used as finish floor?
Or…
I have a guy with a shop–slab floor in it is in pretty solid shape, but patchwork. Has bricks in one spot, patches here and there.
He wants a smooth flat floor and is open to any ideas, but it’s a shop floor and wants it durable.
Looking for ‘low effort — high reward’ solution.
Any suggestions welcome.
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Abatron makes products just for that purpose. It is a concrete overlay, it puts a 1/4"-1/2" topping over existing concrete floor. As long as the floor is stable and the big cracks are filled this should work. IIRC the actual product name is abocrete from abatron. There are others on the market I just don't remember their name. Here is a link http://www.abatron.com
Thank you,
Pat"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing..."
Normal SLC will not work as a finished surface. It's about as durable as hard dirt.
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This should work, but I haven't used it. http://www.miracote.com/index.php?href=productdetail&id=22
I have used this and it is easily spread with a long handled squeegie - which should be enuff for the purpose. Flows quite nicely. http://www.miracote.com/index.php?href=productdetail&id=20.
Although it is intended to be an underlayment, I found it sets up fairly hard. Its more of a darker grey color. Durability, to me it seems like it would be fine.
But if it is not, or your buddy wants more choices as far as texture, color, pattern - he should top the repair mortar with this: http://www.miracote.com/index.php?href=productdetail&id=16 . You'll notice it claims to also be able to do the job by itself, but, it's more costly than the mortar.
From your description, I would want the mortar first, one because it cheeper, two, his floor sounds like it is of dissimilar materials, and may be prone to crack in the future. Therefore, with the mortar, he can lay sheets of expanded metal lath into it in an attempt to isolate them. (Tilers, feel free to correct me on this.) And then, using less of the more costly topping for the color/texture/pattern giving less of a risk of transmission cracks. If he wants more durability, this topping sealer gives a 10K psi protection (but add nonslip particles to the final coat) http://www.miracote.com/index.php?href=productdetail&id=15.
This is all DIY-able. Contact the company for the retailer closet to you.
But I would think the dis-similar material issue stands with any manufacturer's product.
all good , thank you."Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing..."