May. 27, 2024
How to use ASG Glass glass chips in DECORATIVE CONCRETE (See PDF)
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Variations in the use of ASG Glass glass chips in decorative concrete are limited only by a users imagination. How the glass is applied, the quantities of glass used, and the mixes of colors chosen can provide a unique and signatured decorative concrete product for those up to the challenge.
The most common applications of glass in decorative concrete are (1) seeding and (2) mixing integrally. First, the seeding concept:
Seeding glass means sprinkling, broadcasting, or spreading glass onto the surface of a concrete floor, slab, or other surface. The advantage of seeding glass is that the quantity of glass used is reduced relative to other methods. Also, you can continue to use a traditional 6-bag or other traditional concrete mix that youre used to and simply add the glass as a decorative accent to your project surface. The disadvantage to seeding is that its tricky to uniformly spread the glass on your concrete surface.
The steps involved in seeding glass are fairly straightforward:
TIP 2 Use of an acrylic fortifier to the concrete mix helps with the adhesion of the concrete to the glass and other aggregates. Acrylic fortifiers can be found at any concrete supply place (including aisle 1 at Home Depot) and looks like a heavy milk or a liquid Elmers glue. Not required, but helpful.
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The second most common application is integral mixing. Integral mixing means replacing all or a portion of the aggregate in a concrete mixture with recycled glass chips. If you have your own proprietary mixture, simply subtract your original aggregate (pea gravel) amounts by weight by the amount of glass added to your mixture. The advantage of mixing integrally is that the glass aggregate mixes uniformly in the batch of concrete and is obviously uniformly segregated in the finished concrete product. The disadvantage is that much more glass is needed in a batch of concrete relative to seeding/broadcasting.
TIP 3 We dont recommend using our glass as a coloring agent. There are numerous companies that make concrete coloring products that will serve you much better than our products. Our fine glass is lighter in color and provides only a subtle color change rather than the deeper color change most customers seek. Our glass is great for subtle effects, not so great for deep effects.
High-quality marble, glass, and shell chips are available for use in terrazzo in a wide range of colors. The combination of terrazzo chips offers infinite design possibilities.
Terrazzo aggregate varies in size. In the terrazzo industry, many building projects use aggregates graded at size #00 to size #3. Epoxy terrazzo, the most commonly installed system today, offers designers full customization options to help them achieve a desired floor appearance.
View the following aggregates to specify for your terrazzo flooring and precast terrazzo installations:
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