Why Epoxy Flake Floor Installation Is A Job For The Professionals

Whether you are planning to have an epoxy flake floor installed at home or for one or more parts of your business premises, the temptation could be that to save yourself some money; you try to install it yourself. There could be many DIY projects that you have completed successfully in the past, and therefore, you are confident this will be the same.

Whilst it is not for us to doubt in any way your past record or your DIY skills, we would ask you to pause for a moment and think about what it takes to install an epoxy floor.

First, while they may start as liquids, applying them is not the same as painting a ceiling, and that is assuming that you have got the balance between the chemicals exactly right. There is also the work required to ensure the concrete floor underneath is prepped exactly as it needs to be in terms of evenness and to make its adhesive qualities optimal.

If you were to even get beyond laying it, there is no small matter of the flake distribution. Many amateurs think that you do this as though scattering birdseed in the park for the pigeons, but soon realise it is not as they end up with barren areas and others with mounds of flakes.

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