Floor Epoxies, Sealers, Accessories (Non-marine Catalog Page & Prices)

Using an Epoxy paint on steel, fiberglass, or concrete? You might want to know about SOLUBLE SALT CONTAMINATION AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT-- CLICK HERE

CONSIDER USING A PRIMER COAT - READ ABOUT PRIMER OPTIONS/CONCERNS AT OUR PRIMER PAGE - CLICK HERE

EXAMPLE OF DIY GARAGE FLOOR WITH CHIPS - ACTUAL CUSTOMER EXAMPLE - CLICK HERE

AN ALTERNTIVE TO 2 PART EPOXIES AND EXPENSIVE SMELLY URETHANES - SEE OUR BIO VEE GLOSS BELOW. AN ENVIRONMENTALY FRIENDLY, WATER-BASED CLEAR ACRYLIC FOR SEALING AND COATING CONCRETE FLOORS. RESULTS IN A SATIN TO GLOSSY CLEAR FINISH. NOT AS TOUCH AS EPOXY OR POLY BUT MORE THAN SUITABLE FOR GENERAL APPLICATION!

* Everything you need to know about floor coating (several articles/links) BEGIN HERE TO GET STARTED DEVELOPING A PLAN TO COAT YOUR GARAGE, ETC. - Click Here

Waterbased floor epoxies are two part coatings that provide epoxy properties in a latex type 2 part fomulation. The 'water' in them helps them penetrate into surfaces, thus sort of a de facto primer for itself or under thicker solvent free floor epoxies. On the downside they are very thin and don't hide imperfections. The other big option is a thicker solvent free floor epoxy. These are thicker and smoother but it is 100% surface bonding, so a good surface is critical. Some contractors/users start with a primer coat - either a water based epoxy or by adding solvent to the solvent free epoxies (as a first come primer but sometimes in the one and only coat being applied). The addition of solvent does a few things - extends working time (pot life), will degrade some of the epoxy properties, will thin the epoxy and make application easier, help the epoxy (in theory) penetrate a little bit into the surface.

It is important that you know the following. Two part epoxies (especially solvent free epoxies) have a working time of 5 to 60 minutes or so. Working time will very with the epoxy but is also GREATLY AFFECTED by temperature (warmer temps mean shorting working time) and the amount mixed (large batches have a shorter working time). Never mix more than you can use in about 20 minutes. In colder weather the epoxies are much thicker and harder to work with, they get thinner as the temperature increases.

Epoxies yellow in sunlight, some worse than others (the waterbased epoxies don't yellow a whole lot). Light gray turns to a light green gray. Clear epoxies and white epoxies turn yellow. Light blue becomes light aqua. Dark colors or colors with a lot of yellow in them (black, beige, dark green) don't show the yellowing (even though they do yellow!). Yellowing is stopped or prevented by avoiding direct sunlight, painting with an enamel, poly, or latex, or topcoating with a good UV blocker (our 2 part Acrylic Poly UV plus).

The primary differences between floor epoxy paints and 'regular' epoxy paints are the following: Floor epoxies are thinner and have less 'body' so that they will flow out nicely and quickly self level. On a vertical surface they are more likely to drip and sag. Secondly, floor epoxies tend to have short or shorter working times (potlife). You cannot have a long potlife and a quick cure (hardening) of the epoxy. People want or need to use their floors as soon as possible so the trade-off is a shorter potlife. This is balanced by the reality that many epoxy floors are applied in summertime. In a perfect world there would be 'cold, average and hot' weather versions of the floor epoxy... Someday........

Pinholes/air bubbles in the epoxy (rarely an issue with residential garages - often a problem with walkways/barns/workshops/hangers etc. CLICK HERE

You cannot epoxy fill your expansion joints. Leave them open or find some third party - plastic rubber insert. Or, our Joint Link™ filler (section G- other products ) can also be used.

Often adding about 10-15% solvent to a solvent free epoxy paint will thin it enough to self level nicely, as a 'floor epoxy' would. This increases your epoxy floor options. Note that this will extend the working time and also the time it takes for the epoxy to harden completely. On the plus side it will help the epoxy bond to the surface.

Our Epoxy Floor Seal clear water epoxy is often a topcoat, middle coat with colored chips in it, or as a primer or base coat (topcoated with an enamel so as to get the 'right color' - then the enamel often becomes a background color in a multi layer 'paint chip' floor system). Epoxy Floor Seal is not an epoxy paint, but rather a 'raw' epoxy resin' (watch out for the epoxy yellowing). It replaces our Low V epoxy which yellows very (too) quickly.

Our Watergard 300 is a high end epoxy paint available in white or light blue (watch out for the epoxy yellowing).

Our Coal Tar epoxy is a black epoxy with coal tar as the pigment. As an epoxy paint it is pretty thin and work on a floor, with our without adding solvent, nicely. It is black in color and during application and until it is cured, smells like tar. Makes a nice black floor. Will not show yellowing due to its dark color. Because of the coal tar in it, this particular epoxy does not like to be topcoated with a solvent based coating (which seems to release a little of the coal tar).

Our Cold Coat is a cold weather epoxy paint (temps in the 40s and low 50s). Color is dark green. It has a shorter potlife and is thicker than our Industrial Floor epoxies, but the additon of 10-15% solvent (by volume) will thin it and increase the pot life to about the same as our Industrial Floor epoxy (if you're doing floors!). The dark green should mask any UV yellowing. This is your option if you want/need a dark green floor.

A few more questions... i have a few hairline cracks... is there a filler i can use to fix those or should I rely on the industrial epoxy to fill those. Also, I'm gonna go with the decorative chips for slip resistance, for a heavy coating, how many square ft. does the 10 lbs bag cover?

OUR SOLVENT FREE EPOXY (INDUSTRIAL FLOOR EPOXY) IS SOLVENT FREE SO WET THICKNESS EQUALS DRY THICKNESS. IF YOU FILL IN A CRACK OR HOLE DURING APPLICATION, IT WILL NOT REAPPEAR AS THE EPOXY GETS HARD. NOTE THAT WITH SMALL HOLES AND CHIPS IN THE FLOOR THE 'BACK SIDE' OF THE ROLLER OFTEN EMPTIES OUT WHAT EPOXY THE FRONT SIDE OF THE ROLLER PUT INTO THE HOLE. JUST WATCH AS YOU ROLL OVER THESE SURFACES (OR JUST USE A SQUEEGEE, OR PATCH HOLES FIRST WITH THE EPOXY OR EPOXY MIXED WITH SAND AND LET IT SET).

CONTRACTORS LIKE 100 PERCENT CHIP COVERAGE - (NO BACKGROUND EPOXY VISIBLE). THAT'S 7 - 10 SQUARE FEET PER POUND. MOST HOME OWNERS USE A 10 POUND BAG FOR A 2 CAR GARAGE (ABOUT 450-500 SQU FT).
10 POUND BAG IS $50 AND 55 POUND BAG IS APPROX $207 ($3.75 PER POUND) - 3/06 PRICES

NOTE; IT TAKES A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE CHIPS TO PROVIDE AN ANTI SLIP TEXTURE ESPECIALLY IF YOU PUT THEM INTO A MIDDLE CLEAR COAT OF EPOXY (SEE www.epoxyproducts.com/chipsu4.html)

Lastly, I see some people using a serrated squeegee to spread this stuff out, is it better for a newbie to use this procedure to quickly distribute material or just use a roller and pan?

THE TRICK WITH THE FLOOR EPOXY IS TO MIX THEN POUR ONTO THE FLOOR (SKIP THE ROLLER PAN). DON'T TRY TO GET EVERY LAST DROP OUT OF THE MIXING BUCKET. THE LAST FEW OZ ARE FROM THE CORNERS ETC AND WILL NOT BE WELL MIXED - (I.E. WILL NEVER GET HARD).

THE SQUEEGEE IS A QUICK WAY TO SPREAD THE EPOXY OUT - THEN COMES THE ROLLER TO EVEN EVERYTHING. CONTRACTORS USE THE SQUEEGEE - IT SAVES TIME. I TELL FOLKS IF YOU HAVE SAY 800 OR 1000 SQUARE FT PROBABLY WORTH IT, FOR SMALLER JOBS YOU MIGHT STICK WITH JUST THE ROLLER (UNLESS YOU HAVE THE SQUEEGEE HANDY)

PAUL

>

Water-based floor epoxy and/or concrete sealer/primer - Use as a 1 (or 2) coat floor system or as an optional primer under our industrial floor epoxy - is used as a primer - apply a thin coat (alternative primers - see bottom of this page).

Apply 1 coat of this water based epoxy to your concrete (coverage about 225 square feet per 1 gallon unit) and let it 'soak in' to seal degreased areas and to provide a bonding surface that goes beyond just surface adhesion. Two coats provide a complete light gray epoxy floor system (although very thin - 4-6 mils). Can be used with our colored paint chips. The water based epoxies are more resistant to epoxy yellowing - (including our own Industrial Floor Epoxy).

Note that because this epoxy is thin, one and often two coats of it will not fill in a concrete surface to the point that the concrete loses its anti-slip texture. This means that you MIGHT not need to add anti-slip additives to this product if applying over concrete.

Recommended for home use - less likely to have problems compared to 'regular' solvent free epoxy that rely completely on surface only bonding. Most forgiving floor epoxy in terms of surface preparation.

Unlike the water based floor epoxies sold in hardware stores, Water Bond™ is slightly 'breatheable' letting vapor pressure from below pass through rather than 'lift' the epoxy. Also, Water Bond has no 'induction time' (required waiting time between mixing and application). Induction time is generally a sign of a 'low end' epoxy. Also, if the induction time varies from batch to batch, the final gloss could vary from batch to batch.

Consider using Bio Vee Seal as a concrete pre-treatment step prior to applying this floor epoxy. Bio Vee Seal is listed below.

As with all water based coatings - best used in low humidity/dry conditions - as the water in the product has to evaporate away. Wet, humid conditions can prevent this, leaving 'yellowly' water droplets or puddles on the surface of the epoxy. Blowers/fans blowing over the surface of the epoxy during humid conditions will aid the evaporation.

A very similar product in application, thickness etc. but with non skid grit mixed in (and without the water but with a small amount of solvent), is our Rough Coat epoxy listed below. Color is tan.

COLORS: WE STOCK ONLY 1 GALLON MEDIUM GRAY UNITS. OTHER COLORS (SEE COLOR CHART BELOW) ARE AVAILABLE AND DROPPED SHIPPED FROM THE FACTORY IN 1 GALLON OR 5 GALLON UNITS (INCLUDING 5 GAL MED GRAY). WE MAY BILL YOUR CARD FOR THE PRODUCT ONLY WHEN THE ORDER IS SENT TO THE FACTORY AND THEN BILL YOUR CARD AGAIN (LATER) FOR SHIPPING WHEN FACTORY SHIPS THE EPOXY. NO REFUNDS/RETURNS ETC. ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE STANDARD, STOCKED 1 GAL UNITS OF MEDIUM GRAY ONCE THE ORDER IS PLACED.

5 gal unit - $320 - any color shipped from factory direct - waterbased cannot freeze - cannot order online (call to order)

1 gal. unit - $70 - medium gray in stock, all other colors shipped direct from factory - waterbased cannot freeze

FOR ANY COLOR OTHER THAN MEDIUM GRAY - YOU WILL NEED TO CALL IN YOUR ORDER - CLICK HERE

Tom wrote:

It arrived just as you said and I immediately etched the surface, rinsed three times, vacuumed off the remaining water until dry and put Water Bond on. Now it is dry and tomorrow I will walk on it.

It was helpful, as a first timer, to know to use a stirring attachment for a drill. That enabled me to stir the pigmented gallons first and get them ready. I used 2 one gallon buckets to mix halves of the A and B cans and then poured them into one and stirred some more. Evidently it worked because it has hardened nicely.

It was also helpful to plan the coverage area for a gallon. I soon was able to see I was applying it too thinly. When I applied it thicker, it worked better. I think it would be helpful to people who are new to this to know to be somewhat generous because the surface is horizontal and it smooths itself out. The trick seems to be to concentrate on making it even and not mess with it too much. The same is true of shellac, I have found.

At 70 degrees I had no hardening at all for the 400 square feet I covered. I had plenty of work time and 1/3 a gallon left over. (Very smooth concrete).

The cleanup was a breeze! I had no idea that clean up was easier than latex paint!

I wish I had known what kind of tape to use to make a line. Blue masking tape had some seepage underneath.

Epoxy Floor Seal (replacement for Low V epoxy which yellows too quickly) - clear epoxy coating - can be pigmented - solvent thin for a sealer (in section D_Clear epoxy subpage) CLICK HERE

Acrylic Poly UV Plus - UV blocking clear coat (in section E_Nonepoxy subpage) CLICK HERE

Paint Chip info and color chart (www.epoxyproducts.com/chips4u.html) CLICK HERE

Main Page for info on all flooring options etc. (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorcoatings4u.html) CLICK HERE

Floor coatings page (lists Water Bond and Industrial Floor Epoxy) in catalog (section B_Floor) CLICK HERE

Most popular floor coating system page (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorpopular.html) CLICK HERE

Industrial Floor Epoxy: Schools, hospitals, chemical plants, commercial kitchens - now available for personal use.

A top quality, solvent-free, general floor epoxy paint. Not for use on vertical surfaces. This is the serious, commercial grade stuff. Coverage is approximately 175 squ feet per 1.5 gallon unit. Easy 2:1 mix by vol (1: 0.39 by weight). Colors: Beige, Light Gray. Consider using Bio Vee Seal as a concrete pre-treatment step prior to applying this floor epoxy. Bio Vee Seal is listed below. Topcoating with our Acrylic Poly UV Plus (lots of UV blockers - (More on UV blockers) will keep the new shiny look longer and help keep the epoxies from yellowing (note yellowing not very visible with the beige, but the gray will turn to a greenish gray in direct sun.). The beige doesn't hide quite as well as the light gray. One coat generally covers but if your cement is 'multi-colored stained' or you've really rolled out the beige (instead of putting it on sort of thick) you might want two coats of beige.

Use our short nap epoxy roller to avoid lint from ordinary rollers collecting in the epoxy.

VISIT OUR SURFACE PREP CATALOG SECTION TOO For products to help get the job done! - CLICK HERE

Pinholes/air bubbles in the epoxy (rarely an issue with residential garages - often a problem with walkways/barns/workshops/hangers etc. READ THIS BEFORE YOU PURCHASE . CLICK HERE

Acrylic Poly UV Plus - UV blocking clear coat (in section E_Nonepoxy subpage) CLICK HERE

Paint Chip info and color chart (www.epoxyproducts.com/chips4u.html) CLICK HERE

Main Page for info on all flooring options etc. (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorcoatings4u.html) CLICK HERE

Floor coatings page (lists Water Bond and Industrial Floor Epoxy) in catalog (section B_Floor) CLICK HERE

Most popular floor coating system page (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorpopular.html) CLICK HERE

NEW - MUCH SAFER ACID TREATMENT PRODUCT - PREP N ETCH - CLICK HERE

15 gal unit - $880 (shipped to factory - cannot order online - call to order )

Ace hardware paint 185-D Greek Column
Glidden Natural and Comforting surreal blue
Behr 780-F sparrow
Sears Easy Living KK241 silver charm
Walmart Color Place 96111 fired steel

Benjamin Moore classic collection #185 - precision ivory
Glidden Relaxed and Cozy stucco
Sears Easy Living CC121 delicate coral

this time around I was trying to show how much/affect of the Yellowing of the Gray Industrial Floor epoxy was.

The original gray is close to Glidden Univeral Grey 00NN 62/000 and it yellows to something close to Glidden Manatee Grey 90YY 49/095

Email Customer Feedback

Subject: Thanks
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:38:01 -0400
From: "Martha & Mark" <xxxxxx@comcast.net>

Hi,

Just wanted to say Thanks for the great product (Industrial Floor Epoxy) and service on my Garage floor project. It set up great and once I got the nak for Pot Life times, I was off and running laying down the mixture!!

I should have taken before and after photos but it really came out great and most important, I can see the strength of the Epoxy as a protective
barrier. I look forward to winter now with all it's wrath! This time I'm ready!

Hope to be in touch soon for other projects.

Mark

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Brent L. emailed:

> Paul,
>
> A few weeks ago I ordered epoxy, color chips and UV
> Poly top coat for my garage (1700sqft). You may or may
> not remember an order of 15gal of epoxy to Bismarck,
> North Dakota....
>
> Anyway, I have half the floor done (half because
> of moving everything in my garage from one side
> to the other) and the floor looks awesome. People
> that have seen it are astounded, they've never
> seen anything like it because no one around here
> supplies industrial epoxy.
>
> In high school (Calgary, Alberta) I used to work for
> a company that specialized in epoxy patching of
> concrete, so I am somewhat familiar with epoxies.
> I spent many months researching on the Internet what
> products are available and their cost. The product
> you have supplied is top notch and I have passed on
> your name to anyone that is interested.
>
> Also, today my garage furnace stopped working so
> I put in a service call and the fellow had to reset
> my draft interlock. Seems that having the garage door
> open and the furnace running to help cure and air-out
> my floor reversed the flow in the flu. Anyway, the
> service guy was so impressed with my floor he wants
> to try to convince his boss to do their shop floor.
> If you hear from Advanced Mechanical in Bismarck,
> it came from me.
>
> I can barely wait until we do our daughter's graduation
> party in our garage next month!
>
> Brent
>
>
Brent -

Thanks for the delightful email! It really made our day here. There are lots of places in the process
that a first time user can mess up and we hear about all of them!

regards

paul

This is our special floor epoxy with grit already mixed-in for non slip. It is solvent based, flexible, and rolls on at about 160 - 180 square feet per gallon kit. The solvents are necessary as they allow the grit thickened epoxy to roll our nicely and then 'shrink' down as the solvents evaporate away, allowing the grit to become fully exposed. We just couldn't achieve this nice distribution without the solvents. The end result is a floor with a grit surface. Texture is rougher than you would see in a shower, but still not 'industrial rough' - similar to what I have seen on custom wooden boats decks. One coat is fine, but two coats really masks the 'roller direction pattern' of the grit sometimes seen with only one coat, giving a slightly more textured surface with a more random pattern. It can be brushed on too, but the brush marks are very obvious. Unlike the Industrial Floor epoxy, but like the Water Bond epoxy, Rough Coat will not hide cracks and flaws on the surface. If you need to 'hide' cracks etc., use a base coat of the Industrial Floor Epoxy or our clear watery Low V epoxy under the Rough Coat.

The color is a light tan or khaki. We selected this color because it has enough yellow it shouldn't show UV yellowing but it is light enough in color that you can topcoat it with a layer of latex or enamel in whatever color you want (and still have a non-skid texture). We have seen boat decks and patio decks etc. in this light tan woody color, and it is a color we don't have any other epoxy in, so it seemed like a good color to stock. Other colors can be had in orders of over 4 gallons.

In terms of color and texture it seems to match the appearance of 'fine sharp sand in flat enamel' on small custom made wooden boats I've seen at the WoodenBoat show in Maine. The part A looks like whipped cream in the can but when mixed with the liquid part B it forms a nice coating.

Send us a self addressed stamped envelop and we will send you a piece of cardboard coated with Rough Coat for your inspection. This hard sample is also available in our Grit Sampler kit listed below.

VISIT OUR SURFACE PREP CATALOG SECTION TOO For products to help get the job done! - CLICK HERE

clear epoxy coating - can be pigmented - (in section D_Clear epoxy subpage) CLICK HERE

Acrylic Poly UV Plus - UV blocking clear coat (in section E_Nonepoxy subpage) CLICK HERE

Paint Chip info and color chart (www.epoxyproducts.com/chips4u.html) CLICK HERE

Main Page for info on all flooring options etc. (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorcoatings4u.html) CLICK HERE

Floor coatings page (lists Water Bond and Industrial Floor Epoxy) in catalog (section B_Floor) CLICK HERE

Most popular floor coating system page (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorpopular.html) CLICK HERE

NEW - MUCH SAFER ACID TREATMENT PRODUCT - PREP N ETCH - CLICK HERE

1 gal unit - $90

we tried to sort of match Benjamin Moore Classic Collection Cafe Royal 2B - 1130

This water based deck/patio one part coating gives a ‘sidewalk' type texture that is both attractive and very functional. Used on the decks of NYC Police Harbor Petrol Boats, it is also at home rejuvenating your weathered home patio deck.

Recommend application is by hopper gun ($30-$70 at a hardware store) and air compressor (coverage about 35 square feet with two thin coats), however it can also be applied with a squeegee or dry wall float at about 25-30 sf per gallon. Mix two parts of Deck Plus with one part latex paint and brush on. You'll get that ‘fine grit it paint' look in the exact latex paint color you want.

Bio Vee Seal™: A proprietary catalyzed Potassium formulation (not a silane or siloxane)

Read more about this product (and all our other 'primers') on our "PRIMER" page - CLICK HERE

One part, non-epoxy concrete pore filler/fortifier. Seals and waterproofs by crystallizing within surface pores thus reducing permeability and porosity while leaving no trace on the surface of the concrete. Since it doesn't leave a surface layer, it doesn't prevent future painting or coating.

Use to stop that 'damp, musty smell in your basement that can promote mold and lead to serious health problems!

Although untested, it is probably useful for sealing off subsurface greases and oils on surface degreased concrete, preventing the oils from subsequent migration back to the surface and affecting the epoxy bond.

Use on floor slabs, concrete surfaces with standing water, back-up protection under concrete paints, parking garages, etc. More information: Bio-Vee concrete fortifier and sealer

Our typical purchaser is coating using this product to coat the concrete in a new home construction - typically purchasing 5-10 gallons.

USED BY ITSELF, IT WILL REDUCE, OR ELIMINATE, MOISTURE MIGRATION THROUGH CONCRETE FLOORS AND WELLS (THROUGH THE CONCRETE ITSELF, NOT WHEN MIGRATION IS THROUGH CRACKS). IT IS USED ON CONCRETE THAT IS ALWAYS A BIT DAMP AND TO END THE 'MUSTY' OR DAMP SMELL IN BASEMENTS, ETC. PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, BUT LESS OBVIOUS, IS THAT BY REDUCING OR ELIMINATING MOISTURE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE CONCRETE IT INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SUCCESSFUL PAINT OR COATING JOB ON THE CONCRETE SURFACE (NOTE: THIS PRODUCT WORKS BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE CONCRETE, IT LEAVES NOTHING ON THE SURFACE). THIS IS BECAUSE MANY COATING FAILURES ARE THE RESULT OF MOISTURE OR VAPOR PRESSURE BUILDING UP ON THE UNDERSIDE OF COATINGS APPLIED TO CONCRETE.

BECAUSE OF THIS, BIO VEE SEAL IS ALSO A RECOMMENDED, BUT OPTIONAL, PRE-TREATMENT TO CONCRETE SURFACES THAT WILL BE COATED WITH SOME SORT OF SURFACE COATING.

Hi Paul,

I purchased your Bio Vee Sealer for my concrete garage and I must say the stuff works great. It's very obvious that water does not "seep" into the concrete now when the floor gets wet. Hopefully this will prevent oil stains and such later on.

Dave M. wrote:

> I used the bio-vee after discussing it with you 3 years ago. The concrete was new - walls,12 mos. - floor maybe 6 mos... Applied Bio-Vee Seal to the floor and walls inside. I also did the exposed walls outside. The humidity has improved (lowered) considerably. No need for a dehumidifier now.

Almost 2 years later Dave used it again.....

>
> Hi Paul
> I used the BIO-VEE on the chimney (red brick and mortar) and it worked perfectly. It stopped the chimney from absorbing water and leaking into the house.

5 gallons - $200

Read more about this product (and all our other 'primers') on our "PRIMER" page - CLICK HERE

Aluthane is a thin, high solvent level, aluminum filled, one part moisture cured urethane. Color obviously is an aluminum gray/silver. It has amazing adhesion. It is more commonly used on steel and wood surfaces, but also works well on concrete, se we are mentioning this product here as well. This product has its own web page (click here). Visit this product in the e_nonepoxy section of this product catalog.

Mix about 10 pounds of sand with 1 gallon of this epoxy (15 pounds of sand for this 1.5 gal kit) and use to patch holes and chips in concrete. The sand will increase the amount of product by about 70% and make a trowelable product. Patch will be hard in 2-4 hours. (note: the addition of the sand is optional). Will work in even underwater! Use less sand and pour into holes or underwater. NOTE: 1 gallon of anything is 231 cubic inches - a gallon of anything spread 1/4 inch will cover 6.2 square feet.

For use as a foot traffic anti-slip additive to paint, ground walnut shells have no equal. As a hardened wood it will absorb a bit of the epoxy, stay suspended in the epoxy (instead of sinking to the bottom like sand), and can be sanded away at some time in the future (unlike sand anti-slip which will destroy any sandpaper). Add 16 ounces (1 pint) per gallon of roller applied epoxy.

NOTE: WITH THE WATER BASED FLOOR EPOXY IT IS BETTER TO BROADCAST THE WALNUT SHELL POWDER UPON THE ROLLED OUT EPOXY RATHER THAN MIXING IT INTO THE EPOXY. THE EPOXY IS TOO THIN TO KEEP THE WALNUT SHELLS SUSPENDED IN THE EPOXY AND TOO THIN TO LET THE ROLLER CARRY AND DISPERSE THEM EVENLY.

See our anti-slip grit comparison chart (includes microscope grit pictures! See what you're getting)- CLICK HERE

MUST READ NOTE: THESE ROUGHNESS ESTIMATES ARE FOR A 'BROADCOAST 100% COVERAGE SYSTEM (4 QUARTS WILL DO ABOUT 16-18 SQUARE FEET - CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS) - IF JUST MIXED INTO THE PAINT OR EPOXY YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND ALMOST ALL OF THE 'ROUGHNESS' IS LOST IN THE COATING, WITH THE GRIT MAKING A SOMETIMES 'NU

Rubber chip makes a great anti-slip surface that is easy on the feet (including bare feet). Unlike other grits, our white rubber will not show up as black dots on your floor/deck as the surface coating begins to wear. Can be used in our flex-deck anti slip system (includes case study link!) - CLICK HERE

This grit is coarse enough (unlike the walnut shell) to not get 'lost in the epoxy' if you mix it into the liquid epoxy. For thinner coatings and for 'broadcasting' the grit on top, the walnut works well too.

See our anti-slip grit comparison chart (includes microscope grit pictures! See what you're getting)- CLICK HERE

Vinyl colored chips used with clear epoxy to produce very decorative, multi-color floor system. We have over 30 colors available (approx. 3/8 inch id). Available only in single 10 pounds sacks (blended colors OK). Allow 1 - 2 weeks for delivery.

NOTE: the darker colors really stand out so if you want a 50-50 look of black and white, you might actually order 40% black and 60% white (or even 1 part black to 2 parts white). Note also, the striped chips shown on the color chart are (we think) unsatisfactory - we really don't want to sell them.

ALL CHIP ORDERS ARE CUSTOM MADE AND CANNOT BE RETURNED/REFUSED/REFUNDED ETC. ONCE THE ORDER IS PLACED. 7/5/05 - factory reports during this busy summer season they are 1-2 weeks behind on orders.

25% chip - 200 square feet per pound most common use - so a 10 pound bag will do up to about a 5 car garage.

--- most folks use one or two 10 pound bags for a 2 car garage (about 450 sf)

Because there is no way to get samples or amounts less than 10 pounds to evaluate and experiment with, we are now offering 3/4 pound bags of chips for evaluation purposes. This way you can get a feel for the coverage of a 10 pound bag of chips distributed at the density you want (multiply the coverage of the 3/4 pound bag by 13.33 for the coverage of a standard 10 pound bag). You can also test how evenly you can sprinkle them on which would help in determining which application method (one, two, or three coat system) is right for you.

A few comments: the color is whatever; the size is perhaps smaller than actual as whenever the chips get handled, packaged, mailed, etc. they break; 3/4 pound seems like an odd amount but it is so much easier and cheaper to ship if the total weight (including packaging/paperwork etc.) is under one pound (US Mail postage in June 2005 for 1 pound ranged from $2.81 to $3.75).

Read the Nov/Dec article from Good Old Boat magazine on using the epoxy and vinyl(paint) chip flooring system on a boat - CLICK

10 pound custom mixed colors - $50 FOB SW USA CALL TO ORDER (cannot be ordered online)

55 pound custom mixed colors - $192.50 FOB SW USA CALL TO ORDER (cannot be ordered online)

These are custom blended to your order - don't even think about returning the chips - no refunds on these custom orders.

Chip Sampler - $12 including shipping (order online or by phone) - no colors or anything like this. These is just some 'leftover' stuff for you to 'touch and feel'

Colored sand mixes are used in decorative, multi-color quartz-epoxy floor systems. About 0.8 pounds of sand is broadcast into the wet epoxy - half of which is recovered and can be reused. Coverage is about 7 - 10 square feet per pound. Available only in single color 50 pounds sacks.

Order direct from the manufacturer - ESTES SANDS 800-700-5950 or 770-451-3194

Samples of the extra coarse, medium/coarse, and fine walnut grit. Also samples of the ground White Rubber and a hard sample of our Rough Coat™ and Deck Plus™, both listed above.

Learn about our Flex Deck system using a very high flex epoxy adhesive/coating and walnut shell - CLICK HERE

	Water Bond	INDUSTRIAL FLOOR	POLY-CRETE	ROUGH COAT
SHIPPING	intl unrestricted air	USA ground	USA ground	USA ground
GEL SET TIME*
COLOR	med. gray	lt gray/dark red/beige	gray/yellow	tan

	BIO VEE SEAL
SHIPPING	intl unrestricted air
GEL SET TIME*
COLOR	none

* Although not listed as a floor epoxy, we have sold our coal tar epoxy (section) one as a black floor coating. Coal Tar has a history of 'deck' coating in parking garages.

* Be sure to check out the floor epoxy RELATED PRODUCT LINKS below. It will help you come up to speed on floor coating issues.

* In a nutshell, here's what you need to decide 1) coating the floor with our Bio Vee Seal will protect and seal the concrete and leave nothing on the concrete surface (it works internally). It's cheap and very easy. 2) next decide if you want to put down a coat of our water based epoxy. Easier to use than the 'regular' 100% solids epoxy and it probably soaks into the cement so less likely to have a 'coating failure'. Use as a one coat primer or use two coats as a stand alone system. 3) water based epoxy or not, the 'next level' is a coat of the 100% solids (Industrial Floor Epoxy) epoxy. Note that using a primer, be it the water based epoxy or some other kind of primer, is not all that common, although we personally think such an approach is 'good insurance'. 4) the next (top level) is a multi-coat epoxy system using epoxy and sand (colored or not) or colored paint chips.

Sealers improve adhesion and can reduce air bubbles in the epoxy. Our water based floor epoxy mentioned above can also function as a sealer (apply as a thin coat). Some contractors use waterbased primers, most still like solvent based ones (water based products are very humidity sensitive. We suggest our clear Low V epoxy thinned with 24 oz of solvent (like xylene) per 1.5 gal unit of the Low V - applied as a thin coat. Coverage would be about 250-300 square feet per 1.5 gal unit. The resulting look will be like a clear shiny surface - perhaps all the coating you might want or need in our workshop, shed, barn, etc. Low V is found in the clear section of this catalog and in the epoxy section (instead of the epoxy paint section) of our online store.

EXAMPLE OF DIY GARAGE FLOOR WITH CHIPS - ACTUAL CUSTOMER EXAMPLE - CLICK HERE

Low V - clear epoxy coating (in section D_Clear epoxy subpage) CLICK HERE

Acrylic Poly UV Plus - UV blocking clear coat (in section E_Nonepoxy subpage) CLICK HERE

Paint Chip info and color chart (www.epoxyproducts.com/chips4u.html) CLICK HERE

Main Page for info on all flooring options etc. (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorcoatings4u.html) CLICK HERE

Floor coatings page (lists Water Bond and Industrial Floor Epoxy) in catalog (section B_Floor) CLICK HERE

Most popular floor coating system page (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorpopular.html) CLICK HERE

* Everything you need to know about floor coating (several articles/links) - Click Here