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How to Install
Epoxy Resine
FloorsBy 3d Royal Floors
About Epoxy Resin FloorsEpoxy coatings are fantastic products that can create great seamless resinous floors.
A range of self-smoothing pigmented Epoxy Resin floor screeds available in a wide range of colours. Suitable for areas subject to foot traffic, forklift and vehicular traffic, such as factories, garages, showrooms, workrooms and industrial applications.
Here are the top 7 steps :
Surface Preparation
1. A surface needs to be properly prepared. This means it should be
clean
dry
dust-free and
the substrate must be ground or shot blasted
Solvent based Epoxy products do not bond well with humidity
the surface is completely dry
no pipes or taps dripping
no rising humidity from beneath the ground
Surface Preparati
on
This happens when the Epoxy floor product is much stronger than the substrate (for example low –quality cement)
What ends up happening is that you don’t actually have the epoxy layer detaching from the cement
Substrate
Floors experience heavy wear and tear Don’t assume the industrial floor screed will simply just stick to the substrate. Always make sure that the primer is suitable for the substrate
Use suitable primer
Make sure the substrate is compatible for epoxies both in terms of adhesion as well as tensile strength.
For example never coat epoxy on wood!
Wood is far more flexible than epoxies which leads to the epoxy cracking simply because it cannot follow the expansions of the wood floor.
Compatible Surface
All oils, greases, residues must be properly cleaned before attempting any type of fresh coating. Don’t expect proper bonding otherwise.
Contaminated Floors
This was caused by a faulty mix between the resin and the hardener:
Mixing incorrect or inaccurate proportions of the components
Not mixing the material properly or for a long enough time
Mix the Resin and
the Hardener
