Trade Epoxy Guides
Moisture and Concrete Guides
A slab that reads wrong will fail a coating no matter how good the product is. These guides cover testing it properly, reading the number against a real limit, and what to do with the answer.
- 🧪
How to Test Concrete Moisture
The test is days of waiting around a few minutes of work, so it cannot be booked for the morning of the pour. What has to be true before you drill, and what quietly invalidates a reading.
- 📅
How Long New Concrete Needs Before Coating
The 28 day rule is a floor, not a green light. What the clock starts from, what it certifies, whether a curing compound has stopped it running, and the options when the schedule will not wait.
- 💧
Concrete Curing vs Drying
Curing needs water present. Drying needs it gone. Two processes hidden behind one word, pulling against each other, and the reason a strong slab can still be far too wet to coat.
- 🛡
Do You Need a Moisture Vapor Barrier? How to Size One
Test before you guess, then size the barrier once a moisture reading actually calls for one.
- 🌡
The 5°F Dew Point Rule for Coating Concrete
The slab is colder than the air, and it is the slab that gets wet. What the rule asks, and what to do when a morning fails.
- 🧂
Efflorescence on a Concrete Floor: What It Means Before You Coat
The white bloom is salt that water carried to the surface and left behind. Taking it off is prep. Finding out why the water is moving is the part that saves the coating.