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RE: RE: Temporary Shop floors

To: "'Ken Landaiche'" <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>, shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: RE: Temporary Shop floors
From: John Steczkowski <stecz@crossroads.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 16:39:29 -0600
Even if I have to repair it every two years or something (touch up where the
cars have parked, etc), it still seems like it would be worth it over the
trouble the others take to install...


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John Steczkowski
Director of Software Engineering
Crossroads Systems, Inc.
512-794-2742



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Landaiche [mailto:ken.landaiche@dlcc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 3:40 PM
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: RE: Temporary Shop floors
> 
> 
> 
> If you are going to the trouble of painting it, get some 
> obnoxious two part
> solvent based epoxy. Barring a recommendation for a 
> particular water based
> epoxy, the general experience here has been that only the 
> ones that poison
> as they are applied really stand up to automotive wear and tear.
> 
> Ken Landaiche
> 
> I used Benjamin Moore M36, I think.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BradFarr@aol.com [mailto:BradFarr@aol.com]
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/10/99 1:21:44 PM, stecz@crossroads.com writes:
> 
> >> Home Depot sells an epoxy two part floor paint sealer.  About 
> >> $40 for 250
> >> square feet.  Mix it up, roll it on, you can even put 
> flecks in it to
> >> simulate future dirt and grease.  I put it down in my 
> machine room and
> >> paint booth, and this spring I'm doing the rest of the shop.  Works
> >> great.
> >> George
> >
> >
> >Have you parked cars on it, etc. I saw this, it looks like 
> one of those
> >"to
> >good to be true scenarios". It doesn't require an acid wash, 
> you use the
> >included cleaner and then roll it on. How durable has it been?
> 
> I did a new garage floor about 3 years ago with the stuff. It 
> still looks
> OK.
> Brake fluid will remove it without much trouble. Tires sometimes cause
> lifting, I think the problem is with wet tires, for example 
> driving in after
> a
> rain. Parking with a hot tire seems to be OK
> 

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