Thursday, February 11, 2010

HELP - What to do if you mix the wrong ratio for industrial strength paint for concrete floors?

Since it is Sunday we cannot get tech help from the company we purchased the paint from, in 15 hours the business that we painted will open up and have 50+ employees walking around. At 6 AM this morning lines were painted on a concrete floor, however the wrong ratio was used. The paint is WAY to thin (not enough hardener was used) and now the paint is just sitting on the floor and not drying. Are there any suggestions to solve this problem because the paint will not dry without the hardner, and we have already put down 3.5 gallons worth of paint, that we now realize isn't drying. The paint is from Sherwin-Williams, it is called PAce-Cote 4844, it is a unique high solids resin utilizing polyaspartic technology, any extra information needed can be found at www.generalpolymers.comHELP - What to do if you mix the wrong ratio for industrial strength paint for concrete floors?
The only offset for a low hardener ratio is to apply heat. I'm assuming you have added some hardener, which would be necessary for cure, pretty much regardless of heat. I don't know how you'd heat a large floor area, tho, unless you have a bunch of heat lamps. You could always resort to pallets laid over the lines supported off the floor with a couple of 2x4's. Hate to admit it, but I've had to resort to something like that once or twice over the course of my career.

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