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Here are useful tips learned during more than 40 years of installing epoxy urethane floor seals and coatings on Fortune 500 company concrete floors, as well as in basements, garages, and decks. These tips can help you avoid mistakes that can limit the life of your floor.

There are three broad steps to doing your floor project: planning and preparation, repairing, and applying the coating. This article is the third in a three part series, and deals with applying the epoxy paint to the floor.

General guidelines for applying an epoxy coating to your floor:

Do no harm.
Investing in preparation produces the most years of service.
Let the chemicals and equipment do the work.
What can go wrong, will go wrong, unless you think ahead.
Technique is what separates mortals from Rembrandts.
An once of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Now let’s get started with tips on how to coat your floor with an epoxy or urethane floor paint.

Plan the job.

Good floor prep is key to a long lasting floor.

Take a break.

Mix 200 strokes.

Easy work makes for a better job

No one is perfect

Don’t worry about tricks of gravity

A rag may not save you

Technique, technique, technique.

When you think of concrete flooring the first thing that is likely to come to mind is a warehouse or some kind of industrial type setting. Concrete flooring however has become a very popular choice as flooring in residential homes.

Now the first thing that many are concerned about is that concrete flooring is a very boring drab gray color. This does not have to be an issue. It can be scored to create different patterns, it can also be stamped to gain the appearance of brick or tile. Color can also be added to concrete flooring at several points in time during the installation process or paint can be applied after the concrete has been installed.

If you happen to be suffering from any type of illness especially anything related to having difficulty breathing you will greatly benefit. Carpet can hold dust and all different types of irritants that can make conditions like asthma much worse. Carpet and tile are applied with adhesives that can give off extremely irritating fumes.

When most people choose concrete flooring they choose to have their foundation simply double as their floor. Your foundation is in direct contact with the earth so it can be an enormous help in the energy performance of your home. If you are worried about your floors getting colder in the winter then you can place area rugs in desired spots all over your home. There may be points in time where your home may seem cooler, however, the constant temperature level will make your home much more energy efficient.

There are many that may be concerned at the hardness of a concrete floor. It is really no harder then say tile applied directly to concrete. You can add several decorative rugs to areas of your home where you might like a little more cushion. When concrete is installed properly you will not have to worry about slips and falls onto the floor.

When you think of concrete flooring the first thing that is likely to come to mind is a warehouse or some kind of industrial type setting. Concrete flooring however has become a very popular choice as flooring in residential homes.

Now the first thing that many are concerned about is that concrete flooring is a very boring drab gray color. This does not have to be an issue. It can be scored to create different patterns, it can also be stamped to gain the appearance of brick or tile. Color can also be added to concrete flooring at several points in time during the installation process or paint can be applied after the concrete has been installed.

If you happen to be suffering from any type of illness especially anything related to having difficulty breathing you will greatly benefit. Carpet can hold dust and all different types of irritants that can make conditions like asthma much worse. Carpet and tile are applied with adhesives that can give off extremely irritating fumes.

When most people choose concrete flooring they choose to have their foundation simply double as their floor. Your foundation is in direct contact with the earth so it can be an enormous help in the energy performance of your home. If you are worried about your floors getting colder in the winter then you can place area rugs in desired spots all over your home. There may be points in time where your home may seem cooler, however, the constant temperature level will make your home much more energy efficient.

There are many that may be concerned at the hardness of a concrete floor. It is really no harder then say tile applied directly to concrete. You can add several decorative rugs to areas of your home where you might like a little more cushion. When concrete is installed properly you will not have to worry about slips and falls onto the floor.