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I have been asked to letter some logos on a concrete floor in a factory. The entire floor has just been painted with a 2-part epoxy system and that is the paint required for the logos as it needs to be extreemly durable.
Has anyone worked with this stuff before? This product must be quite hot as the pot life is 2-3 hours. Cleans with laquer thinner.
I will need to hand letter with a brush. I don't think that a foam brush will stand the solvent, masking is out of the question as the pre-painted floor has non-skid sand already in it.
Any suggestions will be gladly received.
-------------------- Curt Stenz Graphics 700 Squirrel Lane Marathon, WI 54448 Posts: 590 | From: Marathon, WI 54448 | Registered: Dec 1998
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Hi Curt, we've used a 2-part epoxy floor glue made by Ramset- it comes as a 3 litre kit, but the pot life is more like 15 minutes, depending on the precision of the mix ratios, and on the daytime temperature. It can extend to half an hour.
Ramset make it for mixing with sand etc to patch concrete floor holes, to stick to wooden stair treads for grip, etc. We use it for laminating timber veneers together. When mixed it's as runny as milk, but you can add talc powder to thicken it, or add extendospheres for a similar purpose. It has great self-levelling properties. Lacquer thinner won't touch this stuff though.
I apply it with a squeegee, or a broad paint scraper.
I don't know if this info will help. How big is the area to letter? Would it be feasible to 'build' a wall of plasticiene around the perimeter of each letter and just pour the tinted resin in each 'crater'? (or instead of plasticiene, a bead of silicon sealant?)
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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I have worked quite a bit with two part floor paints. I did a pool deck that was sand rough, I hand lettered the copy. I used the thinner that was supplied for the porduct, Stone Coat I beleive it was. Looked great but was a bit more time involved with the rough surface with many cleanings for my brushes. I always wondered If I could have screened it on.... something to think of for the next job.
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