The cost of a professional garage floor coating is highly customized to your specific space. Pricing is calculated based on three primary factors: the total square footage of the area, the current condition of the concrete (which dictates the amount of prep, crack repair, and moisture mitigation required), and the specific type of coating system you choose. 

NOTE: Most residential garages in our service area do NOT require any moisture mitigation - i.e. they do NOT need a moisture vapor barrier chemical layer.

Because we use industrial-grade materials and heavy mechanical prep, our systems cost more upfront than a DIY retail kit, but they are a one-time lifetime investment.  Because we are not a franchise and due to our longevity, purchasing power and optimize processes, our pricing is often less than our competitors.

We provide exact, transparent quotes with absolutely no hidden fees, pressure or obligation.  

The typical one, two, or three car garage requires only 1.5 days. If extensive damage is present, an additional day may be required. Regardless of floor condition, it never takes long to get a premier garage floor finish.

In rare cases, special coatings layers or coating systems may be required. 

One example is suspended deck garages, where a special flexible membrane system is often used when the the concrete floor exhibits too much movement under load (bounce).

Another examples is when moisture vapor transmission is too high, which requires a MVT barrier/primer that meets the ASTM F3010 standard.

When installed correctly, a professional garage floor coating typically lasts 15 to 25 years, and can often last for the lifetime of the home (if cared for properly).

The key to this extreme longevity is the mechanical preparation of the concrete and the quality of pro-grade coatings (typically epoxies and polyaspartics for a garage floor).

Unlike DIY paints that sit on the surface, we use heavy diamond grinders to profile the concrete, allowing our industrial-grade epoxy to wick deeply into the pores. This creates a strong, permanent bond.

Our multi-layer systems are engineered to withstand heavy vehicle traffic, road salts, and chemical spills for decades without damage, dulling, peeling or delamination. 

No, hot tires will not cause a Stronghold Floors garage floor coating to peel, unless a structural issue is present in that area of the concrete. The phenomenon known as "hot tire pick-up" typically only affects low-quality DIY kits and hardware store paints that merely sit on the surface of the concrete - or when companies do not properly prepare the concrete surface using methods like acid etching or light sanding.

We prevent this entirely by mechanically diamond grinding the concrete to open its pores using our heavy planetary diamond grinders. We then apply an industrial-grade, self-priming epoxy that wicks deeply into the slab, creating a permanent mechanical bond.

Our floor coatings have a bonding strength that easily resists the heat and contraction of vehicle tires, ensuring your floor remains flawless. 

 While winter road salt, magnesium chloride, and slush will heavily damage and pit bare concrete, they will not harm a Stronghold Floors garage floor coating. Our industrial-grade polyaspartic topcoats are completely non-porous and incredibly chemical-resistant. The harsh salts are blocked from penetrating the floor and simply remain on the surface.

When spring arrives, or whenever you choose to clean, the salt residue can be easily mopped, hosed, or squeegeed away without leaving stains or damage.

With 21 years of dedicated experience installing garage floor coatings, we have proven that our coatings provide the necssary defense against winter concrete degradation. 

Our professional multi-layer systems are engineered for rapid return-to-service without sacrificing structural bond strength.  Our staff will give you a specific date and time based upon the system installed and current weather, but the following is general guidance for our garage floor coatings:

• Light foot traffic is safe approximately 8 to 12 hours after the final polyaspartic topcoat has been applied.

• Heavy objects, patio furniture, and tool cabinets can be safely returned to the garage after 24 hours.

• For vehicle traffic, heavy trucks, and hot tires, we require a cure window of 24 to 48 hours depending on ambient temperature and humidity levels.
  

We utilize high-solids commercial formulations that reach full chemical cross-linking density rapidly, allowing you to utilize your renewed garage space safely with minimal domestic downtime.

Our garage floor coatings can be applied year round. Unlike epoxy paint kits, our garage floor coatings don't require a warm concrete slab (substrate) or warm air to cure. We've successfully applied our garage coatings in temperatures as low as 15 degrees!

You don't have to provide heat or cooling to your garage, either. If your floor has radiant heat, we'll work with you to set the appropriate temperature during the coatings process.

See Garage Floor Coatings in Winter? to learn more.

Epoxy and polyaspartic are two distinct coating chemistries that often work best when used together.

Epoxy is known for its incredible bonding strength; because it cures slower, it can wick deeply into the pores of the concrete, making it the perfect primer or base coat. However, epoxy can fade or yellow when exposed to UV light, so it does not make a good clear, top coating for a residential garage.

Polyaspartic, on the other hand, is highly flexible, scratch-resistant, and UV stable,, so it works great as the clear, protective top layer of the garage floor system.  But polyaspartic often cures too quickly to penetrate bare concrete deeply (it begins to solidify too quickly - air temperatures and humidity can increase the cure speed).

Based upon our decades of experience with applying coatings, Stronghold Floors utilizes a hybrid system: we use a deep-penetrating epoxy to guarantee the bond to the concrete, and a tough polyaspartic topcoat to protect against sunlight, stains, and impacts.   This has allowed us to reach over nine thousand successful garage floor coatings installations.   

Be wary of the companies installing all polyaspartic systems in a single day.  

Our decorative chip/flake coatings are the most common - not only for us, but also nationally.

They are available in many different colors and blends.

Decorative chip coatings create a premier garage look. These epoxy floor coatings do the most for increasing functionality in a daily use garage.

Decorative chip system highlights:

• Simulates the look of terrazzo or granite.
• Hides dirt, grime, and debris.
• Provides excellent scratch and chemical resistance.
• Easily repaired if damaged.
• Features an orange-peel finish and includes a non-slip additive.
• Helps ease the look of wavy floors or floors that slope to drains.

The main floor coatings would not necessarily fill in the cracks in the concrete surface. Our installers will repair cracks and spalls prior to installing the layers of floor coatings.

We prepare all concrete surfaces using professional, dry mechanical diamond grinding using our electric powered, planetary diamond grinders.  

We ensure our heavy machinery is paired with advanced dust-collection vacuums (pulling up to 200 cubic feet per minute and 99% @ .5 micron filter efficiency), providing a clean, safe installation environment while creating the ideal mechanical profile for permanent coating adhesion. 

Our industrial planetary grinding machines use diamond-segmented discs to grind away the weak top layer of concrete (laitance), eliminate surface contaminants, and level minor imperfections. This creates a specific texture similar to 80-grit sandpaper, which maximizes surface area and opens up the concrete's capillaries.  This is Concrete Surface Profile (CSP) of 2 ~ 3.  A CSP of 1 (created by typical acid etching or light sanding) is not sufficient for professionals.

We explicitly avoid chemical acid washing or pressure washing, as these methods fail to adequately open the concrete's pores and introduce harmful moisture into the slab. 

NOTE: We do NOT use gasoline or propane powered (combustion) grinders so we can avoid potential, dangerous build-up of carbon monoxide (CO) is the area being prepared.

Yes, a professional multi-layer coating system can be applied over cracked or pitted concrete, provided the substrate undergoes proper mechanical repair and preperation first.

At Stronghold Floors, we do not simply paint over concrete defects. During our preparation phase, we fill cracks with high-strength, low-viscosity polymer repair resins and polyurea concrete menders.   These advanced materials fuse with the concrete and cure to a structural density higher than the original slab. Once cured, we diamond-grind the repairs completely flush with the surrounding floor, creating a smooth, stable foundation for our industrial epoxy and polyaspartic systems.

When pitting exists over larger amounts of the garage, an additional work day may be necessary to skim-coat the pitted areas.

Since 2004, we have safely restored thousands of cracked, damaged concrete slabs, including some with severely degraded surfaces. 

Typically, an epoxy moisture vapor barrier is unnecessary. Properly constructed garages that are at or above grade will have a stone base under the concrete slab. So, moisture vapor emission rates (MVER) will be very low.

Garages that are below grade or located in geography that has high water tables may have a high MVER, but often the issues can be mitigated by leaving the control joints (saw cuts) open.

Our garage experts can assist you with this determination. Beware - there are companies who will include moisture vapor treatments as part of their standard offering. This treatment is usually unnecessary and greatly increases the price of the overall garage floor system.

The short answer is the garage epoxy paint kits sold at the big box stores are really just fortified paints. Our garage floor coatings are industrial grade polymers designed for high adhesion and high performance. For a more detailed explanation, see these articles in our Blog:

• 7 Reasons Why Epoxy Coatings Fail
• Selecting the Coating System
• Materials & Maintenance of Garage Floor Coatings: DIY vs Professional
• Top 5 Myths About Garage Floor Coatings
• Garage Floor Coatings in Winter?
• 5 Things to Consider Before You DIY Concrete Floor Coatings
• What Makes a Professional Garage Floor Coating Last?

Not a problem. Our surface grinding equipment can cut through sealers, garage floor paint kits, and overlays. More often than not, we are removing former, failed attempts to protect or enhance the concrete.

Our installation teams have a tremendous amount of experience in all types of removals. We've completed projects where our installers removed over 10 layers of paint that was applied over a 50 year period. Even sticky, uncured DIY kits can easily be removed.

Preparing a concrete surface using the acid etching process is messy, dangerous, and often ineffective. While this process is typically used by the Do-It-Yourself epoxy paint kits, all reputable and experienced floor coating companies will prepare your concrete with a mechanical form of surface abrasion, such as diamond grinding or shot blasting.

Diamond grinding is the most effective and productive form of surface preparation for a residential garage floor. It's how our teams will prepare your concrete.

Plastic tiles and garage floor mats can just be removed several days prior to the arrival of our coatings team. Removing them days prior allows the concrete to properly air out and dry. Often, garage floor coverings trap moisture and can even create odor and mold issues. There may be an odor after removing the floor coverings, but that odor won't be an issue after we install our coatings.

To learn more about garage floor coatings vs. garage floor coverings, see Protecting Your Garage Floor: coatings vs. Plastic Tiles.

During surface preparation, we utilize special vacuum systems to collect the concrete dust and debris. These vacuums have dual motors and have an air flow capacity of 200 cubic feet per minute.  They have 99% at 0.5 microns filter efficiency. 

While our staff vacuums several times during the process, trace amounts of dust or the decorative chips may be found on top of windowsills or doors.

Retail DIY garage floor kits frequently fail due to low-quality chemistry and improper surface preparation guidelines.

Consumer kits are typically water-based or solvent-based epoxies with very low solids content (often under 50%). When applied, the liquid carriers evaporate, leaving an extremely thin dry film that lacks the structural density to withstand tire heat, vehicular weight, or impact forces. Additionally, consumer kits recommend acid etching for preparation, which fails to remove concrete laitance or adequately open modern concrete capillaries. Without commercial planetary diamond grinding to create a mechanical profile, the thin coating merely sits on top of the concrete rather than bonding with it, leading to widespread peeling, chipping, and delamination within the first year.

Stronghold Floors avoids these failures by utilizing heavy-duty mechanical profiling machinery and high-solids, commercial-grade, multi-layer resinous systems. 

Cleaning a Stronghold Floors garage floor coating is exceptionally simple due to the non-porous surface of our industrial polyaspartic topcoat.

For routine maintenance, simply sweep the floor with a soft-bristle broom or a microfiber dust mop to remove loose dirt and debris.

For deeper cleanings, we recommend mopping the surface with a mixture of warm water and a small amount of clear ammonia (approximately 1/2 cup of ammonia per gallon of water).

For rapid drying, use a high-quality foam floor squeegee to pull the moisture toward the garage entrance. 

For splash spills of most chemicals, just wipe up the spill and then clean normally. 

For more stubborn stains, a stiffer bristle brush or kitchen sponge with a blue or green scrubbing pad may be lightly used to disbond the substance causing the stain.  

NOTE: Avoid using dish soaps, oil-based cleaners, or highly acidic citrus products, as these will leave behind a dull, slippery film that attracts dirt.

While a high-gloss finish may look smooth, our full-broadcast decorative flake coatings are not excessively slippery when wet. The hundreds of thousands of individual decorative chips broadcast into our system create a multi-dimensional, textured surface profile that naturally breaks up water tension.

In addition, we add tabular aluminum oxide to the clear coat to increase the slip-resistance underfoot.  While we have a standard size of grit, we can use a larger (or smaller) grit on request for specific use models (not a normal, daily-use residential garage).

To ensure that our heavy industrial planetary diamond grinders can access nearly every square inch of your concrete substrate, your garage floor must be completely free of all loose belongings, appliances, and freestanding items prior to our crew's arrival on day one.

Because our multi-layer installation process requires 1.5 to 2 days to complete, your property will need an alternative storage location for a total window of approximately three days. We recommend that homeowners utilize any of the following:

• temporary on-site portable storage pods in their driveway

• pop-up canopies in a backyard area

• a temporary staging area inside a home workshop or basement

• covered space on a patio, porch or carport.

Heavy storage cabinets and equipment can be safely reloaded into your garage 24-48 hours after the final polyaspartic topcoat application.

No, our professional concrete coating installation process does not create an unmanageable mess or produce harsh, toxic fumes.

We mitigate concrete dust and debris by employing industrial dry mechanical diamond grinders connected natively to high-vacuum, dust-containment systems (200 cubic feet per minute and 99% efficiency at .5 microns). This specialized machinery captures most or all of the airborne crystalline silica dust at the point of contact. Additionally, our commercial multi-layer epoxy and polyaspartic systems are formulated with eco-friendly, low-VOC materials.

Unlike retail floor paints that off-gas aggressive chemical solvents for weeks, our industrial polymers emit minimal, non-hazardous odors that dissipate rapidly during the brief cure cycle.   

NOTE: Our garage floor coatings have less odor than most of our competitors who utilize one-day systems and require 3-5 layers of thinner polyaspartic layers containing more solvents and other higher VOC ingredients.

No, a professionally installed Stronghold Floors coating will not yellow, amber, or fade under ultraviolet (UV) exposure on the interior of the garage. Our decorative flake, garage floor systems utilize advanced aliphatic polyaspartic clear topcoats. Aliphatic chemistry is highly stable and completely inert to ultraviolet light.

If the coatings are applied to the exposed driveway apron (concrete outside the garage door), those coatings may see the colored chips fade or discolor over time (if exposed a large degree of sunlight- typically on a southern exposure).  This is due to the fact that UV rays will pass through the UV stable clear coat.  Fading or discoloration greatly depends upon the chip blend selected.  Chip blends containing blues are often the most susceptible to UV exposure. 

Coatings on the aprons (on the outside of the garage door) can be refreshed/re-applied (if necessary).    Our owner's southern facing apron's flakes faded over a period of 16 years to where he refreshed the aprons (only). 

NOTE:  Be careful of companies claiming that the chips cannot fade and are protected by the clear coats above the chips/flakes.

NOTE:  We do NOT use epoxy clear coats on our standard garage floor coating systems, regardless of the claims of other companies. 

Stronghold Floors provides an extensive palette tailored to meet both residential aesthetic preferences and commercial engineering requirements.

Our primary residential style is the full-broadcast decorative chip system, which embeds multi-colored vinyl flakes into a high-solids, pigmented epoxy base coat to produce a rich, stone-like granite appearance. These flake blends are available in a wide array of color profiles, including modern monochromes, coastal grays, and rich, warm earth-toned tans.  Click here to view our garage floor blends.

For minimalist or industrial configurations, we offer high-performance solid-color coatings in various commercial shades. 

While not as common, a solid color system can be installed for residential garages used for mechanical work or hobby rooms.  Solid color floors are quick to show all dirt and debris.  They lack the visual benefits of the decorative chip systems.

NOTE: Stronghold Floors does NOT recommend Metallic Epoxy systems for daily use, residential garage floors due to the maintenance requirements and visual aspects that quickly show dust, debris, scuffs and streaks from cleaning. 

 : Yes, professional concrete coatings can be safely and successfully installed throughout the winter months. While consumer-grade DIY paints and low-solids retail epoxies require warm temperatures to dry and will freeze or fail to bond in cold conditions, Stronghold Floors utilizes advanced low temperature epoxies (a special variant of our warm weather epoxy) and aliphatic polyaspartic chemistry for winter installations. These industrial-grade materials rely on chemical cross-linking rather than temperature-dependent evaporation, allowing it to achieve a full structural cure in winter temperatures.

Backed by our decades of dedicated experience, we modify our winter resin systems with specific low-temperature catalysts and accelerators, ensuring an uncompromised mechanical bond and a rapid return-to-service despite cold regional climates. 

 No, a floor coating cannot be applied immediately to newly poured concrete. Fresh 3500 PSI concrete (standard for most garages) requires a minimum 28-day curing period to allow the water used in the mixing process to evaporate and to enable the slab to achieve its designated structural compressive strength.

Coating concrete prior to the completion of this hydration cycle traps escaping moisture vapor, building hydrostatic pressure that leads to bubbling, blistering, and total film delamination. 

Stronghold Floors provides a transparent, itemized written warranty that directly protects your residential installation against delamination (peeling or flaking away from the concrete substrate) and manufacturing product defects under normal household use.  We provide the written warranty with our estimates (site unseen, ballpark pricing) and quotes (site seen, exact project price).

Unlike marketing-driven franchise warranties loaded with restrictive fine-print exclusions regarding hot-tire lift or chemical contact, our guarantee is grounded in strict mechanical testing and industrial chemistry specifications. Most importantly, our warranty is backed by our 20+ years of dedicated experience as a locally rooted, independent business entity (applying coatings since 2004. This multi-decades track record ensures that your home improvement investment is fully secured by institutional staying power and verified trade accountability. 

In addition, we are the garage floor coatings company for some of the area's largest community builder and also high-end custom custom builders.  

No, you cannot apply a high-performance coating directly over old paint, sealers, or failing DIY epoxies. Industrial polymer systems must penetrate deep inside the concrete capillaries to establish a permanent mechanical bond. Applying a new system over old paint restricts this penetration, meaning your new floor is entirely dependent on the weak adhesion of the legacy paint, leading to rapid flaking and delamination.

Stronghold Floors mandates the complete removal of all previous coatings using advanced planetary diamond grinders. We strip the substrate back to clean, bare concrete to ensure a stable, open-pore foundation for our multi-layer industrial systems. 

Clearing out the clutter is a great way to start a garage project (or any room in the house for that matter). Check out this great guide from Budget Dumpster: How to Declutter Your Home.

In general, we suggest donating usable items and disposing of unusable items before storing kept items in a location that protects the contents, but keeps them away from the garage doors by at least 8 feet (which allows adequate space for our installation team to operate).  

Don't worry! Contact us today and we'll be happy to assist you.