Doug Shepard
06-05-2006, 9:15 PM
While I wait a few days for the epoxy paint to cure on the LH side of my shop (garage) thought I'd post a few pics. Ended up using Sherwin Williams Shield-Crete WB 2 part epoxy which went on without any hiccups. By far the most labor intensive and time consuming part of the whole process was surface prepping the concrete.
Weekend 1 was spent patching concrete
Weekend 2 (a 4 day weekend over the holiday) was spent on the RH side. LOTs of scrubbing with degreaser, scraping off some 40 yr old overspray from the block walls that had gotten on the front part of the floor, power-washing, sanding, cursing, etc. But finally got things cleaned up enough to paint. By late in the week the epoxy had cured enough to move everything over to the painted side.
Weekend 3 - More of the same type of stuff as Weekend 2 except there was a lot more overspray from the walls onto the floors. Way too much to just scrape off this time. Used 2 gallons of HD paint remover. Also decided to include an acid etch step even though it's not supposed to be required for this paint. Lots of powerwashing in between those steps plus the degreaser phase to get all the chemicals rinsed off. Got the 2nd coat put on late yesterday. Cant move things back into their homes until Wed. or Thurs. evening.
Think I'll also wash down the walls before I put things back and they're easy to get at.
Here's pics of the RH side before starting this (scuze the bad lighting) along with an example of some of the stuff needing patching.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=39050&d=1148258077
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=39051&d=1148258086
RH side after painting with everything shoved over on the left
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Deju vu except it's the LH side this time
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Weekend 1 was spent patching concrete
Weekend 2 (a 4 day weekend over the holiday) was spent on the RH side. LOTs of scrubbing with degreaser, scraping off some 40 yr old overspray from the block walls that had gotten on the front part of the floor, power-washing, sanding, cursing, etc. But finally got things cleaned up enough to paint. By late in the week the epoxy had cured enough to move everything over to the painted side.
Weekend 3 - More of the same type of stuff as Weekend 2 except there was a lot more overspray from the walls onto the floors. Way too much to just scrape off this time. Used 2 gallons of HD paint remover. Also decided to include an acid etch step even though it's not supposed to be required for this paint. Lots of powerwashing in between those steps plus the degreaser phase to get all the chemicals rinsed off. Got the 2nd coat put on late yesterday. Cant move things back into their homes until Wed. or Thurs. evening.
Think I'll also wash down the walls before I put things back and they're easy to get at.
Here's pics of the RH side before starting this (scuze the bad lighting) along with an example of some of the stuff needing patching.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=39050&d=1148258077
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=39051&d=1148258086
RH side after painting with everything shoved over on the left
40241
40242
Deju vu except it's the LH side this time
40243
40244