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Apply First Flake Coat (Epoxy)

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What happens here

After the primer has cured (typically overnight, or as per product instructions), apply the first epoxy layer using Citadel's PLE-100 FC (Fast Cure) Performance Leveling Epoxy. Pour the mixed epoxy onto the floor and use a squeegee to spread it evenly. Immediately after spreading, broadcast the decorative flakes (mica flakes are mentioned) liberally over the wet epoxy, ensuring full coverage. Be aware that PLE-100 FC has a fast cure time (15-minute pot life), so work quickly and efficiently.

Goal: Apply the first layer of epoxy and decorative flakes.

Tools and materials

  • Mixing BucketMixing the two-part epoxy
  • Paddle MixerMixing the epoxy components
  • Protective Gloves MilwaukeeProtecting hands from chemicals
  • Spiked ShoesWalking on wet epoxy without disturbing it
  • SqueegeeSpreading the epoxy evenly
  • Decorative FlakesCreating the decorative pattern on the epoxy floor

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down first. Then we threw our first flake coat and we used the PLE 100 FC. It's a Fast Gear epoxy that we threw our first flake coat on. Then we came back, top coated that with UL80 Poly aspartic. Threw our next flake coat on top of that. And then we're going to be going over the top of that with our final uh finish coat, Poly1 HD UDP, which is a performance top coat that resists hot tire pickup and scratching. All right, so I'm going to talk about a little bit about the system that we're using. So we're using Citadel's flooring system and I'll talk about the products that we've applied and we're still we're not 100% done, but I'm going to talk a little bit about, you know, those products. So the first product we applied was a primer. So we came in, pressure wash, clean the floor. We primed it with EP55. So that's a primer kind of a system you can use, you know, instead of acid etching, grinding and stuff. So it it works extremely well. Then we uh waited a day, came back, and then we did our first flake coat, which we use uh PLE 100 FC, which is a performance leveling epoxy. So that's and with the FC as a fast cure. So, we wanted it to dry fast because we're uh doing multiple coats, you know, in a day. So, if you're don't have a lot of experience with, you know, products that dry, you know, fast cure products, it's 15minute cure time. So, pot life is extremely fast. That stuff that where you're working doing your cutins starts to um go off in 15 minutes and harden. So, if you don't have a lot of experience, something you might not want to use, probably want to use something with a longer cure time. We did our first coat of PLE 100. Uh threw down our flakes. We took about I think it was 3 hours 15 minutes. Uh took a a break, waited for that to cure. You know, we came back and then we scraped those. And

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