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Apply Acid to Garage Floor

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Instructions & Tutorials Preparing Concrete For Epoxy. Acid Etching Hacks.

What happens here

After preparing the diluted acid and donning all safety gear (respirator, rubber boots, eye protection, rubber gloves), begin applying the mixture to the garage floor. Pump the plastic sprayer to build pressure, then spray the acid evenly across the concrete surface, working from one corner of the garage to the other. Observe the concrete; it should turn yellow, indicating the acid is actively etching and reacting with the concrete. Pay extra attention to any dirt or oil spots, applying more acid to ensure they are adequately etched. The goal is to make the surface rough, similar to 100-grit sandpaper.

Goal: Etch the concrete surface to create a rough texture for epoxy adhesion.

Tools and materials

  • Eye ProtectionProtection from acid splashes and fumes
  • RespiratorProtection from acid fumes
  • Rubber BootsFoot protection and testing concrete roughness
  • Rubber GlovesHand protection from acid

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shoes. I've got water here running just in case I get any on my hands or anything. I've got a respirator that you definitely want to have filters that's um good enough for the acid because once you start working inside the garage, the acid's going to be pretty hard for you to breathe. I just filled my bucket up. I'm going want to wet this area around here just to dilute anything just in case you spilled anything. And then when I walk across the driveway, if anything any on the driveway. You'd be able to rinse it off with this hose. I go ahead and hit stop. Now I'm going to start adding pumping up my sprayer so this acid will start to come out. I'm going to start spraying it. I'm just going to work from one corner and work my way across the garage. And I'll show you how I go about doing that. When I'm spraying this acid, you want to spray it down. And you should see it. You'll start to see it turn yellow. And when it's yellow, it's actively etching and eating away the concrete. And you want to spray enough where it's actually etching it away. As it eats it away, I can rub my feet on it to make sure I can feel it rough enough. And I've been doing it enough years that I can tell when it gets rough enough. But you want it to be fairly rough. If you see any dirt spots, any oil spots, you can spray a little more acid on those oil spots. Once you get your acid all sprayed on the concrete floor, I immediately get a water hose and I'm going to start flushing the acid up and diluting it with water towards the front of the garage cuz I don't want it to run out onto this portion of the garage and and actually stain the concrete outside the garage. He happens to have drains inside this garage, so the water actually won't

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