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Rinse Acid from Floor

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

What happens here

Immediately after acid application, thoroughly rinse the entire etched area of the garage floor with a water hose. Direct the water and diluted acid towards the garage drains or the garage entrance to prevent it from flowing onto un-etched concrete, which could lead to staining. Continue rinsing until all yellow spots disappear, indicating that the acid is no longer active. As you exit the etched area, use the hose to rinse off your rubber boots to prevent leaving acid footprints on other surfaces.

Goal: Neutralize and remove all active muriatic acid from the floor.

Tools and materials

  • Rubber BootsProtection and rinsing
  • Water HoseRinsing the floor

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this garage, so the water actually won't flow out here. If there's no drains in the garage, the water will start to flow out here. So, you want to get it pushed up so you don't see any yellow anymore. If you see it yellow, that means the acid is still active. I keep rinsing till I don't see any more yellow left. I want to see any more active acid. I'm going to walk out to the other part of the garage here. And you don't want to walk under the concrete outside the garage until you rinse off your shoes cuz if you have acid on your shoes, you'll leave footprints across the driveway. I think that's why they cut. And one way is I'll take and to make sure that my floor is rough enough. I just take my shoes and I want to rub on it or take your hand and it should feel about like 100 grit sandpaper. Not not too rough like 80, but about 100 grit would feel about good. And if it feels like it's 100 grit sandpaper, then it's rough enough that the epoxy will bond to it. I'm going to get my power washer ready. And you got to power wash this thing because you got to get all the the concrete dust that it actually creates. Get it up out of the pores of the concrete. And that'll even make it rougher. When I'm done with the muratic acid bottles, I'm going to take and rinse them out thoroughly before I dispose of them and make sure that you I'm going to rinse it out in a dirt area. That way, the acid will get diluted and not harm anything. Once I was done with my sprayer, I ran it all out of acid, set it out in the middle of the garage, and I grabbed my hose to rinse my sprayer off, fill it up full of water, and get it all clean, get all the acid diluted before power. Come back my

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