Why Choose Floor Coatings To Embellish The Look of Your Garage Floor?

A garage filled with broken stuff and stacked boxes don’t make your house feel like a welcoming place. Clearing up the mess in your garage would certainly clear up some space. But it is usually not enough. For this reason, it is important to go for garage floor coatings in Phoenix. Some of the popular garage floor coatings Gilbert or paint are epoxy coating, acid stain, and the clear sealer etc.

Best Epoxy floor coatings in Mesa are popular as they are impact resistant, makes your floor dust-free and easy to clean. It is also slip resistant. Acid stain is used due to its finished look. It gives your floor a marble-like appearance with it’s attractive blend and colorful patterns. The clear sealer protects your floor from abrasions and makes your floor new and shiny.

 

Application of the garage floor paint or coating requires patience and effort. The initial step in applying the coating is to prepare and clean the floor. After doing away with the stains, it is time to take care of the cracks. Then the floor needs to be dried before patching up the cracks and holes. To cover up the small cracks, concrete or mortar-repair compound may be used. A small quantity of water may be sprinkled on the surface to check if the concrete absorbs water or not. Thereafter coating is done.

These are the basic steps to be followed for the application of garage floor painting or coating. However, for effective and quality coating, you must get in touch with the experienced and renowned Concrete Coating Contractor.

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Why Should You Prefer Concrete Coatings For Patios?

The Concrete Coating offers the appeal of natural stone. It is more practical and economical. Patios made of concrete are making a big comeback as homeowners now realize all the benefits they were missing out on by installing wooden composite decking. 

Here are some of the reasons for people making a switch:-

Versatility - With the recent advances in coloring techniques and stamping tools, patios made of poured-in-place concrete are more versatile than ever before. Concrete can easily be formed into any shape. Thereby, allowing you to accommodate backyard space restrictions or incorporate attractive curves. You can also achieve just about any hue with the use of stains and other colouring methods.

You can also choose from a vast array of pattern and design options, including stamped patterns, stenciling, engraving etc.  Few people choose a concrete patio style that complements their indoor living space. Concrete can also be made to look like other popular patio materials. This includes brick, natural stone and even wood.

Durability - It is highly durable and can stand up to a wide range of weather conditions. In fact, many concrete contractors take special measures to ensure the durability of the concrete patios they produce. The durability and aesthetic appeal of decorative concrete will also boost the resale value of your home.

Easy to Maintain – It is easier to maintain because it’s a solid surface. In comparison to wood, a concrete patio saves you the labor of staining and resealing year after year. Also, it is resistant to termite infestation and eliminates the need for regular maintenance as well.

Check these 5 things before painting concrete

Environment and use are two of the most important aspects of a coating choice. For example, a balcony coating needs to be UV and weather resistant, driveway coatings need to be oil resistant and suitable for traffic.

The concrete substrate needs to be free of moisture. Damp concrete will affect coating adhesion and lead to a coating failure.

Concrete paint works best as a coating system. This means for premium results it can include up to five layers, for example – a primer, a sealer, undercoat(s), topcoat(s), and a final sealer.

The concrete substrate needs to be cured, free from defects, dry, and clean – no contaminants such as oil, algae growth, loose particles.

The concrete substrate needs to be sufficiently porous for good adhesion – smooth concrete may require extra preparation such as acid etching, sandblasting, or concrete resurfacing.

What are the Causes of Debonding and Blistering of Epoxy Floor Coatings?

Alkali-silica reaction, ASR is a type of concrete degradation. Three conditions are necessary for ASR to occur such as a reactive form of silica or silicates, available alkali and moisture. ASR gel formation is possible when these conditions are present.

Though, the existence of ASR gel does not necessarily mean concrete damage will occur. Impairment can be caused as the ASR gel absorbs moisture and swells. This leads to extreme pressure from expansion. It typically takes years to develop and results in cracked aggregates.

Near-surface alkali reaction gel is another cause responsible for debonding and blistering of epoxy coatings. It occurs closer to the surface, involves smaller aggregates. It takes less time to develop, and is associated with a low-permeance floor coating. This also requires the presence of reactive silica or silicates, available alkali, and moisture to form the gel. The failure leads to blistering in the low permeability surface coating applied to the concrete.

The occurrence of excess alkali from NSAR at the concrete surface creates disproportion of solute. This generates an osmotic cell leading to attraction of more water. The water is pulled through the concrete. This acts as a semi-permeable membrane and collects on the concrete surface. The existence of the relatively impermeable coating covering traps the excess moisture. This results in blistering of the coating.

Lithium compounds have been used in concrete to inhibit ASR from causing degradation. Also, to protect the surface by aiding in the concrete densification.

When performing investigations of blistering and other failures of Epoxy Flooring systems, it is important to observe and take into account a number of factors, such as, Lithium silicate was applied to the concrete surface and the cracks present in the field core samples were parallel or sub-parallel to the surface.

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