Most paint dealers blame paint peeling problems on poor prep work.
How to fx peeling paint on floor.
Use a 3 4 in 1 9 cm wide roller and pour your well mixed epoxy into a paint tray.
Touch up small repair areas or recoat your entire floor depending on how much of your floor had bubbles.
The reasons for peeling paint can vary widely.
Aged concrete floor which may crumble and take the paint film with it.
For this reason inspect and repair peeling areas annually.
It s better to have to paint on extra coats that will actually dry than to saturate the floor with a coat that doesn t dry which will lead to your polyurethane peeling again.
How to fix peeling epoxy paint on a basement floor.
Parts of the paint have peeled up.
The current topcoat was a latex paint.
By michelle beloit wi i used an epoxy paint last year in my basement typical tan with brown and white paint chips.
To repair peeling paint start by scraping the peeling paint off of the surface with a flat blade.
But then had some water issues.
Rinsed the floor 3 times with fresh water to make sure it was clean and do not want to strip for a third year in a row.
Next fill any cracks or holes in the surface with quick setting patching compound let the compound dry and sand the area.
To solve the problem you ll need to remove the peeling areas and start over with fresh coats of primer and paint.
Painting over dirty walls excess moisture improper prep and using latex paint on top of oil paint can all affect the paint s adhesion and cause it to eventually begin flaking off.
I have a basement floor that has been painted at least once and probably with an oil base.
Spread the stain as thinly as you can.
However even the best routine of cleaning scraping sanding and priming won t stop paint from peeling if water gets into the wood.
As you finish staining each section of floor wipe the floor with a clean rag to soak up any excess stain.
When oil resins contained in the floor coating come in contact with the alkaline concrete surface they combine react with one another and form a soap film between the.
Spread the epoxy over your floor starting in the back and working your way towards the front.
This is from damp mopping and we plan to use a tsp cleaner.
Application of an oil based floor finish is applied to a bare unetched uncured concrete floor.
I have stripped the floor two times in two years and the last time i purchase extra cleaner to make sure it clean.