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I can bet you have seen quite a number of epoxy flooring with bubbles on them. The size of bubbles varies a lot, from an inch in diameter to as small as pinhead. You can find them in groups or scaterred around the floor. This is usually due to a phenomenon called ‘out gassing’. And it happens when the epoxy begins to dry up. Because the temperature rises, air is hotter and it expands into a bubble under the epoxy coating.

To prevent bubbles being formed in epoxy floors application of a primer is recommended. Also never apply the coating in direct rays of the sun and always use a drill of a slower speed when mixing the coating.

Use medium roller if you already decided to use one. You need to take care how you apply the epoxy, make slow, gentle motions. This will be helpful in preventing bubbles from being formed in epoxy coatings.

You can use rotary scrubber ans some sandpaper to remove all those bubbles on your epoxy floor. Use some sandpaper to roughen the bubbled area as a first step. Then scrupulously clean the dust. Then with a rag wipe the surface area with a strong solvent. After this another coating can be applied. Fisheyes is another type of bubbles that can occur. One of the reasons is the silicone that remained on the surface.

This can be cleaned by scrubbing the surface area with sandpaper of a medium grit. When you are finished with this, you can clean the entire place with solvent dipped rag. Now you can apply that epoxy coating you prepared for the session.

Consider shot blasting or sand blasting the entire epoxy coating in case the bubbles are spread all over that floor. You will need to sand blast the entire area of epoxy coating first. Afterwards clean the problem area with acid. You can isolate the entire area, in case it is rather small. Repair the area and then apply the coating again.

The moisture is one more reason why bubbles appear in our epoxy garage floors. To verify this break one of the blisters thus formed and see if there is any moisture inside.