To Fleck or not

[OldracerJones]

Just purchased a new house with the garage already epoxied with pretty heavy chips. Looks great but when I compare to my big shop at my other house which I did in epoxy with no chips, I know for certain the no chip route was best.
My biggest issue is trying to find things you might drop on the floor. It is impossible to find screws, washers, etc, when I drop them on the chip floor. Maybe it's my age and eyesight but forget finding them. On the non-chip I can see the screw from across the room.

The chips sure do look good though.

 

[jhelrey]

Get eye level with the garage floor and then you will see everything

 

[mikec35]

The more chips you have the more imperfections you can hide. I can see advantages to both ways.

 

[Trey T]

I have a 2-car garage and I have beige (w/o flake) in the park area and black (w/ silver metallic flakes) border to give a good contrast.

 

[benwah]

I am a fan of no fleck. I don't think it belongs in a working area, that's just my personal opinion.

I look at airport hangars and manufacturing facilities and their floors look bad-*** just being a gloss or semi-gloss opaque with maybe a border, or some safety yellow lines.

 

[jaye944]

non fleck planned here; due to being a working garage

also flexs are highly explosive when exposed to heat to sudden shock.
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NAH ! psych !

 

[Garage Flooring]

Just purchased a new house with the garage already epoxied with pretty heavy chips. Looks great but when I compare to my big shop at my other house which I did in epoxy with no chips, I know for certain the no chip route was best.
My biggest issue is trying to find things you might drop on the floor. It is impossible to find screws, washers, etc, when I drop them on the chip floor. Maybe it's my age and eyesight but forget finding them. On the non-chip I can see the screw from across the room.

The chips sure do look good though.

Color selection is important. When we do working shops we will do full broadcast in a single flake color. Adds texture and durability but you can still find your parts

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

If you go flakeless, use a pigmented urethane for last coat.


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[kwfloors]

I do solid color for less $ than a full flake. Personnally I like the full flake like said it covers better. I haven't done a single color flake yet but I like the texture it gives to a solid color.

 

[flyng_fool]

Personally, I like the way flakes look. I think a solid color is kind of boring and industrial. Like one of the other guys said, put your ear to the floor and you'll see anything you drop. It works great.

 

[Trey T]

Anyone know where I can find flakes with a lot metallic? I used Behr but it didn't have enough metallic flakes.

 

[benwah]

www.puremetallic.com

 

[James-W]

Personally, I like the colored flakes. To my way of thinking it makes the floor look really good.