Garage floor coatings

Usually the next day. Polyaspartic garage floors in Metro Detroit take light parking within 24 hours, and full cure is typically 48 to 72 hours depending on temperature. We give you the exact window at install so you are not guessing. Standard epoxy-only systems take three to seven days, which is why most garages here get polyaspartic instead.

Not if the slab was ground and moisture-tested first. Hot-tire peel is almost always a prep miss or a coating put over paint, not a polyaspartic failure. We diamond-grind to a real profile, check vapor, and refuse to coat a slab that will not hold. That is what makes a Metro Detroit garage last through summer parking and winter salt.

Only if it is still bonded. Failed paint and peeling DIY kits have to come off before we can warranty a new system. We test adhesion on site and tell you whether we can coat over, grind through, or stop until the old film is gone. A cheap overlay on a failed garage floor is how peel starts in the first Michigan thaw.

Flake for a daily-driver garage, metallic if you want a showroom look. Flake hides dirt, salt tracks, and small scuffs from tools and bikes. Metallic is high-gloss and shows every footprint, which some homeowners want. Both get a UV-stable polyaspartic topcoat in Metro Detroit so the floor does not amber at the garage door.

Fifteen to twenty years with normal use is typical on a properly prepped slab. Road salt, hot tires, and freeze-thaw are why we spec polyaspartic instead of cheap indoor epoxy. Life depends on prep, moisture, and whether you park on it after the cure window. We put the warranty terms in writing on the quote so you are not guessing later.

It depends on square footage, slab repairs, and whether you pick flake or metallic. A typical two-car garage is quoted on site after we measure and look at cracks, oil stains, and old coatings. Online square-foot ranges skip moisture and grind time, which is where jobs go wrong. We give a written number the same visit with no pressure to book.

Yes for the coat day, so we can grind and broadcast wall to wall. Most Metro Detroit homeowners move cars, shelves, and the freezer the night before, and we tell you exactly how far to clear. If something cannot leave, we mask and work around it, but that shows as an uncoated island. We plan that with you before we start.

Yes. Structural cracks, spalls, and control joints get repaired after the grind and before the base coat. Hairline shrinkage is different from a moving joint, and we treat them differently so the coating does not telegraph a split the first winter. You will see the repairs on the quote so there are no surprises on install day.

Yes if you want to stop salt, oil, and dust from wrecking the slab and the stuff you store. Bare Metro Detroit concrete powders, stains, and pits under brine. A polyaspartic flake floor wipes clean, takes hot tires, and is usually drive-ready the next day. If the slab is rotten or heaving, we will tell you coating is the wrong spend.