EPOXY FLOORING GUIDE

FLOORS THAT ARE SEALED:All sealers must be removed entirely. Use a 30% Muriatic solution to remove the sealer. Nuetralize floor with TSP powder when etching has fully removed the sealer. Test by sprinkling water on the floor, if it beads up then reetch and retest. Repeat until water does not bead up. If sealer is visible on the floor it may save time if you use a floor buffing machine with a black pad to remove the top layers of the sealer and then etch.

Previously Painted Floors: This is a very common situation where a floor has been coated previously with a retail grade paint or epoxy. These types of coatings fail to a varying degree. There are two situations you can wind up with. First. Power wash off and or scrape up old coating. If most of the old coating removes easily then make sure to remove all of it. This coating is not properly bonded to the concrete and is not a suitable foundation for a new epoxy coating. Use an Industrial floor scrapper to make the job easier, we have one available in our crack& joint repair section if needed. In some cases it's cheaper and faster to simply rent a floor prep machine from Home Depot or your local tool rental company. Once the old paint is removed, etch the floor with the etching solution in our kits and then paint with any of our epoxy kits. See Use Guide Below.

Workshop Floors For light duty workshops or work shops that are part of large garages use Armorpoxy II listed below. For medium to heavy duty workshops use the Armor Ultra listed below. Race work shops are recommended to use either the Armorpoxy II with the Forklift duty topcoat upgrade or the Armor Ultra system.

Oil Stain Floors: Floors that are heavily stained with oil such as service shops or older floors that had leaking oil drip on them for years. For normal stained floors use our industrial oil remover, for large stained areas or heavy stains you must coat these areas with our oil stop primer. This primer is specially made to adhere to oil. It's available in each of our epoxy kit sections. We recommend that you remove as much of the oil as possible with our oil remover then acid etch the floor and let dry then apply the oil primer to the stained areas. Let primer dry overnight and then apply any of our epoxy kits. Note: if using a light color epoxy such as Beige or white it is recommended that you prime the entire floor to maintain an even color finish.

Floors That Need To Be Done In One Day! For this you'll need to use either the Armor Mats or Armor Tiles. Both of these flooring products can be installed in a matter of hours. If you want to epoxy your floor and be back in service the same day you'll need to use our fast dry-one day epoxy kit. You'll have to diamond grind the floor so that you can apply the epoxy immediately when done. This is a complete two step kit and drys extremely quick so that you can start in the morning and be using the floor at the end of the day.

Basement Floors. These are the toughest floors to coat properly due to cracks, being covered with mastic or having water coming up from underneath. Moisture coming up form underneath is the worst problem since the rising water acts like a hydraulic jack and will push off any coating on the floor. Before coating any basement floors, do a moisture test by taping a 4x4 piece of plastic on all four sides, wait 48 hrs, if moisture is present under the plastic you must use our wet basement floor kit. If no moisture is present use our dry basement floor kit.

For VCT Tiled Floors. Our kits work great over any type of VCT Tile! Secure any loose or broken tiles, fill in any missing ones with cement patch or other cheap VCT Tiles. Sand down tiles lightly to roughen up and to makes sure any factory coating is removed. Then clean and etch with the etching solution in our kits. Then coat with any of our Ultra epoxy kits. Your old VCT Tiles will now be Permanently encapsulated!For coating over ceramic tiles, glass tiles or terracotta tiles call us we can put a kit together for even these hard to coat surfaces.

Wood Floors. Wood floors can be coated with our epoxy kits. Simply sand the floors to remove any dirt and factory coating then prime with our wood primer and coat with the epoxy kit of your choice. We recommend you call us for wood floor applications to review details just to be safe.

Cracks, Expansion Joints and Uneven Slabs. We have a whole section for these issues and we have a product for ecah condition. Hairline cracks will be filled by our epoxies. Slightly larger cracks can be filled with our concrete caulking. Large cracks must be repaired with our crack and joint kit. Expansion joints and saw cuts can be filled or can be left as is. If you do not want to fill them in you can feather the epoxy down into them to make it look like a finished saw cut. Epansion and control joints can be partially filled in with compacted sand and then top the last 1-1 1/2" with our flexible joint compound. Saw cuts can be filled with either the crack & joint compound or the flexible joint compound. After filling cracks or expansion joints, etch the floor and repaired areas then coat. See the Crack & Joint Repair section.

Armorpoxy II: Heavy Duty Epoxy System without decorative flakes. Has heavy duty 2 part solids epoxy with heavy duty 2 part topcoat. Both epoxy and topcoat are the same color so that you get great color coverage. High Gloss smooth finish. Use in Garages, light to medium workshops, warehouses with light forklift traffic, retail showrooms and serivce areas, light aircraft hangers etc. High resistance to road salts, chemicals, impacts, foot traffic, rubber tire traffic, water proof and stain resistant. For areas with heavy steel wheel traffic, medium to heavy workshops or race shops, medium size aircraft, large exposure to road salts or other chemicals and abrasive particles, upgrade to the forklift duty topcoat.

Armor Ultra: Extra Heavy Duty without decorative chips! This is our thickest 3 part epoxy and thickest 2 part topcoat. Epoxy and topcoat are the same color with a High Gloss smooth finish. Great for just about any application! Can handle heavy wheel traffic, rubber or steel, good for workshops with heavy work loads, high chemical resistance, High Gloss, easy clean up, accepted for commercial kitchen applications. Rated for industrial use, medium to large aircraft hanger applications and heavy use warehouse floors, high impact resistance , high resistance to large number of corrosive chemicals, high abrasion resistance. Good for covering lightly pitted or rough finish floors. For large heavily pitted, spalling or flaking areas consider a resurfacing product as a less expensive alternate.

Armor Chip & Armor Granite: super durable epoxy kits with everything you need to finish your garage or commercial floor to a Terrazo or Granite look! These kits utilize our Ultra epoxy as the base coat and a heavy duty 1 part clear coat over the decorative chips. Armor Chip has 8 lbs of colored chips to simulate a Terrazo look and the Armor Granite kit which is our top of the line kit contains 20lbs of high quality chips to simulate a granite floor look. Armor Granite comes with three topcoats vs two topcoats for ArmorChip. With the ArmorGranite spiked soles come standard as does upgraded application tools. For added protection for floors with workshops, exposure to heavy steel wheel traffic or extremely high road salt exposure upgrade to forklift duty topcoat.

Basement Epoxy Kits: These kits are specifically designed for the special application needs of basement floors whether they are wet or dry basements. Please don't expect that you can slap any old kind of paint on your basement floor and expect it to stick. Please read the Basement epoxy pages before attempting to coat your basement floor.

One Day Epoxy Kit Specialized epoxy primer and epoxy that fully cures in one day. Can be apllied with or without colored chips. Suitable for all commercial or residential applications. Indoor and outdoor rated.

Armor Tile: Super heavy duty interlocking floor tiles with water tight seams! 60,000lb roll over capacity and a 30 year guarantee. Most versatile indestructible flooring product made. Good for any residential, commercial or industrial application you can think of. Install a complete floor in a matter of hours and they are removable just as easy! Extremely impact and abrasion resistive. Will not crack, chip or buckle.

Armor Mats: All residential garage applications, Gyms, Cafeterias, Car staging areas, waiting areas, play areas, mud rooms and any other high foot traffic area. These are patterned high grade rubber roll out mats that you simply unroll over your floor. A fast and simple way to beautify and upgrade any floor. No prepping or floor repairs needed prior to installation.