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Cut through, pull up epoxy mix floor

Advice on tearing out epoxy/stone mixed flooring Hello, my wife and I bought a home a number of years ago. The upstairs bathroom floor has tile over one of those epoxy mixed with small pebbles in a ...
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Seal a Concrete Basement with Seepage Flooding for Finishing

I have a basement that floods from water seepage whenever the soil outside is saturated. This can be from heavy rain, or as in this warm winter it can go all winter long from the wet soil even without ...
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How can I prevent staining of adjacent concrete when etching my garage slab?

I plan to etch my garage floor with citric acid. I am concerned that once rinsed, the citric acid will change the color of the common area driveway outside my garage. I live in a condo, and the ...
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River rock shower floor grout cracking

Have river rock shower floor in the master bath. About a year ago noticed some cracks in the grout around the rocks. I contacted the home manufacturer and they advised to regrout over the existing ...
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Should this be part of an oil heater?

I have an old oil heater that emits a faint odor once heated. Thinking it must be just dust burning off, I took it apart and wiped it completely clean of dust, but the odor persists. I've narrowed it ...
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Epoxy over Self leveling Compound Cracks

I'm trying to put flooring down in a kitchen but I ran into some issues and I'm looking for general advice. The floor started with old but decent condition plywood with some old patchy black adhesive ...
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What is this material on my countertops, and how can I remove it?

I just purchased a fixer-upper that needs a lot of work. While it's not the peak of my list of current concerns, I'm worried about this material on the countertop. It seems to be some sort of very ...
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How to encapsulate mastic adhesive and seal concrete garage floor

Part of my garage floor has what I believe to be asbestos vinyl tiles. My plan is to take appropriate precautions and get the tiles up. Then leave the mastic adhesive underneath, since it also ...
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Filling large flooring gaps with rigid material

I have a couple of flooring transitions that have approx. 1/2" wide and deep gaps between dissimilar covering materials. I would like to fill them with something that is both rigid (so not foam ...
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Making a custom drill bit out of steel epoxy putty?

I have a unique situation that calls for a custom drill bit which I decided to make out of JB Weld Steel Stick, a metal epoxy putty. I am curious whether this is an appropriate use of the material ...
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How to weatherproof and paint beadboard?

I have an old house where the side of the porch is covered with beadboard - which is rotting. We like the look, but from what I can find there is no exterior grade beadboard. So my understanding is ...
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How to clean dirt embedded in epoxy sealed cement floor

Three days ago I applied a 2 part epoxy sealer over a self leveling cement floor in my laundry room. It was still a bit tacky when I walked and moved some stuff back into it. Now there are some dirt ...
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Do I understand the ArmorSeal 8100 instructions correctly?

I'm going to use ArmorSeal 8100 on my garage floor. The instructions say: Concrete Floors, unpainted: 1 ct. ArmorSeal 8100 2.0-4.0 (50-100) (reduced with one pint of water per gallon) 2 cts. ...
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How can I seal/stabilize crumbling concrete blocks from the 1930s?

This is a pillar supporting an enclosed porch roof on a 1930s Craftsman in Northeast US. The porch is usually unheated during winter but it is entirely enclosed and not subject to rain/snow. As you ...
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How to repair a long crack in my epoxy covered garage floor?

Last summer we decided to get our garage floor coated with epoxy. We had a section that was cracked (see first photo) and hired a concrete guy to repair it (see second photo). He put rebar every 16&...
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How does one remove an epoxy metal to metal joint without using heat? [closed]

I have a threaded rod (3/8" coarse thread) that has a couple of nuts on it, glues in place with epoxy. This is part of jig that I have built and which is supposed to create linear movement when ...
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Safety of epoxy resins in direct and constant contact with drinkable water [closed]

So I live in a flat on a six-flats building and thus it has a tank of water in the basement to provide pressure to the tap water of all the taps in the building. Recently the administrator of the ...
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How do you dye clear epoxy white? [closed]

If you have perfectly clear epoxy casting resin, and you want to turn it white, what can you mix into the epoxy without it separating like oil and water?
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Do epoxy and shelac-based paint mix well together?

I have a lot of clear epoxy resin intended for use on MDF or formica or partical board kitchen countertops. I want to dye half of the epoxy white and dye half of the epoxy grey and do a fake marble ...
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Got a little epoxy down a bathtub drain

I got a little bit of epoxy down my bathtub drain. Will it cause a problem? Hasn’t cured yet. How do I remove it prior to curing?
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Epoxied garage floor not draining

My garage had a concrete floor that was pitted so I had a professional epoxy the floor. I believe they said the put down 2 coats totaling 1/8th inch thick. Now that it’s done, I have water pooled in ...
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Can I use clear epoxy resin to seal the grout lines?

Can I coat my grout lines in the shower wall with clear epoxy resin to permanently seal them and forget about cleaning yellow stains from mold every now and then? I am not talking about using epoxy ...
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What type of epoxy for use with repairing two different items

Can you suggest which products should be used for repairing two types of products I have. Both have parts that broke off, so I need to be able to affix the part back, and add a pigment to ensure the ...
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How can I create a transition piece for my custom penny floor to hardwood?

My fiancé and I did a project of turning our kitchen floor into a penny floor. Whether we should have or not, we put the floor on top of the previous laminate floor. This meant a layer of floor ...
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Refinish Cement curb trim in garage

I am in the process of refinishing my garage floor. I'm hoping to finish with an epoxy coat that runs up the wall slightly. I have an 8 inch tall concrete box/curb/baseboard around the perimeter of ...
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Best epoxy to seal indoor plywood subfloor? [closed]

I want to put a coat of sealant such as epoxy over the plywood subfloors in my house since I’m already ripping out the carpets and replacing with hardwood (actually engineered floating cork flooring). ...
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Repair paddle head and shaft [closed]

Looking for some ideas on repairing this standup paddle-board handle/head. The polymer (I assume) handle has torn right where the head slides in. Visible in the image is the eye where it was seated ...
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Shower still leaking with epoxy grout

I redid my shower with Starlike EVO grout. It's a corner stall shower with tile on two walls, a shower enclosure on the other two, and a fiberglass pan with two weep holes. The shower is leaking on ...
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Tips on Using Epoxy Grout in Shower

I am working on a shower and would like to use epoxy grout on the floor. I have been researching online about epoxy grout and tips to install it. I am looking for someone who has installed epoxy ...
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How are you supposed to buy epoxy? [closed]

I have a project where we would want to do a flooring with epoxy for a water closet downstairs (because screw doing ceramic tiles) but really, buying epoxy resin seems a pretty hard thing to do. The ...
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Is it possible to just pour epoxy on wood to make a shower tray?

I need to build a shower real quick, so I am about to use Kerdi boards to do that. I do not have the time to tile (and not the funds to have someone make it), so I was wondering if I could just use ...
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Will my expoxy eventually cure below 40 degrees?

I'm in the northeast and on Sunday afternoon (today is Thursday) I installed a post in my driveway with Quikrete High Strength Anchoring Epoxy. It was 60˚ F. Then over the next couple hours the ...
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Epoxy Recos for Door Fix

I have an old door original to my house with a bit of rot at the top. I'm going to clean out the rot and want to use epoxy for the fill but haven't used this technique before myself and there are a ...
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How does talcum work to thicken epoxy adhesives?

Similar to how one can use baking powder to fill/accelerate CA glue, which, as far as I'm aware, works because the baking powder neutralizes acids in CA glue, and adds physical "body" to it, ...
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Can i add acrylic clear coat over an epoxy paint for outdoor project

I used this epoxy paint product from Rust-Oleum (Amazon link) to paint our refrigerator and it worked well, at least for 3 years from now. But as the refrigerator is indoor I did not use any clear ...
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For Polyaspartic garage floor coating, should I put down an epoxy vapor barrier?

The install will actually be done by a professional, but some use an epoxy primer instead of using all poly, some do the one day all polyaspartic package (which is all poly) and no epoxy at all. (The ...
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Epoxy floor and HDPE foil (Polyethylene) react under pressure?

I am planning to protect my epoxy floor from scratches with a 0.15mm HD polyethylene foil during some furniture install work. The epoxy floor has a glossy clear coat and is installed since 1+ years. ...
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How to remove a Screw or bolt fastened with metal epoxy

I have done a mistake by adding metal epoxy to a machine screw. I added that because that screw did not fit. but later it was turned out that it is a wrong screw that I used. Now I cannot unscrew it. ...
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How to replace the copper connector under the bathroom faucet

Trying to use the most accurate description: it's a copper connector or supply line that connects directly to the faucet that breaks with a huge hole. It leaks if I turn on the water. photo 1 shows ...
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Can I use epoxy resin to fix cracks in potable water equipment?

Recently I've noticed some issues in my old countertop water distiller: There were several cracks in the plastic top cover of the boiler. To fix it, I've tried some epoxy resin (brand name "...
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Epoxy flexane mixture for flexible epoxy application

For those who understand plastics and epoxies in particular, curious to know if I can add flexane urethane (or similar elastomer) to epoxy paint without worrying about compatibility issues. IOW will ...
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How to drill into wood glue

I tried drilling wood glue because I want to fix the screw there but I couldn't do it. The drill was not drilling a hole in glue and the screw did not fix there. I just want to make a proper hole in ...
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Raise sink up off pedestal

We have a bathroom sink that sits on a pedestal. We are due for a full bathroom renovation in next couple years, but I need a way to deal with a problem until then. The sink was installed wrong (and/...
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Ideas for building a foldable rake

I play beach volleyball and on certain parts of the beach we have either a lot of stones/sticks or waste. And sometimes we hurt ourselves because of it. Therefore I want to make a foldable rake, as I ...
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My shower drain is epoxied, what do I do to get the drain out?

My prefab shower drain that screws in is glued with epoxy that was used to put the tile down. I've had to remove the tile and now the drain is stuck. How can I get the drain to screw down without ...
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Need to develop a tapered spacer for under a car lift on an angled concrete slab [closed]

I need to fabricate/develop an angled spacer. 13 inch wide by 10 inch long, by 3/4 inch to 1 3/8 inch thick. This spacer is needed to go under two of the posts of a hobbyist car lift in my garage. ...
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What material can I put on my wood kitchen island to make the surface smooth and waterproof?

We have this relatively low cost high top dining table that we've turned into our kitchen island. It's been working out great so far but the tables surface is ridged and has a lot of divots that don't ...
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How To Make Concrete Acid Stain For Floors

Recently I completed my concrete floor done inside my house. But that doesn't look good all the way. I don't want to do tiling, Because i feel that costly. So I planned to do acid staining so that ...
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Epoxy down shower drain (not pcv)

I had an an epoxy shower floor done and some of it went down the pipes. So now, my shower drains super super super slow. I do not have plastic pipes mine are still the hard metal (lost the name of it ...
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How to remove strong musty odor from garage?

I have moved into a rental house and the garage has a musty odor of which I cannot tolerate to breathe so I cannot even park my car in the garage. After I put in a HEPA filter and let it run for 2 ...
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