New basement gym in Germantown gets "painted" with epoxy coatings
1 This basement was upgraded with epoxy coatings to get ready for use as a home gym.
2 Coatings create a welcoming entry point for the basement.
3 Epoxy coatings improve the mechanicals area of this Germantown home's basement.
4 The epoxy & polyaspartic floor coatings reflect the light and brighten the basement gym.
5 This basement gym is now ready for wall paint and trim.
6 Looking beyond the gym area into more basement finished space that will receive a different floor finish (likely carpet).
7 Coatings even improve the basement area around the hot water heater.
8 Coatings around the HVAC unit in the mechanical area of the basement.
Project Details at a Glance
LOCATION
Germantown, Maryland (Montgomery county)
PROJECT
Basement Floor Coatings
COATING SYSTEM
Decorative Chip, Epoxy & Polyaspartic Polyurea
FLOOR SIZE
545 Square Feet
New basement gym in Germantown finished with decorative epoxy coatings
This 545 square foot area was part of an addition/remodel of the basement. The homeowners wanted a gym floor that was dust proof, waterproof and easy to clean. Since our coating systems are seamless, they work very well where a monolithic surface is desired.
Day 1 in Germantown: Repair, surface preparation and first layer
Our crew repaired all cracks and improved the concrete floor’s transition from an older room to this new area. Surface preparation was easily completed with our planetary diamond grinders (which range in 250 to 700 pounds of grinding pressure based upon model). The concrete surface was ground to a CS-2 profile.
After a final vacuum, the team applied a 10-mil layer of pigmented, 100% solids epoxy and broadcast 1/4″ decorative chips into wet epoxy. The chips are broadcast until refusal (until they cover the entire floor and no wet/shiny spots are visually apparent). The epoxy would cure overnight and be ready for the next layer by the time our crew returned.
Day 2: Remove excess chips and apply polyaspartic topcoat
The guys returned to scrape and vacuum up the excess flakes. Once complete, they applied the 9-mil, clear polyaspartic coating. This material hardens quickly; allowing foot traffic in just a few hours. The basement would return to full use in about 36 hours after coatings completed.
Polyaspartics are fast curing variations of either polyurethane or polyurea based coatings. Urethane and polyurea coatings typically offer better UV and scratch resistance than epoxy coatings.
Lebanon 1/4" decorative chip floor in this Germantown, Maryland basement.
