Installation and Refinishing Concrete Floor Project: Tips and Tricks That Save Time and Money
Here are useful tips learned during more than 40 years of installing epoxy urethane floor seals and coatings on Fortune 500 company concrete floors, as well as in basements, garages, and decks. These tips can help you avoid mistakes that can limit the life of your floor.
There are three broad steps to doing your floor project: planning and preparation, repairing, and applying the coating. This article is the third in a three part series, and deals with applying the epoxy paint to the floor.
General guidelines for applying an epoxy coating to your floor:
Do no harm.
Investing in preparation produces the most years of service.
Let the chemicals and equipment do the work.
What can go wrong, will go wrong, unless you think ahead.
Technique is what separates mortals from Rembrandts.
An once of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Now let’s get started with tips on how to coat your floor with an epoxy or urethane floor paint.
Plan the job.
Good floor prep is key to a long lasting floor.
Take a break.
Mix 200 strokes.
Easy work makes for a better job
No one is perfect
Don’t worry about tricks of gravity
A rag may not save you
Technique, technique, technique.
