chips

[awdblazer]

how do you get your chips to be so even when doing an epoxy floor?

 

[Shea]

I'm assuming that you mean when chips are not applied to full refusal and instead maybe only covering 30% of the floor? If so, then practice, practice, practice....

Big tip though, instead of tossing your chips at the floor, throw them up instead and work the area in a grid. By tossing them up in the air toward the area you are working you get a much more random looking coverage without areas of heavier coverage where you tossed them at the floor.

 

[awdblazer]

would a handheld seeder work?

 

[Garage-Tech]

A seeder is not going to be your best option... You may be able to cast the chips but probably wont receive the results you want...

The best medium to light chip coverage method is hand and bucket. Base coat your floor. If you using a clear coat, some people apply chips to the base others apply to the first coat of clear. The method is the same for both, put on spike shoes, walk out onto the floor with a bucket filled with your chips. Now take SMALL PINCHES of the chips and toss the up and away from you. They will separate and float down evenly. Don't try and cover the floor in just one toss, lightly cover the floor then step back and look for light areas. Then go back and adjust... Its like painting, many light coats will give a better result than one heavy coat.

Hope it helps...

 

[Jim B]

And don't handle the chips too much. They turn into chip dust and you don't want chip dust on your floor.

 

[Garage Flooring]

We just broadcast until rejection and then let it dry. Sweep up the real loose flakes and shop vac any others. We run the head of the shop vac a little harder on the floor than you might expect

 

[pauloman]

there are several ways to apply chips. the most professional method it to apply them onto an intermediate clear coat. You can then backroll over them. The roller will pick them up and then re deposit them like magic in a uniform way.

if you are tossing them onto a wet pigmented floor instead, toss them upwards and then them 'rain' down upon the coating.

more on chip application options at www.epoxyproducts.com/floorlinks.html

 

[burleyfarm]

A seeder is not going to be your best option... You may be able to cast the chips but probably wont receive the results you want...

The best medium to light chip coverage method is hand and bucket. Base coat your floor. If you using a clear coat, some people apply chips to the base others apply to the first coat of clear. The method is the same for both, put on spike shoes, walk out onto the floor with a bucket filled with your chips. Now take SMALL PINCHES of the chips and toss the up and away from you. They will separate and float down evenly. Don't try and cover the floor in just one toss, lightly cover the floor then step back and look for light areas. Then go back and adjust... Its like painting, many light coats will give a better result than one heavy coat.

Hope it helps...

Yep. This gives you a better distribution of chips. Multiple passes if needed.

 

[CamarosRus]

Upon a suggestion from Gene (EliteCrete) I added TORGINAL's Polyglitter to my clear epoxy on top of my full broadcasting of chips. one bag/one lb of glitter (comes in rainbow of colors) was $16. I used 2 tablespoons per 1 1/2 gal batch of clear.

I will admit that I cant really notice the (silver in my case) glitter upon my multi gray, blk, wht chips UNTIL sun light shines upon it. Then the effect is pretty cool!!!

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Start with small pinches before you start hauling it into the air. Make several passes until you reach the desired consistency.