One Day Garage Floors: Are They Better?
Garage floor coatings have been around for quite some time, particularly the full flake broadcast floor. These have become more popular recently, as homeowners learn the benefits of coated floors over bare concrete. The increase in demand for coated garage floors has of course, resulted…
Coated Floors and Thermal Shock: Why It Matters
Thermal shock is the term used to describe different parts of an object expanding at different rates due to rapid fluctuations in temperature. When a floor is coated, ideally the coating becomes a part of the floor. Since many coatings are made of materials other…
Professional vs. DIY Epoxy Garage Floors
We get asked all the time about DIY epoxy kits sold at the box stores. These stores, as well as some paint stores that sell similar kits, want you to believe installing an epoxy floor is just like painting. If you can paint, you can…
How to Apply a Decorative Finish to Plywood Sub-Floors
Here in the Northwest there are few homes that are built slab on grade, so we are often asked about installing decorative coatings over wood sub-floors. This is definitely something that can be done! And the process has become easier in the last few years…
Industrial Strength Floors Don’t Have To Be Ugly!
The ‘industrial look’ is tremendously popular right now. Many people and businesses are moving away from traditional types of flooring and toward plain gray concrete. This may just be the next big design trend, and the durability and low maintenance are hard to beat. So…
For Your Next Project….Follow Your Gut
After an interesting call the other day, I felt compelled to share. The client was in the process of a large home remodel and had an issue with some newly poured concrete. Sadly, they will almost certainly be tearing it out and starting over as…
How to Get a Good Deal on Your Garage Floor Coating
The temperatures have dropped and it seems winter is here. Are you planning on staying home for the next three to four months and not working? Unless, you are unemployed, the answer is probably no. And while cold temperatures in the past have prevented many…
Finishing Strong: Choosing the Right Top Coat for Your Decorative Concrete
There are all kinds of motivational quotes associated with the phrase ‘finish strong.’ And while not many of them are geared toward decorative concrete, the philosophy applies just the same. After all the time, energy and effort put into a new decorative concrete surface, often…
Are Garage Floor Coatings Really DIY?
For as long as people have had houses, there have been home improvement projects. For just as long there have been those who wanted to do it themselves. The meteoric rise in popularity of the HGTV and DIY networks have only fueled the fire with…
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