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Double Broadcast Quartz
Two full layers of decorative quartz locked into three layers of polyaspartic. It is the system we install more than any other, and it is built for the concrete you actually look at.
Double broadcast quartz is the system we install more than any other right now, and it is the one customers are happiest with after the fact. It is built for outdoor concrete: patios, pool decks, porches, and walkways, though it works in a garage if you want the heaviest surface available.
Why it performs
The texture is structural. It is part of the floor itself rather than grit sprinkled into the top layer, so it stays slip-resistant for the life of the coating instead of wearing smooth in two seasons. That is the difference you feel on a wet pool deck.
Polyaspartic is UV stable, so it holds its color in full Idaho sun instead of ambering and chalking the way epoxy does. It also stays slightly flexible after it cures, so it moves with the slab through freeze-thaw rather than cracking off it. And the build is thick enough to bridge the minor surface imperfections in older concrete, which is why it works so well as a resurfacing system.
What it costs, and when it is worth it
Quartz runs over $10 per square foot, roughly double a flake floor. We are straight with people about that, because it changes the answer depending on the slab.
For a garage, most people choose flake once they hear the difference, and we think that is usually the right call. For a pool deck, a patio, or a porch you look at every day, quartz is the one worth paying for. It is the better-looking floor and the safer one underfoot.
Colors and finish
Quartz is a pigmented decorative sand, so the color comes from the aggregate rather than from a tinted topcoat that can fade. Options run from natural tans and grays through custom blends. The base coat underneath is usually a light gray, which is what most of our quartz floors are built on.
Serving Eagle, Boise, Meridian, Star, Nampa, Caldwell, and Kuna, plus the Magic Valley, McCall, Cascade, and Sun Valley. We travel anywhere in Idaho.
How we build it
Three layers of polyaspartic with two full quartz broadcasts sandwiched inside. Here is every step, in order.
Finished surface
Cross-section, not to scale
- Diamond grind the slab
We grind rather than acid etch. Grinding opens the top surface of the concrete so the coating bonds mechanically instead of sitting on it like paint. This is the step cheap installs skip.
- Pigmented base coat
A colored polyaspartic base goes down wet. Light gray is the most common choice and it is what most of our quartz floors are built on.
- First quartz broadcast, to rejection
Decorative quartz sand is broadcast into the wet base until the surface will not accept any more. That is what "to rejection" means. Once cured, everything that did not bond gets scraped off.
- Clear polyaspartic
A clear coat locks the first quartz layer in and wets out the surface for the second broadcast.
- Second quartz broadcast, to rejection
The whole broadcast and scrape cycle runs again. This second layer is what separates a double broadcast from the single-broadcast floors most companies sell as the same thing.
- Clear polyaspartic topcoat
The final seal. UV stable so it holds color in full Idaho sun, and slightly flexible so it moves with the slab through freeze-thaw instead of cracking off it.
- Typical cost
- $10+ / sq ft
- Slip resistance
- Highest
- UV stable
- Yes
- Best for
- Pool decks, patios
See quartz on your own slab
We will bring samples out, measure the space, and give you a real number. No pressure and no obligation.
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