Garage Floor Coatings
Flake and solid-color garage floors that survive hot tires, oil and years of use.
The floor most people only do once.
A garage floor is the job homeowners most often try in a weekend and most often call us about a year later. The kits are not the problem in themselves — the problem is that they are sold with a bottle of etch and no grinder, and etching does not open concrete the way diamond tooling does.
We grind first. Then the oil comes out, the cracks get chased and filled, and the system goes down over a surface it can actually hold onto. It is the difference between a floor that looks good in the photographs and one that still looks good when you sell the house.
What's included
- Diamond-ground before coating, every time
- Flake, solid epoxy or stained finishes
- Oil stains and hot-tire pickup dealt with at the prep stage
- Single bays, three-car garages, workshops and hobby spaces
- Old peeling coatings removed rather than covered over
- Five years on material, one year on labor
Garage Floor Coatings we've installed
Prepared for the way a garage is actually used
A garage takes hot tires, dropped tools, oil, solvent and a car parked in the same two spots for years. That is a harder life than most interior floors and it is worth building for rather than decorating for.
So the specification follows the use. A working shop gets a heavier build and a tougher topcoat than a garage that mostly stores a car. Our own crews do the work — the same people from the grind to the final coat — and it is backed by five years on material and one year on labor.
Colors for garage floor coatings
The full board before anything is ordered.
Garage Floor Coatings questions
My garage floor has years of oil stains. Is it too far gone?
Almost certainly not. Oil sits in the top of the slab and comes out with degreasing and mechanical grinding — that is routine work, not a problem. What we look for on the estimate is whether it has soaked deep enough to keep bleeding back, which is rare and which we would tell you about before you committed to anything.
What is hot-tire pickup and will it happen to mine?
It is when a hot tire bonds to a coating and lifts it off the floor when you pull out. It happens to coatings that never bonded properly in the first place — thin roll-on kits over sealed concrete are the usual culprits. A ground and properly bonded system does not do it.
Flake or solid color?
Flake hides dust, tire marks and small imperfections in the slab, and it gives you grip underfoot, which is why most garages get it. A solid color with a clear coat looks sharper and shows off a car better, and it suits a display or hobby garage. We will show you both against your own light before you pick.
Can I park on it straight away?
No — and anyone who tells you otherwise is setting the floor up to fail. Foot traffic comes back well before vehicles. We give you the actual return-to-service dates for the system on your floor and for the weather that week, and they are worth waiting out.
Advice on garage floor coatings
Getting Your Garage Floor Coated: What to Expect Before, During and After
What actually happens when a garage floor gets coated: what you need to do beforehand, what the crew does each day, how long before you can walk and park on it, and how to look after it once it is done.
Read the guide →Coating Concrete in Fall and Winter: What Changes in Southern California's Cooler Months
Concrete can be coated, stained and resurfaced through the cooler months here, but the cold, the dew and the rain change how the job is scheduled. This is what changes, what does not, and how to plan around it.
Read the guide →Is a Coated Concrete Floor Slippery? How Grip Is Built Into a Coating
A glossy garage floor or a smooth sealed patio can be treacherous when it is wet. A coated floor does not have to be. This is where the slip comes from, how grip is built into garage, shop and pool deck coatings, and what can be done about a floor that is already slick.
Read the guide →
Garage Floor Coatings by city
- Wildomar Garage Floor Coatings
- Temecula Garage Floor Coatings
- Murrieta Garage Floor Coatings
- San Diego Garage Floor Coatings
- Riverside Garage Floor Coatings
- Chula Vista Garage Floor Coatings
- San Bernardino Garage Floor Coatings
- Fontana Garage Floor Coatings
- Moreno Valley Garage Floor Coatings
- Oceanside Garage Floor Coatings
- Ontario Garage Floor Coatings
- Rancho Cucamonga Garage Floor Coatings
- Escondido Garage Floor Coatings
- Corona Garage Floor Coatings
- Victorville Garage Floor Coatings
- Carlsbad Garage Floor Coatings
- El Cajon Garage Floor Coatings
- Menifee Garage Floor Coatings
- Hesperia Garage Floor Coatings
- Rialto Garage Floor Coatings
- Jurupa Valley Garage Floor Coatings
- Vista Garage Floor Coatings
- San Marcos Garage Floor Coatings
- Indio Garage Floor Coatings
- Chino Garage Floor Coatings
- Chino Hills Garage Floor Coatings
- Upland Garage Floor Coatings
- Mira Mesa Garage Floor Coatings
- Hemet Garage Floor Coatings
- Apple Valley Garage Floor Coatings
- Redlands Garage Floor Coatings
Other services
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Industrial Floor Coatings
Hard-wearing coatings and safety striping for machine shops, warehouses and plant floors.
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Tennis & Pickleball Court Coating Removal
Removing old acrylic court coatings back to the slab — the work this company started on in 1976.
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Interior Concrete Staining
Interior slabs stained in copper, amber, brown, gray and terracotta tones, then sealed to a gloss or satin finish. The color goes into the concrete, so it reads like stone rather than paint.
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Polished Concrete
Existing slabs ground and polished to a hard, reflective finish. There is no coating on top to peel or chip — the shine is the concrete itself.
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Microtopping & Concrete Overlays
A thin overlay applied straight over the concrete you already have — knock-down texture, flagstone, tile, brick or cobblestone patterns, without tearing the slab out.
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Exterior Concrete Staining
Driveways, patios, walkways and steps stained and sealed — color that soaks into the concrete rather than sitting on it.
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