What You Need To Know About A Concrete Garage Floor

In the past, a beautiful concrete garage floor was just in the garages of the wealthy. Today, the garage is an extension of the home for numerous homeowners, offering that additional space to have a birthday party or practice room for budding musicians. You can party, play music, or watch the game without disturbing other members of the household.

In addition to delivering visual appeal, garage floor coatings could shield the floor from grease, oil, automobile traffic, and anything else that might fall. Floor coatings make cleaning the garage floor easy and add several years to the lifespan of the floor. 

 

Changing the Feel and Look of a Concrete Garage Floor 

From staining and painting to overlays and coatings, garage floors can be creative, customized, and welcoming. 

Even though painting a concrete garage floor might feel like a fast and straightforward way to modify your concrete garage floor’s appearance, there are numerous steps in doing the job correctly. It could be that painting might not be the best long-term, affordable finish. 

 

Staining a Garage Floor

Staining a concrete floor produces an incredible assortment of finishes. 

Acid staining acts by going beneath the surface and responding to elements in the concrete. The surface gets slightly etched, which lets the metallic salts go through straightforwardly. When the stain reacts, it turns into a concrete part, resistant to chipping, peeling, or fading. 

Acid stains are transparent. The color an acid stain produces will differ based on the condition and color of the concrete. 

Every slab will undertake stain in variable degrees of intensity, producing natural color deviations that deliver uniqueness and character to every project. There’s a limit on the span of color choices for acid stain. They make predominantly subtle earth tones, like browns, blue-greens, tans, terra cottas. 

But the latest products in the industry like water-based stains and solvent and water-based dyes are vastly expanding. The colors range from energetic reds, yellows, oranges, and purples to delicate pastels. 

 

Overlays 

As the name states, apply overlays over the surface of the concrete garage floor. Numerous types of overlays are available such as underlayments, skim coats, ultra-thin micro-tops. These coatings add an inch or more of height to your concrete garage floor. 

Every type of overlay possesses decorative choices and various performance attributes.

Base the overlay you pick on the final look you desire. You should also take into consideration the things that might or might not fall on the floor. Generally speaking, overlays bring strength to an existing floor, hiding flaws and lasting a long time. 

 

Do Some Research

When you’re considering a new concrete garage floor, you likely have lots of questions. 

At this point, it pays to do some research. It makes sense to know as much as you can about a concrete floor job. When looking for flooring contractors, you must be able to ask any questions, realizing when the answers you get don’t add up.

Our experts are willing and able to answer any questions you have. Call us at Harrisburg Epoxy Flooring Services for your next concrete flooring project.