Thursday, May 23, 2013

Choosing the Best Epoxy Floor Coating


Epoxy coating has been used as the standard for a tough, beautiful floor surface for many years. However, many people still confuse epoxy with paint. It is not surprising to hear someone make reference to “epoxy point”. In reality, epoxy and paint are totally different products with different chemical composition. Even if you could differentiate the two, choosing the best epoxy resin for your floor coating may still be hard. For this reason, below is some insight to help you choose the best epoxy coating for your garage floor.
For a tough, durable garage floor, two part epoxy coating that do not contain solvent (100 percent solids) are the best choice. This type of epoxy coating hardens through a chemical process leaving behind a thick, hard and appealing surface. It may be a little more expensive and a little more demanding to install than the options below, but 100 percent epoxy coating is certainly a DIY- friendly project. An example of this product is epoxy master.
The two-part solvent based epoxy resins are good but not utterly great. They are water based and are therefore easier to apply and clean up when compared to 100 percent solids epoxy coatings. The major draw-back is that these products provide a thinner coating which is not likely to last as long.  Quikrete, Rust-Oleum and Behr are the most popular epoxy coatings of this kind readily available at your home improvement store.
One-part Solvent-based epoxy coating is not a true epoxy coating.  A true epoxy coating comes in two parts: the resin and the hardener. However, one-part epoxy coating is pre-mixed. This may be convenient, but the product doesn’t perform much better than paint. You can only choose this if you are not going to use the garage frequently and/or is ready to do the floor 

10 comments:

  1. Epoxy coating is really effective when Best Epoxy Floor Coating is chosen. I would suggest that two part epoxy coating that do not contain solvent (100 percent solids) are the best choice for durable garage floor.

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  2. Karam, I totally agree with you. it may not be as easy to apply and clean-up as two part solvent based epoxy, but the durability is second to none...

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    1. hi, i recently purchased epoxy floor paint from crown paints Kenya and was utterly disappointed by the appearance as there was no difference with ordinary floor paint plus 1 liter of the product is mixed with 1/4 liter of hardener, is this true epoxy really? please advice. thank you

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  3. Thanks for this writeup, it has proven very useful in decidine what type of Floor Hardner Manufacturer I should be looking for. Now all that's left is to find a good local industrial flooring specialist, and to see how much it is going to cost! Thanks again.

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  4. Hi,
    Can anyone help me find quickrete products please?

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    2. Hi Yusuf, You can contact me through this Number 0791 560 334.

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  5. Can I know where I can get a durable epoxy resin for floor surfaces and table tops which are durable

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