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Working with epoxies in the summer: Beware of the fast curing time

May 25, 2015 By Akis Apostolopoulos 2 Comments

Summertime can be a challenging time to work with epoxies. Warm temperatures affect the working life of epoxies as higher temperatures tend to shorten the workability of the product. Whereas under normal conditions an epoxy may start to cure at 40 minutes, high summer temperatures may significantly reduce this time to less than 20 minutes. […]

Filed Under: Application of epoxy floors, Troubleshooting

How do substrate failures affect epoxy floors?

May 17, 2015 By Akis Apostolopoulos 1 Comment

There have been many times where I have been called to take a look at a delaminated epoxy floor (see the picture above). Most people rush to conclusions on why the epoxy floor started chipping: maybe there was humidity in the surface, or the surface had not been properly prepared, or the surface had not […]

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What is the purpose of a spiked roller?

May 5, 2015 By Akis Apostolopoulos 1 Comment

spiked roller for epoxy

For someone new to epoxies the sight of a spiked roller (also known as porcupine roller) may seem strange. Spiked rollers are used for thick epoxy floor coats (at a minimum of 1mm (1/24 “) in thickness. In resinous floors the spiked roller serves two main purposes. 1. The first purpose is to eliminate and […]

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Disaster Stories: Forgetting to add the B component in the epoxy coating

April 20, 2015 By Akis Apostolopoulos 1 Comment

I got a call the other day from a subcontractor who told me that one of his workers forgot to add the B component to the A component, what he basically meant was that epoxy floor paint was applied without a hardener. He was asking if and how that would affect the end-result. When this […]

Filed Under: Application of epoxy floors, Troubleshooting

How poor quality epoxy products can cause bubbles

April 5, 2015 By Akis Apostolopoulos Leave a Comment

In this final post I am exploring the reasons why sometimes there are problems with the actual resin system that may lead to bubble formation. Although this problem is not very common it is growing in importance as many low-cost manufacturers are appearing out of nowhere selling low-priced epoxy products in an attempt to get […]

Filed Under: Troubleshooting

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