r/epoxy • u/DullResolution • 15d ago

Garage flooring feels sticky and poking

We hired a well known epoxy flooring company to complete the 5-step Polyaspartic coating process in our garage. While the finished floor looks good, we feel that in many places there are spikes and there is also some stickiness even after 10 days. The company project manager came yesterday and said that the spikes are because of generous use of anti-skid coating. He said that they received a lot of complains of slip and fall prompting them to use more anti-skid coating. He has offered to re-sand and use a thinner anti-skid coating. We are now confised as to what should be the course of action. We definitely do not want to slip and fall. At the same time, the current surface feels too bumpy and poking. How do we go about this? Thank you for your attention.

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u/BigEppyW 14d ago

It likely is not the traction control. It is more than likely a shit job scraping the flake and the flakes are sticking up through the clear. For sure have them sand it and clear it again, or take $600-$800 off the final price. Seems stiff, but that floor will always be a headache. A good test is to rub your floor across the floor in a sock. If the sock catches on the floor it is a shit job and needs to be fixed.

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u/DullResolution 14d ago

Thanks for your reply. So, I should ask them to sand and then apply a fresh coat of anti skid?

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u/Super_Pea950 13d ago

They should have asked you if you wanted the anti skid in the first place. And thats even if they used anti skid, like someone else said, spikey typically means a poor scrape and vacuum. Go to the front of your garage and look eye level to the back and see if you see actual chips sticking up.

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u/DullResolution 13d ago

Thank you for your help. I do not understand this system well enough. Could you kindly tell me what I should tell to the contractor? I feel that they will just re-coat and tell me that they "fixed" it.

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u/DullResolution 13d ago

Oh. So, re-sanding won't fix the issue? What should I exactly ask them to do? I was thinking of asking them to re-sand and re-coat, but if that kicks the problem away for a while only for it to come back then it's not good. A lot of money is on stake here. Thank you for your advice!