Concrete Coatings in Ahwatukee

Where the Coating Stops, and How

Every edge is treated as its own decision. Against a block wall the finish is taken right up and cut clean, so you are not left with color smeared on the block or a gap along the bottom for dirt to collect in. Against pool coping it stops short of the stone in a straight line, because a coating lapped up onto coping will lift at that lap before it fails anywhere else. Where the slab meets gravel is the edge that takes the most abuse, so it is ground back and sealed down properly rather than feathered away to nothing, and that is what keeps it from chipping the first time a chair is dragged across it.

Thresholds are their own problem and worth raising early. Where an exterior slab meets a door there is usually a step or a lip, and a coating lifts the height of the outside floor very slightly, which is fine as long as somebody has thought about it beforehand. We look at every threshold before quoting, so the finish stops somewhere sensible and the door still swings clear. It is a small thing that you would notice every single day if it were wrong, and it costs nothing to get right as long as it is considered before the grinder comes out rather than after. Our Phoenix page walks through the exterior coating explained in full.

The Perimeter Is Where a Rushed Job Shows

If you have ever looked at a coated patio and known something was off without being able to name it, the odds are it was an edge. The field of the floor is the straightforward part, and most contractors will give you much the same result across the middle of it. The perimeter is slow, it is done by hand, and it is the first thing trimmed when a quote is being squeezed, which is why it is worth asking specifically how your edges are going to be finished. You get a floor that looks intentional rather than one that looks poured over, and that difference lasts as long as the coating does. Call (602) 820-7739 or fill in the quote form and we will walk the perimeter with you.

• UV stability. Polyaspartic holds its color in direct sun. This is the single reason we do not put an epoxy topcoat on anything outdoors: epoxy ambers and chalks within a season or two of Arizona daylight.
• Surface temperature. Color and texture change how hot a pool deck or patio gets underfoot. Lighter finishes with a broadcast texture run cooler than a dark, smooth, sealed surface, which matters more than anything else on a surface people walk on barefoot.
• Grip when wet. Anti-slip aggregate is broadcast into the topcoat on pool surrounds, entry steps and any slope that drains across a walkway. Specify it before the quote, because it changes the topcoat build rather than being added afterwards.
• Sealing against water and salt. A sealed slab stops absorbing pool water, irrigation runoff and the salt that comes with both, which is what drives spalling and the white efflorescence bloom on untreated exterior concrete.
• Oil and stain resistance. On a driveway this is the practical one. Engine oil, transmission fluid and rust marks sit on the coating instead of soaking into porous concrete where nothing lifts them out again.