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EXAMPLE OF DIY GARAGE FLOOR WITH CHIPS - ACTUAL CUSTOMER EXAMPLE - CLICK HERE
Your floor could be a 1- 7 coat system (different methods for applying the chips - usually
a 1- 4 coat system) Click here for our Garage
Coating page for details
IN A NUTSHELL: pigmented epoxy basecoat. Chips go on top of the wet base coat or in a clear middle coat that is
applied over the dry pigmented epoxy base coat. With a chips in a clear middle coat you can backroll over them,
coating them top and bottom. The clear middle coat can be either a solvent based polyurethane (Acrylic Poly UV
Plus) or a solvent free epoxy (Epoxy Floor Seal). The clear epoxies will yellow in UV. Often another coat of a
2 part poly (same product as above) with UV blockers is then applied over the clear epoxy or clear polyurethane
that contains the chips.
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Cost per square foot with epoxy base, chips with 100% coverage and 2 coats of clear two
part polyurethane is about $1.35 per square foot. Price drops to about $1 per square foot if chips are used as
accent only.
color charts:
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. Chips are
available in 10 pound and 55 pound bags. To order you will need color number and percent of each color. No charge
for the blending. Call to order the
chips.
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).
The sample kit (just a baggie of chips to see) is $12 - including shipping.
Thanks Paul,
It is very popular in these parts to put flakes about 8 inches up the wall as a seamless extension of the floor
– makes cleaning very easy. On digging a little further, it is no different to the broadcasting of the flake on
the floor. Wet base coat on the wall first and throw flake in great quantity against the vertical surface (no base
coat on the floor at this stage as the pile of flake at the wall floor join will need to be vacuumed up prior to
putting epoxy on the floor!!)
Knowledge is Power - We like informed consumers!
Learn the basics of epoxy at our educational EPOXY 101 page - Click Here.
Finally, email us back with your questions or comments before you buy - EMAIL HERE
Read the Nov/Dec article from Good Old Boat magazine on
using the epoxy and vinyl(paint) chip flooring system on a boat - CLICK
RELATED LINKS
Epoxy Floor Seal - 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
Main Page for info on all flooring options etc. (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorcoatings4u.html) CLICK HERE
Floor coatings page (lists Water Bond. Rough Coat and Industrial Floor Epoxy) in catalog (section B_Floor) CLICK HERE
Most popular floor coating system page (www.epoxyproducts.com/floorpopular.html) CLICK HERE
User information epoxy floors (products, options, manuals)
How/why to epoxy paint your slab
Beginner's guide to epoxy floors
Thank You!
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