Exterior concrete coating supplier recommendation - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

andrew07 · 04-16-2009, 12:14 PM

Hi, I have to coat a set of exterior concrete stairs and I am going to throw in decorative quartz chips, what I am looking for is a recommendation for a supplier of exterior grade epoxy and a final urethane top coat.

I have used some of the companies around here in the area before but most of them do not recommend there product for exterior because of the uv.

So I am looking for a source, even if they have to ship it to me, what I was recommended by one company (that I won’t deal with anymore) is a base coat, quartz (two broadcasts), polyurea, and then urethane, is this sound about right for exterior? Thanks for the input.

Kayb2 · 04-16-2009, 06:09 PM

I use alot of PPG Industrial Products. Contact your local Rep. and have him look at the job and give you a recc. i do know that epoxies are not to be used exterior as a finish coat. (UV issue). Primers are o.k. Urethanes are the best top coats exterior. Good luck..

**genecarp** · 04-16-2009, 06:55 PM

Try these guys

http://www.abatron.com/cms/virtuemar...ocretekit.html

andrew07 · 04-16-2009, 07:39 PM

Thanks guys for the input, I will get a hold of them tomorrow, I also found these guys but I am not sure if they are just a consumer grade product or not, but it looks pretty cool, only negative is that you have to trowel the product down.

http://www.daichcoatings.com/index.html

Chris Johnson · 04-16-2009, 07:47 PM

www.garagefloorcoatings.com

LAD · 04-21-2009, 06:24 AM

Daich coatings are good but not what you described. They have a product now that you roll, no troweling. Buy it in Oswego at Oswego Paint (bout 30 min. north of you) But check out Elite Crete dist. in Midlothian. They have a Spartic-rm urethane and all the different granule and flake choices and sizes. Incredibly strong product. Re-coats in 6 hrs.

premierpainter · 04-22-2009, 03:07 PM

Careful you don't create a slip hazard on those stairs.

andrew07 · 04-23-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by premierpainter

Careful you don't create a slip hazard on those stairs.

Yes, planning on using sand/aluminum oxide as an anti slip. I still "worry" about it though.

Two older ladies that I am doing the work for, I told them the risks, but thats what they want.