What Makes Polyaspartic Coating The Best Choice for Cleveland Garage Floors?

Do you still have a regular bare concrete slab in your garage? If so, you've undoubtedly noticed how easy it is to stain, or to become damaged. You may even already have large cracks in your floor, pitting from road salt or chunks missing. As long as you stick with 'naked' concrete, those problems will only get worse.

That's why more and more people in Cleveland are resurfacing their garage floors with a resinous coating, such as polyaspartic coating. There are several different types of resins used, which all offer better flooring than basic concrete - but polyaspartic coatings are by far the best.

So let's look at why you should resurface your floor, and what makes polyaspartic flooring better than previous alternatives.

I. Why Install A Resinous Floor Coating In Your Cleveland Garage

Concrete is fine as the beginning of a garage floor, but it really shouldn't be the whole story - especially in a garage, where staining, road salt and damage will be common. Resinous coatings take care of this problem. It's a liquid mixture that, once spread on your concrete floor, will quickly harden into a super-hard surface that coats your floor from edge to edge.

This brings numerous big benefits:

1 - High strength

Resin-coated concrete is far better at resisting salt damage, stains, dust and holding up heavy objects than regular concrete. The surface is difficult to damage at all, and unlike concrete, it isn't porous either. A good resin-coated concrete floor should be able to stand up to any amount of abuse, while still showing little or no damage even under the toughest of circumstances.

2 - Easy cleaning

A resinous coating is completely water-tight, as well as being resistant to a wide range of chemicals - including almost anything commonly found in a garage. If a spill occurs, all you really need to do is wipe it up with a rage or hose the floor down. Everything comes right off. Basic cleaning is nothing more than using a broom to clear the dirt, then rinsing with hose.

3 - Simple repairs

Should your resinous floor manage to get cracked or otherwise damaged, in most cases, you can simply apply a new layer of resin to the problem area and the issue is fixed. This makes repairs much easier than concrete, which often requires large pours to fix problems, driving down your long-term maintenance costs.

4 - No environmental risks from spills

One of the biggest problems with concrete is that it's porous. If a dangerous liquid like motor oil gets spilled into the concrete, it can work its way through the concrete and into the ground below. That's bad for the environment and can cause serious long-term effects. Resinous coatings completely prevent this since chemical spills cannot penetrate the surface.

5 - Nice looks

Resinous coatings come in a wide variety of colors and textures, so it will also look much nicer than concrete as well. Whether this is for a professional commercial floor, or a home garage, it's still going to look better.

II. Why Polyaspartic Coatings Are the Best Options

So, with several major types of resinous coatings out there, why are polyaspartic coatings best?

To begin with, polyaspartic coatings are the newest development in this class of flooring. Other resins, particularly epoxy, have been around since the mid-20th Century. Polyaspartic coatings were only developed in the 1990s, and are just now becoming popular. Being newer, they incorporate several innovations not available in older resinous blends.

1 - Fast curing

One drawback to resinous floors in the past is that they usually take at least several days to cure, with epoxy being especially slow to harden. Something like a passing rainstorm adding moisture to the atmosphere can delay the process further.

Polyaspartic coatings, on the other hand, will cure in less than 24 hours, in almost any weather condition. Your garage will only be inaccessible for about a day.

2 - Cold weather curing

Additionally, most resinous coatings require a relatively high temperature to cure properly. Epoxy, for example, won't cure if the temperature even drops below 50F. Polyaspartic coatings are far more tolerant of temperature extremes, and can even be installed in the winter without sacrificing the quality of the floor.

3 - Superior strength

All resinous flooring types are hard, but polyaspartic coatings beat them all - especially with a multi-layer installation process. In particular, polyaspartic flooring is more resistant to scratches and piercing damage than the alternatives, so it will look better for longer.

4 - Better UV resistance

Another issue with past resinous coatings was that many of them have fading issues caused by ultraviolet light, especially sunlight. An epoxy coating will quickly start to fade if exposed to sunlight, and the resin itself can even weaken over time. Polyaspartic coatings simply don't have this issue and remain just as durable and colorful even in direct sunlight. This makes polyaspartic coatings popular for outdoor applications as well, such as on patios, steps, and walkways.

5 - Low maintenance, high long-term value

All this adds up to a floor that can potentially last for decades if you choose polyaspartic coatings. It's harder to damage than any other type of resinous flooring while being easy to keep clean in daily use. Where other floor coatings may need to be re-applied every few years for upkeep, polyaspartic coatings will keep doing their job year after year.

For The Best In Cleveland Flooring, Choose The Forever Floor!

Forever Floor is Garage Finisher's own custom polyaspartic flooring, featuring a proprietary blend for extra strength, and our own five-layer installation process for even more reliability. We guarantee you won't find a stronger or longer-lasting flooring surface anywhere!



To learn more about polyaspartic coatings and the Forever Floor, just contact us.