Why 72 hours and not 24
A coating reaches walk-on hardness long before it finishes cross-linking. During that window the film is still soft enough that a warm tire will press into it and bond slightly. When the vehicle moves, the coating lifts in a tread pattern. Waiting the full cure is the difference between a floor that lasts twenty years and one that is marked in its first week.
Heavy items follow the same rule
A fridge, a tool chest, a jack stand or a motorcycle stand concentrates far more load per square inch than a tire. Anything heavy with small feet should wait the full 72 hours, and should have felt pads or a plywood pad underneath it permanently after that.
Cold weather extends it
Cure rate falls with temperature. In an unheated garage in shoulder season, we will give you a longer number than 72 hours based on the actual slab temperature rather than the calendar. If we say five days, it is because the slab is cold, not because we are being cautious.
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