Author Topic: Epoxy Garage Floor Repair  (Read 207 times)

Offline BreakingBad

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Epoxy Garage Floor Repair
« on: March 29, 2014, 06:36:02 PM »
I had a contractor lay down an epoxy coat on my garage about 4 years ago.  Since then a couple of small areas (8"x8" or so) bubbled up, then broke/chipped away exposing the concrete below.

Do you know if there is any way to repair that?  I'm wondering if laying down more epoxy on the exposed areas will work or not.  Anyone ever had this problem?

Offline Masherbrum

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Re: Epoxy Garage Floor Repair
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2014, 06:56:56 PM »
Sounds like they didn't acid etch enough, or at all.   You only get bubbling on it from minimal prep work.   I hope you didn't pay them much.    I'd say see if they will come back and fix it.   But seeing as they screwed the initial job, I wouldn't exactly feel good letting them screw it up twice.  

Also, some epoxy sets like that will bubble over time from warm tires (if you park in the garage).   Griot's Garage is the only one that consistently gets high marks.   The Rust-O-Leum one's are garbage, even if you acid etch the concrete, over time hot tires will cause imperfections.
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Re: Epoxy Garage Floor Repair
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2014, 06:07:00 AM »
The Rust-O-Leum one's are garbage, even if you acid etch the concrete, over time hot tires will cause imperfections.
Good to know. I was thinking about using that on my floor.
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