| 15 Common Mistakes Made When Doing An Overlay! |
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Never Color a job without an approved sample board and have the coloring formulas written on the back of the board(and contract). |
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Always Degrease when you power-wash before you start your job. |
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Never Bridge score-lines, expansion joints, or any saw-cut expansion. |
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Always Address your crack-repair issues prior to starting the job. |
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Never Color an area that you cannot seal the same day. |
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Never Stop Texturing an area that you cannot finish in one day;on large jobs, end your days work at an expansion joint or stopping point. |
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Never Leave filament tape on the project over night, pull your tape the same day. |
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Always Have the same one person mixing your liquid pigments. |
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Always Wear socks to walk on a newly finshed surface when sealing. |
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Always Use ice-water when you mix in the heat of the summer. |
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Always Put your 3 qts resin, 3-4 qts water, mix add color, mix, then add powder; in that exact order every time. |
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Never Use a chalk-line, use the filament tape to stretch-out straight runs and right angles. |
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Never Bite off more then you can chew. |
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Never Under price yourself, for you will bastardize this industry. |
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Always Plan, Plan, Plan! (Weather Channel) |
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