Metallic Epoxy Flooring in El Paso TX - a one-of-a-kind floor on a well-prepped slab

Most people who call us have a garage, a shop or a living area on concrete and want something with more character than gray paint or carpet. The price moves mostly with the slab, because old coatings, oil soaked into the concrete and cracks all mean grinding and patching before the first coat, and then with the size of the room and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on that same prep and on the wait between coats, since each layer has to cure before the next one goes on. The estimate gives you the figure for your own floor.

Metallic floors are the most fun puzzle we do, because each one moves a little differently as it cures. We start by grinding the slab down to clean, sound concrete and patching the cracks, since a coating holds only as well as whatever is under it. Then we pick the base color with you and make a sample first, so you see the look before it covers your whole floor. After that come the primer and the colored basecoat. The metallic coat is worked while it's still wet so the pattern can move, and a clear topcoat goes over it to protect it.

Some floors are better served by something else, and I'd rather tell you that at the estimate than after. A kitchen or wash bay that takes hot water and harsh cleaners every day usually does better with urethane cement flooring. If you like the look of bare concrete, polished concrete flooring gives you a sheen with no coating on top.

Permit rules change from one city and county to the next, so before we start we check with the office that covers your address. If your job needs a permit, we handle the paperwork or walk you through it if you're filing as the owner.

Around here a lot of metallic floors go into garages, and a garage is where sun can cause trouble. One maker's guide says no direct sun should hit the slab while the coating goes down, because sun raises bubbles in the film. It also says not to work when humidity is below 20%, and it gets its best results in an indoor, climate-controlled room. So a door open to the afternoon sun is something we'll talk through at the estimate. On a newer house, another maker's guide says fresh concrete needs at least 28 days to cure and has to meet its moisture limits before it's coated, and that sets your earliest start date. We see the same mix of garages and newer slabs on jobs in Horizon City and Socorro.