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Why a garage floor that holds its colour is polyurethane, with epoxy only where a primer is needed.

Chemsafe Industrial Coatings · Updated

Coated parking garage floor with a painted direction arrow

The short answer

For a home garage we use UV-stable polyurethane. It holds its colour in sunlight. Epoxy can lose its colour, so it is used only as a primer, where a primer is needed.

Why sunlight matters in a garage

Garage doors stand open, and sunlight reaches the floor every day. A coating that is not UV-stable fades or changes colour where the light falls, and the floor ends up patchy.

Preparation comes first

Oil, tyre marks, old paint and the weak top skin of the concrete are ground off, and cracks are filled, so the new coating bonds to sound concrete.

How the system is built

StepWhat it does
Surface prepDiamond grinding opens the concrete and removes oil, old paint and laitance. Cracks are filled.
Primer, where neededAn epoxy primer seals the concrete where the slab needs it.
UV-stable polyurethaneThe top layer: holds its colour and is easy to keep clean.

What to expect

We visit, look at the slab and send a written quote. Prices are confirmed on final measurements.

Questions

Good to know.

Is epoxy or polyurethane better for a garage floor?

UV-stable polyurethane, because it holds its colour in sunlight. Epoxy is used only as a primer where it is needed.

Can you coat over the old garage paint?

Usually the old paint is ground off first, so the new system bonds to sound concrete. We check this on the site visit.

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