Birmingham Garage Flooring: Epoxy Flooring: Every Designer's Dream

By Guest Author: Dwayne Nawrocki

Commonly found in garages and basements, epoxy is a combined chemical that consists of a resin and a hardener which, once dry, produces a tough, long-lasting coating. In addition to being strong, this coating is impenetrable to oil and is slip-resistant, making it an excellent product to use on flooring in a heavy-traffic area. However, the industrial world isn't the only place where epoxy flooring is hailed. Within the design industry, epoxy is recognized as being more than just a way to protect a floor. It's also viewed as an extremely versatile product, capable of transforming a ho-hum area into a show-stopping work of art. So, even if you don't need an industrial strength floor, you might consider getting epoxy flooring for its aesthetic appeal.


Part of the interest designers have in epoxy flooring is that once completely dry, the floor will present a high, glossy shine. Although this gloss is common to any epoxy brand, many companies achieve this look by putting an additional topcoat over the standard epoxy mix. Fortunately, with some companies, that's not necessary. All of their epoxy mixes contain a built-in UV inhibitor -the ingredient necessary to produce long lasting sheen. This gives the buyer a professional shine without the added work.


Another reason that epoxy flooring is on a short list for designers is that it can be easily personalized. The two chemicals that are mixed together to create the epoxy are also referred to as the base coat. And, gray is no longer the only option when choosing a base coat. Now, basecoats are available in any color imaginable. This means that designers can select a color that compliments, contrasts, or highlights the space they're reinventing. The color options are only limited by the company that offers them. You are encouraged to check out the many colors at their disposal. Some sites, you'll also find an Interactive Design Tool. Here, you can view the colors and get assistance in deciding which is the right shade for your project.


The personalization of epoxy flooring does not stop at basecoats. In addition to choosing a floor color, buyers also have the option to enhance their floor's uniqueness with anti-slip flecks. Generally, these anti-slip agents are chips that come in various colors and are sprinkled on top of poured epoxy (prior to it curing). Anti-slip flecks are made of acrylic and provide a decorative touch to an epoxy floor. Available in a rainbow of colors, these flecks, in conjunction with the base coats, give epoxy flooring a burst of color. The Interactive Designer tool on these sites is also a great resource to match up base coats and flooring flecks.


If you're still apprehensive about having an epoxy floor because it sounds like a lot of work to apply, don't worry. Not only do these companies have everything you need to lay an epoxy floor, they also provide it in one neat bundle. Each of their custom-sized epoxy garage floor paint kits comes with all of the tools and materials necessary to apply the floor, and the installation process is only 3 easy steps. This ensures the customer a simple installation that produces showroom results.


Car guys flooring has the highest quality garage floor paint to make any garage look like a professional show room. Find epoxy flooring that is right for your personal touch, and give your car something durable, easy to clean, and stylish to rest on.


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Looking for a Safer Floor Surface? Rubber Safety Coatings Can Help Improve Environment And Health

By Guest Author Karen Meakings
Rubber coatings have been used extensively throughout the world for over 70 years in the sports industry and for industrial applications. The non slip feature of rubber was probably the number one reason it was chosen, however there are so many other wonderful features to speak of. One feature that is not always brought to light is the way it reduces noise in any area that it is installed. For example, if you have a garage, basement, patio, pool deck, lanai, walkway, corridor, changing room, and the list goes on and on, the foot traffic and echo noise will be almost completely diminished.

Rubber safety coatings are chosen for outside applications i.e. pool decks, driveways, walkways, entryways, any area that has cracking, chipping, spalding and would need to re-pour concrete because the rubber & rock mixture can fix any of the broken concrete. Hairline cracks will never show because the rubber surface will stretch over them. Rubber safety coatings can even be installed over dirt. Rubber & rock are mixed together and installed over tamped down rock to form a solid substrate and then the colored rubber is installed over the foundation. This reduces the need to have concrete poured to expand a deck, walkway, patio or garden area.

Color or black rubber granules are mixed with a durable, compliant resin and troweled over your existing surface to provide a beautiful, poured-in-place surface. The surface is primed with a resin mixture, and then the rubber is mixed with the resin on site and troweled to follow the contour of your surface. It can even be troweled on vertical surfaces. Because the rubber is a high level rubber similar to the durability of a car tire, your surface will last virtually forever. This is one way that it helps the environment! You will never see this surface dumped in a land fill.

Yes, exactly! The next wonderful thing about the manufacturers of this product is; tires are taken from the landfills and recycled. High tech machines actually cryogenically break down the rubber and separate the rubber from the steel belting and the rubber is being sold to surfacing companies and even used with asphalt for paving highways and roads. Many years of technology have been employed to find a way to get rid of these tires, which take up to 500 years to decompose. Burning them caused such toxic air pollution that it wasn't feasible. Chopping them didn't provide the safest solution because of the steel belting. This new technology is the answer to the problem. No more health risks due to air pollution from burning the tires and good use made from the end result.

Another health related benefit to rubber safety coatings and surfaces is reduction of injury from slip/fall, trip/fall accidents. Because of the resilient nature of the rubber, when someone does fall, their impact it buffered and they are less likely to get hurt. Water parks all over the world have installed rubber safety coatings and surfaces to reduce injuries and have even had insurance reductions because of the reduction in complaints made to first aid.
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