Epoxy & Coatings Removal

The Story: This Pittsburg, PA dog kennel boarding facility had some challenges with their main floor.

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The epoxy rubber floor had become a mess after only a year of use. Right from the start, the coating on the floor failed to perform. Some months after the original installation it started to retain dirt and ammonia odor. After trying numerous cleaners and cleaning processes, the floor was still dirty. This film build system was promised to not retain odor and wear “like iron.”

The Solution: This costly floor had become a thorn in the side of the owners, employees and the dogs. After exhausting research, the owner decided on a system that works from the concrete surface down (a dye and seal floor) and not a film build solution – which sticks to the top of the concrete and works up.

The first challenge: remove the epoxy rubber floor, and see what we have. Concrete Surface Techs did just that. We removed the rubber coating with our aggressive grinding equipment and experience. We quickly revealed the floor to find more challenges.

The concrete was poorly finished. The original installation contractor  for the concrete had left the surface rough and full of low and high areas. Large waves of raised concrete started to show themselves (and multiple truck loads of different add mixtures and different water ratios). Truly a hodge-podge of surfaces – which required considerable surface grinding to bring the floor to a monolific smooth surface ready for the new dye and seal system.

Customer Comments: “Now that’s a smooth floor!! ” – Owner
“The smell is gone, you removed 100′s of gallons of grinding dust.” – Owner
“Ruff ruff!! I see we have a new floor!” – Mikey (dog)

Mikey the Dog