Where a Surprise Floor Earns Its Keep
Most of what we coat in Surprise is living space rather than storage. Entry halls that carry the whole house through them, kitchens and laundry rooms where one sealed surface beats grout lines that need scrubbing, and the garage where it doubles as a workshop. Flake does most of that work. The chips are broadcast across the base coat, which leaves a fine grain underfoot instead of a polished sheet, and the terrazzo-like finish is forgiving about the dust a hard floor shows between cleans.
Grip is the reason flake gets specified here more often than metallic. The texture is part of how the floor is built rather than something added over the top, so cleaning does not wear it away, and it is the same property that puts the system into commercial garages and workshops. Outside, covered patios and walkways are built with polyaspartic as both base and topcoat, because epoxy on its own is not UV stable. If you want the build explained properly, here is what actually goes into an epoxy floor, layer by layer.