When you’re looking to hire a good installer for your garage floor coating, you’ll want to know how the pro's do it. There is a process that works. It’s been proven over millions of square feet of coatings installed across North America and yes, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Proper Surface Preparation is Vital for a Lasting Result

What surface is easier to scrape paint off? Glass or bare drywall?

Heavy-duty dust-controlled diamond grinding equipment is used to prep your concrete floor, making the surface less like glass and more open, porous, and ready for a coating. This allows the coating to absorb deeply into the concrete. Done properly, the concrete itself will break before the coating is able to peel or let go.

Using Enough High Quality Products

There are a lot of great epoxy and polyaspartic coatings out there. There are also a lot of cheap or thinned products. You want commercial industrial grade, not DIY grade. It goes without saying that anything called epoxy paint or garage floor paint will not have the body to last long. The right products may more difficult to install, but are much more resilient over time. This is a process you only want to do once. Obviously a floor coating approved by Garage Kings will work out fine.

Use enough. If your contractor intends to dump and run - one coat of thick epoxy and call it a day - ask more questions. You might save a few dollars on your floor, but you will almost certainly need to redo it later. A great formula is a thin base coat to penetrate deeply into the concrete, then a higher build top coat to create a surface with lots of substance.