Fairfax County Garage Floor Epoxy and Polyaspartic Coatings: A Concrete Contractors Guide

Are you considering a remodel to your garage flooring? Perhaps you’ve bought a new home and want to apply concrete coatings to your garage floor to get rid of years of oil stains and cracks?

When it comes to any type of floor renovation, especially garage floors, it can be a challenge to decide which material is right for your home or business.

Read on to discover everything you need to know about:

  • The various types of garage epoxy flooring systems,
  • The difference between epoxy and polyaspartic coatings,
  • How contractors apply these floor coatings and
  • The various uses for concrete resurfacing in your home or business.
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What is the difference between Polyaspartic and Epoxy Coatings?

For many years, concrete experts have resurfaced concrete using epoxy coating techniques. Originally, they used epoxy for industrial flooring. In the period from 2000 to 2005, the internet provided visibility to a mass market, which then opened demand for a variety of uses.

Some property owners decide to purchase DIY (Do It Yourself) epoxy online or at many local home improvement stores. Unfortunately, many are not aware that DIY kits are very thin floor paints. Epoxy measurements come in thicknesses called mills. The mil thickness of a DIY floor paint kit is 1-2 mills.

Compare this to a professional grade system, which is 9 to 13 mill thickness, and you can see that professional systems are designed to easily stand up to tough conditions that do-it-yourself kits just can’t. Industrial grade epoxies for special uses can measure up to 60 mills.

Polyaspartics, on the other hand, were originally developed to coat steel for rust prevention.  It turns out the adhesion to concrete is extremely strong. A polyaspartic garage floor coating thickness is like epoxy. The difference between the two materials lies in the cure time.

The advantage of a polyaspartic to epoxy is the rapid cure time. A garage floor under 1,000 square feet takes only 1 day to apply and then used the next. Epoxies cure at a slower rate. They take 2 days to apply, sometimes 3. Then they need a few days to fully cure before use.

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How Much Do Epoxy and Polyaspartic Coatings Cost?

Garage Floor Epoxy Cost / Price – Most professionally installed high performance epoxy and polyaspartic coatings range in price from $5.00 per square foot to $10.00 per square foot depending on the system, condition of floor and decorative options.

What Are the Benefits of Professionally Installed Polyaspartic and Epoxy Floors?

Epoxy and Polyaspartics provide unlimited uses for resurfacing dull, unattractive dusty concrete garage floors. Polyaspartic coatings work great on interior concrete and exterior concrete, and they protect from chemicals and harsh road salts. Epoxy does not withstand UV Rays. Instead, epoxy floor coatings apply best to interior surfaces.

In the garage, they make your floor bright, clean and non-slip. They prevent tracking dust and dirt from concrete into your home or business.

Both coatings are durable and will last for years with proper application. They will handle the hot tires from road friction without peeling the coating off the floor. They also withstand forklift traffic.

However, they are not indestructible. If you drag sharp, heavy items across the floor, they will scratch just like any material.

What Is the Problem Epoxy and Polyaspartic Coatings Solve?

Both Coatings add value to homes and businesses.

If your floor is perpetually dusty, it’s due to moisture pressure from beneath your concrete floor. You may not realize it, but concrete is porous. There are thousands of tiny airholes left in a slab during the original pouring process.

As a result, moisture pressure will find its weakest resistance. The moisture pressure pushes through these airholes and efflorescence salts along with it. That’s where the perpetual dust originates. And what happens to that dust? It’s tracked into your home or business.

Epoxy and polyaspartic coatings block moisture and prevents the efflorescence dust that ends up on your floor. The result is a cleaner environment.

Cleaner and Brighter Floors

The first thing you’ll notice is how bright and clean your concrete floor is once the coatings dry. You’ll wonder why you waited so long to have it done.

They are super easy to keep clean with just a brush or broom. If they get dirty, just a little water, and they clean right up.

Even grease, oil and brake fluid from your car or truck are easy to clean.

Colors and Types of Epoxy and Polyaspartic Flooring

Here, you’ll find lots of options. Just like when buying a car, the options affect the price.

The base system colors include gray, tan, green, blue, red and yellow.

Decorative chips and quartz come in many color choices. The cost of quartz is more than decorative chips.

Metallic epoxy or polyaspartics produce a marble appearance. Due to the customization of metallic systems, these are on the high end of the price.

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Garage Types and Uses for Garage Floor Epoxy and Polyaspartic Floors

Single bay

Double Bay

2 car Garage

3 car

4 car Garage

Luxury garage

Car Collections

SUV and RV

Oversized garages

Work Shop

Auto Repair and Car Dealers

Cannabis & Marijuana Growing

Pole Barn

Carports

Storage Sheds

Green House

Tandem Garage

Parking Garages

Porticos
Breezeways

Commercial Garage

Industrial

Boat storage

Game Rooms

Gyms

Theaters

Offices

Playrooms

Craft Rooms

Playrooms

Yoga Studios

Wine Storage Rooms

Self-Storage

Airplane Hangars

Home Office

Equipment Storage

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Polyaspartic and Epoxy Coating Installation Process

Step 1 - Contractors use floor grinders to sand the floor removing oil, grease, old concrete. Then fix cracks.

Step 2 – They mix the base coat in 5-gallon buckets and apply with squeegee and roller. Next, they apply decorative chips or quartz to the wet surface.

Step 3 Once dry, they scrape off the excess chips or quartz and then brush, and vacuum for a clean surface. Next, they apply top clear coat with the installation process entirely complete in one day!

Towns We Service in Fairfax County Virginia

Annandale, Baileys, Crossroads, Belle Haven, Burke, Burke Centre, Centreville, Chantilly, Clifton*, Crosspointe, Dranesville, Dunn, Loring, Fair Lakes, Fair Oaks, Fairfax, Station, Floris, Fort Belvoir, Fort Hunt, Franconia, Franklin Farm, George Mason, Great Falls, Greenbriar, Groveton, Hayfield, Herndon*, Huntington, Hybla Valley, Idylwood, Kings Park, Kings Park West, Kingstowne ,Lake Barcroft, Laurel Hill, Lincolnia, Long Branch, Lorton, Mantua, Mason Neck, McLean,McNair, Merrifield, Mount Vernon, Newington, Newington Forest CDP, North Springfield, Oakton, Pimmit Hills, Ravensworth, Reston, Rose Hill, Seven Corners, South Run CDP, Springfield, Tysons Vienna*, Wakefield CDP, West Falls Church, West Springfield, Wolf Trap, Woodburn