Everything about Epoxy Garage Flooring

There are many reasons due to which epoxy garage floors are gaining popularity. When we talk about ordinary floors, they are just plain dull grey concrete and such floors becomes even more ugly over time due to oil, grease and chemical stains. Having an epoxy garage flooring Gilbert ensures years of services, durability and will resist most of the stains effectively to give you a well finished and vibrant surface.

Below are three most common garage epoxy flooring Phoenix systems.

·         Epoxy & Polyurethane Solid Color System.

·         Epoxy Chipstone (partial vinyl chip broadcast) with Polyurethane Top Coat System.

·         Epoxy Granitex (100% vinyl chip broadcast) with Polyurethane Top Coat System.

Each of the type has its own properties and strengths. Based on their usability, you can have 'good', 'better' and 'best' types of epoxy garage floor systems.

The Good system

The epoxy polyurethane solid color system lasts for approx. 5-7 years without any maintenance but requires a coat of pigmented polyurethane. This garage floor usually comes with two coat thin film systems with the thickness range of 4-20 mils. It is applied either by roller of airless sprayer.

The Better system

The epoxy Chipstone system last for approximately 7-12 years without any maintenance and post that coat of clear polyurethane is required. The epoxy garage floor system consists two components— a pigmented primer coat of epoxy and another is pigmented color coat of partial broadcast with vinyl chips. The thickness is around 20-30 mils.

The Best system

When we talk about the best system then epoxy Granitex system comes in picture which last for 12-15+ years without any maintenance and need a coat of polyurethane thereafter. This one also contain two components— one is pigmented primers and the second one is pigmented color coat with full broadcast of vinyl chips.

On the basis of above information, you will be able to select the best epoxy floor for your needs.

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Epoxy Garage Floor Paint

When deciding on your garage flooring, you may want to consider epoxy garage floor paint. Most of the garage flooring paints may be used to top other paints, provided they are clean and free of any contaminants. As epoxy is fairly thick, there's usually no need for colour matching or anything of the sort.

Epoxy Floor Paint and Your New Concrete

If the concrete is new, there are few set of conditions that must be observed. You can generally tell if the concrete is new by the colour. Most coatings for garage floors need at least thirty days from the time it was laid before you put down their paint.

If you are not sure, try to get in touch with the concrete coatings contractor that laid the floor. If that's not an option, you could always wait for few days from the time you first saw the floor. It will have to be prepped and cleaned no matter what is on it, even if it looks like there's nothing, so there is no harm using it for storage or cars.

Including preparation, many epoxy paint kits can take as little as three hours to apply. This is, however, better as compared to other solutions for garage floors. Also, this estimate is for a normal garage. If your garage is quite large, then expect the process to take longer.

Epoxy garage floors coating comes out very nicely when done correctly. Therefore, it becomes very important to choose the right coating provider.

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