You absolutely cannot run on those floors though. If there's any water or oil they are incredibly slick, even with grit mixed in for traction. I've Scooby-Doo'd way too many times just walking.
They need to be quartz casted while they are wet.
Which is a horrible job but easy to do.
This is another reason why you need to time your mixes based on temp and humidity.
You quartz cast an epoxy floor by rolling it all out in a defined area based on the cure time and them some lucky guy puts on a set of golf shoes with steel cleats and walks all of the way into the far corner of the pour and broadcasts quarts sand really thick over the whole thing while walking backwards.
The epoxy when wet enough is self leveling so the cleat divots fill in as you walk backwards.
We used to call it the hooker walk.
you are basically walking like you are wearing high heels because wet epoxy is slick as grease and falling on your ass in curing epoxy while holding a bucket of sand really, really, really, really sucks.
You also need two other guys standing by with golf cleats in case you go down on your ass.
That is so they can come in and rescue you without wrecking the pour because you have about a minute or two to get all of your clothes off and wash your ass with isopropyl alchohol.
when it starts to cure alchohol wont work anymore so now you need to switch to MEK.
Or have a chemical burnt ass.You quartz a floor in small sections at a time and use duct tape as the limits of that pour.
Again, timing is everything but duct tape when pulled in a linear way and with the right timing has low adhesion to clean and dry concrete but high shear strength.
When that section cures, it will have way to much sand on it. Which is the whole idea.
Whatever sticks is the non-skid.
Sweep off the excess quartz and re-use on the next pour.
The ideal situation is to roll out a pour and broadcast the quartz in between expansion joints.
And just like any chemical mix prep is everything.
Rent a floor scrubber and degrease the whole place several times and then absolutely flood it with water.
Floor sqeweegies and water. and beer.
Let it dry.
Acid etch the concrtete with a mild mix of muriatic acid
swimming pool acid.
Hose the floor off and let it dry overnight.
Read the instructions. You want it etched but you dont want it to turn into powder.
Buy a paddle mixer and a good half inch corder drill and 30 five gallon buckets and do it.
It sounds complicated but it really isnt.
Ive never met a glue sniffer with a PHD.
I did have an employee pass out and epoxy his head to the floor.
The epoxy flooring business at the industrial and commercial level is not some group of professionals.
It one or two guys who are making a **** load of money by herding temp service employees.
They sniff glue for a living and they quit when you try to make them wear a respirator.
Either wait and do it yourself which you can do and if you have any questions I will answer.
Or wait untill you are confident in the concrete pour and then hire a professional coating company.
I think they want you to pay for an "add" that really doesnt help you at all.