Epoxy Coatings

Epoxy is the word almost everyone uses for a coated floor, so it is worth explaining what it actually is and when it is the right answer. We would rather you understood the difference before you spend the money than after.

What epoxy is

Epoxy is a two-part resin that cures into a hard, thick, chemical-resistant film. It builds well, it fills minor imperfections in the slab, and it holds up to chemical exposure better than most alternatives on the market.

Where it genuinely belongs

Interior commercial floors. Warehouses, mechanical rooms, wash bays, and shops where chemical resistance is the priority and sunlight never reaches the slab. In that setting epoxy is a good product and we will spec it without hesitation.

Where it fails

Outdoors, and often underfoot in a residential garage. Epoxy is not UV stable, so direct sun turns it yellow and chalky, which takes patios, pool decks, and walkways off the table entirely.

It is also rigid. Idaho slabs move through freeze-thaw every winter, and a brittle coating does not move with them. Add hot tires, which can lift epoxy off a slab that was not prepped properly, and you have the three most common failures we get called out to look at.

What we usually install instead

For most of the floors people call us about, we install polyaspartic and polyurea systems, usually with decorative flake or quartz broadcast into them. You get a coating that cures in hours rather than days, holds its color in full sun, and flexes with the concrete.

The finished floor looks like exactly what people picture when they say "epoxy garage floor." It just performs better and it does not cost you a week of access to your own garage.

If your project genuinely calls for epoxy, we will tell you and we will spec it. If it does not, we will tell you that too, and explain why. That is the whole point of this page.

Serving Eagle, Boise, Meridian, Star, Nampa, Caldwell, and Kuna, plus the Magic Valley, McCall, Cascade, and Sun Valley. We travel anywhere in Idaho.