Floor Paint Application Directions
Step l: Evaluate your floor
Paint flooring is a tough, long-lasting coating that you paint onto the concrete. An epoxy floor resists grease, oil and many other substances that would ruin ordinary paint. Garage floor epoxy paints clean easily and can be found in a variety of colors, so you can keep your epoxy floor paints sparkling clean and attractive for years.
However, the reality of this challenging project is, one, not all concrete floors will hold epoxy floor coatings, and two, preparing concrete for epoxy floor coatings can be labor intensive and tedious. That said, this direction will help you assess your concrete's condition, show you how to clean, and demonstrate how to apply an epoxy floor coating that will handle car traffic, chemicals, oils, salt and scraping better than any other paint or stain.
Vacuuming and rinsing. Day two is for filling cracks and applying the first coat of epoxy flooring, which is followed by a second coat on day three. This job doesn't require many special tools. But to do the best job (and save your back), we recommend that you rent a walk-behind power floor scrubber with a stiff brush attachment, see Fig 1. Brushes work better than scrubbing pads on concrete, but buy two pads if a brush isn't available. Also, rent a wet vacuum if you don't own or have access to one.
As with any other paint job, success with using epoxy floor paints lies in the prep work. Plan to spend the first day removing oil spots, cleaning/degreasing the floor, and scrubbing,
Step2: Analyze the floor and weather
Before you even consider an epoxy floor, test to determine if dampness is coming up through the concrete from the ground. If moisture is evident, see pic 2 for demos of moisture test, you need to contact JIANBANG technical support. Here is the way to moisture test:
• Cut clear plastic sheeting into a 24" by 24" square.
• Make sure that the concrete where you intend to place the plastic is free of standing water as this will skew your test results.
• Tape the plastic firmly to the concrete with duct tape or any other kind of waterproof tape. Firmly press down all sides of the tape to prevent moisture from escaping.
• Wait 48 hours.
• Check the plastic to see if any moisture has beaded up on the inside of the plastic.
If you're dealing with a new slab, you must wait a minimum of 28 days, preferably two months, for the floor to cure and dry thoroughly before applying an epoxy flooring. And if you're dealing with a previously painted floor, the best advice is to remove the paint, especially when you're applying a solvent-based epoxy flooring paint that could soften any that remains.
If your concrete passed these tests, make sure the weekend weather passes, too. The temperature of the concrete must be a minimum of 12 °C, with an air temperature between 15 and 32 °C for optimum epoxy floor paint curing/drying.
Step3: Floor cleaning
To begin, use a flat-edged shovel or scraper to loosen hardened surface debris, then sweep it out with a broom, see Fig 3. Next, mix up an 18.5 L batch of water and concrete cleaner/degreaser according to label directions. Once spots are cleaned, power-scrub the entire floor. To clean a two-car garage floor, plan on scrubbing for 20 to 30 minutes (keep the floor wet all the time). Make sure you scrub with a stiff bristle hand brush along the walls and in the corners where the machine cannot reach. Once youYe satisfied with dirt removal, vacuum up the cleaner for proper disposal.
Step4: Patch cracks
After the floor has dried overnight, fill 0.63 cm cracks and larger, plus holes or spalled areas, with an epoxy crack filler. Use a plastic putty knife to scrape the surface level and smooth. Let it dry for four hours (check label directions) before you begin garage floor painting your first coat of epoxy.
Step5: First coat-J IAN BANG® sealing agent
You can choose a sealing agent from JIANBANG® epoxy sealing primer, J IAN BANG® waterborne silane sealing primer, JIANBANG® Isobutyltriethoxysilane sealing primer. Rolling or spraying method is recommended. Due to high penetrating property of sealing primer, a proper amount of thinner is needed to make sure the sealing agent can be absorbed by substrate, and further increase adhesion. The coating process must be continuous until a thinner layer just covers substrate. See Fig 4
Step6: Second coat-epoxy mortar
After sealing primer dried (around 4 hours @ 25 °C), two coats of epoxy mortar are recommended for better resistance to abrasion, impact, water, mineral oil, acid & alkali as well as better flatness. See Fig 4.
1st coat: 70-140 mesh quartz sand or emery mixed with 100% solid type epoxy resin, using troweling method.
2nd coat: 200-700 mesh quartz sand or emery mixed with 100% solid type epoxy resin, using troweling method.
Grind the and vacuum the surface.
Step7: Third coat-epoxy paste
After grinding and cleaning, apply a coat of epoxy paste.Use rolling, high pressure airless spraying or troweling method.
High pressure airless spraying is recommended for large area application, (pressure set to 20-25 Mpa)\
Step8: Finish coat-JIANBANG® epoxy floor paint
Epoxy floor paints are tough resins that come in two separate parts that you mix together just before you apply them. You can divide them roughly into three types: 100 percent solids, solvent based and water based.
• The 100 percent solid type is almost pure epoxy, other name is self-leveling epoxy floor； it doesn,t contain solvents that evaporate. These products are high build, highly glossy and coming out crystal shinny appearance. The corresponding product is JIANBANG® self-leveling epoxy floor paint
• The solvent-based epoxies typically contain from 40 to 60 percent solids (epoxy). They penetrate and adhere well. And they're often available in a wide range of colors, and can be designed with multiple function.
