Browse Forums Paving & Concreting 1 Jul 14, 2015 12:05 pm Hi Everyone, Thanks to all the wealth of info, I think I'm going to seal the garage floor with the Dymark Epoxy product. I'm getting the keys to our house tomorrow and ideally would have liked to seal the garage floor straight away before I move things in there.. But the problem are the cold temps. My understanding is that it needs to be 15 degrees or over throughout the curing time which is impossible this time of year in Melbourne and probably won't be possible for another three months? Looking to apply two coats also without the flakes. Thanks in advance for your thoughts. Re: Dymark Epoxy Seal - Cold temps during Melbourne Winter 3Jul 14, 2015 1:23 pm I dare say that it could be done, just that the epoxy going off and being ready to put anything on it could be more than doubled, i.e. could be two or more weeks before you could drive on it. I'd be contacting Dymark themselves and asking the questions to them directly. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Dymark Epoxy Seal - Cold temps during Melbourne Winter 4Jul 14, 2015 10:47 pm Thanks goody and bpratt, I think it will be best to wait a couple of months until the weather gets warmer. It won't be as cold in the garage as the ambient temperature outside so I might not need to wait as long. The concern I've read is that it may bubble if it's too cold or it doesn't stick properly so definitely want to avoid that. Cheers. Re: Dymark Epoxy Seal - Cold temps during Melbourne Winter 5Jul 15, 2015 9:21 am I did my garage floor with the Dymark product just a few weeks ago, but I'm a lot further north than you are. I have a IR thermometer and my floor was around 18 to 22 degrees. Leaving the garage door open during the day as the floor was drying out after the acid wash helped get some warmth back in to it, as it dropped as low as 14 degrees, particulary during the night as I left the main garage door open to help take the moisture out. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Dymark Epoxy Seal - Cold temps during Melbourne Winter 6Jul 15, 2015 6:55 pm noisuf Thanks goody and bpratt, I think it will be best to wait a couple of months until the weather gets warmer. It won't be as cold in the garage as the ambient temperature outside so I might not need to wait as long. The concern I've read is that it may bubble if it's too cold or it doesn't stick properly so definitely want to avoid that. Cheers. It's not going to 'bubble', it will just take longer to cure. My husband will do our garage in a couple of weeks. It's already been acid etched and just needs a pressure wash to remove the dirt that tradesman have brought in since. We're using Sigmacover 456. The key to epoxy, particularly high solids, is the preparation. We did our last shed and didn't have any hot tire pick up or loss of gloss. Re: Dymark Epoxy Seal - Cold temps during Melbourne Winter 7Jul 15, 2015 10:31 pm LynneB It's not going to 'bubble', it will just take longer to cure. My husband will do our garage in a couple of weeks. It's already been acid etched and just needs a pressure wash to remove the dirt that tradesman have brought in since. We're using Sigmacover 456. The key to epoxy, particularly high solids, is the preparation. We did our last shed and didn't have any hot tire pick up or loss of gloss. Thanks Bpratt and Lynneb. LynneB, this Sigmacover 456 looks interesting after a quick view of their site, says it can cure even at -10 degrees celcius. The Dymark product requires 15 degrees celcius as I called them today.......and this is across the whole curing time which basically is impossible sometimes even in late Spring. Where are you getting this Sigmacover 456 product from? Is is expensive? I need to cover 50m2 each coat so will need 100m2 total. 3 5588 Depends how much direct sun it gets. Is there any shading (eaves or trees)? If the sun hits a window directly it doesn't matter too much if it's double or single… 1 12666 Hi guys, I want to butt a concrete vegetable garden bed against a concrete build up of a carport. It will be a 700mm high wall about 120mm thick and I will run a 12mm rio… 0 2606 |