Best method to apply Flakes
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kywildcat
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I just stood back with my finger tips full of flakes and just tossed them to what ever place I wanted them. I made one mistake of catching my fingers on the bucket and had a large amount of flakes in one place. I couldn't imagine using a leaf blower or throwing them to the ceiling to let it fall.
jabberwoki
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Don`t! think of all the trouble finding that dropped nut with all that visual confusion on the floor!
tncatadjuster
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+1 not shop friendly
jcp907
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Why not just use a floor magnet to find it? Home Depot has them for about 15.00 and they are about a foot wide.
jabberwoki
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What if it`s a black plastic / rubber gromet?
tncatadjuster
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I have been doing floors for 28 years, I'm confident in my opinion.
kywildcat
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Its not that hard to find a nut or anything small on the grey floor with medium flake.
Another thing about the flakes........take them out of the bag and put in a coffee can or mixing cup, its alot easier to get them out that way.
Another thing about the flakes........take them out of the bag and put in a coffee can or mixing cup, its alot easier to get them out that way.
jcp907
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I am about to do my floors the next day or two.
You have me considering a lighter flake. I have worked on gray floors with a decent amount of aluminum oxide and it tore up mops-made it a royal pain to clean.
I suppose a light-medium flake and just a little aluminum oxide would be the best balance. And if I can't find it, I'll have to buy another one.
You have me considering a lighter flake. I have worked on gray floors with a decent amount of aluminum oxide and it tore up mops-made it a royal pain to clean.
I suppose a light-medium flake and just a little aluminum oxide would be the best balance. And if I can't find it, I'll have to buy another one.
AlphaGarage
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Any amount of aluminum oxide will make mopping tougher - why not use polymer grit?
jcp907
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I wasn't aware of it.
I have a kit and a half of epoxy coat. I was going to use what came with it, but I'll research the polymer a bit, thanks!
mrobins297aaa
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i had that alum oxide on the floor at my last house and I never liked it. i won't use it again. Its hard to mop, sweep and it isn't even that good at slip resistance, especially if you get snow on the garage floor its almost useless.
LegacyIndustrial
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Soft Skid can be added to a urethane top-coat.
Cleanable without hurting your mop. Link:
http://legacyindustrial.net/cart/soft-skid-antiskid-additive-p-189.html
Cleanable without hurting your mop. Link:
http://legacyindustrial.net/cart/soft-skid-antiskid-additive-p-189.html
AlphaGarage
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There are a few different polymer grits out there. It looks a lot like table salt, and since the corners are rounded it's easy on mops, and skin. I use those blue paper shop towels on it all the time without the towel shredding. It doesn't have the same grip as AO, but it has enough grip for most residential and shop applications.
It is white and opaque, so against a solid color and darker color coating it will be visible, but it gets tough to notice if you have flakes also.
Ours is "SuperGrip" and we usually recommend 0.5 pounds per 300 - 400 ft2.
It is white and opaque, so against a solid color and darker color coating it will be visible, but it gets tough to notice if you have flakes also.
Ours is "SuperGrip" and we usually recommend 0.5 pounds per 300 - 400 ft2.
Flakes is not going to make it harder to mop. right? That aluminium oxide is the slip resistent thing that you are talking about. right?
theoldwizard1
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I used epoxy on my son's utility room floor. I wanted to skip the flakes, but the wife insisted and she did the sprinkling. It came out great ! I think the trick was doing a small area (4' x 4') and then just carefully sprinkling them from waist high. Woman' touch definitely helped.
Made of polypropylene plastic. Comes in various sizes.
Something about this pic looks.......illegal.
AlphaGarage
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No, flakes by themselves will not have any noticeable effect on mopping. Yes, Aluminum Oxide is a granular material that's applied with the last coating that reduces slip and fall potential. Essentially it makes the surface act like sand paper, in fact Aluminum Oxide is used in a lot of sandpaper products. It can be extremely effective, but it can be difficult to clean, it can shred mops, paper towels, rags, and skin.
Most home environments do not need that level of texture, consider polymer grit products instead.
AlphaGarage
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Regardless of what type of flake you use, and regardless of what technique you use to broadcast said flakes, by all means take a few minutes and practice spreading the flakes beforehand! yes, you may feel foolish, but it can save you a lot of grief.
Once you spread flakes on wet epoxy, if it's too thick, or too clumpy, or whatever, it's a bell that can't be unrung.
Once you spread flakes on wet epoxy, if it's too thick, or too clumpy, or whatever, it's a bell that can't be unrung.