Removing Paint From Concrete Floor

plazaman

Ive been asked to remove paint from a painted concrete floor. The floor has been painted with some sort of oil based product and has failed, mainly due to improper surface prep over glossy painted surface. Im assuming the new coating didnt bite into the old. The floor needs to be completely stripped and new SW coating applied, following their exact procedures. Sandblasting with my equipment is out of the question because of dust and i cannot get equipment down there.


What are my options to remove the paint from the floor?

12x16
12x46

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TimelessQuality

Floor sander/grinder... will leave a nice tooth for the SW (epoxy?)

plazaman

anything i can use with my buffing machine?

it might be their epoxy. Sw is paying for the job.

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slickshift

Naw, I don't think so...no nearly beefy enough.... though it's kind of like a buffing machine
Except these screen/disc/cutting things instead of buffing pads



There's three round discs underneath that thing
You can switch them out for decks/concrete
...and they ain't cheap...diamond...carbide...

It's slow going, heavy (that black collar over the white part is a removable weight), but effective

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Originally Posted by ModernStyle I have never used this crap before and I pray to the paint gods that I never have to use it again, I would rather use Behr

slickshift

Huh...the machine's over 3K
I also though SW had one...maybe it was the BM store
But I'm sure you can rent one if need be

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TimelessQuality

My QC Products distributor will 'loan' one if I'm using their products for the floor.

jackrabbit5

How about a shot blaster. Either rent one or have someone come in and do it for you?

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plazaman

what about the edges?

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slickshift

Whatever you can get in there
That big beast gets pretty dang close
If you need a little guy, they have those too

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Edsollen

Try soda blasting, it will not open up the surface of the concrete, but will remove the paint. We have a local sub who uses extension hoses to reach interior areas. Don't know about dust control though.
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user20594

I hope you go broke trying to get this one. I would use a........

donnag16

If you know someone with a floor grinder that is the best way to get paint out of a concrete floor. Only because the concrete is pourous and the grinder will dig out the paint from the pours.

JCpresto

'Gel' stripper. Something like Rock Miracle. Buy a 5 gallon of it and apply with a roller. When it starts to come up grab a broad taping kinfe and scrape it off.. like butta