Segment Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 item	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information
Number of reportable segments			4
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	$ 4,654,745	$ 4,547,080	$ 8,677,017	$ 8,556,704
Cost of goods sold	2,770,787	2,743,794	5,328,800	5,247,858
GROSS PROFIT	1,883,958	1,803,286	3,348,217	3,308,846
Selling general and administrative	1,329,056	1,285,371	2,794,602	2,711,568
Research and development	153,412	153,265	325,927	328,979
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	401,490	364,650	227,688	268,299
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	2,383,791		2,383,791		2,060,312
Domestic
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	2,003,601	1,976,404	3,519,872	3,459,741
Cost of goods sold	1,103,787	1,102,446	2,008,945	1,968,954
GROSS PROFIT	899,814	873,958	1,510,927	1,490,787
Selling general and administrative	324,722	292,489	667,359	599,410
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	575,092	581,469	843,568	891,377
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	1,118,109		1,118,109		928,698
Export
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	1,497,478	1,503,965	2,938,937	2,868,871
Cost of goods sold	1,039,050	1,109,487	2,144,140	2,136,004
GROSS PROFIT	458,428	394,478	794,797	732,867
Selling general and administrative	167,288	172,187	321,034	323,106
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	291,140	222,291	473,763	409,761
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	870,732		870,732		708,933
IKONICS Imaging
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	923,134	875,882	1,766,605	1,717,583
Cost of goods sold	488,048	412,477	901,797	829,495
GROSS PROFIT	435,086	463,405	864,808	888,088
Selling general and administrative	258,095	291,451	539,533	597,163
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	176,991	171,954	325,275	290,925
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	259,825		259,825		272,346
Other
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	230,532	190,829	451,603	510,509
Cost of goods sold	139,902	119,384	273,918	313,405
GROSS PROFIT	90,630	71,445	177,685	197,104
Selling general and administrative	227,398	183,534	433,115	396,022
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	(136,768)	(112,089)	(255,430)	(198,918)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	151,877		151,877		174,674
Unalloc.
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Selling general and administrative	351,553	345,710	833,561	795,867
Research and development	153,412	153,265	325,927	328,979
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	(504,965)	(498,975)	(1,159,488)	(1,124,846)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	$ (16,752)		$ (16,752)		$ (24,339)