Epoxy floor on the balcony with his hands

It is better to do one time with high quality and practical than a few times to redo. It is familiar to all. Today will tell how to do the filling epoxy floor in the loggia or balcony. It is now a popular coating not only for the floors in the apartment, but also for the loggias and balconies.

Long life, practicality and beautiful view - it is not all the advantages of self-leveling floor. The polymeric filler may be a final floor finish or a finish. There are 3 types of self-leveling floors:

- Epoxy,

- Cement,

- Polyurethane.

Epoxy forms a monolithic floor covering. Its advantages: high wear resistance, toughness, does not affect the temperature drops, good adhesion. Paul is without seams, you can make a 3D image or put a coin epoxy, cut down a tree, and so forth.

Cons epoxy floor: careful preparation of the base, if you pour wrong coating may delaminate. If you want to disassemble the floor, it will be difficult to do so. The disadvantages are the high cost.

To fill an epoxy floor on the balcony need to prepare: a spiked roller, spatulas, roller nap, spike shoes, bucket, vacuum cleaner.

Subfloor usually cement - sand screed. Sealed subfloor before filling to remove all the cracks. For sealing cracks in the solution, you must add the tile adhesive. Proportions (if using the cement M400 - 4 parts sand / Adhesive - 1 / cement ratio - 1).

Thereafter roller primed surface. It is better to use a universal primer Ceresit CE - 17.

Get on the perimeter of the balcony of a damper on the adhesive tape based.

Add 2 component in the bucket: the curing agent and the main, mix with a mixer. Wear kraskostupy and apply the first layer. Go top with a spiked roller.

Pour the balcony floor in 2 layers. Between the layers of stacked beautiful banner, coins, stones, shells, and so forth. If this banner, you need to glue it to the bottom and smooth.

Finishing coat to pour through the day. The layer thickness should be from 2 to 6 mm. After one day, when everything has dried, the surface is coated with polyurethane varnish (optional).

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