Bought WAY too much flake

[davidlee]

I followed Torginols ( the flake mfg co.) recommendation for the amount of flake for my 1300 sq ft full coverage project. They said it would take prox 215 lbs. so to be sure I ordered 220 lbs. I am just finishing up the project and have prox 125 lbs left. I don't know if epoxy would take more flake than rust bullet or are there calculations way off. Any way I have a bunch left and don't need to keep it all. If anyone is needing flake let me know. It is black, white, and gray. Torginol # B -411 1/8th inch. I will make you a deal, just PM me.

For those of you doing a RustBullet floor order only about of 1/2 of their recommendation.

 

[bdamico]

Did you flake to rejection and sweep up a bunch of extra? Pics on how it came out

 

[davidlee]

The left over flake was never put down, but yes I applied to rejection. I probably have another 35 lbs I swept and vacuumed up. I will try to post some pics in the next few days.

 

[Rocktaco]

Holey flake Battman!

I'm doing the same thing now with RB and flake. I received 85 Lbs for 416 Sq. Feet.

If I'm doing the math correctly you received approx .16 Lb per Sq. Ft.

I'm getting .20 per Sq.Ft. !!! I'm hosed, how will I sell off my extra with your surplus already on the market

I'll be interested to see what the experts say. I'd hate to think I wasted $$$ on flake when it was already a difficult decision to spend the money for RB.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Thicker products will take more flake. We take total square footage divide by 6. You will always have recovered flake but 6 usually gets you in a safe place. Never want to be light on flake when going to rejection.


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[Garage Flooring]

The left over flake was never put down, but yes I applied to rejection. I probably have another 35 lbs I swept and vacuumed up. I will try to post some pics in the next few days.

Holey flake Battman!

I'm doing the same thing now with RB and flake. I received 85 Lbs for 416 Sq. Feet.

If I'm doing the math correctly you received approx .16 Lb per Sq. Ft.

I'm getting .20 per Sq.Ft. !!! I'm hosed, how will I sell off my extra with your surplus already on the market

I'll be interested to see what the experts say. I'd hate to think I wasted $$$ on flake when it was already a difficult decision to spend the money for RB.

Thicker products will take more flake. We take total square footage divide by 6. You will always have recovered flake but 6 usually gets you in a safe place. Never want to be light on flake when going to rejection.


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Not to sound flakey but flake, like a lot of things is what some would call a scientific wild a** guess, others would call an average and people like Scotty or myself would consider an informed estimate based on years of experience.

Scotty uses Sq.Ft / 6 . We use square feet divided by 5. I have experienced installers that I work with that use the equivalent of Scotty's formula all the time

We deal with a wide range of people and some are better at this stuff than others. We use .20 pounds/sf (divide by 5) because its a good average of someone who has no clue and wastes way to much -- and may still run out -- and an experienced individual who knows how to broadcast and uses only what they need -- and may have some leftover using Scotty's numbers and certainly would using mine.

In a LOT of cases (with contractors) we send them direct to flake manufacturers like http://www.torginol.com/ because they can get a good contractor price and save money.

For those who buy from us, our Money back guarantee still applies. If you have unused, leftover flake that you have kept clean and dry, send it back to me and I will refund you -- so long as it is not a custom blend.

On three occasions in 13 years I have had to overnight flake to someone who ran out. In two of those cases it was at their expense. I would much rather the customer and I be safe than sorry. Running out of flake *****.

 

[dudley123]

Bingo! I ran out of flake and had hell re-applying and now I'm left with spotty areas..

MORE FLAKE than you need is a good thing..

 

[Rocktaco]

Not to sound flakey but flake, like a lot of things is what some would call a scientific wild a** guess, others would call an average and people like Scotty or myself would consider an informed estimate based on years of experience.

Scotty uses Sq.Ft / 6 . We use square feet divided by 5. I have experienced installers that I work with that use the equivalent of Scotty's formula all the time

We deal with a wide range of people and some are better at this stuff than others. We use .20 pounds/sf (divide by 5) because its a good average of someone who has no clue and wastes way to much -- and may still run out -- and an experienced individual who knows how to broadcast and uses only what they need -- and may have some leftover using Scotty's numbers and certainly would using mine.

In a LOT of cases (with contractors) we send them direct to flake manufacturers like http://www.torginol.com/ because they can get a good contractor price and save money.

For those who buy from us, our Money back guarantee still applies. If you have unused, leftover flake that you have kept clean and dry, send it back to me and I will refund you -- so long as it is not a custom blend.

On three occasions in 13 years I have had to overnight flake to someone who ran out. In two of those cases it was at their expense. I would much rather the customer and I be safe than sorry. Running out of flake *****.

Thank yo Sir, this makes good sense. It also makes a good representation of what a "full broadcast" should consist of.

 

[mnavillus]

.....We use @SF divide by 6, however higher build products will use more flakes during the application process...