Epoxy flooring is the perfect flooring solution for commercial and industrial environments, where the floor needs to withstand heavy foot and machine traffic, chemicals, spills, and extreme temperatures.
Epoxy flooring has not only become popular in commercial and industrial spaces, but it’s also gaining popularity for use in residential areas such as garages.
Baytown Polished Concrete & Staining Company is an expert at installing epoxy floors. If you have been considering epoxy flooring, here is everything you need to know.
Epoxy floors provide users with several advantages. Many persons prefer epoxy flooring because of its durability and ease of maintenance.
The major benefits of epoxy floors include:
Epoxy floors can withstand whatever is thrown at them without corroding or peeling over the years. This includes heavy machine and foot traffic, chemical spills, heat, and shock. This makes it ideal for industrial and commercial areas, as well as residential areas such as the garage.
Epoxy floors are seamless; they don’t have cracks or joints. Just imagine one whole giant floor in place. This makes it easy for them to clean and maintain. The normal routine cleaning would just be appropriate. So, maintenance cost is very low.
If you are looking for a floor that doesn’t hold up stains, dirt, and spills, epoxy floors come first.
That shiny and glossy appearance of epoxy floors make them perfect for just about any space - office building, hotel lobbies, gyms, etc
Epoxy floors are 3x stronger than concrete! I bet you didn’t see that coming. This is why they can withstand heavy machinery and extreme temperatures, and still last long over the years.
Like every other flooring option, epoxy floors can be slippery when wet. However, when an anti-slip coating is installed alongside, this takes the concern about accidents and slips away. In addition, since they are anti-scratch and crack resistant, this makes them safe for heavy foot and machine traffic.
You will think the numerous benefits of epoxy floors will make them expensive. Far from it. Epoxy floors are relatively cheap compared to other flooring options like tiles, vinyl, and wood. Plus, considering their strength and durability, they save you the cost of maintenance upfront.
These floors are made of high-performance epoxy polymer resin and stained quartz grains. Quartz-filled epoxy floors have good anti-resistant properties and are ideal for spaces where liquids are usually present like food processing facilities, restrooms, commercial kitchens, locker rooms, etc.
With this type of floor, multi-colored flakes are added to the epoxy to create a multi-hued appearance. Epoxy flakes floors come in a variety of colors, textures, and styles and can be customized to suit your needs. The flakes in the epoxy also make the floor slip-resistant.
This is the strongest of all epoxy floors and is usually used for industrial environments. They can also be used to repair cracks and other flaws in a flor before laying other types of epoxy.
These floors are used as resistance for Electrostatic charge, which can be toxic to many work environments. The floors accumulate any static electricity and dissipate potential discharge. They are perfect for hospitals, laboratories, electronic manufacturing facilities, etc.
Self-leveling epoxy is used over new or old concrete floors or concrete floors that are damaged or cracked to create a seamless, shiny, and leveled texture on the concrete surface. It is ideal for residential, commercial, and industrial floors.
This floor type is made from a combination of epoxy resin and metallic (glitter-like) pigments. Metallic epoxy floors give a 3D look as a result of the light the metallic pigments reflect at different angles. They are absolutely stunning and eye-catchy. The installation technique is a crucial part of the end result.
At Baytown Polished Concrete & Staining Company, our epoxy flooring process includes:
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