How Epoxy Garage Flooring Is One Of The Most Durable, Long Lasting Flooring Options Available For Your Garage Floor?

 Epoxy Garage Flooring is one of the most durable, long lasting flooring options available for your garage floor. It's very easy to clean, stain resistant and will resist damage from oil, chemicals, and impact. It also looks great and comes in a wide variety of color options, decorative flakes, additives and textures. The cost of an epoxy garage floor is relatively affordable and can be done in a day or two.





Easy To Clean And Stain Resistant

Unlike single layer big box retail systems an Epoxy Garage Flooring system is a complete coatings system that is designed to provide optimal performance and longevity. The system typically consists of an epoxy primer, epoxy base coat, epoxy flakes broadcast to rejection and a high performance polyurethane or mica polyaspartic topcoat.

Proper floor preparation is the key to a long lasting, beautiful epoxy garage floor. This includes a good pressure washing to remove any dirt, oil and other contaminants. Then the floor must be prepped for proper adhesion with a chemical solution of 2 parts muriatic acid to 1 part water. This is usually applied with a power grinder and then washed down. This is the only way to properly prepare a concrete floor for an epoxy coating.


Variety Of Color Options, Decorative Flakes

An improperly prepared floor will result in blotches and lumps that you will not be happy with. It will also prevent the epoxy from curing properly resulting in a weak and possibly peeling coating that is not covered by any warranty. It is best to hire a professional concrete contractor for this type of work.


Cost Is Relatively Affordable

Many people try to do their own Epoxy Garage Flooring with the hopes of saving money. This is a mistake and usually results in poor coatings that will not last. We get calls everyday from homeowners who went to a big box store or purchased a "do it yourself" epoxy kit and then had their floor redone a year later because it was peeling, dulling and not coming clean. Most of these problems could have been avoided with a little bit more research on the internet about proper floor prep, what epoxies to use and how thick an epoxy garage floor should be with traffic.


Conclusion:

The key to a quality epoxy floor is in the primer, base coat and topcoat. The right abrasion loss rating for your application is the most important consideration. Then you need to choose the right color and style of flake and the best topcoat for your needs. Without the proper topcoat your epoxy garage floor will wear out and become unattractive much quicker than it should. That's why it is so critical to work with a true professional who knows what they are doing and uses the proper products at all times!

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