Chip Floors
Chip floors are the most popular choice for epoxy coating. The multi-colored paint chips added during this process gives the flooring dimension as well as hides dirt and debris in between cleanings. We recommend choosing this product for everyday use spaces including parking vehicles, storage, workshops and home gyms. The color options below are classic combinations that suit a wide variety of styles and uses.
Signature Collection
NW Pro Onyx Flake
NW Pro Mocha Chip
NW Pro Cascade Flake
Nw Pro Gray Flake
Custom Colors
The Process
Prep: We grind about 1/32nd of an inch off the entire floor. This opens up the pores of the concrete and adds little bumps to it that we call “profile”. This lets our Epoxy Primer seep down into the concrete before it hardens and the profile also gives it something to stick to. Never accept acid etching as a way to prep concrete, it just
doesn’t work.
Crack Repair: We repair all of the cracks in concrete with an epoxy- based crack repair.
Primer: We use an Epoxy Water Vapor Barrier to prime the concrete once it is prepped. This is a two-part epoxy that works well in the presence of water vapor. Concrete can be full of moisture and unfortunately some companies use coatings that are only designed for dry concrete. World class glues are made from Epoxy for
good reason. They are sticky! Our coatings from Epoxy Northwest are designed to work in tough conditions, they go down and stay down!
Chips: While our epoxy primer is still wet we broadcast chips of paint into it. These are little chips of paint that are made for this purpose. We broadcast them to refusal. In other words, we put on more chips of paint than the epoxy can hold. We don’t just sprinkle a few on. This gives the floor its color. When the epoxy is dry we diligently scrape it in three directions giving the floor the proper profile for the top coat. This is a very important step.
Top Coat: We use the highest quality Polyaspartics for the top coat to our chip floors. Not all Polyaspartics are created equal and ours have been lab tested to show that they are the best. Although I don’t expect you to know what a Tabor Test, ASTM # 4060 is you can rest assured that we do and this test has shown Epoxy Northwest Polyaspartics to be the toughest on the market. This is a tough, hard, chemical resistant coating.
Our Water Vapor Barrier Epoxies ensure that your coating will not peel up and it will stay down, our paint chips assure that your coating will look beautiful and our Polyaspartic top coat ensures that it will last for a long, long time!
MOST CHIP GARAGE FLOORS ARE COMPLETED IN 1 DAY