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Applying Epoxy The First Coat. Epoxy Floor Application Instructions. Instructions applying epoxy.

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What happens here

Before applying the epoxy, thoroughly clean the garage floor. Blow out any dust or debris using a leaf blower. Carefully inspect the floor for any remaining glue (e.g., old carpet glue from construction), caulking, or other contaminants. Scrape off any such residue. Once clean, determine the line where the garage door closes. Use a chalk line to mark this boundary and then apply 1.5-inch painter's tape along the chalk line to create a crisp, clean edge for the epoxy, preventing the epoxy from being applied where the garage door will rest.

Goal: Ensure the floor is spotless and properly marked for epoxy application.

Tools and materials

  • 1.5-inch Painter's Tape — Creating a clean, precise edge for the epoxy application along the garage door line
  • Chalk Line — Marking the garage door line accurately
  • Leaf Blower — Removing dust and loose debris from the floor
  • Scraper — Removing stubborn glue or caulking from the floor

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our floor. Scrape off anything. walk around the floor really and look really closely at the floor. Make sure there's no uh glue or anything on the floor. There's a lot of times on your garage floors there's carpet glue and new construction when they're doing the carpet. So, check for any glue, any cocking or anything on the floor that you don't want to epoxy over and scrape it off and then blow this thing out really good. And then we've got to actually chalk a line where our garage doors go down cuz we don't want the garage doors to set on top of epoxy. So, you want to determine where your garage doors are, chalk a line, run some tape, inch and a half tape, and that will make a nice line where your epoxy will be. And we're going to begin that process right now.

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