A metallic epoxy floor can enhance your workspace or garage by increasing its durability, improving appearance, and creating a more enjoyable surface. Our professionals at Global Garage Flooring & Design provide exceptional flooring options to the residents of San Antonio.
Your garage floor experiences excessive wear and tear, heavy impacts, and constant foot traffic. Adding a protective topcoat prevents repairs and replacements by extending your floor’s lifespan and strength.
With our unique application technique, you can gain your desired floors without sacrificing the benefits. Continue reading to learn more about metallic epoxy flooring and how it enhances your garage floor.
What Is a Metallic Epoxy Floor in San Antonio?
Epoxy consists of a resin and a hardener that chemically combine to create a hard yet flexible plastic-like coating. This coating binds with your prepared substrate to enhance its durability and waterproof qualities.
Concrete has pores that absorb water, which can cause significant damage. A coating prevents this by sealing the pores, eliminating the concrete’s contact with water or chemical spills. The coating seeps deeply into the concrete, imbibing it with strength, impact resistance, and an attractive finish.
Your professionals include metallic pigments to create the desired appearance, offering the benefits of epoxy with virtually endless decorative options. This enhanced attraction allows you to design the preferred flooring for your workspace, set to your specific aesthetic goals.
Professionals will apply your coating using the following steps:
Prepare the Substrate
Your concrete must have a rough texture to ensure complete adherence. To achieve this, professionals will blast the concrete with diamonds or sand for a controlled roughness. At this point, they will fill in any cracks and eliminate all dirt, dust, and other contaminants.
Apply the Base Coat
Using a tinted primer, the professionals apply the base coat, which seals the concrete and provides a base for the metallic pigments.
Apply the Metallic Tints
Depending on your decorative option, the team applies the metallic swirls and colors as directed by you. They’ll use one or more colors to create the desired effect.
Finish with a Topcoat
The final layer includes a gloss level you select that protects the colored layer and adding UV protection. Once professionals apply the final layer, the floor must cure.
Varying additives can create the benefits you need for your floorings, such as your color choice or anti-slip additives.
Decorative Options
One of the benefits of metallic epoxy flooring is the nearly endless design opportunities. When customizing your metallic epoxy floor, you must consider the following decorative options.
Color Choice
Consider using base colors like beige, grey, or black for an elegant finish, or create a pop of color with your preferred vibrant color choice. You can use multiple colors or stick to one simple design for your metallic epoxy floor.
Sheen
From a matte appearance to a high gloss, you have multiple sheen options. Choose a subdued, matte finish for an elegant room. Or, use high gloss for a noticeable, eye-catching floor.
The metallic pigments allow you to play with the sheen in various ways, so speak to your professional about your desired finish.
Special Effects
Do you want texture or depth added to your floor? What about a marbled finish or a paint splatter effect? Whatever your aesthetic vision, your professionals have you covered.
Experts use several techniques to disperse and mix the metallic tints to achieve the appropriate results.
Benefits of Metallic Epoxy Floors
Aside from the significant aesthetic designs, metallic floors have grown in popularity for their many advantages.
Impact Resistance
Do you drive cars or heavy machinery over your floors regularly? An epoxy floor prevents the shock from sudden drops or accidents by absorbing the impact. As a result, your concrete floors will crack and chip less with a protective coating.
Durability
Concrete alone lasts for a few years but remains prone to cracking, splitting, and chipping from the constant wear and tear. A coating prevents these unsightly issues and lessens your need for repairs and replacements. Expect your coated concrete to last much longer and look better for longer than unsealed concrete.
Easy Maintenance
Maintaining your coated floors requires a few simple steps:
- Clean spills as needed
- Sweep daily to remove dirt, debris, and sand that may scratch the surface
- Mop with soapy water to remove grime and grease that may cause slipping hazards as required
With these steps, your floors will last for years or decades without excessive wear. However, if you notice any yellowing, peeling, or cracking, request a professional inspection. Occasionally you may need reapplication to ensure continual protection.
Safer and More Hygienic
Due to its lack of pores, the concrete coating proves anti-bacterial and resistant to mold and mildew growth. These bacteria and viruses have no place to grow and survive with routine cleaning, creating a safer, more sanitary workspace.
Including additives can prevent slipping and falling, minimizing accidents. With a high gloss finish, you can enhance visibility, further increasing safety.
Contact Global Garage Flooring & Design
If you’re looking for a beautiful, durable flooring option, request an estimate from our team at Global Garage Flooring & Design. Our highly trained, experienced, and capable staff works with you to ensure you receive the necessary benefits and design options. If you need a metallic epoxy floor in San Antonio, TX, call our experts at 512-957-6982 and request an estimate today.
