yourself systems available at major home improvement centers are cheaper, why and what makes a professionally installed system worth the investment?
to top) Polymer flooring systems have 3 major components to compare 1- quality of the materials used 2- quality of the floor preparation 3- quality of the installation and service The composition of the products used to manufacture store bought systems will not stand up to the heat and abrasion generated by the hot tires of a recently driven auto . We remove the remnants of these systems many times each year, enough sticks to cost you money when it must be removed and it looks unsightly to have bare concrete under the tires when the rest of the coating looks fine. Quality floor preparation requires expensive equipment which is not easy for a novice to rent or use. Mechanical abrasion (removing the top layer of the concrete before applying a coating) is the best surface prep known and is the industry standard. Sometimes chemical cleaning and degreasing is necessary if the substrate has been corrupted. Concrete is porous and if it is greasy on the surface, it is certainly greasy below th
