How to keep colored chips....

[Kaizen]

In the section I'm doing. I will be doing 9 sections so will be tossing the flakes after each section. but I picture them getting onto the bare concrete and wondering whats the best way to handle that? thinking a quick shot of the leaf blower but wondering if it will put a ton of them on the edge of that section?

 

[phy6]

In the section I'm doing. I will be doing 9 sections so will be tossing the flakes after each section. but I picture them getting onto the bare concrete and wondering whats the best way to handle that? thinking a quick shot of the leaf blower but wondering if it will put a ton of them on the edge of that section?

Tape off large sections of the bare concrete and use a plastic drop cloth to extend the border around the places you're tossing chips.


Or, if you can keep doing section after section: don't toss chips up to the edge of the section you just worked on; wait until you've done the neighboring section as well and then toss on both areas. I.e. don't let your chip tossing get near the bare concrete.

Worst case you can vacuum up the excess chips on the bare concrete before laying down your next section.

I am doing sections as well, but I'm not using any chips.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Agree with above, perhaps use a roll of clear plastic close to the edge of your area you are coating. When you 'over fleck' they will end up on the plastic so just gather them up for re-use.

Hint...take your flecks and divide them into 9 measuring cups that way you won't be over/under as you move along!

 

[Kaizen]

Thanks for the suggestions.sadly I was away from the computer all day so when I had no responses at 9 am I had the wing it. Even by my low standards the results were horrible in regards to the flakes. I did use the blower trying to get them airborne over the edge. Although the epoxy matched the edges perfectly I had to try and blend the flakes but in the end still clearly visible. Wish I thought of the tarp. As this was my first floor I was panicked by the literature saying I had 20 min to spread it. Only now do I realize I could have done the flakes much later so I could have left the edge undone for an hour and still had enough stick to get them to stay. Sorry pro's you might not want to look at these. Hopefully a noob can learn from my errors. Plan now is clear coat and bright light so everyone just sees a glare [emoji2]

 

[perkinscl]

Doesn't look too bad. Once you get your "stuff" in there, you probably won't even notice.

 

[Kaizen]

Doesn't look too bad. Once you get your "stuff" in there, you probably won't even notice.

yea i'm sure the projects and cabinets will cover most. Really not many people even look at a floor. I did take a paint scraper to it today before I put on the clearcoat. The clearcoat.....at least at night....makes it a lot darker so we'll see. It is what it is. I wanted to put down some protection mostly to keep the concrete decent so this will do it. Wish I had used larger flakes. these little ones look like salt even though they are 3 colors. not bad for a first shot at it.

 

[phy6]

Looks fine, I wouldn't worry about it. If you care a lot, you could tint the clearcoat with something.