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Applying the Polyaspartic Topcoat

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What is Epoxy?

What happens here

After the epoxy basecoat with flakes has cured, typically between 12 to 16 hours depending on temperatures, the excess flakes are scraped off the surface. This creates a smoother, more uniform texture. Following this, a topcoat of polyaspartic is applied. This polyaspartic clear coat is crucial for providing the long-term aesthetic appeal of the floor, primarily due to its superior UV stability which prevents yellowing or discoloration that can occur with other coating types when exposed to sunlight, as often happens in garages with open doors or windows.

Goal: Apply a polyaspartic topcoat to seal the flakes and provide UV stability and long-term durability.

Tools and materials

  • Scraper
  • Squeegee or roller

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wait till we actually scrape the flakes? Uh, so for scraping the flakes, that's a great question. And that will depend a little bit on what temperatures we get. Looks like we're going to get good weather. So typically 12 to 16 hours we'd be ready to scrape this floor. And then we're going to come back and put a top coat of polyartic on. Right. That is correct. So that's the system we're going to be showing you here in this epoxy [Music]

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