Comments on: 8 Helpful Tips for Applying Garage Floor Sealers

By: Shea

Shea — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:43:48 +0000

In reply to David Boucher. Hello David. You need to wait 30 days.

By: David Boucher

David Boucher — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:46:22 +0000

How long do you have to wait before applying to a new garage floor

By: Shea

Shea — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 01:52:34 +0000

In reply to D Lackman. If you apply water drops the concrete should almost immediately turn dark from the water being absorbed. It the water tends to bead up and sit or the concrete does not turn dark from absorbing the water, then it is not properly profiled.

By: D Lackman

D Lackman — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:49:20 +0000

How do you tell if a smooth concrete slab after diamond ground is porous enough (properly profiled) to accept a deep penetrating sealer? Is there a water drop size and amount of time for it to absorb?

By: Davey D.

Davey D. — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 03:43:01 +0000

I’m a concrete professional and roller lines are always the big dread of any job and play a big factor in material choice.
Epoxies are by far the easiest. apply quickly and You can back roll twice in opposite directions walk away. This levels it out and any roller lines settle.
Urethanes and acrylic sealers are tricky to roll out. No back rolling !!!
Once you lay it out you can’t touch it very much.
Truth is you have to actively campaign for success. Time is the enemy
#1 Section off your work into bite size pieces. Take advantage of saw cuts and doorways to break the application into smaller sections. Develop an entry and exit strategy. Plan for obstacles: going around pipes, columns, under stairs, closets… Mask 12″ off floor.
#2 Set-up all tools and gear beforehand. 6 inch roller on a pole. 18 inch roller on a poll, 2″ chip brush and a flat tray like the top of a plastic tote to set them on. 2 pump up sprayers. Damp rag for water based,
Denatured alcohol and a rag for solvent based. Slip on shoes.

My techniques is that I spray out a line of sealer with the sprayer and then back roll material out. 6″ roller for edges and cutting around things, 18″ for the body of the floor. Breaking the floor into sections allows you to maintain a wet edge over shorter distances.
2 sprayers, because in the real world sprayers suck. Load up two sprayers. One will always work better than the other. Pump up sprayers will gum up, spit and sputter and drip on your floor. If you’re just spraying this is disaster, gloom and despair. However, because you can back roll this out while its fresh and wet it’s now only a mild pain in the ass.

By: Georgia B

Georgia B — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:46:15 +0000

Thanks for these great tips on applying concrete sealers! We just barely had the garage floor and driveway repaved, and our concrete supplier suggested that we should probably get the concrete sealed before the weather drops again. We’re currently in the 60s as far as temperatures go, so it sounds like this is a good time to apply the sealer.