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Hey guys…
Chuck, I tend to be an inpatient guy, so brewing has been good therapy for me! Temperature control is certainly a huge factor in recipe repeatability.
Evan, I have several recipes I now consider ‘complete’, but the vast majority are still evolving. One thing that I do that I’d guess most folks don’t is that I keep a running critique of all my recipes. In my view, it’s part of that crucial record keeping. After nearly 500 batches, it’s helpful to go back and read my impressions how any given recipe turned out. ….yeah, I’m a total beer geek🤪
Yep…working on a project the first half of the day Bob, then figured I’d zip out of here in time for a 2p arrival, roughly.
Hey Chuck, Evan makes some good points. I might just add that recipe refinement for me has been (and perhaps should be) a very SLOW process, mainly since the only way to truly understand the effects of an adjustment is to change only ONE thing at a time.
Very cool…. can’t wait to see this new floor and the next ‘phase’ of the Sherlock Brewery renovation!👍
Ok, gotcha. Yep, I think I’ll get a pound of color flakes. I’m thinking that should give my small project plenty of flaking. If it’s a little light, I’d be ok with that. A couple of questions just came to mind:
1. Do I need to put some kind of primer down or is it just one coat of the colored epoxy followed by a second coat then finalized with the clear top coat??
2. When do the colored flakes get sprinkled on?
3. I like the idea of a clear silica for anti-slip. Sounds like you added that to the clear coat application, correct?
Hmmm, ok. I figured you used the Norklad 200 as well since u indicated it was 100% solids epoxy. Do they have a different version of that?
I don’t have any vertical surfaces and as U Kno, my cellar is small, so working quickly, I feel like I can get it down before it starts to set up. My floor has expansion joints that form a giant X in the floor, all sloping down to the floor drain in the middle of the X, so I figured I’d just mix up about 25% of the product at a time and do one section of the X with each mixing.
I think I will purchase one of those notched squeegees and if it’s ok, I’d love to borrow your spiked shoes, just in case I need to walk on part of the floor to correct an issue. Either way, I would like to review the entire process with you over a bier or two prior to jumping into this!!
….here are the epoxy items sitting in my cart at the moment.
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Hey Evan, I’m slowly getting closer to my cellar epoxy project and I am learning a lot about this as I continue to research it. I wanted to lay down where I am now so U can tell me if I am on the right track…..
At this point, I am leaning towards the Norklad 200 100% solids kit. It appears that will easily cover my 100 sq ft cellar. My hope was to go with a low VOC product to avoid much of the odor….is the 100% stuff less stinky? For a glossy final top coat, I wanted to use a non flammable, low VOC product for that as well, so Color Chips is recommending their Norklad 100M clear coat epoxy. I noticed you chose a polyurethane top coat instead, so I wanted to pick your brain on this.I have a dust shroud and a diamond wheel coming this week for my mini grinder, so I will be able to start removing the old floor paint soon!
