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BJ007 · 03-03-07, 12:25

twitch - I read that the box said not to use muratic acid. The stuff that Rustoleum gives you is pretty mild and I felt it didn't really get it clean like muratic. When you put the muratic down full strength and really scrub it in, it gets that concrete CLEAN. 2 minutes of scrubbing for a 4'x4' square definitely gives it quite a bit of tooth.

On to my results...

Really, my walls look a lot whiter than that in person, honest! In the first pic, you can see some slight gloss differences at the far end of the floor. When you enter the garage from the house, they are not apparent, but at this angle they are. The second shot is where the garage door comes down and you can see a before and after detail. The third is just an overall shot of the garage the way it looks if you are standing in the doorway.

My thoughts... It dried pretty quick. You really should have two people, a roller and a helper (trim the edges, make sure the tray is full, sprinkle the chips, etc.). They are not kidding around about the drying time, you have to hustle to keep a "wet edge"! Also, the chips set on the epoxy, and I thought they would sink into it a bit more. No big deal for me since I'm going to do the gloss top coat on Monday. But maybe something to think about. Working the garage in quarters worked well for me since I was working alone. It gives you a definite start and finish to the area. 1 kit (1 gallon) covered exactly what it said it was going to, with ZERO left over. I thought I applied it pretty liberally, so maybe that is why I used it all. If you are planning on doing a space bigger than 500 square feet, I would definitely recommend having a third kit in reserve, just in case. Thats all for now, more on Monday evening after the gloss coat is done.

Edit: Oh, and I MAYBE used 1/3 of 1 bag of chips for the whole garage, so you can see the coverage that I got with that amount. I felt like the throwing the chips at the ground left them in clusters, so I started throwing them up maybe 7 feet in the air, and they distributed themselves nicely. You be the judge.

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BJ007 Registered User BJ007 is offline Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 46	Re: Epoxy-Sheild Floor Installed this weekend twitch - I read that the box said not to use muratic acid. The stuff that Rustoleum gives you is pretty mild and I felt it didn't really get it clean like muratic. When you put the muratic down full strength and really scrub it in, it gets that concrete CLEAN. 2 minutes of scrubbing for a 4'x4' square definitely gives it quite a bit of tooth. On to my results... Really, my walls look a lot whiter than that in person, honest! In the first pic, you can see some slight gloss differences at the far end of the floor. When you enter the garage from the house, they are not apparent, but at this angle they are. The second shot is where the garage door comes down and you can see a before and after detail. The third is just an overall shot of the garage the way it looks if you are standing in the doorway. My thoughts... It dried pretty quick. You really should have two people, a roller and a helper (trim the edges, make sure the tray is full, sprinkle the chips, etc.). They are not kidding around about the drying time, you have to hustle to keep a "wet edge"! Also, the chips set on the epoxy, and I thought they would sink into it a bit more. No big deal for me since I'm going to do the gloss top coat on Monday. But maybe something to think about. Working the garage in quarters worked well for me since I was working alone. It gives you a definite start and finish to the area. 1 kit (1 gallon) covered exactly what it said it was going to, with ZERO left over. I thought I applied it pretty liberally, so maybe that is why I used it all. If you are planning on doing a space bigger than 500 square feet, I would definitely recommend having a third kit in reserve, just in case. Thats all for now, more on Monday evening after the gloss coat is done. Edit: Oh, and I MAYBE used 1/3 of 1 bag of chips for the whole garage, so you can see the coverage that I got with that amount. I felt like the throwing the chips at the ground left them in clusters, so I started throwing them up maybe 7 feet in the air, and they distributed themselves nicely. You be the judge.