terrazzo floor coating

[Popsgarage]

Anyone used this floor coating, by daich coatings. Its not an epoxy, has flakes and piant already mixed. Was intending on doing an epoxy but paint store says epoxy will yellow if exposed to a lot of light. sample they gave me seems pretty tough. have new garage plan on doing routine maintenance on cars etc, looking for tough surface to withstand rolling jacks around on etc. Anyways think this terrazzo is realitive new product, two coats and your done

 

[scott37300]

I don't know about the product you are asking about but the terrazzo flooring I've seen done in comercial buildings is a lot of work and not something I would suggest in the garage. I've seen it used in hospitals and they mix up a cement like mix of different colored stones and the cement mix. Pour it out and then spread it out, most used metal strips fastened to the concrete before the pour to level the mix. Then after it cures they came back and used some surfacing machines to grind all the rocks smooth and even. This was an expensive and involved process.

 

[Popsgarage]

Terrazzo is just the name of the coating. Think it's new, has flakes and paint combined. Not a epoxy. The sample they gave me is hard as nails but is painted on hard board

 

[scott37300]

Guess when you said terrazzo I thought of real terrazzo, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrazzo.

 

[cajunfirehawk]

My dad had the real terrazzo in his house, talk about indestructible.

 

[scott67chevelle]

I just did my floor with Terrazzo epoxy with Quartz aggregate about 3 months ago. Very labor intensive. My shop is 1000 sq. feet. Acid etched the floor on Saturday morning and finished with the last coat of epoxy on Tuesday. It took 4 guys per 8 hour day for 4 days. Fortunately, my father used to do it for a living. All I had to pay for was the epoxy. It is tough as nails!!

 

[cderalow]

there are two different types of terrazo.

Epoxy terrazo, which is essentially an epoxy resin with the coloring and aggregate (flakes) mixed in, that is roll applied similar to an epoxy paint.

and cementitious terrazo, which is a concrete like product with aggregate and resin mixed in that is poured, then ground, then buffed to a high shine finish.

both are pretty tough, but the cement based stuff is pretty close to indestructible.

epoxy terrazo should be about a 4-5 day process. cement based stuff can be a week or more. a good cement terrazo crew should be able to get about 200SF of the stuff done in a day, granted it's not 0-100% in a day, i mean the entire process for 200SF takes about a day total spread over 5-6 days.

 

[AndrewBigA]

wow that floor looks amazing!

 

[cobraman]

We use a product called Muscle Gloss out of the Detroit area. It is an epoxy and is hard as nails. We too were concerned about fading. They offer a clear coat that protects from the UV rays. Wonderful guys to work with and an outstanding product. We selected black with different color flakes such as yellow, white and blue.

Best of luck to you.

Cheers,
Rik

 

[Cabby89]

there are two different types of terrazo.

Epoxy terrazo, which is essentially an epoxy resin with the coloring and aggregate (flakes) mixed in, that is roll applied similar to an epoxy paint.

and cementitious terrazo, which is a concrete like product with aggregate and resin mixed in that is poured, then ground, then buffed to a high shine finish.

both are pretty tough, but the cement based stuff is pretty close to indestructible.

epoxy terrazo should be about a 4-5 day process. cement based stuff can be a week or more. a good cement terrazo crew should be able to get about 200SF of the stuff done in a day, granted it's not 0-100% in a day, i mean the entire process for 200SF takes about a day total spread over 5-6 days.

Epoxy and Cementitious Terrazo are the same process using different binder materials. Both have to be ground and polished. They are really labor intensive.

 

[scott67chevelle]

Epoxy and Cementitious Terrazo are the same process using different binder materials. Both have to be ground and polished. They are really labor intensive.

Yes you are correct, both are labor intensive. It is too thick to be just rolled. It has to be trowelled and then back rolled. The epoxy that I used (Terroxy) did have to be ground in between coats. Actually, we hand stoned the floor. For the final coat the epoxy was thinned, trowelled and back rolled. To do my floor, it took 850 pounds of broadcasted quartz and 26 gallons of epoxy. Scott

 

[Cabby89]

I would not consider what you did to be terrazo. You have a Quartz floor. Its a similar idea as terrazo except instead of the large aggregate, quartz sand is used. You can also make it easier by laying your epoxy out and broadcasting the quartz sand to rejection.

 

[scott67chevelle]

I would not consider what you did to be terrazo. You have a Quartz floor. Its a similar idea as terrazo except instead of the large aggregate, quartz sand is used. You can also make it easier by laying your epoxy out and broadcasting the quartz sand to rejection.

You are correct. The first day was laying epoxy and broadcasting the quartz like you said. Then the second day started with sweeping up all the rejected quartz. Hand stoning the floor and vacuuming up the waste. Then apply another layer of epoxy and broadcast like the first day. Third day, sweep, stone, vacuum and then epoxy. Fourth day, stone floor, vacuum and lay down final reduced epoxy. I had enough epoxy to do 2 more coats, but I did not want the floor to be like an ice rink. Scott

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Double Quartz Broadcast.

 

[T0NYN0T]

Yeah, it looks nice. I thought about doing the same thing but realized, if I drop a small part, I won't be able to see it.

I had a friend in Houston did his floor with that speckle paint. Man, it looked great! But he admitted, every time he dropped a part, he had to break out a magnet or a yardstick.