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I used a $5 paint roller to apply epoxy floor coating and it worked perfectly
Everyone says you need the expensive notched squeegee kit, but I tried a short nap roller on my 2-car garage floor in Austin and got zero bubbles. Has anyone else skipped the fancy tools for this job?
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cooper.linda1mo ago
My neighbor in Phoenix, Mark, did his whole workshop floor with just a cheap foam roller from the hardware store. He was worried after reading all the forums, but he went slow and kept a wet edge. The floor cured rock hard with no issues at all, and it's held up for three years now. He said the key was mixing the epoxy exactly right and having a clean surface, not the tool. It saved him over a hundred bucks on those fancy spreader kits they always push.
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lucashart28d ago
Wait, hold up. The foam roller story makes me nervous. On a hot Phoenix day, that foam can actually DISSOLVE into the epoxy and leave little bits in your finish. It happened to a guy I know. The short nap roller is the move, it's a different material. Cheap tools can work, but you gotta pick the right cheap tool.
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grace_allen1mo ago
Sometimes the simple tool is the right one for the job. People get sold on the idea that you need a special kit for everything, but a lot of that is just marketing. Why make things more complicated than they have to be?
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