What Goes Into an Epoxy Floor Coating
A finished floor is four layers laid in order. The concrete is mechanically ground and profiled first, so there is an open surface for the resin to key into. A 100% solids epoxy base coat is then rolled into that profile and cures hard against the slab. The color layer goes on next. Two coats of UV stable polyaspartic go over the top, and that topcoat is the surface you actually walk on.
The color layer is where the two systems differ. Flake is broadcast across the wet base in a wide range of colors and scraped back flat once cured, which leaves a lightly textured surface that hides dust between cleans. Metallic is a pigmented coat poured and worked by hand into marble, granite and stone effects, so no two floors finish the same way. The preparation and the topcoat are identical either way.
