jimgerken
Veteran Member
I'll Have to do more research, DO you know how it is done? Is it hard to do? Any special tools? I'll have to try and locate a number for the company.
Application is simple. I forgot the timing, if they want you to wait 30 days after pouring, can't remember that, so read the label. After reading what they wanted, I opened the can and walked around dumping it on. My wife had a squeege and a wide broom and she chased me around spreading it out. Then we both broomed it back and forth for about 20 minutes until it suddenly got slick as cat sh*t. You will not miss that moment. When that happens, the instructions say to lightly spray water on it, so we had a hose ready, and sprayed a layer of water onto it. This takes away the slickness and you are to then keep brooming it around, back and forth. About 15 minutes later it starts to get slick a second time, then add plenty of water and broom whatever is left, along with the water, off the edge of the surface. In our case we did not get all of it off, we could later see a few patches that some dried on the surface. That shouldnt matter though, because in my experience anything on the surface of a concrete floor will eventually wear off anyway.
The comment above that said the floor must be buffed to maintain the shine: Not sure about this yet. I read that simply sweeping and mopping eventually brings some shine, and that could be accelerated if you wish by some method. I plan to study it over time. so far it has only been swept once, because the interior is still under construction. I did buy myself a mop pail on wheels. Looking forward to having a dust free floor.
Ashford is not for everybody, some people are looking for something a bit more flashy. I usually go for the long term utility in a product, over cosmetic beauty alone. I didnt want a surface coating that would be affected by chemicals and welding splatter, so Ashford made sense to me.