Epoxy Floor Roller Marks: How to Eliminate them

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The most important reasons for back-rolling are:

1. Removing Visible Roller or Squeegee Traces
Just like a painter inspects his wall after painting, floor applicators need to do the same with their floor. Special care needs to be taken with various angles of light that hit the floor. I have come across cases where a roller mark was not visible on the floor, and after the lights were switched off and the light came through the window, the reflection was very visible!

2. Achieving a uniform epoxy mix
You have probably heard me preach the importance of proper epoxy mixing and the consequences if the curing is not properly achieved. When applying a thin coat the risk of improper curing is amplified since the quantity of epoxy on the floor is quite small. Thus despite rigorous mixing, you may end up having parts of the floor that never got enough hardener component to cure.

By back rolling the product on the floor you are basically increasing the chances of the B -component going everywhere. In fact you want to consider back-rolling during that curing window (usually the 30-60 minute time frame) when the epoxy has started curing but is still workable.

[cenktezcan]

Thank you very much. i put a epoxy paint on floor . after the cure there were all roller marks. Then i eliminated them with sanding. i watched the video and fixed the problem.

[vanztpc]

May i ask what roller brush you use? Sheepskin or cotton?? Thank you.

[jhonlinen]

this foam roller or common roller for painting?

[darrenwoodward]

Hi can you apply epoxy resin over a water based self leveling compound after it has been primed??? Any info would be amazing! 😊

[safsaf]

is this also advised for polyaspartic resins?