Are you hoping to give your home an update that will change the whole aesthetic of the space? Your garage will go from messy stained concrete to a polished, industrial look by adding an epoxy coating to the floors.
Did you know that these floors that are so popular in industrial spaces and professional garages can be applied by interior house painters in a residential space?
There is a wide range of benefits of epoxy flooring to consider, too. Read on to learn more about epoxy flooring in your home or office space and the advantages of adding them.
1. Looks Great and Hides Blemishes
Epoxy flooring, made of epoxide resin, polyamine hardener, and other additives, changes the look of a space.
The finish is in a high gloss finish that’s perfect for hiding those unseemly stains and blemishes on your current flooring.
Epoxy flooring comes in a variety of color choices with decorative mica or quartz that can be added to the paint to give the floor an even better aesthetic. Not only are the pieces visually appealing, but they also add texture to the floor to keep it more slip-proof.
2. Resistance to Everything
It’s nice to know when you pay to have something professionally done in your home or office that it can withstand the test of time.
Have no fears about the resistance to all foreign substances that epoxy flooring offers. These floors, once properly installed, can handle whatever you can dish out including heavy shock, heat, chemicals, and water.
Unlike other types of flooring that might dent, stain, burn, or scratch, epoxy floors can withstand it and you won’t see the damage to them.
3. Cost
It’s always nice to anticipate a home or office project that you can go into knowing it’s cost-effective. If you consider alternatives, you’ll quickly find that having epoxy flooring professionally done is a more cost-effective option.
If you choose a vinyl, luxury tile, wood or even replacing concrete, it would be significantly more costly. You need to remove the existing flooring, pay to have new flooring installed.
While it’s smart to have your epoxy flooring done by professionals, it is still much more cost-effective than other options.
4. Shock Resistant
One of the reasons this type of flooring is so popular in industrial spaces and garages is because they are shock resistant. It’s not uncommon in those types of spaces to have heavy objects hit the floor.
That might be the same in your garage where you have cars coming and going, tools hanging on the garage walls, even kids banging toys and bikes around.
Epoxy can handle when something hits the floor, and you won’t see the damage when it happens.
5. Heat Resistant
Another nice advantage of the epoxy flooring is its resistance to heat. When the epoxide resin, polyamine hardener, and additives are mixed, there’s a chemical reaction that happens.
Once the chemical reaction occurs the substance hardens to a strong solid. This happens as the floor is applied to your space.
Once in place, it’s highly heat resistant. This makes it a great choice for garage spaces with tools or work areas and kitchens with appliances too.
6. Chemical Resistance
If your garage is like most, it holds much more than just your clean car. And what if your car isn’t clean or leaks oil?
Your garage might also hold the lawnmower, the snowblower, and the gas grill.
You probably have garden fertilizers and yard insecticides too. You may have some paint supplies out there too.
Epoxy floors can withstand the spills of chemicals on them without showing damage to the floor space.
7. Water Resistance
Water resistance is another feature worth noting about epoxy floors. If you live in a place that gets lots of rain or storms, your epoxy floors can stand up to them.
You may have a pool where wet feet will travel in and out of the house across these floors. They can handle the moisture and look just as good as the day you had them installed.
8. Safety
It’s important to understand how an epoxy floor is installed to understand the safety features of it. After a very thorough cleaning and removal of any substances on the surface, the floor is primed.
You then mix the epoxy and apply a coat. It’s necessary to wait for a period of time, before applying a second coat. Then you can shake on the mica or quartz flakes to give the floor dimension and make it less slippery.
These same flakes often also add a reflective feature to the flooring making them safer and brighter.
9. Maintenance-Friendly
The epoxy floor is also maintenance-friendly, requiring little care once installed. It’s also easy to keep clean and looking good as new.
When you have concrete floors, you are likely to have dust and concrete debris to contend with. This is not the case with epoxy flooring.
They are easy to keep clean. You only need to wipe them down and they will maintain their just installed appearance.
10. Eco-Friendly
It might sound surprising that a substance made of chemicals is eco-friendly. The material is non-porous protecting what’s underneath it from potential chemicals that spill on it.
It’s also so durable that it won’t need regular replacing once it’s in place.
Interior House Painters and Epoxy Flooring
Are you ready to give your home a makeover with epoxy flooring now that you know the many advantages this offers?
We might be interior house painters, but we also specialize in the installation of epoxy flooring and we’re ready to help you. Contact us today to get started giving your garage a makeover with epoxy flooring.