Commercial Guide
Auto Shop Floor Coating That Survives Oil, Solvent, and Lifts
Mechanic bays soak oil into concrete until nothing looks clean. Here's the polyaspartic flake spec for Metro Detroit shops: degrease, grind, bay-by-bay phasing, and what peel actually means.
A mechanic bay that still looks dirty after you degrease is not a mop problem. It is oil in the slab. A polyaspartic flake floor on a ground, degreased surface lets stains wipe instead of becoming the color of the concrete.
That is the auto shop floor coating we install — not a residential garage film stretched under a hoist.
What shops do to floors
ATF, brake clean, hot tires, steel wheels, trench drains, lift pads. If the quote does not mention those, it is a homeowner spec. Related: how long floors last and peeling.
Prep is degrease plus grind
Oil that still beads water will peel a coating. We degrease until it does not, then diamond grind. Sequence: how to prep concrete for epoxy. We detail around posts and drains instead of burying them.
Flake vs quartz in the bay
Flake hides dirt in daily shops. Quartz is for heavier chemical or wet wash zones. Metallic is a write-up area or showroom, not under a spinning tire. Flake vs metallic. Dealers often split: showroom metallic up front, flake in service.
Bay-by-bay
You do not lose every lift. We phase. Polyaspartic helps the clock — one-day install reality.
Get a shop floor quote with bay count and lift layout.
FAQ
What floor coating holds up in a mechanic shop?
A diamond-ground slab with polyaspartic flake or quartz, detailed around lifts and drains. Thin decorative epoxy is not a service-bay spec.
Can you coat over oil-stained concrete?
After degrease and grind until the contamination is actually gone. Coating over oil is a guaranteed peel under hoist posts.
Do we have to shut the whole shop?
Usually no. We phase bay by bay so you keep lifts running.
How soon can cars go back?
Polyaspartic is often next-day light traffic. We give the exact window at install.