Just to share my experience... hopefully it can give someone ideas just like I got it from this forum.. good luck !..

I had an empty area beside which was not used for much. To tile it up it will cost me a bomb so I came up with an idea to cement up the place and build a BBQ spot... I got 2 workers for the hardcore stuff and got the materials to get them done..

Part 1, Cement, island and BBQ. Attached the pictures.







Part 2, Epoxy paint flooring. Cement flooring does not need the etching paint, but the Hardware guy tricked me into buying stating I needed a base paint. The KCC polyetch 100 is actually for steel work but I started using it before reading about it. The base is actually the epoxy paint diluted with thinner 30% to eat into the cement work. and the second coat it diluted with 10% thinner.


this paint is for steel work only. It works on the rust of the steel and "neutralizes them" prior to the paint

empty spot. Even after getting them cemented/concreted, it is dry and dusty. We need to clean them with a degreaser or some mild acid/etching cleaning agent. Let it dry for a week for next work.

Used up the polyetch 100 as a base. This process is not needed but I have already bought the paint.

Epoxy paint is a mixture of the resin and a catalyst. It is not a water base nor oil base. I have a covered area so I use epoxy paint, if it is openly exposed, we need to look for PU paints. We need to mix this 4 part resin : 1 part activator. I mix in a pail and stir about 200 times.

First coat of the epoxy. Add 30% thinner to allow the paint for better anchorage into concrete surface

Completed primer coat

Final gloss after finishing second coat

Cheers !

This post has been edited by xbotzz: Mar 17 2013, 07:33 PM

You should try fixing your own tiles.....last time, the tiles in one of my house broken...i call people to fix, those buggers always FFK me until i tulan,....then i break the tiles and DIY myself...kaw-tim. Not that difficult, but of course, mine is repair, not start from sratch, which will probably be harder to get it even and flat.

I gave a thought about tiles.. but that space is like 14ft x 40ft.
DIY will definitely cost more and it can never take a weekend to finish..

but like your case, repair, maybe 2-10 tiles or a small extention of the existing tile.. better DIY.. saves cost, gives us a great workout, we learn new things...

those workers i had, eat three meals and work like crazy the whole day.. myself, dig sand for 2hrs also feel like dying..

Last time i tried to paint the exterior of 2 storey house myself....halfway gave up...

Hi xbotzz,

I have a small patch of cement floor - 12 x 9 ft.

How much of the epoxy paint I should buy if I intend to paint it ?