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Originally Posted by wrxkidid
Isn't that a blast.
i love the smell of acid etching in the morning.
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I will *never* epoxy another garage floor.
Yesterday, after washing it (aka scrubbing 700sqft with a broom 3 times over), then etching it (aka scrubbing 700sqft with a broom 3 times over, again), then realizing that there's still a fuckton of acid still coming up when I hose the garage off (aka scrubbing 700sqft with a broom 3 times over, a third time)... and still seeing the acid again (aka scrubbing 700sqft with a broom 3 times over, for the fourth time), I finally gave up and figured, either the stuff will stick or it won't and I went to bed.
Today I painted that stuff and sprinkled my sprinkles (never mind the midday trip to 3 Home Depots to find the last garage floor epoxy kit in Reno after realizing part-way through I was going to run a gallon short). It took a long time, but wasn't nearly as tiring as the scrubbing was.
All I know is, I'm into this floor for like $500 in materials (epoxy kits are $99 each, I needed three of them, plus the concrete cleaner, the acid, the buckets, rollers, brushes, tape, and one SRIC hoodie that may need to be relegated to garage use only now). Compared to $3000 for the cost of having the pros do it with the high grade industrial stuff. I'm paying the extra $2500 next time. Especially since if the floor starts coming up when I park sticky race tires on it, they'll warranty it.