Remove Old Epoxy Floor in Meridian, Idaho

Meridian Quality Epoxy Floors can remove old epoxy floor film in Meridian. Failed kits, peeling paint, and thick amateur coats have to come off before a new system will stick. Homeowners who rolled a box kit on an unground slab call when the tire prints lift. That is this page.

Text (208) 502-8405 a photo of the peel and a corner where the film thickness shows. We quote removal as its own line.

Remove Old Epoxy Floor Options for Meridian Properties

How the old film fails decides the tool. Thin kits, thick builds, and moisture-driven bubbles are not the same strip.

Mechanical grind-off of failed kits

Diamond cups and PCDs take thin, brittle kits. We grind to open concrete, vacuum, and inspect. Islands of well-bonded film can stay if they are sound and we can profile them. Loose edges all come off. This is the common south Meridian DIY-kit call.

Shot-blast removal of old film

Thick, gummy, or well-bonded coats load diamonds. Shot blast strips film on an empty stall and leaves a profile behind. House garages need more masking than an open shop. We use shot when the film asks for it.

Recoat after a clean profile

Removal is not the finish. Once the old coat is gone, the slab still needs CSP-3, joint work, and a new system if you want one. We can stop at bare, profiled concrete. Most people want flake or a solid after they have lived with a peel.

Moisture-driven coating failure

Bubbles and widespread lift often mean vapor, not just a bad kit. We test before we lock a new film over the same slab. If the numbers are high, the next system includes a moisture primer or we wait. Stripping without testing repeats the failure.

How We Remove Old Epoxy Floor Film in Meridian

1. We tap, scrape, and look at thickness. Kit, paint, or a real system. Moisture tests run when bubbles are the complaint.
2. We mask, then grind or shot blast until the loose film is gone and the slab has a tooth.
3. We patch spalls that the old coat hid. Joints get cleaned. Dust is vacuumed.
4. If you want a new system, primer starts on that clean profile. If you want bare concrete, we stop after the profile and the patch.

Materials and Methods

PCDs (polycrystalline diamond tools) strip thick film that rounds a regular cup. Diamond cups handle thin kits. Shot blast is the other mechanical method. Hand grinders reach door tracks and pad edges. HEPA vacuums control dust. A tap test and a scraper are the inspection tools. Moisture work uses calcium chloride or ASTM F2170 probes when failure looks like vapor. Degreaser comes first on oil that sat under a peel. We do not chemically strip a whole stall as the plan. Mechanical removal is the job. The new system, if any, is 100% solids epoxy, flake or not, with a wear coat. This page is the strip. It exists because coating over a peel is how the next peel starts.

What It Costs to Remove Old Epoxy Floor Film in Meridian

Angi lists slab resurfacing in a $1,000-$5,000 band when more than a light prep is required, and basic patching at $25 to $250. HomeAdvisor repeats that resurfacing band. Fixr's epoxy repair band of $500 to $1,600 is for repairing an epoxy floor, not always a full strip. Full removal plus a new coat will sit in the same national installed ranges Angi and HomeAdvisor publish for epoxy ($2 to $12 per square foot, averages near $2,525) plus the extra grind time. We quote the strip as its own line. We do not hide it inside a cheap recoat.

Bag a chip of the old film if you can snap one off. Thickness and brittleness tell us cups versus PCDs versus shot. A flexible, gummy coat is a different strip than a chalky kit. Do not try to peel the whole stall with a heat gun the night before we arrive. You will leave residue that loads the diamonds. Leave the fail as it is. We will take it off mechanically.

Remove Old Epoxy Floor Questions

Can you coat over a peeling kit instead of removing it?

No. Loose film is a bond break. We remove old epoxy floor material that is lifting, then we profile what is left. A roll over a peel fails at the same tire prints.

Is removal always a full grind to concrete?

Usually. Thin kits come off with diamonds. Thick, well-bonded industrial film can take PCDs or shot. We pick the tool after we tap the floor. Bare concrete is the goal when the old film has failed.

Will removal wreck the slab?

A controlled grind takes film and laitance, not inches of paste. Spalls that were under the kit will show. We patch those before a new system. The slab was already cracked. The kit hid it.

How do I get a quote to remove old epoxy floor film?

Send photos of the peel and a corner where you can see how thick the film is. Say the town and the stall size. We quote removal as its own line, then the new system if you want both.

Call (208) 502-8405 with a photo of the peel. We strip first. Then we talk about a system that can actually stick.