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Epoxy.com offers a wide variety of Epoxy Garage Flooring products. We combine these products with related technologies, to
provide a wide variety of solutions to your Epoxy Garage Flooring needs.

Every Epoxy Garage Floor job is slightly different. The needs of each individual owner of the soon to be installed Epoxy Garage Floor has specific needs. The minimum requirement for all Epoxy Garage Floor Systems that Epoxy.com offers is that, when properly installed, are highly durable.
Selection of product needs will also need to balance the following needs:

• Your surface preparation requirements and conditions
• Your Aesthetic Requirements
• Your Budget Requirements.

Sealers

MAJOR USES

• Parking garage decks, and ramps
• Shop and warehouse floors
• Floors where food processing occurs
• Columns and beams
• Residential Epoxy Garage Floors
• Whenever new or old concrete must be protected from the effects of chloride ion penetration, free water, water-born contaminants, freezing and thawing, petroleum products, and abrasion.

Epoxy Garage Floor Sealing Systems give you the most “bang for the buck”. They are low cost, easy to use and very durable. Epoxy.com offers this system in two formats:Epoxy.com Product #223 Water Based Curing Compound, Sealer and Bonding Agent is a two component water based epoxy curing that is used to both cure and seal concrete and to bond freshly placed concrete to existing concrete.

ADVANTAGES

• Water based – Low V.O.C.
• Excellent Adhesion to Damp Concrete
• Prevents Intrusion of water, salts and chlorides
• Easy to use 1 to 1 mix ratio
• Can be brushed, rolled or sprayed
• Long Pot life
• No Reduction Needed For Spraying
• Easy Water Cleanup

Epoxy.com Product #870 Epoxy Sealer is a two-component penetrating epoxy sealer (with very high solids) designed for superior protection of new concrete or for prolonging the serviceability of partially-deteriorated concrete. The sealer is a low to medium viscosity material and is capable of providing an effective membrane barrier to inhibit moisture migration and corrosive chemical penetration. In the cured state Epoxy.com Product #870 allows moisture vapor transmission; it seals off moisture entry but still allows the concrete to breath. When applied to concrete placed and finished in accordance with standards defined in ACI 201 (Guide to Durable Concrete), Product #870 realy improves wear resistance of the concrete surface, slows down the corrosion of reinforcing steel and adds many years’ life to the structure. Poduct #870 has a solids content of 50% after curing. It may be applied to dry surfaces at temperatures of 40°F (0°C) or above.

ADVANTAGES

• High Solid Content – makes the product very cost effective
• Prevents Intrusion of water, salts and chlorides
• Easy to use 1 to 1 mix ratio
• Can be brushed, rolled or sprayed
• Quick Setting
• Can be Reduced if required

Solid Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Coatings

Epoxy.com Solid Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Systems are perhaps the most versatile of all Epoxy Garage Floor Systems. Properly installed they are not effected by hot tires. Properly installed Epoxy.com Solid Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Systems will last for generations. It may very well be the last Epoxy Garage Floor Coating that you will ever have to install.

• Solid Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Systems can be installed as a smooth ceramic like finished Epoxy Garage Floor.
• Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Systems can be installed with the addition of an anti-skid which is available in both fine and course.
• The 100% Solids Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Systems can be installed as a single broadcast system.
  This will create a Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Systems that is about 1/16 inch thick.
• The 100% Solids Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Systems can be installed as a double or even triple broadcast system. Each broadcast adds about 1/16 inch to the total thickness.

Epoxy.com has hundreds of products. So there are too many possible Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Systems
to list them all here. The products that are most commonly used to create Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Coating Systems are:

• Product #1 AllPurpose Coating – a 100% solids epoxy Hi-Build epoxy coating used for high foot and light to moderate forklift and indoor vehicular traffic areas where abrasion resistance is required; for protection against mild corrosion; and as a decorative waterproof coating for Epoxy Garage Floors, steel and concrete tanks, etc Available in normal, fast, and Cold Temperature Cure versions. Can be used for all 4 types of Solid Colored Epoxy Floor Coating Systems listed above. This product is available in 15 standard colors plus black and white, for a total of 17 standard colors. Zero(0) VOC Epoxy.
• Product #2 Chemical Resistant Coating – a two component, 100% solids epoxy chemical resistant coating used to protect chemical
  concrete, steel and other structural materials from non-oxidizing acids and alkalines for both interior and exterior applications. Available in normal, fast, and Cold Temperature Cure. Can be used for all 4 types of Solid Colored Epoxy Floor Coating Systems listed above. This product is available in 15 standard colors plus black and white, for a total of 17 standard colors. Zero (0) VOC Epoxy.
• Product #222 Water Based Epoxy – Epoxy.com Product #222 WATER BASED EPOXY COATING is a two component 100% reactive water based multifunctional epoxy resin coating. Product #222 is manufactured to produce the utmost in performance in a safe, water borne coating. Product #222 provides excellent resistance to salt intrusion, and excellent adhesion to most common construction substrates. Stock color for this product is gray. It is available in white, black and other shades of gray with a large enough order and enough lead time. Best if used for high build coating systems. Not as nearly as good for broadcast systems as Epoxy.com Product #1, Product #2, or Product #315NH. Water cleanup, makes this the easiest of all Epoxy.com Solid Colored Epoxy Garage Floor Systems.
• Epoxy.com #315NH is a 100%solids, moisture-insensitive epoxy coating. EPOXY.COM #315NH mixed at 2 :1 by volume ratio, produces an excellent coating for dry or damp concrete, wood, or steel surfaces. Epoxy.com #315NH is available in a summer grade and winter grade formulation. It can be used as a stand alone coating or as a base coat for Epoxy.com chip floor. The only stock color for Epoxy.com Product #315NH is gray. No part of the Product #315NH is considered a hazmat for shipping purposes, so it can be shipped by most standard shipping methods, and to most countries. It is available in white, black and other shades of gray with a large enough order and enough lead time. Can be used for all 4 types of Solid Colored Epoxy Floor Coating Systems listed above. Zero
  (0) VOC Epoxy. Not a Hazmat to ship.

Epoxy Garage Chip Flooring Systems

Arguably the most cost effective, durable, and attractive Epoxy Garage
Flooring System available to day is Epoxy.com Chip
Flooring System. Multi-Colored Epoxy Garage Floors have a special role to
play in interior design. The heavy technical demands made on floors often make
the use of certain decorative products simply impossible. The use of color
chips can change all that! Color chips are increasingly being used in
combination with “wet” products such as Epoxy.com Product #315 Polymeric
Multi-Colored Chip Floor Resurfacing System to create decorative floors
with more to offer than other ornamental products…Quality! Due to their easy
application, these products can be used by both professionals and skilled
do-it-yourself enthusiasts.

Note: This product is not available in retail (off the shelf)
outlets. It is only available from select authorized applicator/distributors
or directly from Epoxy.com, who will give you the technical support that
you need to install it properly. Get the REAL THING.
Be sure it has the Epoxy.com logo on the label.

Epoxy Garage Flooring – Quartz

Epoxy.com Epoxy Garage Flooring with Quartz –
www.epoxy.com/15.htm, is a highly durable and
economical Epoxy Garage Flooring System that is rugged enough for even the
most demanding commercial applications of Epoxy Garage Flooring.

The backbone of the Epoxy.com Epoxy Garage Flooring
system with Quartz is Epoxy.com Product #15. Product #15 has been used
in demanding applications for over 30 years. It can be found in high
school bathrooms where it was installed in the late 70’s. The very
floors that were installed in the 70’s have shown virtually no wear and no
yellowing. You cannot do say that about typical Epoxy Quartz Flooring
Systems.

Summary

Epoxy.com believes in the Right Product for the Right Job. You do not have to accept a cookie cutter solution
to your Epoxy Garage Floor. We offer many options. Above we are just a few possible solutions. Please call Epoxy.com
Technical Support at 352-533-2167 and let us help you design the right system for your Epoxy Garage Floor.

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