Polyaspartic
24 hours after the last coat.
Epoxy
7 days after the last coat.
The WINNER: Polyaspartic / Polyurea floor coatings
The Garage Makeover Blog by Slide-Lok
1/31/2019
Here's a great example of a garage workshop floor, similar to an auto mechanic shop floor. The main shop floor was approximately 30'x40', representing over 1200 sq. ft. of floor space. Our team even coated the bathroom floor! Slide-Lok of the Eastern Shore completed this commercial floor install in Milford, Delaware. The commercial space is used as a vehicle wrap center to apply new colors and advertising to small cars, trailers and even semi trucks. The installers prepped the floor by filling and repairing all cracks using a polyurethane crack filler and then diamond grinding the concrete pad. Then 3 coats of polyaspartic, tuxedo vinyl chips, and non-slip gripping agent was applied. This job was completed in just 1 day thanks to our high performance polyaspartic coatings.
We are often asked "What is the best garage floor coating or garage floor epoxy for an auto mechanic shop?" There is no one Best product, because there are advantages and disadvantages among all floor coatings. Our two most popular floor coatings are our High Solids Polyaspartic / Polyurea and 100% Solids Epoxy. Polyaspartic and Epoxy can both be considered the best garage floor coatings when you carefully consider the pros and cons of each. When choosing the best floor coating you need to consider several factors:
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Obviously, the best garage floor coating is the one that best suits your needs. Epoxy and Polyaspartic are both considered to be great coatings, choosing one over the other depends on what you need in a floor and your time constraints.
If you want our recommendation. We recommend calling or e-mailing us to discuss your flooring needs. We could recommend one over the other or even a combination of both. Many flooring installers will actually recommend epoxy for the primer and mid coat and then to top coat with polyaspartic. That way you get the cost savings of epoxy in 2/3 of the floor and reap the benefits of the increased chemical resistance, abrasion resistance and UV resistance in the top coat from polyaspartic. This floor will resist all of the common chemicals found when working on cars, resist hot tire pickup, make for a great looking and easy to clean floor.
Regardless of the chemistry you choose, we always recommend flooring preparation be done properly using a diamond grinder or shot blasting machine to properly profile the concrete. Many of the flooring failures we've seen over the years appear due to improper flooring prep which results in poor adhesion of the coating. If you have any questions, Slide-Lok's team is knowledgable and has flooring experts standing by to assist you all across North America.
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About The Author
Samuel Strayer is a trained chemist with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Arizona State University with an emphasis on material and polymer science. Samuel has been involved in developing and testing coating systems for over 10 years.
Keywords: commercial, floor, coatings, epoxy, polyaspartic, polyurea, polyurethane, flooring, auto, mechanic, workshop, best, delaware, milford, delmarva, 19963
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