RESINOUS FLOORING SPECIFICATION – Chemical Resistant Epoxy Floor Coating

 

1. Scope of Work

1.1 The resinous flooring contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, tools and equipment necessary to install an Epoxy Systems’™ Product #2 100% Solids Epoxy Flooring System in such areas as indicated on the drawing and/or specifications.

2. Related Work Specified Elsewhere

2.1 Resinous flooring material provides an impermeable barrier against rising moisture. All Substrates must therefore be free of ground water effects and verified as such prior to installation of system.

2.2 All surface preparation shall conform to manufactures surface preparation procedures – http://www.epoxy.com/surfaceprep.htm.  

2.3 Facilities. The resinous flooring contractor shall be provided with dry storage space for materials and equipment and with suitable electric current at no charge for the processing tools and mixing devices running on electricity. 

3. Materials

3.1 Resinous flooring material shall be Epoxy Systems’™ Product #2, as distributed by Epoxy.com a division of Epoxy Systems, Inc. (Florida and Vermont). Material shall also include an appropriate anti-skid material as required. Primer shall be Epoxy Systems’™ Product #899. Coating shall be Epoxy Systems’™ Product #2 is a 100% solid, pigmented chemical resistant epoxy coating.

3.1.1 Application Properties:

Mix ratio 2:1 by Volume

Pot life 30 minutes

Cure time to walk on traffic 24 hours

Cure time to truck traffic 48 hours

Final cure 7 days

3.1.2  Physical Properties (neat)

Bond strength (ASTM C-882) 2110 p.s.i

Tensile Strength (ASTM D-638) 5,500 (7 days)

3.1.3Chemical resistance

Each mark after the chemical name that is a +, S, or -, represents 1 month, 2 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months respectively.

+ = Resistant

S = Softened

- = Attacked

Reagent	CHEMICAL TEST TIME MONTHS
	1	3	6	9	12
WATER, DISTILLED	+	+	+	+	+
SEAWATER	+	+	+	+	+
SULFURIC ACID, 10%	+	+	+	+	S
SULFURIC ACID, 30%	+	+	+	-	-
SULFURIC ACID, 70%	+	+	+	-	-
HYDROCHLORIC ACID, 10%	+	+	+	+	+
HYDROCHLORIC ACID, 20%	+	+	+	+	+
HYDROCHLORIC ACID, 36%	+	+	+	+	+
HYDROCHLORIC VAPOR	+	+	+	+	+
ACETIC ACID, 5%	+	+	-	-	-
ACETIC ACID, 10%	-	-	-	-	-
AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE, 10%	+	+	S	S	-
AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE, 25%	+	S	-	-	-
SODIUM HYDROXIDE, 20%	+	+	+	+	+
ACETONE	-	-	-	-	-
BUTANONE	-	-	-	-	-
BUTYL ACETATE	+	+	S	S	S
DIACETONE ALCOHOL	+	+	+	+	+
CELLOSOLVE	S	S	S	S	S
ETHANOL, 50%	+	+	+	-	-
ETHANOL, 96%	-	-	-	-	-
OCTANOL	+	+	+	+	+
XYLENE	+	+	+	+	+
TOLUENE	+	+	+	+	+
BENZENE	+	+	S	S	S
SKYDROL	+	+	+	+	+
TRICHLOROETHYLENE E	+	+	S	S	S
CRUDE OIL	+	+	+	+	+
GASOLINE, 98 OCTANE	+	+	+	+	+
ACETAL GLACIAL	-	-	-	-	-
CITRIC 10%	+	+	+	+	+
CITRIC 50%	+	+	+	+	+
FATTY ACID (LINSEED)	+	+	+	+	+
LACTIC (DAIRY PRODUCTS)	+	+	+	+	+
NITRIC 10%	+	-	-	-	-
NITRIC 20%	+	-	-	-	-
NITRIC 30%	+	-	-	-	-
PHOSPHORIC	-	-	-	-
ALLYL CHLORIDE	+	S	S	S	S
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE	+	+	+	+	+
DIETHYLENE TRIAMINE	-	-	-	-	-
ETHYL ALCOHOL	-	-	-	-	-
ETHYLENE DIAMINE	-	-	-	-	-
FORMALDEHYDE	-	-	-	-	-
METHYL ETHYL KETONE	S	-	-	-	-
ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL	+	+	+	+	+
METHYL ISOBUTYL CARBINOL	+	+	+	+	+
METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE	S	S	S	S	S
MINERAL SPIRITS	+	+	+	+	+
DETERGENTS ANIONIC 2%	+	+	+	+	+
CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE 5%	+	+	+	+	+
SODIUM CHLORITE 25%	+	-	-	-	-
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE 5%	+	-	-	-	-

 

3.1.4 STAIN RESISTANCE
BUTTER	+	+	+	+	+
CITRUS JUICES	+	+	+	+	+
COFFEE	+	+	+	+	+
COLA	+	+	+	+	+
GREASE	+	+	+	+	+
HAIR TONIC	+	+	+	+	+
INK	+	+	+	+	+
LARD	+