Can I coat my own floor?
You can coat your own floor as long as you follow the proper steps as follows: 1. Does the floor have a vapor barrier under the concrete? a. If you aren’t sure you will need to perform a moisture test to determine if moisture is coming up through the floor slab, if you know you have a vapor barrier proceed to step 2. i. If moisture is coming through the slab stop and get a professional involved 2. Clean and prepare the floor per SSPC SP-13. (This almost always requires a bare minimum of diamond grinding) (Make sure you have the proper Personal Protective Equipment, Silica Dust is very dangerous to breathe!!!) a. A diamond grinder can be rented from...
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SSPC (www.SSPC.org) is known as The Coatings Society and they provide the industrial coatings industry with industry wide surface preparation standards. Below are the most common surface preparation standards in use today and a brief description of each standard. SSPC SP-1 Solvent Cleaning Removal of all visible oil, grease, soil, drawing and cutting compounds, and other soluble contaminants from steel surfaces with solvent, vapor, cleaning compound, alkali, emulsifying agent, or steam. SSPC SP-2 Hand Tool Cleaning Removes all loose mill scale, loose rust, loose paint, and other loose detrimental foreign matter by hand chipping, scraping, sanding, and wire brushing....
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