Last week the team at Holland Painting located out of
Wichita Kansas finished an
epoxy garage floor job I like to refer to as the Mercedes House (the owners had a Mercedes). I figured since I have this blog I'd write about it.
The Mercedes House Project consisted of applying epoxy covering to three buildings in
Rose Hill Kansas (a suburb of Wichita): an 825 square foot garage; a 525 square foot attachment to the garage; and a 600 square foot work shop area. This is a picture of the big part of the garage before we got to work. You can see the garage floor had been through some wear and tear. It was approximately 20 years old and showed the typical signs of aging. The homeowners wanted to freshen up the floors and bring them up to date, so they hired us. This ended up being a three day job, and it turned out excellent.
Epoxy Garage Floor Covering - Day 1
Day one usually consists of getting the floor free and clear of any thing that may have soaked in and getting any concrete sealers previously applied. In this case we started with an orange citrus seal remover, which was applied directly to the floor and sat for 45 minutes. Once the concrete seal remover had a chance to work its way into the concrete sealer we removed it. Any remaining sealer was removed with a surface diamond grind. Once the garage floor was clean and free of previous sealers Holland Painting filled in any concrete cracks with crack filler and allowed it to cure over night. On day two the floors would be ready for the
epoxy garage floor covering.
Epoxy Garage Floor Coating - Day 2
Day two began with a moisture test to determine the correct type of epoxy to be applied to the garage floor. If you didn't know, the wrong kind of epoxy applied can result in a bad floor, increasing the cost and effort to get this great floor. The test suggested a
two part epoxy base with 1/4 inch granite flakes would be best (the homeowners picked the color - there are numerous ones to choose from). Once the epoxy coat was applied it takes about 24 hours to cure. That's it for day two!
Epoxy Garage Floor - Day 3
Day three was the final day of this project (not bad for almost 2000 square feet of floor!). The epoxy base was nice and cured, so after sweeping up any excess flakes (the flakes give it the "granite" look) the next step is the application of a
two part clear Polyurea. This provides that durability and easy clean up that is essential for any garage floor. And that was it. By the morning of day four the garage floors were as good as new and were ready to use.
You can see from the picture here that the difference is dramatic. And the great thing is, this floor not only looks one hundred times better than it did, it actually functions better as a garage floor. The epoxy is heat resistant and doesn't have the porousness of concrete. Pretty much anything can just be washed right off.
So remember, if you want an
epoxy garage floor in the Wichita Kansas area, including Derby, Rose Hill, Andover, Maize, Mulvane, Goddard, Valley Center, or anywhere else, call Holland Painting at 316-644-2060 or email at
Holland.Construction.Info@gmail.com for a free estimate. Ensure your garage gets that professional look at a reasonble cost with Holland Painting.
Unlike the last project discussed, this one did not need much preparation before laying on the product. It was new construction, so there was no concrete sealer that needed to be removed. Additionally, the garage was well insulated, making drying the epoxy much easier (it usually needs to be above 50 degrees for the epoxy to dry in a reasonable amount of time - otherwise an accelerator has to be applied). This project, other than not needing the the preparation work, went pretty much like the last job. And like before, the end result was excellent, and Holland Construction had another satisfied company.
