If you have concrete floors you want to preserve and protect you may be wondering, what’s the best concrete coating?
Concrete coating can add style and durability to your floors. Keep reading to find out which concrete coating will keep your floors looking brand new for years to come.
What is a Concrete Coating?
Concrete coatings are liquid or semi-liquid coatings that you can apply to cured concrete surfaces. They can be used for purely aesthetic purposes or to maintain the integrity of a concrete surface in order to make it last longer.
Different Types of Concrete Coatings
There are many different kinds of concrete coatings all with different functions including epoxies, acrylics, polyurethanes, specialized elastomeric coatings, and polyaspartic polyurea. The type of concrete coating that is best suited for your floors could vary depending on your needs, but there is one type of coating that stands above the rest in several ways.
The Best Concrete Coating
In our opinion, the top concrete coating is epoxy. Epoxy coatings are the strongest type of concrete coating and are typically used on industrial or garage concrete floors and provide a smooth, durable finish to create a safe work area. Advantages of epoxy coatings include:
- They are water and oil stain resistant.
- They add durability to concrete floors and prevent wear and tear on existing concrete floors.
- They add a glossy finish to concrete floors which can help reflect natural light, brightening a room.
- Bare concrete floors can attract and hold dirt, but an epoxy coating keeps dirt off of the concrete and makes for easy cleanup.
- They are relatively inexpensive and can help you to save money in the long run by helping your concrete to last longer.
Different Types of Epoxy Coatings
There are several different types of epoxy coatings including:
- Self-leveling epoxy– This type of epoxy can be applied over both new concrete floors and old or damaged floors to create a smooth finish.
- Epoxy mortar – This is the most stringent type of epoxy flooring and is made up of epoxy and quartz flakes or sand. This type of epoxy is very durable and can withstand high impact.
- Anti-static epoxy- electrostatic discharge can be very dangerous in work environments. Anti-static epoxy works to minimize the risk of electrostatic discharge by accumulating static electricity and diminishing any discharge.
- Quartz-filled epoxy- This is epoxy that has been infused with quartz fragments in order to give floors a glittery shine and textured appearance.
- Epoxy-flake- This is similar to quartz-filled epoxy, except instead of quartz the epoxy is filled with colored flake material that gives it a multi-colored look.
Epoxy coatings also come in an array of colors so you can use whatever color of coating best suits your space.
Contact Hard Rock Concrete Coatings
If you’re interested in elevating your concrete floors with epoxy, the best concrete coating around, contact Hard Rock Concrete Coatings today. We are a family-owned company that takes pride in our epoxy work, and we want to give you floors you can take pride in as well. Contact us today for a free quote, we serve Salt Lake County, Utah.
