Acid based and water based stains.
Epoxy floor oil stain.
In varnish over epoxy epoxyworks 18 we touched on the topic of wood stains under epoxy and warned that some oil based stains would cause an adhesion problem for west system epoxy.
As with floor paints there are two primary types of floor stains from which to choose.
Epoxy flooring consists of a resin part and a hardener part much like epoxy glue.
Rather than coating the floor in one entire color concrete stains create a pigmented marbled effect.
You can remove most stains yourself with just a little elbow grease.
Situations in which the garage floor can be stained with oil when you find an oil stain on the garage floor it can be due to different causes.
If it s a minor and or fresh spill simply wipe it up with a clean paper or microfiber towel.
Since then we have done some additional adhesion testing to a number of stains.
Floor and concrete stains are usually easier to apply than paints but they require more frequent reapplication to keep looking fresh.
Getting the existing floors ready for applying epoxy is tedious.
By performing general maintenance doing a deep cleaning every few months and removing stains as needed you can keep your epoxy floors in excellent shape.
Epoxy floor covering offers an easy way to make your concrete garage slab even more ideal since it not only covers all those old stains and discoloration but it also stops the future absorption of oils grease dirt gas and chemicals so the floor looks better longer.
Regular garage floor paints are one part oil based or water based.
Oil bonding epoxy primer this amazing product is the answer to floors that have been contaminated with oil grease that won t come out via chemical and power washing s.
We have occasionally reported results of adhesion testing of west system epoxy to wood coated with various stains.
The concrete floor has to be clean and free of any grease oil or solvents before the epoxy coating is applied.
In fact many people choose epoxy floors for their garages because they are so easy to care for.
Epoxy coating over an oil stained floor.
Typically you cannot epoxy paint over oil grease stains the epoxy will not adhere properly to the concrete.
The main one is that your car is losing this lubricant due to a leak.
However there are some guidelines for keeping your epoxy floors clean.
First off you need to determine how to handle the stain.
Oil stains are at best difficult to get out and in most cases can be downright impossible to remove.
A significant amount of effort goes into it to.
High quality epoxy floor paints are neither one part oil based nor water based and all epoxies are not the same and you need to know why so you don t have to do your floor a second or third time.
