This floor in a house we sold had been painted with some sort of resin coating, which had started cracking (after nine years of being looked after by owners, I believe tenants had dragged something over it, or left something wet on it?)
We either had to disguise it with a rug or redo the floor. I started peeling back where it had cracked, and that turned into a rather large job. Took us probably four hours in total to peel most of it, but where it didn't peel, we scraped it with scrapers. I did probably two thirds on my own, and asked hubby to help at the end. He was cursing me the whole time
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This "room" was a garage for 40 years, and I think the people who renovated probably just painted some resin product straight over the top.
I found some resin after some googling, went to pick it up (by now hubby and I were not on speaking terms and I thought "right... I'll do this myself!".
I had to mix two parts together and get it on before it started to set, about an hour from memory.
This is the before, during and after photos. I thought it was amazing. With the house now sold, unfortunately, I have no way of knowing how it stands up to wear and tear. I'd love to use it again though.
Before - rough, swirly and milky, but stunning floor. You can see where it had started to peel (after being tenanted, tenants tend to not care too much about dragging things over floors).
This is the peeling area, made bigger because I thought I'd peel it a little more... and a little more, until I had to keep going and either paint over it, or take it back by scraping. Several hours and a very sore back, I had it pretty clean. Hubby helped me for the last hour, grumbling and whining the whole time!
This is the coating going on, first coat. Looked very "hit and miss" but I don't mind that industrial look.
This is after the second coat. In a way, I preferred the first coat better, but I still love this finished look.
If anybody would like to know the product, let me know. I can dig it out from wherever I filed it.
