Pre-Coating Preparations for Your Concrete Garage Floor

You can receive years of usefulness from a concrete garage floor, especially when you apply a protective coating on it. To ensure that the coating adheres properly to the concrete, you must first perform pre-coating preparation on the floor. If you fail to perform this step, the coating may crack or peel, and you will need to start all over again. Follow the below steps to ensure that your coating applies in the correct fashion and lasts as long as possible.

A Concrete Floor Must Cure a Sufficient Amount of Time 

If your concrete garage floor is freshly poured, you must let it harden or cure for at least 28 days prior to applying any protective coating. Do not forget this crucial step or your floor will not set up right, and this leads to issues such as cracking.

Scrub the Concrete Floor

Scrub your garage’s concrete flooring with detergent, water and a brush to remove any dirt, dust, grease, oil or other contaminants that could interfere with the adhesion of the floor coating. Use a degreaser whenever necessary during this step.

Rinse the Concrete Floor Thoroughly With Water and Leave It Damp

Use plenty of water to rinse your floor. You must remove all the degreaser when you scrub with it. It takes a lot of water to rinse it from concrete completely. Keep the floor damp for the next step.

Spread a Diluted, Hydrochloric Acid Solution All Over the Floor to Etch It

Dilute one part of hydrochloric acid with four parts of water. Spread in over all the concrete garage floor to etch it. Let it set until the bubbles stop forming.

Rinse the Acid Solution Off the Floor With Plain Water

When the acid solution has set long enough, immediately rinse it thoroughly with clean water. If you let the solution dry, the salts from it will be quite difficult to remove in the proper way to prepare for the rest of the process. If the water beads up on the floor or the profile is still smooth, repeat the acid etching and rinsing until the concrete has the texture of fine sandpaper.

Allow the Floor to Dry Completely Before Applying the Protective Coating

Only after all the acid solution has been rinsed off the concrete garage flooring, do you let it dry completely. You should not apply any coating on a damp or wet floor. It must be thoroughly dry for the coating application.

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