Flooring Tile - faux stone

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daveg
06-26-06, 10:19 AM
Hi, I was looking for some tips, I recently have been introduced to an epoxy product -Envirotex Lite polymer epoxy resin- that hardens anything that it is spread on. I was thinking over painting a faux stone look on styrofoam and then coating it and using as a floor tile. Has anyone had any experience similiar to this? Any tips?

Thanks
Dave

kimeyers
06-26-06, 12:37 PM
Wouldn't an epoxy resin melt a styrofoam? epoxy is usually hot, it just seems like a general chemistry premise that this application would not be recommended.
daveg
06-26-06, 02:05 PM
Hi Kim, epoxy is not hot, its like a thick plastic glue that drys and hardens. Real interesting stuff.

TedCoffey
06-26-06, 02:28 PM
Using such a product on styrofoam will not provide sufficent strength to prevent crushing of the surface when normal floor forces are applied. Suggestion: create a test sample and test its strength with weight and also impact. What happens when you drop a heavy object(15 POUNDS) and hard from a height of 4 feet?
This should answer your question.
Tileman
06-26-06, 05:21 PM
Hi, I was looking for some tips, I recently have been introduced to an epoxy product -Envirotex Lite polymer epoxy resin- that hardens anything that it is spread on. I was thinking over painting a faux stone look on styrofoam and then coating it and using as a floor tile. Has anyone had any experience similiar to this? Any tips?

Thanks
Dave

This should be good.:D