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This page is dedicated to directing you toward internet articles on various aspects of epoxy floor coatings and paints. This includes surface preparation, floors with color chips, things that can go wrong, suitability of the floor for coating, etc.

Unless stated otherwise, CLICK HERE to go to a help page/LINK PAGE which has the actual links to the articles described here (LINK PAGE = www.epoxyproducts.com/help.html)

First things first. New to epoxies? Need to learn the basics of epoxy resins? Here are four articles to get you up to speed.

1) 25POINTS.HTML, covers 25 key points about epoxies

2) EPOXYPAINT101 continues the lessons regarding epoxy basics.

3) FAIL4U.HTML explains why coatings can fail

4) EVAL4U.HTML tells you how to evaluate your epoxy and your epoxy vendor

You will find these links on our "Link Page" in the INFO SECTION

EPOXY FLOOR COAT BASICS. There are three articles the introduce you to epoxy floors. Is your floor suitable for an epoxy coating? There are different kinds of epoxies, which is right for you? Your floor could be a 1 - 7 coat system, figure out what you want. If colored chips in the floor appeals to you, there are lots of other decisions to be made. Chip floors are usually multi coat systems and there are 2 or 3 methods for applying them. They are also usually a blend of epoxy layers and urethane layers. These three articles overlap each other quite a bit, but we'll list them from the most simple article to the more advanced article. Go to the INFO SECTION of our Link Page and click on BEGINFLOORU4.HTML, FLOORCOATINGS.HTML, FLOORCOATINGS4U.HTML.

COLOR CHARTS. There are three color charts for you to look at. Keep in mind that epoxies all yellow with time and UV/sunlight exposure. Epoxies are not color stable. Clear, white, and light colored epoxy coatings will easily show any yellowing, while colors like cream, beige, yellow, black will not. The colored chips often used with epoxy floors are manufactured in only 2 or 3 factories. Go to the PRODUCTS SECTION (color chart subsection) of our Link Page and click on color chip chart (CHIPS4U.HTML), solvent free Industrial Floor Epoxy (tm) colors (FLOORCHART.HTML), and the waterbased floor epoxy - Water Bond (tm) color chart (RUBBERDECKCHART.PDF).

EPOXY CONCRETE PAINT. The article about painting your concrete slab gives reason why and problem with applying an epoxy to your concrete/cement slab. Like any of the other articles here, it covers basic information you should know before using any commercial grade epoxy concrete floor coating. Go to the INFO SECTION on our Link Page and click on SLAB.HTML.

EPOXY CHIP FLOOR SYSTEM. Here is another three article set of files to view if you are considering one of those "Paint Chip" epoxy floors. The two pictures at the top of this page come from these files. Epoxy Chip Floor systems are just that, a system. There are several ways to apply them and different combinations of epoxies and non-epoxies to use. The first article file, in printable PDF format, is a how to guide for putting down what is often called an epoxy vinyl chip seamless floor. The second article describes one popular method and the third article actually looks at that popular method of epoxy floor application is a case study format. Go to the INFO SECTION of our Link Page and click on FLOORCHIP.PDF, FLOORPOPULAR.HTML and then FLOORCS.HTML (in the case study section of the Link Page).

EPOXY FLOOR SURFACE PREPARATION - ACID ETCH - ACID ETCHING. Good things seem to come in threes. Yet another set of three articles worth your time dealing with preparing your concrete floor / slab / garage / for epoxy paint. The problem with surface preparation is that you never know if you've done it well enough, or enough of it, until after the fact. In some cases no amount of surface preparation is enough. Coating failure can result from issues outside of your control. Suitable and correct surface preparation is what makes or breaks a professional / commercial epoxy floor contractor. His income and reputation is on the line. He has to call the surface prepartion right or he is in big trouble. The good epoxy contractors know when to just walk away from a job rather than bidding on it. Correct surface preparation can make his high fees all worth while. Industrial epoxy surface preparation also has access to 'shot blast' equipment that most homeowners and DIY folks don't have. Article one covers surface preparation in general, not just concrete floors. Article two talks about the options for home owners and article three is strictly about the acid etching method of floor preparation. Go to the INFO SECTION (surface prep subsection) on our Link Page and click on PREP.HTML, HOME4U.HTML and finally ACID.HTML.

CONCRETE MOISTURE CONTROL. Water and moisture inside your concrete can keep coatings from sticking as well as producing a dank, musty smell. One product (not an epoxy) that will reduce the the moisture/moisture movement in the concrete is called Bio Vee Seal (tm). Basically if soaks into the exposed concrete then forms crystals in the tiny void spaces. Simply put, it 'clogs up the cement/concrete' thus reducing moisture flow. Read more. Go to the PRODUCT SECTION on our Link Page - "BIO VEE SEAL" - and click on the VEE4U.HTML link.

NON SLIP - ANTI SLIP PAINT / ADDITIVES. Lots and lots of options here! Grits come in different sizes and have different textures depending upon how thick the coating it is being used with. Also, different kinds of grits, as well as different methods of grit application resulting in different textures. How much grit do you want, 10% coverage or 100% coverage? Also at least two coatings with grit already in them. You could spend an entire winter developing the 'grit' system for your project. Two articles address this topic. Go to the INFO SECTION of our Link Page and click on GRIT.HTML and NONSLIP.HTML.

SAND QUARTZ FLOORS / QUARTZ EPOXY FLOOR - SERIOUS COMMERCIAL EPOXY FLOOR SYSTEM. An epoxy floor is really just a semi-hard plastic floor. It wears and scratches, especially if running forklifts over it and dragging things across it. The serious commercial epoxy floor involves a rolled down layer of floor epoxy paint completely covered / saturated with sand. Then a sealing topcoat of more epoxy to 'glue down' the top 'layer' of sand. The result is sort of a sand/quartz floor held in place with epoxy rather than just an epoxy painted surface. Commercial / Industrial floor areas use the same pigmented epoxy for the base and topcoat and ordinary hardware store play sand for the sand additive. Fancy applications use blends of color sands and clear coats. The big drawback for this sort colored sand quartz floor is the high shipping costs of the heavy colored sand (need about 1 pound per square foot). Go to the INFO SECTION on our Link Page and click on the QUARTZ4U.HTML link.

EPOXY FLOOR PROBLEMS - WHAT CAN GO WRONG. You will not see these kind of articles from most floor epoxy vendors! - Outgassing bubbles, adhesion issues, etc. can be real problems that catch you unexpected. Know what can go wrong by reading these two articles. Go to the INFO SECTION on our Link Page and click on the PROBLEM.HTML and the PINHOLE4U.HTML links.

WATER BASED EPOXY PAINT. About the only place water-based epoxy paints are used is on floors because they need lots of exposure to air for the water to evaporate away. These coatings are very user friendly to apply, but the result is a very thin coating, more like a coat of enamel than epoxy. Learn more Go to the PRODUCTS SECTION on our Link Page and click on the WATER BOND (AQUAROCK.HTML) link.

EPOXY - LATEX - ACRYLIC FLOOR SYSTEM. With a little imagination you can combine different kind of paint systems for a really unique floor. Go to the INFO SECTION of our Link Page and click on the LATEXFLOOR.HTML link.

GARAGE EPOXY PAINT - EPOXY GARAGE PAINT. Painting your garage floor? Issues like tire pick-up, oil, damaged concrete etc. can be real issues. Learn about seamless garage floor epoxy systems with our first article, then read an actual garage floor case study. Go to the INFO SECTION of our Link Page and click on the GARAGE4U.HTML link, then go to the CASE STUDY section of our Link Page and click on the FLOORCS.HTML link.

THE SAME ISSUES APPLY FOR USING EPOXY FOR LEAK REPAIR, CONCRETE REPAIR, AND OTHER CRACK REPAIR PROJECTS.

This page is dedicated to directing you toward internet articles on various aspects of epoxy floor coatings and paints. This includes surface preparation, floors with color chips, things that can go wrong, suitability of the floor for coating, etc.

Unless stated otherwise, CLICK HERE to go to a help page/LINK PAGE which has the actual links to the articles described here

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