Bring a touch of nature into your home with full-flake, mica-infused epoxy coatings. Basements and garages are great places to install this type of flooring. Because it’s so durable, you can install it virtually anywhere…inside and out.
What Does “Full Flake” Mean?
Basically, in a “flake” epoxy flooring system, either thermoplastic PVA or mica “flakes” are broadcast into an epoxy color coat. Because the flakes are broadcast before the epoxy cures, the flakes get embedded. “Full-flake” application means that the flakes have been broadcast to the “point or rejection”. Consequently, the flakes fully cover the epoxy color coat.
Moreover, full-flake epoxy floor coatings are thick, up to 30 mils. (A mil is a unit of thickness equal to 1/1000 of an inch). Hence, they make for very durable floors. Comparatively, a “partial” flake epoxy floor is 15 to 18 “mils” in thickness, and a non-flaked floor, less than 13 mils. Generally speaking, the higher the millage, the more durable the floor.
What is Mica?
Mica is a glimmering silicate mineral found in granite rock. It is available in many colors and opacities. Hence, when incorporated in a floor in a full-flake spread, it provides a unique texture, pattern and reflective quality that only mica can deliver. It’s as aesthetically stunning as it is durable!
Mica-Infused Flooring Options
GarageFloorCoating.com (www.garagefloorcoating.com) offers several sophisticated full-flake mica media coating systems. Our newest entries are the striking Bagari SE and Vintage Mica systems. These coating systems use our proprietary mica blends and are offered in a variety of colors.
Click on each color sample to see our Bagari SE blends close up.
Click on each color sample to see our Vintage Mica blends close up.
Installing Full Flake Mica Systems
Firstly, installation of a Bagari SE or Vintage Mica system involves the application of a primer coat. Secondly, a color coat is added, into which the mica flakes are “broadcast” in a full-flake spread. Finally, one or more clear topcoats follow to provide the sheen and unprecedented strength.
Take a peek at our video showing the installation of a Bagari SE floor.
The Wrap
Take your basement, garage or any space from ordinary to extraordinary with a full-flake, mica-infused epoxy coating system. Call us for a mica-infused floor that will be natural, beautiful, functional and durable…for years to come.
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