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Brownsburg Garage Floors

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Whether you are buying a brand new home one that is 50 years old, you want it to look nice; not just nice, but beautiful. Plus, you want to protect it and make it last as long as possible. While many people think concrete will take care of itself, we know that's just not the case. Over time, with salt and water, freeze and thaw, we can see spalling and pitting. We stain the concrete with automotive fluids or spills. We might even overspray a craft project with a little spray paint. You look up 10 years later and realize how bad your floor looks. Why not make it beautiful from now? Why wait until you're ready to sell and realize that the floor is a distraction to your sale price? If you do it now, you get the benefit of enjoying it while you live there. And with our coatings, it will long as good as new for years to come.

A good number of our customers will call us and schedule to have their floor done right after buying a new-to-them home, whether it's new construction or a resale. We schedule the coating process right after closing. Obviously, it's easier to do when the garage is empty and prior to moving in. However, we work with even more homes that are full occupied. We can do either. Contact us for options to store your contents for 2-3 days during the process if needed.

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The best materials to coat your floor

There are 3 primary products you can use to concrete your garage floor -- epoxy, polyaspartic and polyurea. So which is best? Most of these materials have pros and cons in ease of application, adhesion, quality, appearance, durability and cost.

A moisture vapor barrier (MVB) epoxy has the highest hydrostatic pressure specs at 25 psi if applied to a shot blasted floor and no flake is broadcasted into it. Solvent-based standard Epoxy, polysapartic and polyurea all have a 5-7 psi rating. If you flake into them, it drops significantly. We liked MVB epoxy and polyaspartic. Polyaspartic can be reduced in viscosity to allow it to penetrate the concrete pores. Polyaspartic dries to the touch (on top) in 2-3 hours, but is still pliable underneath. Epoxy, including MVB, often takes 12 hours to dry.

The cheapest solution is a DIY epoxy paint from the hardware or big box store. Their instructions just tell you to chemically etch the floor, let it dry and paint it on; just one coat. Rustoleum EpoxyShield is the best known DIY solution. It's water-based and only 55% solids. They dilute the epoxy to help with adhesion, but then you don't get anywhere near the thickness of other solutions. Most of these DIY solutions last a month to a year or even two depending on the prep. We do not encourage this solution at all. Because the epoxy is exposed, it will yellow over time and peel up in the tire area.

Grinding is a superior prep method compared to chemical etching and critical to remove previous coatings or sealers. A 3rd method of prep would be a shot blaster, which is even better. Shot blasters will profile the concrete for the best adherence, but do not flatten the floor or identify any dips. Our goal is to achieve a CSP3 concrete surface profile and a true dust-free environment prior to coating. That can only be achieved by shot blasting. In most all cases, we grind first and then shot blast.

Our advice -- keep your options open and compare. We'll help you decide which is best for you in terms of quality, durability and cost. Contact us for a quote.

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Epoxy Garage Floors

Commercial 100% solids epoxy can be a good solution and what most people think of when they think about concrete coatings. We like to use an MVB epoxy as a base coat, but never as a top coat. We can use standard epoxy to save a little, but the cost difference is minimal in the scope of things. Epoxy does require drying for 12 hours so it requires a 2 day installation process. We typically do not flake into it like most contractors. It does cost a little more, but it maintains the best performance against moisture in the slab if you leave it neat (without flake). We typically apply a 2nd coat of polyaspartic to apply the flake on the 2nd day.

We ALWAYS use polyaspartic for a top coat because it is UV stable and won't peel up from hot tires. It's also more scratch and chemical resistant compared to epoxy. Epoxy and Polyurea are not UV stable and will yellow over time if left exposed to light.

Polyaspartic Garage Floors

Polyaspartic and polyurea are chemically similiar but have different modifiers. We propose using polyaspartic when its shorter dry time is a benefit or when it's too cold for epoxy to cure.. We apply 3 coats (remember - we do not skip the primer coat) using polyaspartic primer, a polyaspartic flake coat and a polyaspartic top coat. The % of solids of each coat can be adjusted on site, so you can add more acetone into the primer coat but not as much in the other coats. The downside of polyaspartic is the odor during its application. In an open garage, it's not an issue, but in a non-ventilated enclosed space, like a basement, it can be. Some of the key benefits of polyaspartic vs epoxy is an easy choice -- no hot tire issue, no yellowing from UV light, 4 times harder and therefore more scratch resistant, and it dries faster. Doing a hybrid system with MVB epoxy base caot and a polyaspartic flake and top coat gives you the benefits of both.

Polyurea Garage Floors

Polyurea has a benefit of less odor compared to polyaspartic. It dries all the way through in about 2 hours depending on the manufacturer and dry speed. Some manufacturers have a fast, medium or slow cure.

Polyurea is among the worst performers against hydrostatic pressure in the slab. Notice that most polyurea companies have a lifetime warrenty but they have exceptions in the fine print for moisture.

Vinyl Flake Color Options

You get all the options -- what base color you want, if you want flake at all, how much flake coverage, a little or a lot, or full 100% flake coverage. Here are a few options that we keep in stock so we're not waiting on shipments from a supplier. We have other blends available if these don't catch your eye or we can do a custom blend completely from scratch. Want your school colors? We can do it. What a blend that highlights the color of your classic car? We can do that too.

Full Flake Standard Color Options

Partial Flake Standard Color Options

Service Area

Our service is roughly defined as 1 hour from Brownsburg, Indiana. We cover all of Hendricks, Marion, and Boone Counties and most all of Hamilton County. When in doubt, just call us. We'll most likely come to serve you.