Regular garage floor paints are one part oil based or water based.
2 part floor epoxy tsp instead of acid etch.
Epoxy paint is extremely durable and long lasting in comparison to its relatively low cost.
Muriatic acid easily melts anything it comes in contact with like most types of plastics clothes metal and even your skin.
Acid etching is the process of applying hydrochloric muriatic or buffered phosphoric acid to a slab then rinsing it off with water.
Muriatic acid or hydrochloric acid has long been the accepted acid etching method of professional installers and homeowners.
High quality epoxy floor paints are neither one part oil based nor water based and all epoxies are not the same and you need to know why so you don t have to do your floor a second or third time.
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Industrial floor epoxy between group a and group b reagent group a group b group c reagent group a group b group c acetaldehyde 3 3 2 aluminum potassium sulfate 3 3 2 acetamide 2 2 2 aluminum sulfate 3 3 2 acetate solvent 4 4 3 amin es 3 3 2 acetic acid 1 10 3 3 2 aminoethanol 3 3 2 acetic acid 11 25 4 4 2 ammonia anhydrous 3 3 2.
All purpose household cleaner usually works for floors inside the house but if you re recoating a concrete garage.
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Super etch tm1 50.
However this chemical is not ideal for household use because of its damaging and harmful effects.
2 part epoxy paints.
Fyi i just bought wattyl super etch and read the data sheet.
Epoxy flooring consists of a resin part and a hardener part much like epoxy glue.
Be sure that when comparing costs that there are several types of epoxy and most stores carry only water based epoxy.
Etching is normally a two person operation with one person applying the acid and the other working the floor machine.
Mix a solution of grease cutting detergent and warm water to clean the floor.
Wear protective gear when acid etching your concrete floor.
A premium quality single pack epoxy etch primer.
There is a difference between the two and everyone has an opinion over which is best for certain garage floor epoxy applications.
Concrete grinding and acid etching.
It is an epoxy self etching primer.
For many years it was a standard method of concrete preparation used by nearly all industrial commercial and institutional floor coating installers depending on the floor size and system to be installed.
100 solids resins epoxy is the best as there are virtually no fumes have zero volatile organic compounds v o c s and can sustain heat from tires and resistant.
Work in 150 square foot sections rinsing the sections thoroughly with water followed by a neutralizer and more water.
So the question of one or the other is not necessary.