Chemical Resistant Epoxy Quartz Flooring
Seamless Resurfacing System
Epoxy.com Product #15
Best Clear Epoxy Material for Installing Seamless Epoxy Resin Flooring
For Colored Quartz Flooring Systems and for Sealing Acid Stained Concrete
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Epoxy.com Product #15 is a two-component, seamless, 100% solids clear epoxy flooring and resurfacing system with high chemical resistance. It can be applied as a coating or combined with silica sand or Epoxy.com multi-colored quartz aggregate to create a durable, easy-to-maintain surface for both new and existing substrates.
While commonly used for seamless epoxy quartz flooring systems, Product #15 is also one of Epoxy.com’s most versatile resins. It is widely used for resealing epoxy-bonded stone, sealing acid-stained concrete, and as a carbon composite and fiberglass layup resin.
APPLICATIONS
Product #15 is used in a wide range of commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential flooring applications where a seamless, durable, chemical-resistant surface is desired.
Epoxy Product #15 over Color Quartz.
- Aisle Ways
- Assembly Plants
- Bakeries
- Basement Floors
- Bottling Plants
- Break Rooms
- Cafeterias
- Canning Plants
- Car Washes
- Cells
- Chemical Storage Areas
- Chemical Processing Areas
- Church Floors
- Classroom Floors
- Corridors
- Educational Facilities
- Entrances
- Epoxied Stone Recoating
- Food Plants
- Fork Lift Areas
- Health Care Facilities
- Hospitals
- Kennels
- Kitchens
- Laboratories
- Law Enforcement Facilities
- Laundries
- Leveling concrete
- Loading docks
- Locker Rooms
- Machine Shops
- Manufacturing Areas
- Marine Surfaces
- Meat Preparation Areas
- Mortuaries
- Nuclear Plant Floors
- Offices
- Patching concrete
- Photography Processing Areas
- Power Plants
- Printing Plants
- Produce Preparation Areas
- Pool Decks
- Ramps
- Research Facilities
- Rest Rooms
- Restaurants
- Semiconductor Plants
- Sewer Plants
- Sealing "Epoxy and Stone" Decking
- Shop Floors
- Shopping Centers
- Shower Rooms
- Store Floors
- Show Rooms
- Supermarkets
- Veterinary Facilities
- Water Plants
- Warehouses
- Wooden Floors
- & many others
ADVANTAGES
- LOW ODOR
- CHEMICAL RESISTANT
- STRONG YET RESILIENT
- VARIABLE SURFACES FROM NON-SLIP TO SMOOTH
- ABRASION RESISTANT
- ZERO VOCs - MEETS EVEN THE STRICTEST LOW VOC REQUIREMENTS
- MEETS USDA STANDARD FOR USE IN FOOD HANDLING APPLICATIONS
Epoxy.com Product #15 over Acid Stained Concrete Photo Courtesy of AA Permacoat
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SURFACE PREPARATION
Surface to receive Epoxy.com Product #15 Epoxy Chemical Resistant Flooring Resurfacing System for Seamless Epoxy Quartz Flooring must be clean and sound. Remove all dirt, laitance, grease curing compounds and other foreign matter by sandblasting, mechanical abrasion. If acid etching is used follow with abrasive or mechanical abrasion. Remove water and dust from all surfaces with an oil free blast, or vacuum, immediately prior to application. See Epoxy.com Surface Preparation Guide for more details.
MIXING INSTRUCTIONS
Temperature of Epoxy.com Product #15 Epoxy Chemical Resistant Flooring Resurfacing System for Seamless Epoxy Quartz Flooring must be 65 degrees F or above at time of mixing. Stir each component separately before blending. Mix two parts by volume of Part A with one part by volume of Part B for three minutes with a low speed electric drill motor equipped with a mixing paddle.
APPLICATION
Epoxy.com Product #15 over acid stained concrete.
Photo Courtesy of Stephen Gaier
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Epoxy.com Product #15 Epoxy Chemical Resistant Flooring Resurfacing System for Seamless Epoxy Quartz Flooring can be applied with brush, roller, trowel, airless sprayer or squeegee. Apply a coat of #15 to surface to be finished, doing only a small area at a time. If anti-skid is required, while epoxy is still wet, it may be broadcast with aggregate. This can be done by hand or mechanical means. Make sure that the entire surface is completely covered with no shiny spots visible. Allow the epoxy to dry. Then sweep off excess aggregate. Sand surface, if required, to desired texture. If broadcast with sand, apply a topcoat over the entire surface. For more information on installation please see:
LIMITATIONS
New concrete to receive Epoxy.com Product #15 Epoxy Chemical Resistant Flooring Resurfacing System for Seamless Epoxy Quartz Flooring should be at least 28 days old. Temperature of substrate must be above 55 degrees F. DO NOT thin. For indoor use, except when used to seal Epoxy.com Product #17 or similar product, contact Epoxy.com for technical assistance.
OPTIONAL FEATURES
Rough Cut Reclaimed Barn board floor, after clear coating of
Epoxy.com Product #15. Click the picture above to see
before and after pictures and a project description.
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- INTEGRAL COVE BASE
- AGGRESSIVE, MEDIUM, FINE, and SMOOTH TEXTURES
- FINAL COAT OF URETHANE FOR EXTENDED DURABILITY AND WEAR
- CLEAR, SOLID, OR MULTI-COLORED
- VARYING THICKNESS FROM 10 MILS TO 4 INCHES
- EPOXY.COM WEAR CODED LAYERS
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Prolonged or repeated exposure may cause eye and skin irritation. If contact occurs, wash immediately and seek medical help. Use safety glasses with side shields and wear protective rubber gloves.
CLEANING
All tools and equipment should be cleaned before the system gels. Use MEK, Acetone, or any lacquer solvent.
APPLICATION PROPERTIES @77°F |
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| Mix Ratio | 2:1 By Volume |
| Viscosity (mixed) | 450 CPS |
| Pot Life (200 gr.) | 30 minutes |
| Cure Time (Walk-on Traffic) | 24 hours |
| Cure Time (Truck Traffic) | 48 Hours |
| Final Cure | 7 Days |
| VOC Content | 0.0 lbs per Gallon (Zero VOC) |
| Packaging (unit size) | 15 gal. Units (5 gal pails) |
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (neat) |
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| Bond Strength (ASTM C-882) | 2110 PSI |
| Flexural Strength (ASTM D-2240) | 6075 PSI (7 days) |
| Compressive Strength (ASTM D-695) | 9910 |
| Absorption (ASTM D-570) | 0.6% |
| Thermal Shock | 40 Hr. @10° F., 3 Min. @ 212° F. Shock Water @ 33° F. |
| Hardness (Shore D) | 65 @ 24 Hours, 75 @ 7 days |
Estimating Coverage
For a 1/8 inch double broadcast system you can use the material calculator for Epoxy.com Product #15.
CHEMICAL RESISTANT CHART |
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Reagent |
CHEMICAL TEST TIME MONTHS | ||||
| 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | |
| WATER, DISTILLED | + | + | + | + | + |
| SEAWATER | + | + | + | + | + |
| SULFURIC ACID, 10% | + | + | + | S | S |
| SULFURIC ACID, 30% | + | + | S | - | - |
| SULFURIC ACID, 70% | + | S | - | - | - |
| 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% | + | - | - | - | - |
STAIN RESISTANCE |
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| BUTTER | + | + | + | + | + |
| CITRUS JUICES | + | + | + | + | + |
| COFFEE | + | + | + | + | + |
| COLA | + | + | + | + | + |
| GREASE | + | + | + | + | + |
| HAIR TONIC | + | + | + | + | + |
| INK | + | + | + | + | + |
| LARD | + | + | + | + | + |
| LIPSTICK | + | + | + | + | + |
| LIQUOR | + | + | + | + | + |
| MILK | + | + | + | + | + |
| MINERAL OIL | + | + | + | + | + |
| MUSTARD | + | + | + | + | + |
| VINEGAR | + | + | + | + | + |
| SANDBLASTED STEEL PANELS, COATED WITH
AN AVERAGE. OF 14 MIL FILM THICKNESS, IMMERSED IN THE VARIOUS MATERIAL FOR UP TO ONE YEAR + = Resistant S= Softened -= Attacked |
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Material Certification of LEED Requirements
Epoxy.com a division of Epoxy Systems, Inc. certifies that Epoxy.com Product #15 meets or exceeds LEED requirements as summarized below:
LEED Credit IE 4.2:
Indoor Environmental Quality/Air Quality Before Occupancy Materials meet the requirement for VOC content Pertaining to LEED IEQ 402 Indoor Emitting Materials Credit. Refer to the individual product component technical data sheets and MSDS for further information.
Certificate or Origin
This product is made and or assembled in the USA.