How to customize your floors with resins ?

Casting a nice floor and using epoxy resin may seem simple, and it is, but mastering the reactions of epoxy resins is another matter. So, here is a brief summary of how to make epoxy floor resin with effect or not, but this short article, please be aware, will not replace practice and experience or even real training on epoxy floor resin.

Start by planning the preparation of the bottom ! Whether it is concrete, leveling compound or anhydrite screed, or even something else, it is possible, provided you start by blocking the bottom and applying an impregnating resin. Thanks to its natural adhesion power and its great fluidity (it is generally diluted with 200% water), it will soak the bottom and fix it.
With the famous 4010 water-based floor resin, consumption is 5 to 10m² / L depending on the floor.

Create an original floor with epoxy resin

Calculating your needs, knowing the consumption and therefore the cost, is also one of the first things to do to plan a successful application :
Be aware that for a domestic surface, we generally pour 1 mm of thickness, and for an industrial surface, we go up to 2 mm. Want to add more ? It's up to you if you have the budget !

Because it will cost you 1 Liter of 4010 Flooring Epoxy Resin per square metre, for 1mm thickness on prepared and primed floor. to calculate its need (in volume) multiply the measurements in cm:
Example : Length : 400 cm x Width : 1000 cm x Thickness : 2 mm = 80 Liters
It is up to you to calculate the need. To make an epoxy floor, it is therefore necessary to provide large packaging.

Effects of floor epoxy resins

To obtain beautiful effects of shine and transparency, using mother-of-pearl pigments, concentrated and compatible shades, floors must be produced in 2 stages: you will always need a colored background first and then opaque (for example the 1010 tinted impregnation resin) over which we will pour the finishing floor resin, to which we have incorporated the pearls and dyes for epoxy resin of your choice. There is an article on our blog on ground effects which explains how to do the background color and the marbled finish.

How to make a marble effect floor with epoxy resin ?

Which products for how many successive coats ? What drying times ? What tools ? After reading this article, the realization of a marble effect floor with epoxy resin will no longer hold any secrets for you !

How to create a pearly white epoxy resin floor ? 

Stardustcolors explains in this article how to create a pearly white epoxy resin floor to give your interior an effect of light, shine and space. Step by step, you will know how to properly prepare your floor and eliminate micro-cracks and stains, properly prepare your epoxy resin and pour your resin according to the rules of the art.

Tips and materials

I advise you to read the technical data sheets of the floor resin manufacturer, and to understand them well. As for the equipment, it is necessary to equip yourself with a propeller mixer, effective scales, or failing a device to measure the volumes precisely, several clean plastic buckets, thinner or cleaning solvent, shoes with nails, squeegee and spatula, as well as a squeegee type broom.

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