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Select and Verify Flakes

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Garage Floor Epoxy | Broadcasting Flakes

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Select the appropriate flake type and size for your project. The video discusses that flakes are typically made of acrylic and come in a wide range of sizes and colors, from very fine to larger options. The choice of flake size, such as a 1/4-inch flake, is important for masking surface imperfections. Consider hybrid blends for unique visual effects, which involve sparsely broadcasting larger flakes before a full broadcast of smaller ones. Always ensure all flake boxes have matching batch codes to guarantee color and size consistency across the entire project.

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right so I I've got a solid color floor and what I've noticed over the years uh scratches show up everywhere you draag drag a cardboard box in it scratches it with a full flake floor you're not going to have that problem yeah you might have scratches that appear in the coating like that are in the coating but you're not going to visualize them you're not going to see them cuz those flakes will mask that I know a solid color also my floor I'm always mopping it and stuff and cleaning it uh snow SL softs my vehicles it leaves black dirt and grime you know so a flag floor is going to help hide that definitely will help that yeah one of the one of the you know colors I chose for this FL we're going to be doing is this color option right here and I think you know for our climate up here that's going to really hide the the snow dirt black dirt and Grime on the floor the floor is not going to look so dingy and dirty like all winter long so uh do you think that's you know am I safe to assume that you are safe to assuming that particular color that you chose is probably going to be one of the best in masking uh the dirt that will appear in this typee of climate and so if you're new watching this course so broadcasting flakes you know I I've used like Mechanical Devices you know in the past like a little weed spreader but it's probably there's multiple different flake options now and it's probably you know not a good idea to broadcast them using like a device but you just throw them out with your hands is that how you do it yeah so the majority of time we're going to be utilizing just a bucket and just throwing them in the air and letting them fall on a full podcast so there's nothing no um science behind and everything we're just toss them in the air letting them fall down and eventually scraping them uh and cleaning up you know everything and then top coating it you are correct I would say the only scient science that goes into it is just making sure any spot that's wet receiv receives some flakes yep there we go so back in my day when um early on in my career there was only one option of flakes now there's all kinds of options so you have you know small flakes tiny flakes you got flakes that look like I can salt and pepper my food with and these look almost edible you've got I mean is it just endless how many options you have yes today they keep pushing the envelope of options and it's amazing just when you think okay they can't add anything else they add…

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