Epoxy Floor Coatings - Surpassing Garage Floor Coatings

By LifeTime Epoxy Guest Author: Jorge Ramos



Glancing at the house or office as you drive past, you probably see and overlook your garage. Does it because it does not reflect your style and sophistication? You wish to fix-up your garage to fit your personal style, but wonder how your garage can gain too much attention so much that visitors are often left awestruck seeing its beauty and care. The modern man prides himself on his garage and understands that the appearance and condition of floor are an immediate indication of quality, morale, cleanliness, and the positive image you wish to present to others.


Then, how one should avoid making their garage as a thrown away room? Epoxy Floor coatings are sturdy and long lasting solutions for any surface. Such coatings provide an ultimate protection and decorative versatility to the floor. As in comparison to the bare concrete floors, epoxy concrete floors require nominal maintenance and offer improved resistance to stains, corrosion and cracks.


So why wasting your time scrubbing, cleaning or refinishing your garage when epoxy coating can protect your garage against spilling and chipping of any variety? It is the most economical, aesthetically and pleasing way to enhance the beauty of a plain gray concrete garage floor doing wonders for the appeal of your garage. There's practically no reason that your garage should remain a dingy and unpleasant place. A seamless floor coating like an epoxy minimizes the need to constantly making repairs and clean up the floor. In lieu of a total remodeling, an epoxy coating if applied to your concrete floor spruces up your old ugly looking garage hiding minor imperfections and increases resiliency to stains.


Epoxy coatings do an excellent job, be it for floors or otherwise. There are various types of epoxy coatings, each prepared for a particular type of treatment and application. Yet they all have a few common characteristics -high resistance to chemicals, extremely durable, high bond strength low porosity, and other chemicals like oils or greases can't seep through them so easily. Irrespective of its characteristics, the paint has to be applied in a professional manner to get the surprising results. The better the floor operation, the better you can expect the results. The floor should be devoid of dust, dirt or debris. Unless the floor is absolutely clean, the paint will not deliver the expected results.


Epoxy floor materials have all the characteristics making it favorite for improving the dependability and looks of any garage floor. There are other coatings that give similar effect to your floor but epoxy are easy to install, durable, cost effective, and surpass garage floor epoxy coating on many levels.


Wish to see your garage shiny with the impeccable appearance, and the easy cleanup? You must consult a professional company Outstanding Floor Group LLC for your garage or for other complete flooring needs. Whether you need industrial flooring for a few square feet to a million square feet, Outstanding Floor Group will meet your industrial flooring demands.


Outstanding Floor Group LLC with 15 years of experience committed to provide high standard services for all type industrial, commercial, and retail concrete flooring. Read more to know about garage floor epoxy covering and polish garage concrete floor please contact us outstandingfloorgroup @ 1-866-812-9319.
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Garage Epoxy Flooring: Converting old ugly garage floors into beautiful surfaces.

A new epoxy floor is the best way to make convert a ugly garage floor into a beautiful surface. When the floor is installed cracks, tire marks, or other imperfections can be grinded away with high speed floor grinders. Birmingham's local garage floor experts are the professionals at Birmingham Garage Shapeups.

These before and after pictures show how an old floor can be resurfaced.

Birmingham Garage Shapeups install top quality Lifetime Epoxy Flooring. They grind all floor surfaces during the prep stage. The high speed grinders are equipped with vacuum dust control systens. Free estimates are provided. Call 1-800-214-4311 to schedule a free estimate or use this CONTACT FORM.

Birmingham Garage Shapeups also installs Monkey Bar Garage Storage Systems, Ulti-Mate Garge Storage Cabinets, and Overhead Storage Racks to help homeowners organize their garages.

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Epoxy Garage Flooring By Guest Author Pauline R Rose

The big picture behind every floor renovation idea is always to obtain a lost long lasting and attractive surface!! There are various options that are available when it comes to flooring; however it is important to understand that certain flooring is more effective in certain areas and suited for a specific environment. But, how do you ensure that you're choosing the right flooring? The solution is simple, it's always best to seek professional guidance from an expert before you remodel your flooring.

We always look for flooring that is durable, easy to maintain, strong, slip- resistant and off course looks fantastic. In most cases, flooring is done to cover stained and worn cement in your basement, bathrooms, and garage; this could be easily achieved with epoxy flooring that would provide the area with a pleasant and smooth finish. Epoxy floors also work to prevent water damage and seepage and thus it preserves and enhances your interior floor.

While every part of the house gets a day for beautification, the garage is however overlooked. Epoxy garage flooring, is however an accurate solution to grease and dirt coated garage floors. These days, most epoxy garage floor contractors offer a variety of colors and designs and also options to blend two to three colors together to get a personalized look which means your garage can also have the same look and feel of beauty as the rest of the house. This flooring also contains an ultraviolet inhibitor that reduces any damage that could be caused by sunlight and also it prevents the flooring from fading. By applying an epoxy floor coating to your garage it is easy to maintain your garage as a clean, dry and moisture-free zone.

The most important part is that, the installation of epoxy flooring takes hardly a few hours if the right contractor with the right equipments is chosen. For best results it is necessary to have the floor cleaned and stains removed before the epoxy is mixed and applied to the surface so that the epoxy could adhere and look uniform on the surface. Even though it is a quick process the output is long lasting and impressive, it could make you feel that you are driving into a car outlet and not your garage. Epoxy garage flooring can give you a much better look that garage floor paint and the cost will also suit your pocket!

Epoxy garage flooring

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Attention Birmingham Homeowners; Save on Garage Storage and Flooring with these Fall Specials from Garage Shapeups

If you live in the Birmingham area and you are looking to organize your garage or give it a new look with a new epoxy garage floor, you can save big with these Fall Specials from Garage Shapeups. The company offers the absolute best lineup of garage storage and flooring products. Their storage shelving brand is the renowned "Monkey Bar Storage System". The also sell "Ulti-Mate" brand garage cabinets, "Strong-Racks" overhead storage and epoxy garage flooring.

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Birmingham Garage Shapeups installs top quality garage epoxy and polyurea floor covering. Our installs are warrantied for 10 years. Visit BirminghamGarageShapeups.com for more information.

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By Guest Author: Pauline R Rose

The big picture behind every floor renovation idea is always to obtain a lost long lasting and attractive surface!! There are various options that are available when it comes to flooring; however it is important to understand that certain flooring is more effective in certain areas and suited for a specific environment. But, how do you ensure that you're choosing the right flooring? The solution is simple, it's always best to seek professional guidance from an expert before you remodel your flooring.

We always look for flooring that is durable, easy to maintain, strong, slip- resistant and off course looks fantastic. In most cases, flooring is done to cover stained and worn cement in your basement, bathrooms, and garage; this could be easily achieved with epoxy flooring that would provide the area with a pleasant and smooth finish. Epoxy floors also work to prevent water damage and seepage and thus it preserves and enhances your interior floor.

While every part of the house gets a day for beautification, the garage is however overlooked. Epoxy garage flooring, is however an accurate solution to grease and dirt coated garage floors. These days, most epoxy garage floor contractors offer a variety of colors and designs and also options to blend two to three colors together to get a personalized look which means your garage can also have the same look and feel of beauty as the rest of the house. This flooring also contains an ultraviolet inhibitor that reduces any damage that could be caused by sunlight and also it prevents the flooring from fading. By applying an epoxy floor coating to your garage it is easy to maintain your garage as a clean, dry and moisture-free zone.

The most important part is that, the installation of epoxy flooring takes hardly a few hours if the right contractor with the right equipments is chosen. For best results it is necessary to have the floor cleaned and stains removed before the epoxy is mixed and applied to the surface so that the epoxy could adhere and look uniform on the surface. Even though it is a quick process the output is long lasting and impressive, it could make you feel that you are driving into a car outlet and not your garage. Epoxy garage flooring can give you a much better look that garage floor paint and the cost will also suit your pocket!

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Garage and Basement Flooring: All About Polyurea Floor Coating

Garage and basement epoxy and polyurea flooring is now installed in the Birmingham Aea and North Alabama by Garage Shapeups. Garage Shapeups is your full service extreme garage makeover compnay and garage flooring company. They are the exclusive dealer in your area for Monkey Bar Storage Products.
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Garage and Basement Flooring: All About Polyurea Floor Coating

By Guest Author Richard Schulman

You can have the most organized garage or basement in the world, but an unattractive concrete floor can keep you from having your perfect dream garage. There are a number of options on the market for covering your garage or basement floor, including an epoxy coating or a roll-out rubber mat, but the most durable and one of the most attractive is a polyurea coating. Considering the seasonal conditions, you want garage and basement flooring that will be resistant to harsh temperatures as well as chemicals. Polyurea is considerably more durable than an epoxy floor covering (about four times more durable), and is flexible, which makes it more natural and comfortable.

Using polyurea as a floor covering is a newer idea, but polyurea has been around for the past couple of decades as pipe coating, sewer lining coating, and in any other place that demands the most durable coverage. It is the perfect choice for garage floors especially, because it is resistant to temperature damage, chemical erosion, staining, chipping, and tire indentations. The environment can be extremely damaging to any flooring, particularly flooring that is not protected from the elements as well, such as basement and garage flooring.

Polyurea is also great for the basement also because of the high moisture content that basements usually have. Concrete floors are usually unattractive, but paint is usually only a temporary fix, because paint will fade and peel due to time and moisture. Tiling or carpeting will also not last long because of moisture; carpeting also invites dangerous mold. Applying a polyurea coating will keep you from having to re-carpet, retile or repaint your basement floor every few years. Often, when a company applies a polyurea coating to your floor, it is accompanied by a lifetime guarantee. If a company does not offer a lifetime guarantee with polyurea flooring, then you may want to consider going with a different company.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, a key factor in a polyurea floor coating is safety. Vinyl or acrylic chips are mixed in with the coating to provide a non-slippery surface. Even when it is wet, your polyurea garage or basement floor will not be slick, nor will moisture sink into the flooring. Additionally, polyurea is versatile; it comes in, or can be ordered in many different colors to match any décor. In many cases, you'll also have a choice about the color of chips, and the amount of chips in the coating. You may have never thought you'd be able to put so much thought in the coloring and decoration of your garage, but polyurea flooring lets you do just that! Your basement and/or garage will be transformed from dirty catch-all rooms to places that you can feel proud of, and comfortable in.

You can apply polyurea coating yourself, but you can also hire professionals to do the job. There are plenty of companies that will do garage and basement flooring, and many of them will do free consultations. Polyurea floor covering is just what you need to have the exact garage and basement you've always wanted!

Richard Schulman started White Rabbit Garage Organizers in 1988, because hed had a passion for organizing and there was a need for such a company in Chicago. Since then, White Rabbit has grown into a versatile, highly reputable business that has gained an A+ from the Better Business Bureau, received an Angie's List Super Service Award, was selected for EBSCO Research's Best Picks. Additionally, White Rabbit has appeared in major Chicago newspapers: Chicago Tribune, Sun Times, Daily Herald, and Pioneer Press and has been featured on NBC and HGTV. Richard does not expect his enthusiasm for organizing to ebb, and plans to continue writing about his company, and helping his clients obtain their dream garages, basements, and offices! You can read more about organization and about White Rabbit by visiting White Rabbit's website: http://www.whiterabbitinc.com/ and blog: http://whiterabbitinc.blogspot.com/.

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GARAGE FLOORING TIPS & TRICKS FROM THE PROS

Grinding vs. Acid Etching We have found that the most efficient way to prep a concrete floor for coating is by mechanical grinding. Our installers use a diamond encrusted floor grinder with a powerful dust collection system that removes a thin surface layer of the concrete. When complete your stained or painted concrete will be white, porous and ready to accept the epoxy coating. A typical 2 or 3 car garage can take up to 2-4 hours to grind.

Some companies will acid wash your floor if it is free of oil and paint, however the acid washing process presents its own set of problems. The acid being used must be diluted correctly or it can damage the concrete. Additionally, the process can create dangerous fumes to, not to mention that it requires proper disposal of the acid water, which can easily damage your landscaping, to include your pavers, plants, grass, etc. The acid wash also leaves behind a wet concrete dust film that must be completely removed from the pores or it could prevent the epoxy from correctly bonding to the concrete floor. This can result in defects to the coating of your floor as the epoxy cures and eventually cause delamination. Additionally the floor would need to completely dry which could take several additional days delaying the start of the applying the epoxy and extending the time to return your garage to service.

DIY Epoxy or Garage Floor Paints

In our opinion these products are nothing but glorified water based porch and floor paints. They hold up fine until it comes to hot tires or anything that drips from your car like oil, antifreeze or gasoline. They usually come with directions that tell you to use a cleaner degreaser which is simply not enough preparation for the traffic of a garage floor. If you have a previously painted floor, all the paint must be removed to insure proper adhesion. The concrete must be ground down or etched to make it porous enough to be coated properly. There are a couple of choices that you have to achieve the proper porous state. One option is to utilize paint removers, which generates fumes as well a big mess, but the industry preferred method is to remove the existing coating mechanically by grinding or shot blasting.

The mechanical methods, which is used by Granite Garage Floors, both remove the paint and grind the concrete. If you choose the paint remover route, you must still acid wash the concrete floor which comes with its own set of issues see (Grinding vs. Acid Etching). Remember, these epoxy coating products are only as good as the surface they are being applied to and, without a properly prepared surface, it will be very difficult to achieve the long-term durability and protection of a professionally installed garage floor coating system. In our opinion, the preparation is the most critical step of the entire process.

For more information or a Free Consultation call (678) 500-9537 or email us at atl@granitegaragefloors.com.
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For local epoxy flooring installtion in the Birmingham Area, please call 1-800-214-4311 or Local Rep Shawn Dawson at 1-205-607-4663