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New Haven, Connecticut, Classic Car Garage

March 14, 2011 by

This client had a need for an Ultra Glossy High Build epoxy floor. They had used other companies in the past but have never achieved the result they were looking for. Moto Soto purchased a new building in Norwalk, Connecticut where they needed to gut and renovate. They called Concrete Restoration inc. in, explained their needs, and also explained how they were never really happy with the other floors they had done. I told them to achieve the best glossy end result, they needed to use a High Solids Urethane.  This way they would get a high gloss, color stable, chemical resistant epoxy flooring system.

We prepared the concrete by diamond grinding. The floors then had a tight coat of epoxy primer to prevent out gassing (air bubbles from concrete pores). We then had to self level out the rough areas using a epoxy slurry that was pulled out with a notched squeegee. Once the floor was dry we sanded and cleaned it in preparation for urethane finish. The final coat of High Solids urethane was dipped and rolled out with a fine broadcast of 60 mesh oxide to prevent slip issues.

Moto Soto is super happy which adds another good reference for us! :)

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Choosing The Correct Industrial Flooring System To Ensure Success

March 4, 2011 by

Selecting the right Industrial Flooring system for you project is critical. Choosing to just install an epoxy floor can be just throwing your money away and can cause long term floor care maintenance issues. Examples of this would be using a standard epoxy floor in a ware house that just stores stock and has heavy fork truck traffic. The epoxy system will not hold up and will wear out quickly. Epoxy has a low abrasion resistance.  Dragging of wood pallets will scratch the floor up . The proper system would have been a polished concrete floor. A polished floor has no film build to be scratched away. Another example would be using epoxy coating at a seafood plant. Seafood plants have very high traffic and high impact abuse. They hot water wash the floors daily to kill bacteria. Epoxy floors do not hold up well to thermal shock and cannot stand up to heavy impaction. The solution is to use a urethane mortar floor. Urethane mortar holds up to thermal shock well and has a high PSI rating to withstand impact abuse. These are just two examples. Below is a list of a few different flooring types Concrete Restoration Inc installs and what type of use or environment they would be perfect for.

  • 1/8 inch Epoxy shop Floor- used in Auto Dealer ships, Shipping and receiving bays, Bus Garages, Manufacturing, heavy traffic aisles
  • 1/8 inch Decorative quartz or vinyl Chip Floors- used in Kitchens, Bathrooms, Locke rooms, Classrooms, Concourses, Office Floors
  • Polished Concrete- Entrances, Show Rooms, Manufacturing (no oil exposure), warehousing, retail
  • Urethane Mortars- Used in Breweries, Meat Processing, Bakeries, Food processing, Seafood Plants, Thermal Shock areas
  • Epoxy mortars- Used in many areas to repair spalled and pitted concrete. Other flooring options go on-top of this system
  • MMA Flooring- Quick Dry situations where a quick cure is needed
  • Liqua Stone Flooring- A metallic swirl floor- used in show rooms, offices, bar and restaurants, entry ways

If you have any concrete flooring project, please email us for a free survey and our flooring expertise to guide you to a long term solution!

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