Garage Floor Coatings in Queen Creek, AZ

A plain concrete garage floor looks fine the day the house is finished. Then it starts collecting. Oil drips soak in and leave dark marks. Tires track in dirt. The surface itself sheds dust.

That's the reason to coat it. Bare concrete takes in whatever lands on it, so a drip today is a stain next year. A coating seals the concrete off, and the dirt stays on top where a broom can reach it.

A flake epoxy floor is built in layers, and each one has its own job:

• Epoxy base. A coating that bonds to the prepared concrete.
• Color flakes. Flakes broadcast into the wet epoxy for a speckled finish that hides dust and small marks between cleanings.
• Dirt resistant top coat. A clear top coat that seals the flakes in and gives the floor its shine.

That's why the concrete gets prepared before any epoxy goes down: the base bonds to the prepared surface, and every layer above it depends on that bond. Done in that order, you get a floor that resists oil stains, wipes and sweeps clean, and looks finished.

The flakes are where you get a say in how the floor looks, and it's a practical choice too. A busier blend with several colors hides dust, tire marks and small chips between cleanings. A blend with fewer colors gives a cleaner, more even look.

If the cars come and go every day, a busier blend does more of the hiding for you. We'll go through the options with you during the estimate.

One garage we coated had the usual problem: a concrete floor that held dirt and took oil stains. We finished it with epoxy, color flakes and a dirt resistant top coat, and it came out with a shine. It's the same room, and now it looks like part of the house. You can see the before and after on our work page.

Arizona garages work hard. They hold cars, tools, workout gear and the overflow from the house, and dust blows in every time the door goes up. A coated floor makes all of that easier to live with, because the dirt sits on top instead of working into the concrete.

Homes near open desert, like those by San Tan Mountain Regional Park in San Tan Valley or under the Superstitions in Apache Junction, see more of it than most. In the 2000s neighborhoods of Gilbert and San Tan Valley, garage floors are reaching twenty years old, with stains that won't come out. A flake coating covers all of it.

Garages here get very hot in summer, and that matters for any coating job. The epoxy goes down wet and has to cure before you get the garage back, so the timing and the prep both count. We'll talk through scheduling with you during the estimate.

A coating is worth it for most garages, and how you use yours tells you how much. If you park in it, cars bring in oil and dirt every day, which is exactly what a coating handles best. If you work in it, a shop or gym garage gets dropped tools, spilled drinks and constant foot traffic, and a sealed floor is easier on all of it.

Selling soon? A finished garage floor is one of the details buyers remember from a showing. And if the concrete has cracks or an old coating on it, that can usually be dealt with in prep. We'll tell you what we see when we look at it.

Garages aren't the only concrete that benefits. We've also coated side yard walkways and an arched entry walk with a speckled finish. Carrying the coating outside ties the front of the house to a coated garage and gives plain concrete a cleaner look.

Floors are priced by area, so whether you have a one, two or three car garage sets the starting point. The condition of the concrete comes next: cracks, old coatings and heavy stains add prep work. What's in the garage counts too, since the floor has to be clear for the coating and a full garage takes more planning. Walkways or other concrete coated in the same visit add to the job.

Many customers coat the garage floor as part of a bigger round of upgrades. If the house is getting fresh paint or a new kitchen, finishing the garage floor in the same stretch means one crew and one schedule. One customer wrote that our crew "kept me informed of what was going on, and their work was very meticulous."