Beige, Tan or Grey epoxy for the new shop floor? Decisions, decisions.

nickao

nickao

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Go with a lighter color.  Helps bounce light around.  I would encourage you to look into the non skid additive they sell as well (I saw it in the Amazon link at the bottom.)  Sawdust on epoxy can make the surface extremely slippery.  Congrats on the new shop.

Peter
 
I'm in agreement with Peter regarding the light color and non-skid.  I would forget the chips of ANY color because they mask small items that are dropped.  Imagine this - you're cleaning something with a ball detent, like a ratchet, and ever so carefully remove the cover screws and the cover, then all of a sudden the tiny spring decides to go for an uncontrolled flight without filing a flight plan.  [crying]  Just try to find that tiny spring on a floor covered in multi-color or all-green chips!!!  A plain light color, like light gray, helps by not obscuring the little rascal when you're looking for it.  Something to consider... 

[smile]
 
jonny round boy said:
Shame they don't do the light grey with bright green chips.... [blink]
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Actually they do. You can choose from over 50 floor colors and 50 chip colors.

I skipped the flakes for my last garage and I think I will again and I did go tan then, maybe I will use a different color for each of the areas. The concrete floor is cut in exactly 6 - 20 x 20 squares and one of those areas will have the rubber floor my back must have. The second floor area(20 x 20) is going to be hardwood oak I saved off a job a few years ago..This is a huge space for me I just do not want to regret my choice. HD offers a product with over 50 colors, just to many choices. Thanks for the input!
 
I just did this to my floor I went with sherwin Williams beige.  It really makes the space brighter and should be easy to clean.  I put the chips down because it hid some spots that I would rather not see.

Congrats on the shop
Jeff
 
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