ASE Marc

Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone out here did acid eching and epoxy floor sealing of warehouses ect... We just started are sealing company up this year and are overwelmed with the opportunities that it can lead to. Basically up until now we have only been cleaning and sealing outdoor "porous" concrete, but recently were asked if we could do a 15,000 sq ft. warehouse. This would be a great market for us to get into, especially for winter work. So I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this type of work and if so I have many questions...

Thanks Celeste, I tried Wesley but he only deals with acid staining, im looking for anyone who does acid etching and epoxy flooring - come on guys I know someone out there has to.

We just started this year also, but don't get the deckseal.com training video it is a waste of money you will learn so much more just reading through these threads. Also my partner and I are going to PWNA convention in October this year for the first time, we were told that it def. worth the money.

Paul I'm right there with man, first time are man has ever been shutout in his entire career - but the Pack will Back.... just not this season p.s. Go Fightin Irish!!!!

My partner and I started are pressure washing and sealing business up about six months ago and have been getting good results so far getting dirt, grim and even some oil stains off of concrete, however we would really like to expand into larger commercial jobs - cleaning concrete that has very high traffic volume wether it's walking or driving and is very dirty with ground in grim, old oil and grease stains ect.. and make it look brand new again or as close as possible. We used HD-80 on a "Wendy's" dumpster pad the other day and it worked extremely well. I was wondering if anyone has a mixture of chemicals that they use or know of, that could get me amazing results to clean these high traffic areas. Also I was wondering if anyone out there does this type of work, for example - concrete in the front of restaurants and shopping centers, loading docks, drive thru's and dumpster pads? Also what kind, if any sealent do you use? We are trying to specialize in cleaning and SEALING and are currently under the impression that Aquinil Plus 40 from "Chem Masters" is the best sealent to use on these commercial applications and have had good results with the gum not sticking to the concrete afterwards as long as the tempurture doesnt go above 80 degrees but the longest time we have to go by is three months because we are so new and dont know how long the sealent will work like this and how often we should tell the client that they should re-seal. Thanks to anyone who can give us some input on this, we are eagerly learning everything we can about this business and couldn't do it without these forums, you guys are great!

We have been mainly using a sealer called Aquanil Plus 40 bu ChemMasters, I'm sure youve heard of it. It says 12hrs curing before heavy traffic. We do a bunch of Wendy's in the area and found that if we get done at about 4am the sealer is ready to be walked on by 8am. It is however pricey, so we have to charge more, but we have noticed like i mentioned earlier that gum doesnt stick to it if its not too hot outside and gum comes off so incredibly easy if it does stick but we have no idea how long the sealent will hold up like this, do have any idea? We are new and only have the products so called garuntee to go by. Also we used the HD-80 on a dumpster pad the other night for the first time because the store was getting there asphalt redone the next day, in case it streaked. Also used a citralic neutralizer. The concrete looked amazing afterwards, but despite all are attempts to rinse, rinse, rinse the asphalt it still streaked it. You say that you do all this type of work - what exactly do you use at the front of doors and walkways where the dirt is so ground in that pressure washing alone just doesnt even come close to getting it off? Obviously the HD-80 works great but because of the side effects we cant use it around asphalt.

Just Curious, why don't you offer sealing? do u think it is to expensive to be worth it

I'm using a hot water pressure washe(3500 psi, 6gpm) - also do you have a return system I was just recently reading through a forum where someone mentioned that epa regulation says that you cant have any water runoff wether there are chemicals involved or not, how often do you clean that plaza and do you ever seal the concrete afterwards?