How To Epoxy A Wood Floor

Alright if you ve come this far you are gung ho about getting the epoxy on the wood floor.

How to epoxy a wood floor.

This old house host kevin o connor assists epoxy coating expert doug fasching in creating a good looking hardwearing stain resistant garage floor. One process is to install a self leveling concrete over plywood followed by an epoxy system. Prepare surfaces scrupulously make sure your surface is dry free of dust and other contaminants and thoroughly abraded. For this purpose the filler is rubbed into the substrate.

The second approach is to install a flexible epoxy coating over plywood followed by a typical self leveling epoxy mortar. First scrub your floor to remove grease sand any rough patches and vacuum up debris. If this happens then stop allow the coating to cure and then sand the surface until it is smooth ready for the next coating application. If the wood has any kind of stain or seal that needs to be removed completely.

Then clean the entire floor thoroughly with a pressure washer to remove any impurities. With some coarse grain timbers the first coat may be quite rough and lift some wood fibre from the surface. Is it damaged scratched discolored in several places or stained heavily that you want to hide. Use the type of primer recommended for the wood and for the best adhesion to an epoxy floor finish.

To do epoxy flooring you ll need to clean the floor and apply the covering with a roller. Epoxy can help you with some of it. If you have bought epoxy putty in a practical double cartridge you can apply the putty by piston pressure on a flat board and mix the two components with a spatula again thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Your best option may be to rip out the ruined wood and apply an epoxy floor coating to the concrete below.

When applying epoxy to wood floors always begin in one far corner and work moving backward toward the exit point of the room. Otherwise you may become trapped within wet epoxy paint. Epoxy floor coating on wooden floors. Once the epoxy is as tacky as masking tape apply the next coat.

If you have wood floors that are heavily scratched discolored or otherwise showing their age an epoxy coating can theoretically hide the damage and create a new surface layer. After this deep dents are first thinly filled with filler. Applying epoxy to wood floors. Use the roller to apply a sealant to the rest of the floor.

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