetrate the substrate so it is very important to properly clean the surface of your San Bernardino home floor before applying the epoxy. Shot-blasting can clean, polish and strengthen the surface and create a rough and porous substrate so the epoxy can create a strong mechanical and chemical bond with your home floor. Areas contaminated with oils need chemical cleaning.

Grinding

Grind the floor of your home in San Bernardino to open the pores of the surface, lightly texturing, and removing paints and thin coatings. San Bernardino home owners grind the surfaces of their floors to ensure a strong bond between the epoxy and the concrete surface. Irregularities and imperfections on the home floor are also corrected. Hard to reach areas are diamond grounded to restore smoothness on the surface of your San Bernardino epoxy floor.

Patching

Irregularities and damages on the floor surface of your home in San Bernardino caused by exposure to unusual conditions and unsuitable materials, as well as abrasions and impact should be patched using the highest quality polymer-modified patching compound available to epoxy floors and ground smooth before applying the epoxy. A smooth surface of the floor of your home in San Bernardino ensures a strong bond between epoxy product and the substrate.

Epoxy Primer

In San Bernardino, we prime our home floors before applying the epoxy to ensure the best possible adhesion between the epoxy and the surface. Priming allows the epoxy to deeply penetrate into the concrete for a longer lasting and more durable San Bernardino epoxy floor. Primers also allow a deeper penetration into the pores of the surface, ensuring a better mechanical bond between the epoxy and the home floor. Although most contractors and homeowners often overlook priming, priming is an important step in the preparation of the floors of your home that should not be missed.

Step 2

Sweeping and cleaning of the floor

Blast and sanding leave residues, dirt and dust on the floor of your San Bernardino home. All these must be cleaned by dry compressed air or vacuum. San Bernardino home owners can also use a brush or broom if necessary. Proper preparation and cleaning of the surface ensure a successful bonding between the epoxy and the floor of your home in San Bernardino.

Epoxy Floor Priming & Filling

Step 3

Prime the floor with a suitable epoxy primer

When preparing our home floors in San Bernardino before applying the epoxy, we use primers to allow the epoxy to bond better with the flooring. Priming also reduces chipping or breaking and gives our new epoxy floors longer life. The use of a suitable epoxy primer also reduces bubbles especially in thicker coats where air trapped in the concrete slab causes gas bubbles and pinholes to form in the new epoxy floor. Although many feel that it is unnecessary to prime floors before the application of the epoxy, priming is an important step that should not be overlooked.

Step 4

Fill all cracks, holes etc with epoxy grout

Small holes and cracks on the floors of your San Bernardino home must be filled with epoxy grout before applying the primer to ensure a smooth surface before the application of the epoxy. Small cracks are sliced with a diamond cutter so that a strong bond between the San Bernardino home floor and grout is created.

Applying The Epoxy Floor Coating

Step 5

Application of the first coat of epoxy paint

The two epoxy components must be blended accordingly using an electric mixer. For at least two minutes, continuously stir the entire mixture. Make sure no air is introduced into the epoxy mixture which results in the formation of air bubbles on the epoxy floor. A thorough mixing of the two epoxy components results to a nice consistency for a smooth finish of your new San Bernardino home epoxy floor.

Step 6

Apply the product with a roller

Cheap rollers usually shed and leave small hairs and shreds of the material on the surface of your new San Bernardino epoxy floor so make sure to use high-quality durable rollers when applying the epoxy. When re-coating, also avoid re-using rollers. After applying the first coat of epoxy on the floor of your San Bernardino home, let it dry for about 24 hours or follow label directions. Holes, cracks and minor damages should be sealed-filled before applying the next coat. Also check for dust, bugs, and other debris that may have fallen on your new epoxy floor.

Last Epoxy Flooring Procedure

Step 7

Apply the final coat

Immediately apply the epoxy mixture on your San Bernardino home floor after mixing as most epoxy products have a pot life of just about 40 minutes. Also mix just one bucket at a time. Before applying the final coating of the epoxy on the floor of your home in San Bernardino, make sure that all dust and debris that may have collected in the surface be removed.

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