Epoxy Flooring and Resin Floor Coatings
Epoxy is not one product, it is a family of resin systems with very different cure times, thicknesses and costs. This page is the short version of the conversation we have on every survey: which system your slab and your downtime actually call for, and what has to be proven about the concrete before anyone quotes a figure.
Where this works
- Domestic garages, home gyms and bike stores
- Vehicle workshops and maintenance bays
- Warehouse racking aisles and pick faces
- Production, packing and food preparation halls
- Showroom and retail floors that need one clean field
How we install it
- 1Test the slab before the quote
Pull off strength, a moisture reading and a check for old coatings or curing compound. Those three numbers decide the system and the price. A figure given without them is a guess, and it is the usual reason a cheap floor lifts in year two.
- 2Mechanical prep, never a chemical wash
Diamond grinding or captive shot blasting to the surface profile the chosen system needs, with vacuum recovery so the rest of the unit keeps working. Static cracks are resin stitched, saw cut joints are chased and carried through the finished floor rather than coated over.
- 3Match the system to the downtime, not the brochure
If the unit can lose a weekend, epoxy is the economical answer. If it can only lose a night, that is polyaspartic or MMA and the price reflects it. We phase in bays and hand each one back before opening the next, so racking is decanted once.
- 4Build, seal, then line mark
System applied to spec thickness with any non slip aggregate broadcast into the wet coat, sealed, then aisle lines, walkways, hatching and bay numbering set out once the coating has cured.
Common pitfalls we prevent
Frequently asked
Is epoxy floor paint the same as an epoxy floor?+
No. A tinned floor paint is a thin single part film. What we install is a two part resin system from 0.4 mm up to 9 mm depending on the build, bonded to a mechanically prepared and moisture tested slab. The prep is most of the job and it is the reason the two behave nothing alike under load.
How long is the floor out of use?+
A polyaspartic bay can be walked on in two to four hours and take forklift traffic the next day. Epoxy takes 12 to 24 hours to foot traffic and 72 hours before heavy wheeled traffic. Acrylic MMA is back in service two to three hours after the final coat, which is why it costs more.
Can you coat a floor while we keep trading?+
Usually yes. We work in bays and hand each one back before opening the next, and night and weekend shifts are normal for us. The constraint is rarely the resin, it is where the racking or the vehicles go while a bay is closed.
Will it survive hot tyres in a garage?+
With the right specification, yes. Hot tyre pickup is what strips thin DIY coatings. We use a specified polyaspartic or a 100 percent solids epoxy for garages and workshops, over a diamond ground and moisture tested slab.
Should I be looking at epoxy or microcement?+
Epoxy is an industrial and garage coating, microcement is a fine 2 to 3 mm decorative finish for living space. If you are weighing them for a home, read our comparison guide rather than this page. It sets out where each one genuinely wins, including where the answer is not us.
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Epoxy floors near Crawley
Based in Crawley, we cover Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Hampshire and London, generally up to 70 miles from our base. Town pages: